Biography

Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, England. The oldest of six children, his father was a photographer and his mother a novelist. When he was 11 the family moved to Ireland. They later moved back to England where Ralph finished school and attended Chelsea College of Art. Ralph was married to actress Alex Kingston (Croupier, ER) for four years. Later he was involved with actress Francesca Annis for 11 years.

Ralph's impressive acting career began with training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. Ralph is the only actor to receive a Tony Award for portraying Hamlet on Broadway in 1995. He began working in film in the early 1990s, playing Heathcliff in an adaptation of Wuthering Heights. He gained critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for his portrayel of Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. He received a second Academy Award nomination for his romantic role in The English Patient. He's gone on to appear in Quiz Show, The End of the Affair, Red Dragon, The Constant Gardener, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Fiennes is a UNISEF ambassador. After filming The Constant Gardener in Kenya, he and other members of the production set up The Constant Gardener Trust, which provides aid for residents of the Kiberia slum in Nairobi.


Filmography

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Lord Voldemort
Bernard and Doris (2007) - Bernard Lafferty
Land of the Blind (2006) - Joe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Lord Voldemort
The White Countess (2005) - Todd Jackson
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) - Victor Quartermaine
The Constant Gardener (2005) - Justin Quayle
Chromophobia (2005) - Stephen Tulloch
The Chumscrubber (2005) - Mayor Michael Ebbs
Maid in Manhattan (2002) - Chris Marshall
Red Dragon (2002) - Francis Dolarhyde
The Good Thief (2002) - Tony Angel
Spider (2002) - Dennis 'Spider' Cleg
The Miracle Maker (2000) - Jesus
How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000) - Marcel Proust
The End of the Affair (1999) - Maurice Bendrix
Onegin (1999) - Evgeny Onegin
Sunshine (1999) - Ignatz Sonnenschein/Adam Sors/Ivan Sors
The Prince of Egypt (1998) - Rameses
The Avengers (1998) - John Steed
Oscar and Lucinda (1997) - Oscar Hopkins
The English Patient (1996) - Count Laszlo de Almásy
Strange Days (1995) - Lenny Nero
Quiz Show (1994) - Charles Van Doren
Schindler's List (1993) - Amon Goeth
The Baby of Mâcon (1993) - The Bishop's Son
The Cormorant (1993) (TV) - John Talbot
Wuthering Heights (1992) - Heathcliff
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV) - Michael
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990) (TV) - T. E. Lawrence

Compiled by Morgan!