Ralph Fiennes
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{{Infobox actor
| image = Ralph Fiennes.jpg
| caption = At the 60th Annual [[Tony Award]]s, New York City
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1962|12|22}}
| birthplace = [[Suffolk]], [[England]]
| birthname = Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
| spouse = [[Alex Kingston]] (1993-1997)<br>
| yearsactive = [[1990 in film|1990]]-present
| baftaawards = '''[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]]''' <br> 1993 ''[[Schindler's List]]''
| tonyawards = '''[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play|Best Leading Actor in a Play]]''' <br> 1995 ''[[Hamlet]]''
}}
'''Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes'''<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Person Page 18418 | url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p18418.htm | work=thePeerage.com | date=06 April 2008 | accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> ({{pron-en|ˈreɪf ˈfaɪnz}} ''"rafe fines"''; born [[22 December]] [[1962]]) is a [[British people|British]] [[Tony Award]]-winning, [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts |BAFTA Award]]-winning and a two time [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-nominated [[actor]].
==Biography==
===Early life===
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.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Ralph Fiennes Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/66/Ralph-Fiennes.html | work=filmreference | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> His surname is of [[Normans|Norman]] origin.<ref name="actors">{{cite interview | last=Fiennes | first=Ralph | interviewer=James Lipton | url=http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/guest/Ralph_Fiennes | format= | program=''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' | callsign=Bravo | city= | date=15 January 2006 | accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> He is a third cousin of the adventurer Sir [[Ranulph Fiennes]]. The eldest of six children, his siblings are actor [[Joseph Fiennes]] (''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'', ''[[Luther (2003 film)|Luther]]''), [[Martha Fiennes]], a director (in her film ''[[Eugene Onegin#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]].
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. 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]].{{Fact|date=March 2008}}
===Career===
Fiennes trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and then joined the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] in 1988.<ref name="actors"/> He is the only actor ever to have won a [[Tony Award]] for playing ''[[Hamlet]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. 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.
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]]. Though the film was poorly received, Fiennes's career suffered no lasting consequences, and later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] commandant [[Amon Göth|Amon Goeth]] in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Schindler's List]]''. For this he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref name="actors"/> He did not win the Oscar, but did win the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award]] for the role. His portrayal as Göth also earned him a spot on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains|Top 50 of movie villains]].
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 (film)|The English Patient]]''.<ref name="actors"/> Fiennes' work has ranged from [[thrillers]] (''[[Red Dragon (film)|Red Dragon]]'') to animated [[Bible|Biblical]] epic (''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'') to campy nostalgia (''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'') to romantic comedy (''[[Maid in Manhattan]]'') and offbeat dramedy (''[[Oscar and Lucinda]]'').
Fiennes was cast as [[Lord Voldemort]] in the 2005 fantasy film [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (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 (film)| ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'']]. ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'' was also released in 2005, with Fiennes as the title role.<ref name="actors"/> The film is set in the slums of [[Kibera]] and [[Loiyangalani]], [[Kenya]]. 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. Fiennes is a patron of the charity.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.constantgardenertrust.org/html/patrons.htm| title=Constant Gardener Trust - Patrons | publisher=UNICEF | accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> His recent performance in the play ''[[Faith Healer]]'' gained him a nomination for a 2006 [[Tony Award]].
===Personal life===
Fiennes is a [[UNICEF]] ambassador.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.unicef.org/uniteforchildren/youth/youth_29342.htm | title=Ralph Fiennes, UNICEF UK Ambassador | publisher=UNICEF| accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref>
Fiennes met [[actress]] [[Alex Kingston]] ([[Elizabeth Corday|Dr. Corday]] from ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'') while both were students at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts]]. 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]]''. In February 2006 the couple separated. This came after [[tabloid]] reports that said Fiennes had had an [[affair]] with [[Romanians|Romanian]] singer [[Cornelia Crisan]].<ref name=imdbnews>{{cite web | author=World Entertainment News Network | title=Fiennes in Air Sex Scandal? | url=http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2007-02-12 | date=12 February 2007| work=Internet Movie Database | accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref> In late 2006, sources reported that Fiennes was dating [[United States|American]] actress [[Ellen Barkin]].<ref>{{cite web | author=World Entertainment News Network | title=Fiennes Finds Another Older Woman In Barkin? | url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/news | work=Internet Movie Database | accessdate=2008-04-10}}</ref>
==Work==
===Filmography===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| [[1990 in film|1990]]
| ''[[A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia]]''
| [[T. E. Lawrence]]
|
|-
| [[1992 in film|1992]]
| ''[[Wuthering Heights (1992 film)|Wuthering Heights]]''
| Heathcliff
|
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[1993 in film|1993]]
| ''[[The Baby of Macon]]''
| The Bishop's son
|
|-
| ''[[Schindler's List]]''
| [[Amon Göth|Amon Goeth]]
| '''Won''': [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Supporting Actor; <br> Nominated: [[Academy Award]] for Best Supporting Actor; <br> Nominated: [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Supporting Actor
|-
| [[1994 in film|1994]]
| ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''
| [[Charles Van Doren]]
|
|-
| [[1995 in film|1995]]
| ''[[Strange Days (film)|Strange Days]]''
| Lenny Nero
|
|-
| [[1996 in film|1996]]
| ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
| Count Laszlo de Almsy
| Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actor; <br> Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Actor; <br> Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor; <br> Nominated: [[SAG Award]] for Best Actor (and Cast)
|-
| [[1997 in film|1997]]
| ''[[Oscar and Lucinda]]''
| Oscar Hopkins
|
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[1998 in film|1998]]
| ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''
| John Steed
|
|-
| ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''
| [[Ramesses|Rameses]]
| (voice)
|-
|rowspan="3" | [[1999 in film|1999]]
| ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''
| Ignatz Sonnenschein/Adam Sors/Ivan Sors
|
|-
| ''[[Eugene Onegin#Film|Onegin]]''
| Evgeny Onegin
|
|-
| ''[[The End of the Affair]]''
| Maurice Bendrix
| Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Actor
|-
| [[2000 in film|2000]]
| ''[[The Miracle Maker]]''
| [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]
| (voice)
|-
|rowspan="4" | [[2002 in film|2002]]
| ''[[Spider (film)|Spider]]''
| Spider
|
|-
| ''[[The Good Thief]]''
| Tony Angel
| (uncredited)
|-
| ''[[Red Dragon (film)|Red Dragon]]''
| [[Francis Dolarhyde]]
|
|-
| ''[[Maid in Manhattan]]''
| Christopher Marshall
|
|-
|rowspan="6" | [[2005 in film|2005]]
| ''[[The Chumscrubber]]''
| Mayor Michael Ebbs
|
|-
| ''[[Chromophobia]]''
| Stephen Tulloch
|
|-
| ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]''
| Justin Quayle
| Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Actor
|-
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
| Victor Quartermaine
| (voice)
|-
| ''[[The White Countess]]''
| Todd Jackson
|
|-
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
| [[Lord Voldemort]]
|
|-
| [[2006 in film|2006]]
| ''[[Land of the Blind]]''
| Joe
|
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[2007 in film|2007]]
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
| Lord Voldemort
| When he saw that children were scared of Voldemort in the Film he knew he portrayed his role well.
|-
| ''[[Bernard and Doris]]''
| Bernard Lafferty
|
|-
|rowspan="4" | [[2008 in film|2008]]
| ''[[In Bruges]]''
| Harry Waters
|
|-
| ''[[The Duchess (film)|The Duchess]]''
| [[William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire]]
| ''awaiting release''
|-
| ''[[The Hurt Locker]]''
| Mercenary Team Leader
| ''post-production''
|-
| ''[[The Reader (film)|The Reader]]''
|
| ''post-production''
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[2010 in film|2010]]
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] (Part I)''
| Lord Voldemort
| ''pre-production''
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[2011 in film|2011]]
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] (Part II)''
| Lord Voldemort
| ''pre-production''
|}
===Stage===
* [[Twelfth Night]] by [[William Shakespeare]] (1985) - Role: Curio - Directed by Richard Digby Day - New Shakespeare Company - Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London
* [[A Midsummer Night's Dream]] by William Shakespeare (1985) - Role: Cobweb - Directed by Toby Robertson - New Shakespeare Company - Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London
* A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1986) - Role: Lysander - Directed by David Conville and Emma Freud - New Shakespeare Company - Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London and New Shakespeare Company's European Tour
* Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1986) - Role: Romeo - Directed by Declan Donnellan - New Shakespeare Company - Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London
* Six Characters In Search Of An Author by Luigi Pirandello (1987) - Role: Son - Directed by Michael Rudman - National Theatre's Olivier Theatre, London
* Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev (1987) - Role: Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov - Directed by Michael Rudman - National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre, London
* Ting Tang Mine by Nick Darke (1987) - Role: Lisha Ball - Directed by Michael Rudman - National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London
* Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (1988) - Role: Claudio - Directed by Di Trevis - Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
* The Plantagenets: Henry VI, The Rise of Edward IV, Richard III His Death by William Shakespeare (1988-1989) - Role: Henry VI, ghost of Henry VI - Directed by Adrian Noble - Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and Barbican Theatre, London
* King John (1989) by William Shakespeare - Role: Dauphin - Directed by Deborah Warner - The Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and The Pit Theatre, London
* The Man Who Came To Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman (1989) - Role: Bert Jefferson - Directed by Ron Gene Saks - The Royal Shakespeare Company - Barbican Theatre, London
* Playing With Trains by Stephen Poliakoff (1989) - Role: Gant - Directed by Ron Daniels - The Royal Shakespeare Company - The Pit Theatre, London
* Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare (1990) - Role: Troilus - Directed by [[Sam Mendes]] - The Royal Shakespeare Company - Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
* King Lear by William Shakespeare (1990) - Role: Edmund - Directed by [[Nicholas Hytner]] - The Royal Shakespeare Company - Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
* Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare (1991) - Role: Berowne - Directed by Terry Hands - The Royal Shakespeare Company - Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and Barbican Theatre, London
* ''[[Hamlet]]'' by William Shakespeare (1995) - Role: Hamlet, with [[Francesca Annis]] as Gertrude - Directed by [[Jonathan Kent]] - The [[Almeida Theatre]] Company - [[Hackney Empire]], London and [[Belasco Theatre]] on Broadway, NY
* ''[[Ivanov (play)|Ivanov]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] translated by [[David Hare (dramatist)|David Hare]] (February-April 1997) - Role: Ivanov - Directed by Jonathan Kent - The [[Almeida Theatre]] Company - Almeida Theatre, London
* Coriolanus by William Shakespeare (2000) - Role: Coriolanus - Directed by Jonathan Kent - The Almeida Theatre Company - Gainsborough Film Studios in Shoreditch, London and BAM Harvey Theatre in Brooklyn, New York City
* Richard II by William Shakespeare (2000) - Role: Richard II - Directed by Jonathan Kent - The Almeida Theatre Company - Gainsborough Film Studios in Shoreditch, London and BAM Harvey Theatre in Brooklyn, New York City
* The Play What I Wrote by Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Eddie Braben (2001) - Role: Sir Ralph Fiennes - Directed by [[Kenneth Branagh]] - The Duo The Right Size - West End Wyndham's Theatre, London
* The Talking Cure by [[Christopher Hampton]] (2003) - Role: Carl Jung - Directed by [[Howard Davies (Theatre Director)|Howard Davies]] - National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London
* Brand by [[Henrik Ibsen]] (2003) - Role: Brand - Directed by [[Adrian Noble]] - The [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] - Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon and Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
* [[Julius Caesar]] by [[William Shakespeare]] (2005) - Role: Mark Anthony - Directed by [[Deborah Warner]] - [[Barbican Centre]], London
* [[Faith Healer]] by [[Brian Friel]] (2006) - Role: Frank Hardy - Directed by [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]] - Gate Theatre, Dublin and Booth Theatre on Broadway, New York City
* First Love by Samuel Beckett - Sydney Festival 2007
* [[God of Carnage]] by [[Yasmina Reza]] (2008) - Role: Alain Reille - [[Gielgud Theatre]], [[West End]]
==Awards and nominations==
;Awards
* 1993 - [[NYFCC Award]] for Best Supporting Actor - ''[[Schindler's List]]''
* 1994 - [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Supporting Actor - ''Schindler's List''
* 1994 - [[NSFC Award]], [[DFWFCA Award]], and [[CFCA Award]] for Best Supporting Actor - ''Schindler's List''
* 1995 - [[ALFS Award]] for British Actor of the Year - ''Schindler's List''
* 1995 - [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor - [[Hamlet]]
* 1999 - [[European Film Award]] for Best Actor - ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''
* 2005 - [[Krzysztof Kieślowski Award]] for his body of work as a thespian
* 2006 - Honorary Fellowship of [[UCD Dramatic Society]] for services to theatre
* 2007 - Spike TV's 2007 Scream Awards for Most Vile Villain - ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''
* 2007 - The James Joyce Award of the [[Literary and Historical Society]].
;Nominations
* 1994 - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - ''Schindler's List''
* 1994 - [[Golden Globe]] for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - ''Schindler's List''
* 1994 - [[MTV Movie Awards 1994|MTV Movie Award]] for Best Breakthrough Performance - ''Schindler's List''
* 1997 - Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''
* 1997 - BAFTA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - ''The English Patient''
* 1997 - Golden Globe and [[Golden Satellite Award]] for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama - ''The English Patient''
* 1997 - [[Screen Actors Guild Awards 1997|Screen Actors Guild Award]] for Outstanding Performance by a Cast - ''The English Patient''
* 1999 - [[Annie Award]] for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production - ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''
* 1999 - [[Razzie]] Award for Worst Actor - ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]''
* 1999 - Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (shared with [[Uma Thurman]]) - ''The Avengers''
* 2000 - BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - ''[[The End of the Affair]]''
* 2000 - [[Genie Award]] for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]''
* 2001 - ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year - ''The End of the Affair''
* 2003 - [[Saturn Award]] for Best Supporting Actor - ''[[Red Dragon (film)|Red Dragon]]''
* 2003 - [[Teen Choice Award]] - Choice Movie Liplock (shared with [[Jennifer Lopez]]) - ''[[Maid in Manhattan]]''
* 2006 - [[BAFTA]] Award - Best Actor - ''The Constant Gardener''
* 2006 - Annie Awards - Best Voice/Animation - ''Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit''
* 2006 - MTV Movie Awards - Best Villain - ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*{{imdb |0000146}}
*[http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=23362 BroadwayWorld Exclusive World Premiere: In Bruges Trailer]
*[http://www.moviehole.net/interviews/20051026_exclusive_interview_ralph_fien.html Ralph Fiennes interview]
*[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21400386-5001021,00.html Fiennes' Hostess was an escort - News article about Ralph's mile high encounter]
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| title=[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| years=1994<br>'''for ''[[Schindler's List]]'' '''
| before=[[Gene Hackman]]<br>for ''[[Unforgiven]]''
| after=[[Samuel L. Jackson]]<br>for ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''
}}
{{succession box
| title=[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play]]
| years=1994-1995<br>'''for ''[[Hamlet]]'' '''
| before=[[Brian Bedford]]<br> for ''[[Timon of Athens]]''
| after=[[Frank Langella]]<br> for ''[[The Father]]''
}}
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