Acting
Ralph Fiennes
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.
Filmography
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Film · 2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Film · 2026
Ian Fleming and the Curse of James Bond
Film · 2026
The Claudia Winkleman Show
Series · 2026
The Choral
Film · 2025
28 Years Later
Film · 2025
The Return
Film · 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Film · 2024
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Film · 2024
Conclave
Film · 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Film · 2023
Poison
Film · 2023
The Swan
Film · 2023
The Rat Catcher
Film · 2023
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Film · 2022
National Theatre Live: Straight Line Crazy
Film · 2022
Four Quartets
Film · 2022
The Forgiven
Film · 2022
The Menu
Film · 2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Series · 2022
Beat the Devil
Film · 2021
Designing Bond
Film · 2021
No Time to Die
Film · 2021
The Dig
Film · 2021
The King's Man
Film · 2021
Dolittle
Film · 2020
Official Secrets
Film · 2019
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Film · 2019
Coup 53
Film · 2019
Holmes & Watson
Film · 2018
The White Crow
Film · 2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
Film · 2018
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Film · 2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Film · 2018
The Lego Batman Movie
Film · 2017
Sea Sorrow
Film · 2017
Spielberg
Film · 2017
André: The Voice of Wine
Film · 2017
Hail, Caesar!
Film · 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Film · 2016
Shakespeare Lives: The Works
Film · 2016
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Film · 2016
Butterflies
Film · 2016
Spectre
Film · 2015
A Bigger Splash
Film · 2015
National Theatre Live: Man and Superman
Film · 2015
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Film · 2014
Turks & Caicos
Film · 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Film · 2014
Two Women
Film · 2014
Harry Potter: The Making of Diagon Alley
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Invisible Woman
Film · 2013
Muse of Fire
Film · 2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Film · 2013
The Frame
Series · 2013
Skyfall
Film · 2012
Wrath of the Titans
Film · 2012
Great Expectations
Film · 2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Film · 2011
Page Eight
Film · 2011
Coriolanus
Film · 2011
When Harry Left Hogwarts
Film · 2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
Film · 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Film · 2010
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Film · 2010
Cemetery Junction
Film · 2010
Clash of the Titans
Film · 2010
The Wildest Dream
Film · 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
The Reader
Film · 2008
In Bruges
Film · 2008
The Hurt Locker
Film · 2008
The Duchess
Film · 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Film · 2007
J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Film · 2006
Bernard and Doris
Film · 2006
Chromophobia
Film · 2006
Land of the Blind
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Film · 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Film · 2005
The Constant Gardener
Film · 2005
The Chumscrubber
Film · 2005
The White Countess
Film · 2005
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Film · 2004
Ten Days to D-Day
Film · 2004
The End of the Affair: "Making of"
Film · 2004
A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon'
Film · 2003
The Good Thief
Film · 2003
Maid in Manhattan
Film · 2002
Red Dragon
Film · 2002
Spider
Film · 2002
The Miracle Maker
Film · 2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Film · 2000
The Beginning of the End of the Affair
Film · 2000
The End of the Affair
Film · 1999
Onegin
Film · 1999
Sunshine
Film · 1999
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
Film · 1999
The Directors
Series · 1999
The Avengers
Film · 1998
The Prince of Egypt
Film · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
Oscar and Lucinda
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Arthouse
Series · 1997
The English Patient
Film · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Series · 1996
Strange Days
Film · 1995
Quiz Show
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Schindler's List
Film · 1993
The Baby of Mâcon
Film · 1993
The Cormorant
Film · 1993
Wuthering Heights
Film · 1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Film · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Prime Suspect
Series · 1991
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
Film · 1990
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Film '72
Series · 1971
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Beacon
Film
Bike Me Up
Film
Hallelujah!
Film
Farnsworth House
Film
Embers
Film
Art
Film