Ralph Fiennes

Biography

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Fiennes was trained at and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1985. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before succeeding at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1995, Fiennes made his Broadway debut playing Prince Hamlet in the revival of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He was later Tony-nominated for his role as a travelling faith healer in the Brian Friel play Faith Healer (2006). Fiennes made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992). He has earned three Academy Award nominations for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996), and Conclave (2024). He has also acted in Quiz Show (1994), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), The Duchess (2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), A Bigger Splash (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and The Menu (2022). Fiennes gained wider recognition for playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series (2005–2011) and Gareth Mallory / M in the James Bond films (2012–2021); and has voiced roles in the animated films The Prince of Egypt (1998), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He directed and starred in the films Coriolanus (2011) and The Invisible Woman (2013). Aside from acting, Fiennes has been an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 1999.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The View

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

All Movies (110)

• The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping2026 · as President Coriolanus Snow
• 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026 · as Dr Kelson
• The Choral2025 · as Dr. Henry Guthrie
• 28 Years Later2025 · as Dr. Ian Kelson
• The Return2024 · as Odysseus (Ulisse)
• Conclave2024 · as Lawrence
• National Theatre Live: Macbeth2024 · as Macbeth
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More2024 · as Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)
• Poison2023 · as Roald Dahl
• The Rat Catcher2023 · as Rat Man / Roald Dahl
• The Swan2023 · as Roald Dahl
• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar2023 · as Roald Dahl / Policeman
• The Menu2022 · as Chef Slowik
• Four Quartets2022 · as Self
• The Forgiven2022 · as David Henninger
• National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy2022 · as Robert Moses
• Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts2022 · as Self
• The King's Man2021 · as Orlando Oxford
• Designing Bond2021 · as Self
• Beat the Devil2021 · as David Hare
• No Time to Die2021 · as M
• The Dig2021 · as Basil Brown
• Dolittle2020 · as Barry (voice)
• Coup 532019 · as Self - Actor / Norman Darbyshire
• Official Secrets2019 · as Ben Emmerson
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part2019 · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
• Holmes & Watson2018 · as Prof. James Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
• An Oral History of: Schindler's List2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra2018 · as Antony
• The White Crow2018 · as Alexander Pushkin
• My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw2018 · as Self
• Sea Sorrow2017 · as Self
• Spielberg2017 · as Self
• André: The Voice of Wine2017 · as Narrator
• The Lego Batman Movie2017 · as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
• Butterflies2016 · as Self
• Kubo and the Two Strings2016 · as Moon King (voice)
• Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III2016 · as Richard III
• Shakespeare Lives: The Works2016 · as Jaques
• Hail, Caesar!2016 · as Laurence Laurentz
• A Bigger Splash2015 · as Harry Hawkes
• Spectre2015 · as M
• National Theatre Live: Man and Superman2015 · as Jack Tanner/Don Juan
• Two Women2014 · as Mikhail Rakitin
• Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley2014 · as Self
• Salting the Battlefield2014 · as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
• Turks & Caicos2014 · as Prime Minister Alec Beasley
• The Grand Budapest Hotel2014 · as M. Gustave
• The Invisible Woman2013 · as Charles Dickens
• National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage2013 · as Lambert Le Roux
• Muse of Fire2013 · as Self
• Great Expectations2012 · as Abel Magwitch
• Skyfall2012 · as Gareth Mallory
• Wrath of the Titans2012 · as Hades
• When Harry Left Hogwarts2011 · as Self
• Page Eight2011 · as Alec Beasley
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · as Lord Voldemort
• Coriolanus2011 · as Caius Martius Coriolanus
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010 · as Lord Voldemort
• The Wildest Dream2010 · as George Mallory (voice)
• Cemetery Junction2010 · as Mr. Kendrick
• Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang2010 · as Lord Gray
• Clash of the Titans2010 · as Hades
• The Reader2008 · as Michael Berg
• The Hurt Locker2008 · as Contractor Team Leader
• The Duchess2008 · as Duke of Devonshire
• In Bruges2008 · as Harry
• J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life2007 · as Voldemort (archival footage)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007 · as Lord Voldemort
• Bernard and Doris2006 · as Bernard Lafferty
• Chromophobia2006 · as Stephen Tulloch
• Land of the Blind2006 · as Joe
• Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener2006 · as Self
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005 · as Lord Voldemort
• The White Countess2005 · as Todd Jackson
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit2005 · as Victor Quartermaine (voice)
• The Constant Gardener2005 · as Justin Quayle
• The Chumscrubber2005 · as Mayor Michael Ebbs
• Ten Days to D-Day2004 · as Narrator
• Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust2004 · as Self
• A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'2003 · as Self
• The Good Thief2003 · as Tony Angel (uncredited)
• Maid in Manhattan2002 · as Christopher Marshall
• Spider2002 · as Spider
• Red Dragon2002 · as Francis Dolarhyde
• The Miracle Maker2000 · as Jesus (voice)
• How Proust Can Change Your Life2000 · as Marcel Proust
• The Beginning of the End of the Affair2000 · as Self
• Onegin1999 · as Onegin
• The End of the Affair1999 · as Maurice Bendrix
• The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sunshine1999 · as Ignatz / Adam / Ivan Sors
• The Prince of Egypt1998 · as Rameses (voice)
• The Avengers1998 · as John Steed
• Oscar and Lucinda1997 · as Oscar Hopkins
• The English Patient1996 · as Almásy
• Strange Days1995 · as Lenny Nero
• Quiz Show1994 · as Charles Van Doren
• Schindler's List1993 · as Amon Goeth
• The Baby of Mâcon1993 · as The Bishop's Son
• The Cormorant1993 · as John Talbot
• Wuthering Heights1992 · as Heathcliff
• A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia1992 · as T.E. Lawrence
• Wanted: Marjory and Oliver1990
• The Beacon—
• Bike Me Up— · as Paris Segment
• Hallelujah!— · as George Frideric Handel
• Farnsworth House— · as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
• Embers— · as Henrik
• Art— · as Marc

All TV Shows (22)

• The Claudia Winkleman Show2026 · as Self
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self - Actor
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Frame2013 · as Lord Voldemort
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Arthouse1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century1996 · as Wilfred Owen (voice)
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Prime Suspect1991 · as Michael
• Screen Two1985 · as John Talbot
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee