# Ralph Fiennes on screen and stage

Ralph Fiennes is an English actor who has worked extensively on stage and screen. Regarded as one of the finest performers of his generation, Fiennes is known for his versatile performances across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. Fiennes trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before becoming known as a Shakespeare interpreter, where he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his feature film debut portraying Heathcliff in the historical film Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992).
Fiennes has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Actors for his portrayals of Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's holocaust epic Schindler's List (1993), László Almásy in the Anthony Minghella's historical romance The English Patient (1996), and a Cardinal in Edward Berger's religious drama Conclave (2024). Fiennes started his career acting in dramatic films such as Quiz Show (1994), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), and Sunshine (1999). He further established himself with acting in diverse films such as Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges, The Duchess, The Reader (all 2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and The Menu (2022).
He earned critical and awards attention playing against type, taking on the comedic role of a charming concierge in the Wes Anderson comic adventure The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He also gained international attention for portraying the villain Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series (2005–2011) and Gareth Mallory / M in the James Bond action franchise films (2012–2021). He is also known for voicing roles in animated films such as The Prince of Egypt (1998), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017).
Fiennes made his Broadway debut playing Prince Hamlet in the 1995 revival of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet where he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He was Tony-nominated for playing a traveling faith healer in the Brian Friel play Faith Healer (2006). On television, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing a self-destructive Irish butler Bernard Lafferty in the HBO movie Bernard and Doris (2006). He also acted in the BBC films Page Eight (2001), Turks & Caicos (2014), and Salting the Battlefield (2014).
Fiennes is an Honorary Associate of London Film School and received the Stanislavsky Award in 2019.

## Acting credits
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff | |
| 1993 | The Baby of Mâcon | The Bishop's Son | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Amon Göth | |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Charles Van Doren | |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Lenny Nero | |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Count László de Almássy | |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Oscar Hopkins | |
| 1998 | The Avengers | John Steed | |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Ramesses II | Voice |
| 1999 | Sunshine | Ignatz Sonnenschein / Adam Sors / Ivan Sors | |
| 1999 | Onegin | Evgeny Onegin | Also executive producer |
| 1999 | The End of the Affair | Maurice Bendrix | |
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker | Jesus | Voice |
| 2002 | Spider | Dennis "Spider" Cleg | |
| 2002 | The Good Thief | Tony Angel | Uncredited |
| 2002 | Red Dragon | Francis Dolarhyde | |
| 2002 | Maid in Manhattan | Christopher Marshall | |
| 2005 | The Chumscrubber | Mayor Michael Ebbs | |
| 2005 | Chromophobia | Stephen Tulloch | |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Justin Quayle | |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Lord Victor Quartermaine | Voice |
| 2005 | The White Countess | Todd Jackson | |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2006 | Land of the Blind | Joe | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Harry Waters | |
| 2008 | The Duchess | William Cavendish | |
| 2008 | The Reader | Older Michael Berg | |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Contractor Team Leader | |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Lord Voldemort | Archival footage |
| 2010 | Cemetery Junction | Mr. Kendrick | |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Hades | |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Lord Gray | |
| 2010 | The Wildest Dream | George Mallory | Documentary |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Coriolanus | Also director and producer |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Hades | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Gareth Mallory / M | |
| 2012 | Great Expectations | Abel Magwitch | |
| 2013 | The Invisible Woman | Charles Dickens | Also director |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Monsieur Gustave H. | |
| 2014 | Two Women | M.A. Rakitin | |
| 2015 | A Bigger Splash | Harry Hawkes | |
| 2015 | Spectre | Gareth Mallory / M | |
| 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 | Documentary |
| 2018 | The White Crow | Alexander Pushkin | Also director and producer |
| 2018 | Holmes & Watson | Professor Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave | |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Ben Emmerson | |
| 2019 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice; cameo |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Barry | Voice |
| 2021 | The Dig | Basil Brown | |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Gareth Mallory / M | |
| 2021 | The Forgiven | David Henninger | |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Orlando, Duke of Oxford | Also executive producer |
| 2022 | The Menu | Chef Julian Slowik | |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Roald Dahl / The Policeman | Short film |
| 2023 | The Swan | Roald Dahl | Short film |
| 2023 | The Rat Catcher | Roald Dahl / Rat Man | Short film |
| 2023 | Poison | Roald Dahl | Short film |
| 2023 | Coast | Self | Short film |
| 2024 | Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma | Macbeth | Stage recording |
| 2024 | Conclave | Cardinal Thomas Lawrence | Also executive producer |
| 2024 | The Return | Odysseus | |
| 2025 | 28 Years Later | Dr. Kelson | Post-production |
| 2025 | The Choral | Dr. Guthrie | Post-production |
| 2026 | 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | Dr. Kelson | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Michael | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | T. E. Lawrence | Television film |
| 2003 | Liberty's Kids | Charles Cornwallis | Voice, 1 episode |
| 2008 | Bernard and Doris | Bernard Lafferty | Television film |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts | Himself | Television special |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1985 | Twelfth Night | Curio | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| 1985 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Cobweb | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| 1986 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| 1986 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| 1987 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Son | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1987 | Fathers and Sons | Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1987 | Ting Tang Mine | Lisha Ball | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 1988 | Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio | Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 1988–89 | The Plantagenets: Henry VI, The Rise of Edward IV, Richard III His Death | Henry VI | Stratford-upon-Avon Barbican Centre, London |
| 1989 | King John | Dauphin | Stratford-upon-Avon The Pit Theatre, London |
| 1989 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Bert Jefferson | Barbican Centre, London |
| 1989 | Playing with Trains | Gant | The Pit Theatre, London |
| 1990 | Troilus and Cressida | Troilus | Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 1990 | King Lear | Edmund | Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 1991 | Love's Labour's Lost | King of Navarre | Stratford-upon-Avon Barbican Centre, London |
| 1995 | Hamlet | Prince Hamlet | Hackney Empire, London Belasco Theatre, Broadway |
| 1997 | Ivanov | Ivanov | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2000 | Coriolanus | Coriolanus | BAM Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn |
| 2000 | Richard II | Richard II | BAM Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn |
| 2001 | The Play What I Wrote | Sir Ralph Fiennes | Wyndham's Theatre, London |
| 2003 | The Talking Cure | Carl Jung | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2003 | Brand | Brand | Stratford-upon-Avon Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
| 2005 | Julius Caesar | Mark Antony | Barbican Centre, London and tour |
| 2006 | Faith Healer | Frank Hardy | Gate Theatre, Dublin Booth Theatre, Broadway |
| 2007 | First Love | | Sydney Festival |
| 2008 | God of Carnage | Alain Reille | Gielgud Theatre, London |
| 2008 | Oedipus the King | Oedipus | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2011 | The Tempest | Prospero | Theatre Royal Haymarket, London |
| 2013 | National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage | Lambert Le Roux (Pravda) | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2015 | Man and Superman | Jack Tanner | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2016 | The Master Builder | Halvard Solness | The Old Vic, London |
| 2016 | Richard III | Richard, Duke of Gloucester | Almeida Theatre, London |
| 2018 | Antony and Cleopatra | Antony | Royal National Theatre, London |
| 2020 | Beat the Devil | | Bridge Theatre, London |
| 2021 | Four Quartets | | Theatre Royal, Bath/Tour |
| 2022 | Straight Line Crazy | Robert Moses | Bridge Theatre, London The Shed, Off-Broadway |
| 2023 | Macbeth | Macbeth | The Depot, Liverpool Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh Dock X, London Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Video Game | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The Video Game | Lord Voldemort | |
| 2015 | James Bond: World of Espionage | M | Mobile game |

### Theme park attractions

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 2014 | Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts | Lord Voldemort | Universal Studios Florida |

## Spoken word

* When Love Speaks (2002, EMI Classics) – "Sonnet 129" ("Th'expense of spirit in a waste of shame")