1. Ralph Fiennes 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.
53 Facts About Ralph Fiennes
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In 1995, Ralph 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.
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Ralph Fiennes was later Tony-nominated for his role as a traveling faith healer in the Brian Friel play Faith Healer.
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Ralph Fiennes made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
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Ralph Fiennes has earned three Academy Award nominations for his performances in the films Schindler's List, The English Patient, and Conclave.
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Ralph Fiennes directed and starred in the films Coriolanus, and The Invisible Woman.
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Ralph Fiennes was born in Ipswich, England, on 22 December 1962.
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Ralph Fiennes is the eldest child of Mark Fiennes, a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash, a writer.
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Ralph Fiennes is the grandson of Maurice Fiennes, great-grandson of Alberic Arthur Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and great-great-grandson of Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele.
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Ralph Fiennes's siblings are actor Joseph Fiennes; director Martha Fiennes ; composer Magnus Fiennes; filmmaker Sophie Fiennes; and conservationist Jacob Fiennes.
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Ralph Fiennes studied painting at Chelsea College of Arts before deciding that acting was his true passion.
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Ralph Fiennes trained at RADA in London between 1983 and 1985.
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Ralph Fiennes began his career at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, and at the National Theatre.
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Ralph Fiennes achieved prominence at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Ralph Fiennes made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche.
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Ralph Fiennes had a major role in Peter Greenaway's historical drama film The Baby of Macon with Julia Ormond, which provoked controversy and was poorly received.
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Ralph Fiennes gained weight to portray Goth, but shed it afterwards.
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Ralph Fiennes later stated that playing the role had a profoundly disturbing effect on him.
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In 1994, Ralph Fiennes portrayed the American academic Charles Van Doren in Robert Redford's historical drama Quiz Show acting opposite John Turturro and Paul Scofield.
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In 1999, Ralph Fiennes had the title role in Onegin, a film which he helped produce.
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Ralph Fiennes portrayed Francis Dolarhyde in the 2002 film, Red Dragon, a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal.
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In 2005, Ralph Fiennes starred in Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener, a film based off the 2001 novel of the same name by John le Carre acting alongside Rachel Weisz.
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Ralph Fiennes received a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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Ralph Fiennes is a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres.
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Ralph Fiennes gained worldwide prominence for his portrayal as Lord Voldemort, the antagonist in the Harry Potter franchise.
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In 2006, Ralph Fiennes returned to the stage in Faith Healer alongside Ian McDiarmid.
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In February 2009, Ralph Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade's Film Festival FEST.
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Ralph Fiennes filmed his version of Shakespeare's Coriolanus in the Serbian capital of Belgrade.
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Ralph Fiennes reunited with Kathryn Bigelow for her Iraq War film The Hurt Locker, released in 2009, appearing as an English Private Military Contractor.
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Ralph Fiennes replaced Dame Judi Dench as M in subsequent Bond films.
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Ralph Fiennes acted alongside Harry Potter alums Robbie Coltrane and Helena Bonham Carter.
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David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote of his performance that "Ralph Fiennes is feral and frightening" adding, "[He] is a touching figure of unexpected integrity and enormous pathos".
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In 2013, Ralph Fiennes returned to the directors chair helming over the biographical romance drama The Invisible Woman where he acted portraying the leading role of Charles Dickens opposite Felicity Jones as Ellen Ternan.
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Ralph Fiennes used his time as a young porter at London's Brown's Hotel to help construct the character.
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In 2015, Ralph Fiennes starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash alongside Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton.
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Ralph Fiennes plays the fictional Laurence Laurentz, an acclaimed European film director in the movie.
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Ralph Fiennes speaks some Russian, which enabled him to play Alexander Pushkin in the film.
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Ralph Fiennes received the Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Tokyo International Film Festival for directing the film The White Crow.
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In 2019, Ralph Fiennes played the MI6 agent Norman Darbyshire in Taghi Amirani's feature documentary Coup 53.
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In 2020, Ralph Fiennes voiced a tiger in the family fantasy adventure film Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr.
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Later in 2021, Ralph Fiennes starred in Matthew Vaughn's period spy film The King's Man and Cary Joji Fukunaga's James Bond film No Time to Die.
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In 2021, Ralph Fiennes returned to the stage in David Hare's latest play Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge Theatre in London.
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Ralph Fiennes's performance has received rave reviews with Variety declaring, "Fiennes is all boldly convincing, controlled threat, his monomania teetering on the edge of malevolence".
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In 2022, Ralph Fiennes starred as chef Julian Slowik in the Mark Mylod-directed comedy horror The Menu.
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Also in 2022 Fiennes collaborated with his sister, the filmmaker Sophie Fiennes, translating to the screen his production and performance of T S Eliot's poem, Four Quartets.
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In 2023, Ralph Fiennes reunited with the director Wes Anderson in an anthology of short films adapted from the works of British author, Roald Dahl, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More.
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Ralph Fiennes starred on stage as Macbeth in late 2023 as part of Simon Godwin's touring production in the UK.
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In 2024, Ralph Fiennes starred in the Edward Berger film Conclave, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.
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Ralph Fiennes met English actress Alex Kingston while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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Annis and Ralph Fiennes separated on 7 February 2006, after 11 years together, in a parting described as "acrimonious", following rumours that he had an affair with the Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan.
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On 7 September 2017, Ralph Fiennes was granted Serbian citizenship, signed by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
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Ralph Fiennes has previously worked with UNICEF UK and has undertaken work in India, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, and Romania.
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Ralph Fiennes is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.