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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Great Expectations (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt (1998). Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films (2005–2011), in which he played the main villain, Lord Voldemort. In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall. In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.
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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born December 22, 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre. Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindler's List (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Since then, Fiennes has been in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), Clash of the Titans (2010), Great Expectations (2012), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt (1998). Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films (2005–2011), in which he played the main villain, Lord Voldemort. In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film Skyfall. In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the title character. Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.
Known For
Tony Awards
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Prime Suspect
Creating the World of Harry Potter
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Dolittle
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Despicable Me 4
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Hurt Locker
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Clash of the Titans
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
28 Years Later
No Time to Die
Spectre
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Lego Batman Movie
Skyfall
The Wildest Dream
In Bruges
Page Eight
Official Secrets
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Red Dragon
Wrath of the Titans
A Bigger Splash
Schindler's List
Wuthering Heights
The Menu
The Duchess
Maid in Manhattan
The Prince of Egypt
The Dig
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Conclave
The English Patient
The Constant Gardener
Coriolanus
The Forgiven
Quiz Show
The Return
The King's Man
28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Spider
The Avengers
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Production Credits
The Return
Conclave
Coriolanus
The King's Man
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