Ralph Fiennes
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.
| Movie | Character | Year | |
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Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | 1992 |
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Schindler's List | Amon Goeth | 1993 |
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Quiz Show | Charles Van Doren | 1994 |
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Strange Days | Lenny Nero | 1995 |
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The English Patient | Count László de Almásy | 1996 |
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Oscar and Lucinda | Oscar Hopkins | 1997 |
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Sunshine | Ignatz/Adam/Ivan Sors | 1999 |
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The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | 1999 |
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Spider | Spider | 2002 |
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Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde | 2002 |
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Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | 2002 |
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The Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | 2005 |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine | 2005 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | 2005 |
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Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | 2006 |
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Lord Voldemort | 2007 |
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In Bruges | Harry | 2008 |
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The Duchess | Duke of Devonshire | 2008 |
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The Hurt Locker | Mercenary Team Leader | 2008 |
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The Reader | Michael Berg | 2008 |
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Nanny McPhee Returns | Lord Gray | 2010 |
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Clash of the Titans | Hades | 2010 |
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The Wildest Dream | George Mallory (voice) | 2010 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Lord Voldemort | 2010 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Lord Voldemort | 2011 |
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Page Eight | Alec Beasley | 2011 |
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Coriolanus | Caius Martius Coriolanus | 2012 |
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Wrath of the Titans | Hades | 2012 |
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Skyfall | Gareth Mallory | 2012 |
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Great Expectations | Magwitch | 2012 |
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The Grand Budapest Hotel | M. Gustave | 2014 |
