Ralph Fiennes 171521 225107377 2008-07-11T22:27:42Z 78.105.179.163 /* Career */ {{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] {{start box}} {{s-awards}} {{succession box | 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. 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