Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes (pronounced "Raif" Nathaniel "Fines", born December 22, 1962) is a British actor. Born in Suffolk, he is the older brother of actor Joseph Fiennes. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. He is the only actor ever to have won a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway. In 2001 Fiennes received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington.

Fiennes' film debut was in 1992, when he played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. But it was in the following year that he became known internationally, portraying Amon Goeth, the amoral Nazi concentration camp commander in Schindler's List, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1994 he portrayed New England aristocrat Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show, and in 1996 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The English Patient.

Fiennes' career has gone from horror (Red Dragon) to animated Biblical epic (Prince of Egypt ) to campy nostalgia (The Avengers) to romantic comedy (Maid in Manhattan).

He married actress Alex Kingston in 1993, but they divorced in 1997. In 1995 he started dating Francesca Annis, his co-star in Hamlet.

In 2004 Fiennes was cast to play evil Lord Voldemort in the fourth movie of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, due to be released in November 2005.

Awards won

• 1993 - NYFCC Award for best supporting actor - Schindler's List
• 1994 - NSFC Award , DFWFCA Award , BAFTA Film Award and CFCA Award for best supporting actor - Schindler's List
• 1995 - ALFS Award for British actor of the year - Schindler's List
• 1999 - European Film Award for best actor - Sunshine

Award nominations

• 1994 - Academy Award for best actor in a supporting role - Schindler's List
• 1994 - Golden Globe for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture - Schindler's List
• 1994 - MTV Movie Award for best breakthrough performance - Schindler's List
• 1997 - Academy Award for best actor in a leading role - The English Patient
• 1997 - BAFTA Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role - The English Patient
• 1997 - Golden Globe and Golden Satellite Award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture - Drama - The English Patient
• 1997 - Actor Award for outstanding performance by a cast - The English Patient
• 1999 - Annie Award for outstanding individual achievement for voice acting in an animated feature production - The Prince of Egypt
• 1999 - Razzie Award for worst actor - The Avengers
• 1999 - Razzie Award for worst screen couple (shared with Uma Thurman) - The Avengers
• 2000 - BAFTA Film Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role - The End of the Affair
• 2000 - Genie Award for best performance by an actor in a leading role - Sunshine
• 2001 - ALFS Award for British actor of the year - The End of the Affair
• 2003 - Saturn Award for best supporting actor - Red Dragon
• 2003 - Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Liplock (shared with Jennifer Lopez) - Maid in Manhattan

Filmography

• Chromophobia -- (2005)
• The White Countess -- (2004)
• The Chumscrubber -- (2005)
• The Constant Gardener -- (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -- (2005)
• -- (2005)
• Maid in Manhattan -- (2002)
• Red Dragon -- (2002)
• The Good Thief -- (2002)
• Spider -- (2002)
• The Miracle Maker -- (2000)
• How Proust Can Change Your Life -- (2000)
• The End of the Affair -- (1999)
• Onegin -- (1999)
• Sunshine -- (1999)
• The Prince of Egypt -- (1998)
• The Avengers -- (1998)
• Oscar and Lucinda -- (1997)
• The English Patient -- (1996)
• Strange Days -- (1995)
• Quiz Show -- (1994)
• The Cormorant -- (1993)
• Schindler's List -- (1993)
• The Baby of Mâcon -- (1993)
• Wuthering Heights -- (1992)
• Prime Suspect -- (1991)
• -- (1990)

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