Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. He has received\u00a0various accolades, including a\u00a0British Academy Film Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Tony Award, as well as nominations for three\u00a0Academy Awards, seven\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award.<\/p>\n
Born in\u00a0Ipswich, Suffolk, Fiennes was trained at and graduated from the\u00a0Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\u00a0in 1985. A\u00a0Shakespeare\u00a0interpreter, he excelled onstage at the\u00a0Royal National Theatre before succeeding at the\u00a0Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1995, Fiennes made his\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut playing\u00a0Prince Hamlet\u00a0in the revival of the\u00a0William Shakespeare\u00a0play\u00a0Hamlet, for which he won the\u00a0Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He was later Tony-nominated for his role as a travelling\u00a0faith healer\u00a0in the\u00a0Brian Friel\u00a0play\u00a0Faith Healer\u00a0(2006).<\/p>\n
Fiennes made his film debut playing\u00a0Heathcliff\u00a0in\u00a0Emily Bront\u00eb’s Wuthering Heights\u00a0(1992). He has earned three\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0nominations for his performances in the films\u00a0Schindler’s List\u00a0(1993),\u00a0The English Patient\u00a0(1996), and\u00a0Conclave\u00a0(2024). He has also acted in\u00a0Quiz Show\u00a0(1994),\u00a0Maid in Manhattan\u00a0(2002),\u00a0The Constant Gardener (2005),\u00a0In Bruges\u00a0(2008),\u00a0The Reader\u00a0(2008),\u00a0The Duchess\u00a0(2008),\u00a0The Hurt Locker\u00a0(2009),\u00a0The Grand Budapest Hotel\u00a0(2014),\u00a0A Bigger Splash (2015),\u00a0Hail, Caesar!\u00a0(2016), and\u00a0The Menu (2022).<\/p>\n
Fiennes gained wider recognition for playing\u00a0Lord Voldemort\u00a0in the\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0film series\u00a0(2005\u20132011) and\u00a0Gareth Mallory \/ M\u00a0in the\u00a0James Bond films (2012\u20132021); and has voiced roles in the animated films\u00a0The Prince of Egypt\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005),\u00a0Kubo and the Two Strings\u00a0(2016), and\u00a0The Lego Batman Movie\u00a0(2017). He directed and starred in the films\u00a0Coriolanus\u00a0(2011) and\u00a0The Invisible Woman\u00a0(2013).\u00a0Aside from acting, Fiennes has been an ambassador for\u00a0UNICEF UK\u00a0since 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. He has received\u00a0various accolades, including a\u00a0British Academy Film Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Tony Award, as well as nominations for three\u00a0Academy Awards, seven\u00a0Golden Globe Awards, and a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award. Born in\u00a0Ipswich, Suffolk, Fiennes was trained at and graduated from the\u00a0Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\u00a0in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-25428","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n