Ralph Fiennes

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Image:Spider (movie 2001) Ralph Fiennes.jpg Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes (pronounced "Raif" Nathaniel "Fines", born December 22, 1962) is an Oscar nominated English 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 amoral Nazi concentration camp commander Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1994 he portrayed American academic 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 (The Prince of Egypt) to campy nostalgia (The Avengers) to romantic comedy (Maid in Manhattan). In 2002, Fiennes and Miranda Richardson received sensational reviews and unparalled critical acclaim for their performances in David Cronenberg's award-winning thriller Spider.

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

In 2004, Fiennes was cast to play the villainous Lord Voldemort in the fourth film of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The film was released in November 2005. Fiennes will reprise the role in its sequels.

Also in 2005, The Constant Gardener was released, with Fiennes as the title role. The film is set in the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani, Kenya. The situation affected the crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education around these villages. Fiennes is a patron of the charity.

1 Trivia
2 Awards won
3 Award nominations
4 Selected Filmography
5 External links

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Trivia

His role in Schindler's List earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. While he didn't win the Oscar, he did win the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award, which is the British equivalent to the Oscar.

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Awards won

1993 - NYFCC Award for best supporting actor - Schindler's List
1994 - BAFTA 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

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Award nominations

1994 - BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor - Schindler's List
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