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Ralph Fiennes on screen and stage

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Fiennes in 2013

Ralph Fiennes is an English actor of stage and screen. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards and an Primetime Emmy Award. He received a Tony Award in 1995 for his work on the Broadway stage in Hamlet. He has starred in such critically acclaimed films as Schindler's List (1993), Quiz Show (1994), The English Patient (1996), The End of the Affair (1999), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges, The Duchess, and The Reader (all 2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). He also starred as the villain Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series.

Stage

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
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 [1]
1991 Love's Labour's Lost King of Navarre Stratford-upon-Avon
Barbican Centre, London
1995 Hamlet Hamlet Hackney Empire, London
Belasco Theatre, Broadway
[2]
1997 Ivanov Ivanov Almeida Theatre, London
2000 Coriolanus Coriolanus BAM Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn [2]
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
[1]
2007 First Love Sydney Festival [3]
2008 God of Carnage Alain Reille Gielgud Theatre, London [1]
2008 Oedipus the King Oedipus Royal National Theatre, London [4]
2011 The Tempest Prospero Theatre Royal Haymarket, London [5]
2013 National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage Lambert Le Roux (Pravda) Royal National Theatre, London [1]
2015 Man and Superman Jack Tanner Royal National Theatre, London [6]
2016 The Master Builder Halvard Solness The Old Vic, London [1]
2016 Richard III Richard, Duke of Gloucester Almeida Theatre, London [1]
2018 Antony and Cleopatra Antony Royal National Theatre, London [7]
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
[8][9]
2023 Macbeth Macbeth The Depot, Liverpool
Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
Dock X, London
Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Heathcliff
1993 The Baby of Mâcon The Bishop's Son
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
The Prince of Egypt Ramesses II Voice[10]
1999 Sunshine Ignatz Sonnenschein / Adam Sors / Ivan Sors
Onegin Evgeny Onegin Also executive producer
The End of the Affair Maurice Bendrix
2000 The Miracle Maker Jesus Christ Voice[10]
2002 Spider Dennis "Spider" Cleg
The Good Thief Tony Angel Uncredited
Red Dragon Francis Dolarhyde
Maid in Manhattan Christopher Marshall
2005 The Chumscrubber Mayor Michael Ebbs
Chromophobia Stephen Tulloch
The Constant Gardener Justin Quayle
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Lord Victor Quartermaine Voice[10]
The White Countess Todd Jackson
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
The Duchess William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
The Reader Older Michael Berg
2009 The Hurt Locker Contractor Team Leader
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Lord Voldemort
2010 Cemetery Junction Mr. Kendrick
Clash of the Titans Hades
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Lord Gray
The Wildest Dream George Mallory
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Lord Voldemort
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Coriolanus Coriolanus Also director and producer
2012 Wrath of the Titans Hades
Skyfall Gareth Mallory / M
Great Expectations Magwitch
2013 The Invisible Woman Charles Dickens Also director
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Monsieur Gustave H.
Two Women M.A. Rakitin
2015 A Bigger Splash Harry Hawkes
Spectre Gareth Mallory / M
2016 Hail, Caesar! Laurence Laurentz
Kubo and the Two Strings Moon King / Raiden Voice
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Alfred Pennyworth[10]
Sea Sorrow Prospero
2018 The White Crow Alexander Pushkin Also director and producer
Holmes & Watson Professor Moriarty / Jacob Musgrave
2019 Official Secrets Ben Emmerson
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Alfred Pennyworth Voice; cameo[10]
2020 Dolittle Barry Voice[10]
2021 The Dig Basil Brown
No Time to Die Gareth Mallory / M
The Forgiven David Henninger
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
The Swan Roald Dahl
The Rat Catcher Roald Dahl / Rat Man
Poison Roald Dahl
Coast Self
2024 Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma Macbeth Stage recording[11][12]
Conclave Cardinal Thomas Lawrence
The Return Odysseus
2025 28 Years Later TBA Post-production
The Choral Dr. Guthrie Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia T. E. Lawrence Television film
1991 Prime Suspect Michael 2 episodes
2003 Liberty's Kids Charles Cornwallis Voice, 1 episode
2008 Bernard and Doris Bernard Lafferty Television film, HBO
2011 Page Eight Alec Beasley Television film, PBS
2011–2014 Rev. Bishop of London 2 episodes
2014 Turks & Caicos Alec Beasley Television film
Salting the Battlefield
2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts Himself HBO Max special

Video games

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Year Title Voice role Notes
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Lord Voldemort [10]
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2015 James Bond: World of Espionage M Mobile game

Theme park attractions

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

Spoken word

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ralph Fiennes theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com.
  2. ^ a b "Ralph Fiennes – Artist". AbouttheArtist. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ Edwards, Russell (21 January 2007). "First Love". Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Theatre review: Oedipus / Olivier, London". the Guardian. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  5. ^ "The Tempest – review". the Guardian. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Man and Superman". National Theatre. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014.
  7. ^ Thompson, Jessie (19 November 2018). "Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2018 – The Winners". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  8. ^ Lawson, Mark (24 March 2022). "Straight Line Crazy review – Ralph Fiennes enthrals as the man who shaped New York". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Ralph Fiennes To Star As Robert Moses In New York Staging Of David Hare's 'Straight Line Crazy'; Nicholas Hytner & Jamie Armitage Direct". Deadline Hollywood. 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "Ralph Fiennes (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  11. ^ "Macbeth starring Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma – select Cineplex locations – May 2 & 5, 2024". themontrealeronline.com. 24 April 2024. Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  12. ^ "'Macbeth' as movie to screen at Shakespeare Theatre Company". dctheaterarts.org. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.