Ralph Fiennes - wikipedia Ralph Fiennes Not to be confused with Ranulph Fiennes. Ralph Fiennes Fiennes at the London Film Festival premiere of The Invisible Woman, October 2013 Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton - Wykeham - Fiennes ( 1962 - 12 - 22 ) 22 December 1962 ( age 54 ) Ipswich, Suffolk, England Nationality British Citizenship United Kingdom, Serbia Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Occupation Actor, director, producer Years active 1985 -- present Spouse ( s ) Alex Kingston ( m. 1993 ; div. 1997 ) Partner ( s ) Francesca Annis ( 1995 -- 2006 ) Parent ( s ) Mark Fiennes Jennifer Lash Relatives Martha Fiennes ( sister ) Magnus Fiennes ( brother ) Sophie Fiennes ( sister ) Joseph Fiennes ( brother ) Jacob Fiennes ( brother ) Fiennes 's voice from the BBC programme Front Row, 20 November 2011. Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton - Wykeham - Fiennes ( / ˈreɪf ˈfaɪnz / ; born 22 December 1962 ) is an English actor, director and producer. 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 ) and Alfred Pennyworth in The Lego Batman Movie ( 2017 ). Fiennes is also known for his roles in major film franchises such as the Harry Potter film series ( 2005 -- 2011 ), in which he played the villainous Lord Voldemort, and the James Bond series, in which he has 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. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. One of the highest profile actors in contemporary British popular culture, Fiennes appeared on Debrett 's 2017 list of the most influential people in the UK. Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Stage credits 4.2 Selected other projects, contributions 5 References 6 External links Early life and family Further information : Twisleton - Wykeham - Fiennes family and Baron Saye and Sele Fiennes was born in Ipswich, on 22 December 1962. He is the eldest child of Mark Fiennes ( 1933 -- 2004 ), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash ( 1938 -- 1993 ), a writer. He has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. His surname is of Norman origin. His grandfathers were industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes ( 1907 -- 1994 ) and Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash ( 1901 -- 1975 ). His great - great - uncle was Edward Pomeroy Colley, a Civil Engineer and first class passenger who died in the sinking of RMS Titanic. Fiennes is an eighth cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales, and a third cousin of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes and author William Fiennes. He is the eldest of six children. His siblings are actor Joseph Fiennes ; Martha Fiennes, a director ( in her film Onegin, he played the title role ) ; Magnus Fiennes, a composer ; Sophie Fiennes, a filmmaker ; and Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist. His nephew Hero Fiennes - Tiffin played Tom Riddle, young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince. The Fiennes family moved to Ireland in 1973, living in West Cork and County Kilkenny for some years. Fiennes was educated at St Kieran 's College for one year, followed by Newtown School, a Quaker independent school in County Waterford. They moved to Salisbury in England, where Fiennes finished his schooling at Bishop Wordsworth 's School. He went on to pursue painting at Chelsea College of Art before deciding that acting was his true passion. Career Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1983 and 1985. He began his career at the Open Air Theatre, Regent 's Park and also at the National Theatre before achieving prominence at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. 1993 was his `` breakout year ''. He had a major role in Peter Greenaway 's film The Baby of Mâcon with Julia Ormond, which provoked controversy and was poorly received. Later that year he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List. For this he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He did not win the Oscar, but did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for the role. His portrayal of Göth also earned him a spot on the American Film Institute 's list of Top 50 Film Villains. Fiennes gained weight to represent Göth, but shed it afterwards. Fiennes later stated that playing the role had a profoundly disturbing effect on him. In a subsequent interview, Fiennes recalled, Evil is cumulative. It happens. People believe that they 've got to do a job, they 've got to take on an ideology, that they 've got a life to lead ; they 've got to survive, a job to do, it 's every day inch by inch, little compromises, little ways of telling yourself this is how you should lead your life and suddenly then these things can happen. I mean, I could make a judgment myself privately, this is a terrible, evil, horrific man. But the job was to portray the man, the human being. There 's a sort of banality, that everydayness, that I think was important. And it was in the screenplay. In fact, one of the first scenes with Oskar Schindler, with Liam Neeson, was a scene where I 'm saying, `` You do n't understand how hard it is, I have to order so many - so many meters of barbed wire and so many fencing posts and I have to get so many people from A to B. '' And, you know, he 's sort of letting off steam about the difficulties of the job. Ralph Fiennes with Eddie and Gloria Minghella at the 2011 Minghella Film Festival In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show. In 1996 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the epic World War II romance The English Patient, in which he starred with Kristin Scott - Thomas. Fiennes ' film work has encompassed a variety of genres, including thrillers ( Spider ), an animated Biblical epic ( The Prince of Egypt ), camp nostalgia ( The Avengers ), romantic comedy ( Maid in Manhattan ), and historical drama ( Sunshine ). In 1999, Fiennes had the title role in Onegin, a film which he also helped produce. His sister Martha Fiennes directed, and brother Magnus composed the score. Fiennes portrayed Francis Dolarhyde in the 2002 film, Red Dragon, a prequel to ' Silence Of The Lambs ' and ' Hannibal '. The film received very positive reviews and Ralph 's performance as a sympathetic serial killer with a romantic relationship with a blind girl, played by Emily Watson, was lauded as one of the best aspects of the film. The Constant Gardener was released in 2005, with Fiennes in the central role. The film is set in Kenya. It was filmed in part with the actual residents of the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani. The situation affected the cast and crew to such an extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust to provide basic education for children of these villages. Fiennes is a patron of the charity. He is also a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres. Fiennes portrayed Lord Voldemort in the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He returned to the role for other films of the series : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince, and both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1 and Part 2. Fiennes ' 2006 performance in the play Faith Healer gained him a nomination for a 2007 Tony Award. In 2008, Fiennes worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in Oedipus the King by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London. In 2008, he played the Duke of Devonshire in the film The Duchess ; he also played the protagonist in The Reader, adapted from the novel of the same name. Fiennes meets young journalists in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2003 during his visit as a UNICEF UK ambassador. In February 2009, Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade 's Film Festival FEST. He filmed his version of Shakespeare 's Coriolanus in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Fiennes reunited with Kathryn Bigelow for her Iraq War film The Hurt Locker, released in 2009, appearing as an English Private Military Contractor. They had previously worked together on Strange Days ( 1995 ). In April 2010, he played Hades in Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1981 film of the same name. In 2012, he starred in the twenty - third James Bond film, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes. He will replace Dame Judi Dench as M in future Bond films. Dench had also starred alongside Fiennes ' brother, Joseph, in Shakespeare in Love in 1998. In 2013 Fiennes was both the director and the leading actor ( in the role of Charles Dickens ) in the well - received film The Invisible Woman ( 2013 film ). Though he is not noted as a comic actor, in 2014 he made an impression for his farcical turn in The Grand Budapest Hotel. Said one critic about the film, `` In the end it 's Fiennes who makes the biggest impression. His stylized, rapid - fire delivery, dry wit and cheerful profanity keep the film bubbling along. '' For his performance, Fiennes was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. In 2015, Fiennes starred in Luca Guadagnino 's thriller A Bigger Splash. In 2016, Fiennes starred in the animation film Kubo and the Two Strings where he voiced Raiden the Moon King, Kubo 's grandfather. Personal life Fiennes is a UNICEF UK ambassador and has done work in India, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, and Romania. Fiennes met English actress Alex Kingston while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After dating for ten years, they married in 1993 and divorced in 1997 following his affair with Francesca Annis. On 7th September 2017 he was granted Serbian citizenship. The decision was signed by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights Heathcliff 1993 Baby of Mâcon, The The Baby of Mâcon Bishop 's son, The The Bishop 's son 1993 Schindler 's List Amon Goeth BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture Nominated -- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Quiz Show Charles Van Doren 1995 Strange Days Lenny Nero Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Actor The English Patient Count László de Almássy Nominated -- Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated -- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama Nominated -- Satellite Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated -- Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Oscar and Lucinda Oscar Hopkins 1998 Avengers, The The Avengers John Steed Nominated -- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Nominated -- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo ( shared with Uma Thurman ) 1998 Prince of Egypt, The The Prince of Egypt Ramesses II ( voice ) Nominated -- Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production 1999 Sunshine Ignatz Sonnenschein / Adam Sors / Ivan Sors European Film Award for Best Actor Nominated -- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1999 Onegin Evgeny Onegin Also executive producer 1999 End of the Affair, The The End of the Affair Maurice Bendrix Nominated -- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2000 Miracle Maker, The The Miracle Maker Jesus Christ ( voice ) 2002 Spider Dennis `` Spider '' Cleg 2002 Good Thief, The The Good Thief Tony Angel Uncredited 2002 Red Dragon Francis Dolarhyde Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 2002 Maid in Manhattan Christopher Marshall Nominated -- Teen Choice Award for Choice Film -- Liplock 2005 Chumscrubber, The The Chumscrubber Mayor Michael Ebbs 2005 Chromophobia Stephen Tulloch 2005 Constant Gardener, The The Constant Gardener Justin Quayle BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film Nominated -- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2005 Wallace & Gromit : The Curse of the Were - Rabbit Lord Victor Quartermaine ( voice ) Nominated -- Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production 2005 White Countess, The The White Countess Todd Jackson 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Lord Voldemort Nominated -- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 2006 Land of the Blind Joe 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Lord Voldemort 2008 In Bruges Harry Waters Nominated -- BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2008 Duchess, The The Duchess William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire Nominated -- BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Motion Picture Nominated -- London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year 2008 Reader, The The Reader Older Michael Berg 2009 Hurt Locker, The The Hurt Locker Contractor Team Leader Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast Performance Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated -- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast 2009 Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince Lord Voldemort Cameo Cemetery Junction Mr. Kendrick Clash of the Titans Hades Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Lord Gray Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 1 Lord Voldemort Wildest Dream, The The Wildest Dream George Mallory 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 Lord Voldemort Scream Award for Best Villain Teen Choice Award for Choice Film Fight Nominated -- MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 2011 Coriolanus Coriolanus Also director and producer Nominated -- BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer 2012 Wrath of the Titans Hades 2012 Skyfall Gareth Mallory / M 2012 Great Expectations Magwitch 2013 The Invisible Woman Charles Dickens Also director 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Monsieur Gustave H. Denver Film Critics Society for Best Actor Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Ensemble Indiana Film Journalists Association For Best Actor Indiewire 2014 Year - End Critics Poll for Best Actor Nominated -- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated -- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated -- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated -- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated -- Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated -- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated -- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated -- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated -- Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated -- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated -- Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Actor 2014 Two Women M.A. Rakitin 2015 A Bigger Splash Harry Hawkes Nominated -- Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Actor Nominated -- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Nominated -- San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor 2015 Spectre M / Gareth Mallory 2016 Hail, Caesar ! Laurence Laurentz 2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Moon King / Raiden ( voice ) 2017 The Lego Batman Movie Alfred Pennyworth ( voice ) 2017 Sea Sorrow Prospero 2018 Holmes and Watson Professor Moriarty In post-production Television Year Title Role Notes Dangerous Man : Lawrence After Arabia, AA Dangerous Man : Lawrence After Arabia T.E. Lawrence 1991 Prime Suspect Michael 2008 Bernard and Doris Bernard Lafferty Nominated -- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Miniseries or Television Film Nominated -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 2011 Page Eight Alec Beasley Television film 2011 -- 2014 Rev. Bishop of London 2 episodes 2014 Turks & Caicos Alec Beasley Television film 2014 Salting the Battlefield Alec Beasley Television film Video games Year Title Role Notes 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Lord Voldemort Voice 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Lord Voldemort Voice Stage credits 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 : King of Navarre -- 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 by Anton Chekhov translated by 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 -- Wyndham 's Theatre, West End The Talking Cure by Christopher Hampton ( 2003 ) -- Role : Carl Jung -- Directed by 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, West End Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare ( 2005 ) -- Role : Mark Antony -- Directed by Deborah Warner -- Barbican Centre, London & tour Faith Healer by Brian Friel ( 2006 ) -- Role : Frank Hardy -- Directed by 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 Oedipus the King by Sophocles ( 2008 ) -- Role : Oedipus -- National Theatre, London The Tempest by William Shakespeare ( 2011 ) -- Role : Prospero -- Theatre Royal Haymarket, London National Theatre : 50 Years on Stage ( 2013 ) -- Role : Lambert Le Roux ( Pravda ) -- National Theatre, London Man and Superman by Bernard Shaw ( 2015 ) -- Role : Jack Tanner -- National Theatre, London The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen ( 2016 ) -- Role : Halvard Solness -- Directed by Matthew Warchus -- Old Vic, London Richard III by William Shakespeare ( 2016 ) -- Role : Richard, Duke of Gloucester -- Directed by Rupert Goold -- Almeida Theatre, London Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare ( 2018 - upcoming ) -- Role : Antony -- Directed by Simon Godwin -- National Theatre, London Selected other projects, contributions When Love Speaks ( 2002, EMI Classics ) -- `` Sonnet 129 '' ( `` Th'expense of spirit in a waste of shame '' ) References Jump up ^ `` Ralph Fiennes ''. 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Question: the man who plays voldemort in harry potter
Answer: Fiennes