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Ralph Fiennes Biography

in full Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

(1962–)

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Selected Films
1992 Wuthering Heights
1993 The Baby of Macon
1993 Schindler's List

1994 Quiz Show
1995 Strange Days
1996 The English Patient
1997 Oscar and Lucinda
1998 The Avengers
1998 Prince of Egypt (voice)
1999 Sunshine
1999 Onegin
1999 The End of the Affair
2002 Spider
2002 Red Dragon
2002 Maid in Manhattan
2005 The Chumscrubber
2005 Chromophobia
2005 The Constant Gardener
2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (voice)
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 The White Countess
2006 Land of the Blind
2008 In Bruges
2008 The Duchess
2008 The Reader

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Actor, born on December 22, 1962 in Suffolk, UK, the eldest of seven children, including brother of Joseph Fiennes. He is an eighth cousin of Prince Charles.

Fiennes studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before joining the National Theatre (1987) and the Royal Shakespeare Company (1989–90). His film debut was in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1991), and his compelling performance in Schindler's List (1993) earned him a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Other films include The Baby of Macon (1993), The English Patient (1996, Oscar nomination), Oscar and Lucinda (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), and Spider (2002). He was cast in the role of the wicked wizard Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Later films include The Constant Gardener and The White Countess, both 2005, In Bruges, The Duchess, and The Reader, all in 2008.

Fiennes dated actress Alex Kingston for ten years. The couple married in 1993, but divorced in 1997.