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| Born | Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes December 22, 1962 Suffolk, England |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Spouse(s) | Alex Kingston (1993-1997) |
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[1] (pronounced /ˈreɪf ˈfaɪnz/ "rafe fines"; born 22 December 1962) is an English Tony Award-winning, Bafta Award-winning and a two time Academy Award-nominated actor. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Alexandra Kingston (born 11 March 1963 is an English actress most widely known for her role as Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
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Fiennes was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the son of Mark Fiennes (1933-2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938-1993), a writer. Ipswich ( ˈɪpswɪtʃ is a Non-metropolitan district and the County town of Suffolk, England on the Estuary of the River Orwell Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mark Fiennes ( November 11, 1933 – December 30, 2004) was an English Photographer and Illustrator. Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash ( February 27, 1938 – December 28, 1993; also known as Jini Fiennes) was an English [2] His surname is of Norman origin. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. [3] He is a third cousin of the adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 3rd Baronet OBE (born 7 March 1944) usually known as Ranulph (Ran Fiennes, is a British The eldest of six children, his siblings are actor Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love, Luther), Martha Fiennes, a director (in her film Onegin, he acted the title role), Magnus Fiennes, a composer, Sophie Fiennes, a filmmaker, Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist, and his foster brother Michael Emery, an archaeologist. Joseph Alberic Fiennes ( "fines" born May 27, 1970) is an Screen Actors Guild award-winning English Film Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright Luther is a 2003 Biopic about the life of Martin Luther (1483-1546 Martha Maria Fiennes ( "fines" born 5 February, 1965 in the UK) is a Film director, Writer and producer Eugene Onegin ( Russian: Евгений Онегин BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a Novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin Magnus Fiennes ( "fines" born 21 November 1965) is a prolific cross-genre composer record producer and songwriter Sophie Victoria Fiennes ( "fines" born in 1967 is an English filmmaker A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. The conservation movement also known as nature conservation is a political social and to some extent scientific movement that seeks to protect natural resources including Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos
The Fiennes family moved to Ireland in 1973, living in West Cork and County Kilkenny for some years, where Fiennes attended Saint Kieran's College for one year. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world West Cork (Iarthar Chorcaí in south-west Ireland, lies in Ireland's largest county County Cork. County Kilkenny ( is a landlocked county in Ireland. The county takes its name from the city of Kilkenny and has a population of 87558 It has been alleged by locals in Kilkenny that this year was a thoroughly unenjoyable one. They moved to Salisbury in England, where Fiennes finished his schooling at Bishop Wordsworth's School before attending Chelsea College of Art. Salisbury (ˈsɒlzbri ˈsɔːlzbri ('Solzbry' or ˈzɔːwzbri ('Zawzbry' — moving from RP to local dialect) is a cathedral city in the Bishop Wordsworth's School is a Church of England boys' day Grammar school located in the centre The Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and one of the world's
Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company [3] He is the only actor ever to have won a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located In 2001, Fiennes received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. Fiennes made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche, for which he received substantial acclaim and praise throughout Europe. William Shakespeare ( baptised Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë 's only Novel. It was first published in 1847 under the Pseudonym Ellis Bell and a posthumous second Juliette Binoche (in French ʒylijɛt biˈnɔʃ born 9 March 1964 is an Academy Award -winning French film actress.
1993 was the "breakout year" for him. He had a major role in the very controversial Peter Greenaway film The Baby of Mâcon with Julia Ormond. Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is an English Film director born in Wales. The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is a British Actress who like her fellow thespian Britons Helena Bonham Carter and Though the film was poorly received, Fiennes suffered no lasting consequences, as later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Amon Leopold Göth (11 December 1908 &ndash September 13 1946 was a Hauptsturmführer of the SS and was the commandant of the Nazi Concentration Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Schindler's List is a Biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. For this he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts [3] He did not win the Oscar, but did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for the role. The following is a complete list of the winners and nominees for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His portrayal as Göth also earned him a spot on the American Film Institute's Top 50 of movie villains. The American Film Institute ( AFI) is an independent Non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 AFI's 100 Years100 Heroes
In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show, and in 1996 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the World War II epic romance The English Patient. Charles Lincoln Van Doren (born February 12, 1926) a noted American Intellectual, writer and editor who was involved in a television Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One Quiz show scandal of the 1950s Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The English Patient is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel by the same name by Michael Ondaatje. [3] Fiennes' work has ranged from thrillers (Red Dragon) to animated Biblical epic (The Prince of Egypt) to campy nostalgia (The Avengers) to romantic comedy (Maid in Manhattan) and offbeat dramedy (Oscar and Lucinda). The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. This entry is about the 2002 film For other entries with similar names see Red dragon. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American Animated film, the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks The Avengers is a 1998 film based on the British Cult television series of the same name from the 1960s Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 Romantic comedy film, directed by Wayne Wang. Oscar and Lucinda is a Novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award.
Fiennes was cast as Lord Voldemort in the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and has retained this role for the 5th film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Lord Voldemort (ˈvoʊldəmɔrt or ˈvoʊldəmɔr is a Fictional character and the main antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 Fantasy Adventure Film, based on J Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by The Constant Gardener was also released in 2005, with Fiennes as the title role. The Constant Gardener is a 2005 Drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles. [3] The film is set in the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani, Kenya. Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya is the second largest Slum in Africa, the largest being Soweto in South Africa, and has a population Loiyangalani is a small town located on the southeastern coast of Lake Turkana in Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The situation affected the crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education around these villages. The Constant Gardener Trust was established in 2004 soon after the filming of The Constant Gardener near Nairobi, Kenya. Fiennes is a patron of the charity. [4] His recent performance in the play Faith Healer gained him a nomination for a 2006 Tony Award. Faith Healer is a play by Brian Friel about the life of faith healer Francis Hardy as monologued through the shifting memories of Hardy his wife Grace and stage The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented
Fiennes is a UNICEF ambassador. The United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 [5]
Fiennes met actress Alex Kingston (Dr. Corday from ER) while both were students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Alexandra Kingston (born 11 March 1963 is an English actress most widely known for her role as Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER Elizabeth Corday-Greene FRCS MBChB is a fictional trauma surgeon on the television series ER. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world After dating for ten years, they married in 1993. However, they divorced in 1997. In 1995, Fiennes started dating Francesca Annis, an actress 17 years his senior, who played his mother in Hamlet. Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is a British actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances most recently Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 In February 2006 the couple separated. This came after tabloid reports that said Fiennes had had an affair with Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest For other uses see Love Affair or Scandal An affair may refer to a form of nonmonogamy, to Infidelity or to Adultery. The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni [6] In late 2006, sources reported that Fiennes was dating American actress Ellen Barkin. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe Award -nominated American Actress. [7]
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1990 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | T. E. Lawrence | Christopher "Chris" Menaul | |
| 1992 | Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | Peter Kosminsky | |
| 1993 | The Baby of Mâcon | The Bishop's son | Peter Greenaway | |
| Schindler's List | Amon Goeth | Steven Spielberg | Best Supporting Actor Nomination: Oscar | |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Charles Van Doren | Robert Redford | |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Lenny Nero | Kathryn Bigelow | |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Count Laszlo de Almásy | Anthony Minghella | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actro in a leading role |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Oscar Hopkins | Gillian Armstrong | |
| 1998 | The Avengers | John Steed | Jeremiah S. Chechik | |
| The Prince of Egypt | Rameses | Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner Simon Wells |
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| 1999 | Sunshine | Ignatz Sonnenschein/Adam Sors/Ivan Sors | István Szabó | |
| Onegin | Evgeny Onegin | Martha Fiennes | ||
| The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | Neil Jordan | ||
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker | Jesus Christ | Derek W. The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for A Dangerous Man Lawrence After Arabia is a Made for TV movie from 1990 depicting the events involving T The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights was a 1992 feature Film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights. Peter Kosminsky is an English Director Actor and Producer He has directed both Hollywood films such as White Oleander and television films like The Government The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is an English Film director born in Wales. Schindler's List is a Biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. Amon Leopold Göth (11 December 1908 &ndash September 13 1946 was a Hauptsturmführer of the SS and was the commandant of the Nazi Concentration Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One Quiz show scandal of the 1950s Charles Lincoln Van Doren (born February 12, 1926) a noted American Intellectual, writer and editor who was involved in a television Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris Strange Days is the title of a 1995 Science fiction Film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and produced and co-written by James Cameron Kathryn Bigelow (born 27 November 1951) is an American Film director. The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient The English Patient is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel by the same name by Michael Ondaatje. Anthony Minghella CBE ( January 6, 1954 &mdash March 18, 2008) was an Academy Award -winning English The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Oscar and Lucinda is a Novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. Gillian Armstrong (born 18 December 1950 is an award-winning Australian director of feature films and documentaries The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein The Avengers is a 1998 film based on the British Cult television series of the same name from the 1960s Jeremiah S Chechik (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is the director of such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American Animated film, the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Brenda Chapman is an American Animator and Film director. A native of the state of Illinois, Chapman's interest in animation as a teenager Simon Wells (born 1961) is the great grandson of HG Wells. He is best known for directing The Time Machine ( 2002 Remake) The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Sunshine is an award-winning 1999 Historical film directed written and produced by István Szabó. This article is about the Hungarian film director For the Hungarian canoer see István Szabó (canoer István Szabó (born February Eugene Onegin ( Russian: Евгений Онегин BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a Novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin Martha Maria Fiennes ( "fines" born 5 February, 1965 in the UK) is a Film director, Writer and producer The End of the Affair (1951 is a novel by British author Graham Greene, as well as the title of two feature films (released in 1955 and 1999 that were Neil Jordan (born February 25, 1950) is an Academy Award -winning Irish filmmaker and Novelist He received the Academy Award The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The Miracle Maker (Чудотворец Chudotvorets is a British / Russian Stop motion - Animated Film about the Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Hayes Stanislav Sokolov |
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| 2002 | Spider | Spider | David Cronenberg | |
| The Good Thief | Tony Angel | Neil Jordan | (uncredited) | |
| Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde | Brett Ratner | ||
| Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | Wayne Wang | ||
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Mayor Michael Ebbs | Arie Posin | |
| Chromophobia | Stephen Tulloch | Martha Fiennes | ||
| The Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | Fernando Meirelles | ||
| Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Victor Quartermaine | Steve Box Nick Park |
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| The White Countess | Todd Jackson | James Ivory | ||
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | Mike Newell | ||
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Joe | Robert Edwards | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Lord Voldemort | David Yates | |
| Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | Bob Balaban | ||
| 2008 | In Bruges | Harry | Martin McDonagh | |
| The Hurt Locker | Mercenary Team Leader | Kathryn Bigelow | post-production | |
| The Duchess | William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire | Saul Dibb | post-production | |
| The Reader | Stephen Daldry | filming | ||
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I) | Lord Voldemort | David Yates | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II) | Lord Voldemort | David Yates |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Gene Hackman for Unforgiven |
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1994 for Schindler's List |
Succeeded by Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction |
| Preceded by Brian Bedford for Timon of Athens |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1994-1995 for Hamlet |
Succeeded by Frank Langella for The Father |