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BIOGRAPHY OF RALPH FIENNES

Ralph Fiennes, born as Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor, producer and director. Fiennes first achieved success on stage at the Royal National Theater as a performer of Shakespeare.

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 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

 

His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) earned him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.

Fiennes appeared in a number of notable films, including Quiz Show (1994), Strange Days (1995), The End of the Affair (1999), Red Dragon (2002), Maid in Manhattan (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), Lord Victor Quartermaine in Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), 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 Lord Voldemort, and the James Bond series, in which he 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. In 1995 he won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway. Since 1999, Fiennes has been an ambassador for UNICEF UK. Fiennes is also an Honorary Fellow of the London Film School. For his work behind the camera, he was awarded the Stanislavsky Prize in 2019.

RALPH FIENNES EDUCATION

Fiennes was educated at St Kieran’s College for a year and then at Newtown School, an independent Quaker school in County Waterford. They moved to Salisbury in England, where Fiennes completed his education at Bishop Wordsworth School. He then pursued painting at Chelsea College of Art before deciding that acting was his true passion.

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 Theater before gaining fame with 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.

 

RALPH FIENNES AGE

Fiennes, English actor, producer and director, was born on December 22, 1962 in Ipswich, United Kingdom. Ralph, born as Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, turns 57 in 2019.

Photo by Ralph Fiennes

RALPH FIENNES FAMILY

Here is an overview of the family of Ralph’s family while below is the detailed information of the family:

Grandparents and great-grandparents

  • Henry Alleyne Las (Grandfather)
  • Maurice Fiennes (Grandfather)
  • Sylvia Joan Fiennes (Grandmother)
  • Joan Mary Moore (Grandmother)
  • Gertrude Théodosie (Great Grandfather)
  • Alberic Arthur Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (Great Grandfather)

Parents

  • Mark Fiennes (Father)
  • Jennifer Lash (Mother)

Brothers and sisters

 

  • Michael Emery (Brother)
  • Jacob Fiennes (Brother)
  • Sophie Fiennes (Sister)
  • Magnus Fiennes (Brother)
  • Marth Fiennes (Sister)
  • Joseph Fiennes (Brother)

Extended family

  • Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Nephew)
  • Mercy Fiennes Tiffin (Niece)
  • Titan Nathaniel Fiennes (Nephew)
  • Cheyenne Allegra Fiennes (Niece)
  • Teale Isabella Fiennes (Niece)
  • Nathaniel Fiennes (Nephew)
  • Shanti Atalanta Fiennes (Niece)
  • Nicholas Lash (Uncle)
  • Ephrem Lash (Uncle)
  • Dominic Lash (Cousin)
  • Isabel Fiennes
  • Sam Fiennes
  • Teale Isabella Twisleon-Wykeham-Fiennes
  • Mercy Jini Willow Fiennes
  • Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes

Fiennes family

Ralph’s parents are Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), writer. Industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907–1994) and Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash (1901–1975) were Ralph’s grandfathers. Edward Pomeroy Colley, a civil engineer and first-class passenger who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic, was his great-great-uncle.

Fiennes is also an eighth cousin of Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, and a third cousin of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes and author William Fiennes. His nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played Tom Riddle, young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Ralph Fiennes Siblings

Ralph Fiennes is the eldest of a family of six children. Her siblings are English actor Joseph Fiennes , Martha Fiennes (director), Magnus Fiennes (composer), Sophie Fiennes (director) and Jacob Fiennes (curator). Her adoptive brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist.

Joseph Fiennes and Ralph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes is Ralph’s younger brother who is also an actor and played the role of William Shakespeare on stage. He is best known for his appearance in the film Shakespeare in Love.

Ralph Fiennes Partner

Ralph Fiennes began dating English actress Alex Kingston in 1983 after they met at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where they were students. In 1993 they married but divorced in 1997 following his affair with actress Francesca Annis .

He then dated Francesca Annis from 1995 until their separation on February 7, 2006 in a split described as “acrimonious”, following rumors that he had an affair with a Romanian singer named Cornelia Crisan.

Ralph Fiennes Kids

Ralph Fiennes has no children.

RALPH FIENNES BODY MEASUREMENTS

  • Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.8 meters or 180 cm)
  • Weight: 174 pounds (lb) or 79 kilograms
  • Size: Not available
  • Body shape : Not available
  • Hair Color: Black

SALARY RALPH FIENNES

Ralph, who is well known for his acting prowess, is known to receive an estimated annual salary of $1,000,000.

NET WORTH OF RALPH FIENNES

Fiennes is an English actor who has a net worth of $30 million.

RALPH FIENNESHARRY POTTER

Ralph plays the character of Lord Voldemort, the main character in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series of novels. Ralph plays the role from the 4th season titled Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire until the 8th season – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

FILMOGRAPHY OF RALPH FIENNES

  • 1992 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
  • 1993 The baby of Mâcon
  • 1993 Schindler’s List
  • 1994 Quiz Show
  • Year One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Five Strange Days
  • one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six The English Patient
  • 1997 Oscar and Lucinda
  • 1998 The Avengers
  • 1998 The Prince of Egypt
  • 1999 Sunshine
  • 1999 Onegin
  • 1999 The end of the affair
  • 1999 Donation Seasons
  • 2000 The Miracle Maker
  • 2002 Spider
  • 2002 The Good Thief
  • 2002 Red Dragon
  • 2002 Made in Manhattan
  • 2005 The Chumscrubber
  • 2005 Chromophobia
  • 2005 The Constant Gardener
  • 2005 Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  • 2005 The White Countess
  • 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • 2006 Land of the Blind
  • 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • 2008 In Brugge
  • 2008 The Duchess
  • 2008 The Reader
  • 2009 The Hurt Locker
  • 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • 2010 Cemetery Junction
  • 2010 Clash of the Titans
  • 2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
  • 2010 The Wildest Dream
  • 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
  • 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • 2011 Coriolanus
  • 2012 Wrath of the Titans
  • 2012 Skyfall
  • 2012 Great Expectations
  • 2013 The Invisible Woman
  • 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • 2014 Two women
  • 2015 A bigger splash
  • 2015 Spectrum
  • 2016 Hail, Caesar!
  • 2016 Kubo and the two ropes
  • 2017 The Lego Batman Movie
  • 2017 Sadness of the sea
  • 2018 The White Crow
  • 2018 Holmes and Watson
  • 2019 Official Secrets
  • 2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
  • 2020 Dolittle
  • 2020 No time to die
  • 2020 The King’s Man
  • TBA The excavation

MAKEUP RALPH FIENNES VOLDEMORT

RALPH FIENNES AWARD

  • 2018: European Film Academy Award for World Cinema
  • 2015: Empire Legend Award
  • 2012: Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble
  • 2011: British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award.
  • 2009: Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble, The Hurt Locker
  • 2009: Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance – The Hurt Locker
  • 2005: British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, The Constant Gardener.
  • 1999: European Film Award for Best Actor, Sunshine
  • Year Nineteen Ninety-Five: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play – Hamlet
  • Year Nineteen Ninety-Five: Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play, Hamlet
  • 1994: BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, Schindler’s List.
  • 1994: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor – Schindler’s List

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT RALPH FIENNES

Who is Ralph Fiennes?

Ralph is an English-born actor, producer and director.

How old is Ralph Fiennes?

Fiennes celebrates his birthday on December 22 each year. In 2019, Ralph is 57 years old.

How tall is Ralph Fiennes?

The English-born actor measures a standing height of 1.8 meters, which equates to 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Is Ralph Fiennes married?

Ralph was in a relationship with actress Alex Kingston. Fiennes was also involved in a relationship with Francesca Annis from 1995 until February 2006.

How much is Ralph Fiennes worth?

Fiennes is an English actor who has a net worth of $30 million.

How much does Ralph Fiennes earn?

Ralph, who is well known for his acting prowess, is known to receive an estimated annual salary of $1,000,000.

Where does Ralph Fiennes live?

The English-born actor has yet to reveal where he lives. This information will be updated soon.

Is Ralph Fiennes dead or alive?

Ralph is alive and well.

Where is Ralph Fiennes now?

Fiennes is working on new projects.

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