Ralph Fiennes Bio, Net Worth, Wife, Brothers and Family Facts

Quick Facts

Ralph Fiennes is a well-acclaimed English actor and filmmaker. Back in the 1990s, he earned much critical acclaim for his roles in the blockbuster films Schindler’s List (1993) and The English Patient (1996). The talented actor is probably best known to moviegoers for his role as the villainous Lord Voldemort in the highly successful Harry Potter film series.

He is also known for his work in the James Bond series starring as Gareth Mallory, a role he assumed since 2012’s Skyfall. Fiennes is equally an accomplished stage actor having won a Tony Award in 1995 for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway.

Ralph Fiennes Bio

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on December 22, 1962, in Ipswich Suffolk, England. His parents were Mark Fiennes and Jennifer Lash. As a teenager, his family moved to Ireland where they settled for several years. There, he schooled at St Kieran’s College for a year after which he transferred to Newtown School. His family eventually moved back to England where he completed his schooling at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Fiennes originally enrolled to study painting at Chelsea College of Art but after a while, he quit to pursue his true passion, acting. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1983 to 1985. Ralph Fiennes started his acting career at the Open Air Theatre as well as the National Theatre before eventually gaining prominence at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Fiennes marked his big screen debut in 1992 as the lead star of the epic film Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The following year, he got his breakthrough role in Steven Spielberg’s highly acclaimed historical drama film Schindler’s List (1993), which was a box-office hit. His role in the movie as Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe nomination, and he won a BAFTA Award for the role. The talented actor also put up a good show as the lead character Count László de Almássy in the war drama film The English Patient which had him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Having established himself as a capable leading man, Ralph Fiennes recorded further notable roles in films like The Prince of Egypt (1998), Red Dragon (2002), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), as well as the highly acclaimed animated comedy Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). His role as Lord Voldemort in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) remains one of the most notable roles of his career. He also reprised the role in other installments of the series – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), and both in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Part 2 (2011).

Ralph Fiennes also starred in the fantasy film Clash of the Titans (2010) as well as its sequel Wrath of the Titans (2012). He assumed the role of Gareth Mallory / M in the James Bond series Skyfall (2012) and also reprised his role in the subsequent installment Spectre (2015). The talented actor also gave a delivery in the 2014 comedy film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) starring as the lead character and his performance earned him a BAFTA Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination.

His Net Worth

Ralph Fiennes had a meteoric rise to fame barely a few years after beginning his acting career. He has since featured in several blockbuster movies in his over 2-decade career. Ralph has also delved into other aspects of showbiz as a producer and director. Thanks to his illustrious career and other ventures, the all-around movie star has amassed a net worth of $30 million.

Wife, Brothers, and Family Facts

Ralph Fiennes’ father Mark Fiennes (1933–2004) was a photographer and illustrator and his mother Jennifer Lash (1938–1993) was a novelist and painter. He has 5 siblings and a good number of them are also involved in showbiz. Among his siblings are Joseph Fiennes, an actor, Martha Fiennes, a movie director, Sophie Fiennes, a filmmaker, Magnus Fiennes, a musician as well as Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist. He equally has a foster brother Michael Emery who is an archaeologist.

Ralph Fiennes is currently unmarried but has been married in the past. Back in 1993, he tied the knot with English actress Alex Kingston. The marriage ended in a divorce in 1997 following allegations of infidelity against Fiennes.

Apparently, he had begun a relationship with his Hamlet co-star Francesca Annis in 1995. He remained with Annis for a very long while following the end of his marriage. The duo eventually parted ways in 2006 after dating for 11 years. Following his acrimonious split from Francesca Annis, Ralph Fiennes got together with fashion style consultant, Lady Amanda Harlech.

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