Profile
Ralph Fiennes
Actor
Male
Born
Dec 22, 1962
Age
50
Hometown
Ipswich
Other Names
Wykeham-Fiennes, ...
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, best known as Ralph Fiennes (is an English theatre and film actor. A noted Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage in the Royal National Theatre. Since then, he has portrayed characters such… Read More
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Lisa RobertsonFling 2007
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Ralph Fiennes
Age 50
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Jacob FiennesBrother
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Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Hitler's ChildrenHuffington Post - Apr 12, 2013
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1962
Birth
Ralph Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes was born in Ipswich on 22 December 1962, the eldest child of Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), a farmer and photographer whose father was industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907–1994), and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), a writer of English and Irish descent.
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1973
10 Years Old
The Fiennes family moved to Ireland in 1973, living in West Cork and County Kilkenny for some years.
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TWENTIES
1983
20 Years Old
Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art between 1983 and 85.
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1990
27 Years Old
Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and then made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche, for which he received substantial acclaim and praise throughout Europe.
THIRTIES
1993 was his "breakout year".
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1994
31 Years Old
In 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show.
1995
32 Years Old
In 1995, Fiennes began an affair with Francesca Annis, whom he met when she played his mother Gertrude in the play Hamlet.
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1996
33 Years Old
In 1996 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the World War II epic romance The English Patient in which he starred with Kristin Scott-Thomas.
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FORTIES
The Constant Gardener was released in 2005 with Fiennes in the central role.
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2006
43 Years Old
Fiennes' 2006 performance in the play Faith Healer gained him a nomination for a 2007 Tony Award.
In 2008, Fiennes worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent to play the title role in Sophocles's Oedipus the King at the National Theatre in London.
In February 2009, Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade's Film Festival FEST.
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2010
47 Years Old
In April 2010, he played Hades, reuniting with his former co-star from Schindler's List, Liam Neeson, who played Zeus in Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1981 film of the same name.
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2011
48 Years Old
In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the titular character.
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