“You are Perseus, son of Zeus. 'Release the Kraken,' all of that.”
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Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor and director. Recognised for his work on stage and screen, his accolades include a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Born 22 December 1962 · Q28493
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2026· 6 entries
“I'm sorry that you think being human is not enough. But we humans hope when there's no hope. And we believe when to believe is idiotic. But sometimes, in spite everything, we prevail.”
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The Guardian: Joseph Fiennes on parenting, politics and banning children from social media: ‘Stand up, Keir, this is your kids’ generation’
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The Guardian: From Ralph Fiennes to Jeffrey Wright: the most overlooked performances this awards season
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The Guardian: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review – Ralph Fiennes is phenomenal in best chapter yet of zombie horror
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Fiennes will star in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the sixth film in the Hunger Games series, as President Coriolanus Snow, previously portrayed by Donald Sutherland and Tom Blyth
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2025· 8 entries
The Guardian: The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable
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The Guardian: Small Hotel review – Ralph Fiennes’ fever dream leaves you with major reservations
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The Guardian: The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes makes pleasant music in low-volume drama
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The Guardian: As You Like It review – Ralph Fiennes’ sombre, stately directorial stage debut
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The Guardian: The Return review – Ralph Fiennes’s Homeric hero finds his way home to outstanding Juliette Binoche
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The Guardian: The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation
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The Guardian: ‘At 60, the bulk of your life is lived. What’s left now?’ Ralph Fiennes and Uberto Pasolini on their ripped and radical take on The Odyssey
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Fiennes starred in Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later, the third film in the series which is set in a post-apocalyptic Britain 28 years after 28 Days Later (2002)
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2024· 1 entry
Fiennes starred in the Edward Berger film Conclave, for which he received an Academy Award, Actor Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor
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2023· 1 entry
Fiennes reunited with the director Wes Anderson in an anthology of short films adapted from the works of British author, Roald Dahl, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023)
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2022· 2 entries
Fiennes collaborated with his sister, the filmmaker Sophie Fiennes, translating to the screen his production and performance of T
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Fiennes starred as chef Julian Slowik in the Mark Mylod-directed comedy horror The Menu
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2021· 3 entries
Fiennes starred in Matthew Vaughn's period spy film The King's Man and Cary Joji Fukunaga's James Bond film No Time to Die
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Starred in the British drama film The Dig playing the Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown alongside Carey Mulligan and Lily James
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Fiennes returned to the stage in David Hare's latest play Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge Theatre in London
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2020· 1 entry
Fiennes voiced a tiger in the family fantasy adventure film Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr
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2019· 1 entry
Fiennes played the MI6 agent Norman Darbyshire in Taghi Amirani's feature documentary Coup 53
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award (2018).
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Directed and starred in The White Crow, a biographical drama film about the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev
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2017· 1 entry
Voiced the British butler Alfred Pennyworth in The Lego Batman Movie and reprised the role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
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2016· 2 entries
Fiennes stated, "I'm strongly a remainer
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Fiennes appeared in the Coen brothers ensemble comedy film Hail, Caesar
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2015· 1 entry
Fiennes starred in Luca Guadagnino's psychological drama A Bigger Splash alongside Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton
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2014· 1 entry
Fiennes made an impression with his farcical turn as a flirty and eccentric concierge, Monsieur Gustave in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama The Grand Budapest Hotel
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2013· 1 entry
Fiennes returned to the director's chair helming over the biographical romance drama The Invisible Woman, where he also acted portraying the leading role of Charles Dickens opposite Felicity Jones as Ellen Ternan
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2012· 4 entries
“Your boy gave you strength. As did mine.”
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“Just fix my body...and leave my soul to me.”
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Appeared in the twenty-third James Bond film, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes
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Reprised his role of Hades again acting opposite Liam Neeson's Zeus in the action fantasy sequel Wrath of the Titans
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2010· 1 entry
“instinctive, visceral, physical thing”
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2009· 1 entry
Appearing as an English Private Military Contractor
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2008· 2 entries
Played the Duke of Devonshire in the film The Duchess opposite Keira Knightley; he also played the protagonist in The Reader, adapted from the novel of the same name alongside Kate Winslet
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Worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in Oedipus the King by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London
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2007· 1 entry
Fiennes was embroiled in scandal after having sex with a Qantas flight attendant on a flight from Sydney to Mumbai
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2006· 2 entries
Fiennes returned to the stage in Faith Healer alongside Ian McDiarmid
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Annis and Fiennes separated on 7 February 2006 after 11 years together.
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2005· 1 entry
Fiennes starred in Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener, a film based on the 2001 novel of the same name by John le Carré acting alongside Rachel Weisz
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for Sunshine (1999).
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Fiennes had the title role in Onegin, a film which he also helped produce
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1996· 1 entry
Was nominated for the Academy Award, Actor Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for playing László Almásy in the epic World War II romantic drama The English Patient, in which he starred with Krist
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Hamlet (1995).
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Awarded Theatre World Award (1995).
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Fiennes made his Broadway debut playing Prince Hamlet in the revival of Hamlet, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Schindler's List (1994).
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Fiennes portrayed the American academic Charles Van Doren in Robert Redford's historical drama Quiz Show acting opposite John Turturro and Paul Scofield
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1993· 3 entries
Was the co-author of 1953's Operation Ajax, a joint MI6–CIA military coup that overthrew democracy in Iran
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And divorced in 1997 following his affair with Francesca Annis
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Portrayed the brutal Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's historical holocaust drama epic Schindler's List
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1992· 1 entry
As Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1985).
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-12-22.
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