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Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes
Born in 1962 in Ipswich, Ralph Fiennes joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988 and appeared in TV series "Prime Suspect". He went on to star in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler List", establishing his position in Hollywood. He has since starred in a number of films, not least of which has been in the Harry Potter series as the evil Lord Voldermort, and is quoted as saying, "When children were introduced to Lord Voldemort, they looked suitably terrified. Which gave me great gratification."



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Ralph Fiennes - news / articles


  • Young's cameo cut from Fiennes movie - 5 January 2012
    -Will Young's cameo appearance in Ralph Fiennes' new movie Coriolanus has been cut from the film because the singer "stood out for all the wrong reasons".-The Leave Right Now hitmaker has previously made a foray into acting, appearing opposite Bob Hoskins and Dame Judi


  • Branagh and Fiennes to be honoured at BIFAs - 23 November 2011
    -Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes are to be honoured with prizes at the upcoming British Independent Film Awards.-Schindler's List star Fiennes will be handed the Richard Harris award for outstanding contribution to film by an actor, at a ceremony in London next month


  • Fiennes calls on dialect coach to help him direct himself - 17 November 2011
    -Actor Ralph Fiennes called on his dialect coach to help him with his directorial debut - because he knew she'd be honest about his performance in his film Coriolanus.-The English Patient star admits he was wracked with "continual anxiety" when filming started on the m

Ralph Fiennes - what members say


  • Schindler's List
  • Schindler's List review by TrevorBevan from Gloucestershire
    Rated - 5.0 stars Whosoever saves one life 18 May 2004
    ...tune turns to bankruptcy as the Commandant of the concentration camp, played by Ralph Fiennes, further illustrates the depravity of the Nazi system when Schindler slowly win...   Read customer review
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 24 November 2005
    ...There are fine cameos from Gary Oldman (in the best of many excellent effects), Ralph Fiennes, Timothy Spall and Shirley Henderson and an enjoyable turn as new teacher 'Mad ...   Read customer review

Ralph Fiennes - filmography


  • Page 8 (2011)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Rachel Weisz,  Michael Gambon
    Director: David Hare
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy) is a long-serving M15 officer. His boss and best friend Benedict Baron (Michael Gambon) dies suddenly, leaving behind him an inexplicable file, threatening the stability of the organization. Meanwhile, a seemingly chance encounter with Johnny's striking next-door ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 95 members
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  • Coriolanus - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Gerard Butler,  Brian Cox
    Director: Ralph Fiennes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, CORIOLANUS, scripted by John Logan, updates one of Shakespeare's more difficult plays, without sacrificing the Bard's original dialogue. Set in modern times, the movie stars Fiennes as the title character, a fierce General able to fight Rome's most dreaded enemies ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 10 members
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  • Clash of the Titans on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Liam Neeson,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In "Clash of the Titans," the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 38,246 members
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  • Clash of the Titans - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Liam Neeson,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The 1981 classic CLASH OF THE TITANS gets a star-studded remake with this film from director Louis Leterrier (THE INCREDIBLE HULK). Sam Worthington (TERMINATOR SALVATION) stars as Perseus, the son of Zeus who must defeat his father's nemesis, Hades, to keep the world from being overtaken by evil. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 12,482 members
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  • Clash Of The Titans - 3D Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sam Worthington,  Liam Neeson,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In "Clash of the Titans," the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 500 members
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  • Cemetery Junction on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Jennie Shotton,  Tom Hughes,  Jack Doolan
    Director: Ricky Gervais,  Stephen Merchant
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Ricky Gervais' and Stephen Merchant's feature-film directorial début, Cemetery Junction centres on three men working at an insurance firm in 1970's England. In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie (Christian Cooke) wants to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 25,028 members
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  • The Wildest Dream on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Conrad Anker,  Hugh Dancy,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Anthony Geffen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 143 members
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  • The Duchess - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Ralph Fiennes,  Hayley Atwell
    Director: Saul Dibb
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    After PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT, Keira Knightley continues her reign as the queen of the period film with this 18th-century costume drama. The corset-clad actress stars as Georgiana Spenser, the Duchess of Devonshire. With her marriage to the duke (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana achieves an ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 4,543 members
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  • The Hurt Locker - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Jeremy Renner,  Anthony Mackie,  Brian Geraghty
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the personal wartime experiences of journalist Mark Boal (who adapted his experiences with a bomb squad into a fact-based, yet fictional story), director Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War-set action thriller THE HURT LOCKER presents the conflict in the Middle East from the perspective of those ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 23,558 members
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  • In Bruges - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Brendan Gleeson,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Martin McDonagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Playwright Martin McDonagh makes an impressive feature film debut as the writer and director of this tragicomedy that is as rich, dark, and complex as Belgian chocolate. The story unfolds over the course of a few days, as Irish hitmen Ken (the appealingly bear-like Brendon Gleeson, KINGDOM OF ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 145 members
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  • The Duchess on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Ralph Fiennes,  Hayley Atwell
    Director: Saul Dibb
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Like her direct descendent Princess Diana, Georgina Duchess of Devonshire was a glamorous royal, much loved by the public. While her attractiveness and charm afforded her popularity, the intelligent and vulnerable Duchess was trapped within a loveless marriage to one of the country's richest men. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 44,802 members
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  • The Hurt Locker on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jeremy Renner,  Anthony Mackie,  Brian Geraghty
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 85,477 members
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  • Bernard And Doris on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  James Rebhorn,  Don Harvey
    Director: Bob Balaban
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Bob Balaban's fictional drama presents a speculative exploration of the relationship shared between wealthy tobacco heiress Doris Duke (Susan Sarandon) and her Irish butler Bernard Lafferty (Ralph Fiennes) who, after just six years working as Duke's servant, was posthumously awarded ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 204 members
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  • Land Of The Blind on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Donald Sutherland,  Ralph Fiennes,  Tom Hollander
    Director: Robert Edwards
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A satirical and timely war thriller about terrorism, revolution, and the power of memory. In an unnamed place and time, an idealistic soldier named Joe strikes up an illicit friendship with a political prisoner named Thorne, who eventually recruits him into a bloody coup d'etat. But in the post-..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 1,569 member
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  • The Chumscrubber on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss,  Ralph Fiennes,  John Heard
    Director: Arie Posin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell) finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. Everyone in town is too self consumed to worry ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,212 members
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  • The Constant Gardener (2005)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Rachel Weisz,  Danny Huston
    Director: Fernando Meirelles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, City of God, won awards all over the world and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 83,930 members
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  • White Countess on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Natasha Richardson,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd -- and sometimes illicit -- jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,594 members
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  • Red Dragon on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Norton,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ex-FBI agent Will Graham is an expert investigator who quit the Bureau after almost losing his life in the process of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter. Years later, after a series of particularly grisly murders, Graham reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement and assist in the case. But he soon ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 21,270 members
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  • Spider on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Patrick McGrath,  Ralph Fiennes,  Miranda Richardson
    Director: David Cronenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the novel by Patrick McGrath, David Cronenberg's psychological drama follows Dennis "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes), a mentally disturbed man who has just been released from an asylum. Upon taking up residence in a seedy London apartment building, the already introverted Spider begins to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 4,088 members
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  • Red Dragon (2002)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Norton,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The first chapter in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this is the story of FBI agent Will Graham who is assigned the task of catching 'The Tooth Fairy'. In order to do so he must try to persuade Lecter to advise him. Lecter knows who the murderer is and only feeds small scraps of information to Graham, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 827 members
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  • Maid In Manhattan on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jennifer Lopez,  Ralph Fiennes,  Natasha Richardson
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, SMOKE) updates the familiar Cinderella story in this charming romantic comedy. Jennifer Lopez stars as Marissa Ventura, a beautiful young woman who divides her time between her precocious son Ty (Tyler Posey) and her housekeeping duties at The Beresford, an ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 19,638 members
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  • Red Dragon - HD (2002)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Edward Norton,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Brett Ratner
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The first chapter in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, this is the story of FBI agent Will Graham who is assigned the task of catching 'The Tooth Fairy'. In order to do so he must try to persuade Lecter to advise him. Lecter knows who the murderer is and only feeds small scraps of information to Graham, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 407 members
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  • The End Of The Affair on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Julianne Moore,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    On a rainy night in London in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with the husband of an ex-lover. The obsession is rekindled and soon we discover why the affair ended two years earlier and the pact Sarah had made with God...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,749 members
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  • Sunshine on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Jennifer Ehle,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: István Szabó
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Director Istvan Szabo's SUNSHINE is an epic tale that follows the Hungarian Jewish family the Sonnenscheins through five generations spanning more than 100 years, from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, exploring the history, politics, world wars, social diaspora, and economic shifts that influence ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,058 members
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  • Onegin on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Liv Tyler,  Toby Stephens
    Director: Martha Fiennes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,773 member
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  • The Avengers on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Uma Thurman,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the AVENGERS feature film, the characters of the cult 1960s television show are back at it again. The suave John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and the sultry Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) team up to thwart the nefarious plans of Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery), who is out to control the world's weather. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 1,818 member
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  • The English Patient on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Juliette Binoche,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Anthony Minghella
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set during the Second World War, this epic romance tells the story of a mysterious Englishman found badly burned in the Sahara. His nurse transports him across war-torn Europe taking him to a deserted Tuscan monastery where he can die in peace. There they become friends and she begins to read to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 20,573 members
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  • Strange Days on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Angela Bassett,  Juliette Lewis
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,684 members
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  • Quiz Show on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Paul Scofield,  Rob Morrow
    Director: Robert Redford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to take a dive and allow Charles Van Doren (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 3,727 members
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  • Schindler's List (1993)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Ralph Fiennes,  Caroline Goodall
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts,..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 81,321 members
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  • Wuthering Heights on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Ralph Fiennes,  Sinead O'Connor
    Director: Peter Kosminsky
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A sweeping, epic production of Emily Bronte's classic tale of star-crossed lovers Cathy (Juliette Binoche) and Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes), whose passionate love and tragic separation plays out against the verdant Yorkshire moors. Whereas most film adaptations of WUTHERING HEIGHTS end with the death ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 3,843 members
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  • Prime Suspect 1 on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Tom Bell,  Ralph Fiennes
    Director: Christopher Menaul
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Called in to head a murder enquiry, D.C.I. Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is immediately confronted by hostility and aggression from her male colleagues. With her strength of character and skills as a detective continually tested to the limit, she exposes a far-reaching cover-up within the force. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3,287 members
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Ralph Fiennes facts

5 most recent films

Coriolanus - 3.5 stars
Page 8 - 3.5 stars
Coriolanus - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 - 4.0 stars
Clash of the Titans - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Schindler's List - 4.0 stars
In Bruges - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter Goblet of fire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 - 4.0 stars
Prime Suspect 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Wildest Dream - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Coriolanus - 3.5 stars
The Constant Gardener - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Coriolanus - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Avengers - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rupert Grint - 14 times - show films
Robbie Coltrane - 14 times - show films
Daniel Radcliffe - 14 times - show films
Emma Watson - 14 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Yates - 10 times - show films
Anthony Minghella - 4 times - show films
Louis Leterrier - 4 times - show films
Mike Newell - 4 times - show films
Kathryn Bigelow - 4 times - show films