Ralph Fiennes
Biography
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known simply as Ralph Fiennes is an English actor. He has appeared in films such as Schindler's List, The Constant Gardener and the Harry Potter films as Lord Voldemort.
Fiennes has won a Tony Award and has been nominated twice for Academy Awards.
Fiennes was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, into an English aristocratic family, the son of Mark Fiennes, a farmer and photographer. His surname is of Norman noble origin.
Fiennes met English actress Alex Kingston while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After dating for ten years, they married in 1993. They divorced in 1997.
In 1995, Fiennes began a relationship with Francesca Annis, an actress 18 years his senior, who played his mother Gertrude in the play Hamlet, where they met. After 11 years together, the couple separated in February 2006. Tabloid reports claimed Fiennes had had an affair with Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan.
| Acting | |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans … Hades |
| 2012 | Skyfall … Gareth Mallory |
| 2011 | Coriolanus … Caius Martius Coriolanus |
| 2011 | Page Eight … Alec Beasley |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 … Lord Voldemort |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans … Hades |
| 2010 | The Wildest Dream … George Mallory (voice) |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 … Lord Voldemort |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee Returns … Lord Gray |
| 2010 | Cemetery Junction … Mr. Kendrick |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker … Mercenary Team Leader |
| 2008 | The Reader … Michael Berg |
| 2008 | In Bruges … Harry |
| 2008 | The Duchess … Duke of Devonshire |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix … Lord Voldemort |
| 2006 | Bernard and Doris … Bernard Lafferty |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber … Mayor Michael Ebbs |
| 2005 | Chromophobia … Stephen Tulloch |
| 2005 | The White Countess … Todd Jackson |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener … Justin Quayle |
| 2005 | Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit … Victor Quartermaine |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire … Lord Voldemort |
| 2004 | Wizard People, Dear Reader … Val-Mart the Scar Maker, Scar Artist, Dracula |
| 2002 | Spider … Spider |
| 2002 | Red Dragon … Francis Dolarhyde |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan … Christopher Marshall |
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker: The Story of Jesus … Jesus |
| 1999 | The End of the Affair … Maurice Bendrix |
| 1999 | Onegin … Onegin |
| 1999 | Sunshine … Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors |
| 1998 | The Avengers … John Steed |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt … Ramesses II |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda … Oscar Hopkins |
| 1996 | The English Patient … Count László de Almásy |
| 1995 | Strange Days … Lenny Nero |
| 1994 | Quiz Show … Charles Van Doren |
| 1993 | The Baby of Mâcon … The Bishop's Son |
| 1993 | Schindler's List … Amon Goeth |
| 1992 | Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights … Heathcliff |
| Directing | |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Coriolanus … Director |