Ralph Fiennes

English actor, director and producer (born 1962)

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    Born 1962
  • Known for
    Harry Potter and the G…
    2005
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Updated 2026-08-31

He's the voice that made Voldemort whisper and the face that carried The English Patient, but Ralph Fiennes built his pull doing Shakespeare on London stages before Hollywood noticed. Three Oscar nominations later, he's equally at home playing a Bond spymaster and voicing animated villains.

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Born in Ipswich in December 1962, Fiennes graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1985 and made his name interpreting Shakespeare at the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. His 1992 film debut as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opened the door to Schindler's List a year later — his SS officer earned him his first Academy Award nomination. The English Patient brought a second in 1996. He won a Tony in 1995 playing Hamlet on Broadway, then spent the 2000s splitting time between prestige work and the Harry Potter franchise, where his skeletal Voldemort became a cultu…

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  • European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
  • European Film Award for Best Actor
  • Theatre World Award
  • Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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