Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
Eldest of 6 children born to photographer Mark Fiennes and his wife, Jini - aka Jennifer Lash - a novelist. Siblings are Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus, a musician; Sophie, a producer; and twins J...
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Alex Kingston (I) (September 1993 - 28 October 1997) (divorced)
Rich, mellifluous voice.
Often plays mysterious characters with equally mysterious pasts
Name pronounced "Rafe Fines".
(October 1997) Ranked #34 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 MovieStars of All Time" list.
Of the roughly one dozen actors to play "Hamlet" on Broadway, he is thefirst to win a Tony Award for doing so, in the 1995 Almeida Theatreproduction directed by Jonathan Kent (I).
Older brother of Martha Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes.
(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in filmhistory (#33).
On 3 March 2001, he received the William Shakespeare (I) Awardfrom the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC. Past recipients includeMel Gibson (I), Patrick Stewart (I),Lynn Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh a...
His credits at London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: a footman in "Ring Around The Moon" by Jean Anouilh, Curio in "Twelfth Night", Cobweb in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (all 1985), Lysander in "A ...
Author of an essay on Henry VI in "Players of Shakespeare 3" - RussellJackson, ed.; Cambridge University Press, 1994ISBN 0521477344
Reads the audiotape versions of "The English Patient", "Oscar and Lucinda",and "Man and Superman".
His Royal Shakespeare Company credits include: Lewis in "King John" directed by Deborah Warner, Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing", Henry VI in "The Plantagenets" (three parts of "Henry VI" plus "Ric...
His credits at London's Almeida Theatre include: the title character in Chekhov's "Ivanov" (1997, also Moscow), the title roles in Shakespeare's "Richard II" and "Coriolanus" (2000, also international...
His National Theatre credits include: the title role in Sophocles' "Oedipus" (2008), Carl Jung in "The Talking Cure", a new play by Christopher Hampton (I) (2002), the Son in Pirandello's "Six Charact...
It's 'Rafe', actually.
When children were introduced to Lord Voldemort, they looked suitablyterrified. Which gave me great gratification.
As an actor, a part of you expects to be looked at. A part of you wantsto be looked at. But when I'm playing a part, in my imagined world, Ifeel I'm not me. I may be using bits of me, but I love the s...
Awards are like applause, and every actor likes to hear applause.
The process of making a film is a mad lottery. Whenever you get thefeeling that you're making something special, you have to quicklysquash it because you are so often proved wrong.
"I think it's a badge of honor to have a real flop on your resume" -about The Avengers
"Vimagazino" (Greece), 23 March 2003, Iss. 128
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 11 October 2002, Iss. 677
"Cinefantastique" (USA), August 1998, Vol. 30, Iss. 4
"Flicks" (UK), August 1998, Vol. 11
"GQ" (USA), July 1998
"Big" (Greece), April 1997, Iss. 2
Coronet (2011) Romance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011) Mystery
Ismail Merchant: Memorial Concert (2011) (V) Music
Cemetery Junction (2010) Comedy
Clash of the Titans (2010) Fantasy
Clash of the Titans: A G4 Special (2010) (TV) Documentary
Coriolanus (2010) History
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) Mystery
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) Fantasy
Strange Days (1995) Sci-Fi
…Numerous film appearances include Cinderella Man, directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe, John Q with Denzel Washington, Owning Mahowny with Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Spider starring Ralph Fiennes and directed by David Cronenberg. Craig starred as Tommy Gorman in The Rocket: The...
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes is an English theatre and film actor . A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage in the ...