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Ralph Fiennes has been the recipient of many significant awards and nominations for his work on film and in the theater. Most recently he was nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his leading role in The Grand Budapest Hotel. Early in his career Fiennes was nominated for Academy Awards®, Golden Globes and BAFTAs for his roles in The English Patient and Schindler’s List, winning the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the latter film. He was also BAFTA-nominated for The End of the Affair and The Constant Gardener.

On the other side of the camera, Fiennes was nominated for the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Coriolanus. Fiennes has also been honored with the Variety Award for Film Achievement, the British Independent Film Awards’ (BIFA) Richard Harris Award and the Empire Film Legend Award.

Fiennes’ most recent film credits include The Menu, The King’s Man, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Four Quartets, The Forgiven, The Dig, Official Secrets, A Bigger Splash, Kubo and the Two Strings, Hail, Caesar! and The Lego Batman Movie. In 2023-24 Fiennes played the title role in “Macbeth,” performing in found spaces in Liverpool, Edinburgh, London and Washington, D.C.

Forthcoming films for the busy actor include Uberto Pasolini’s The Return and Nicholas Hytner’s The Choral. Fiennes is currently shooting the film trilogy 28 Years Later, directed by Danny Boyle and Nia DaCosta.

In 1992 Fiennes made his feature film debut as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. He went on to appear in such notable films as Strange Days, Quiz Show, Oscar and Lucinda, The Reader, Onegin, Spider, Sunshine and The Hurt Locker. He also played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series and took over the role of “M” in James Bond films Skyfall, Spectre and No Time to Die.

Fiennes’ television work includes David Hare’s trilogy “Page Eight,” “Turks and Caicos” and “Salting the Battlefield.” He played T.E. Lawrence in “A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia” and also appeared in “Prime Suspect” and “Rev.”

Fiennes made his feature directorial debut in 2011 with Coriolanus, in which he also starred in the title role. In 2013 he both directed and starred in The Invisible Woman. His film about Rudolf Nureyev, The White Crow, was released in 2018.

On stage, Ralph Fiennes starred opposite Sophie Okonedo in “Antony and Cleopatra” at the National Theatre, for which he received the Evening Standard Best Actor Award. His other work at the National Theatre includes “Man & Superman,” “Oedipus,” “The Talking Cure,” “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” “Fathers and Sons” and “Ting Tang Mine.”

Fiennes’ extensive work at the Royal Shakespeare Company includes “Troilus and Cressida,” “King Lear,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” Henry VI in “The Plantagenets,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “King John,” “The Man Who Came to Dinner” and Ibsen’s “Brand.” For the Almeida he has played the title roles in “Richard III” (Evening Standard Best Actor Award), “Richard II,” “Coriolanus,” “Ivanov” and “Hamlet,” all directed by Jonathan Kent. For the latter role Fiennes won the Tony Award for Best Actor.

Ralph Fiennes returned to Broadway in 2006 and received a Tony nomination for his role in Brian Friel’s “Faith Healer,” following a run at The Gate Theatre Dublin. In 2016 Fiennes played Solness in “The Master Builder,” directed by Matthew Warchus at the Old Vic (Evening Standard Best Actor Award). In 2020 Fiennes appeared at the Bridge Theatre in David Hare’s “Beat the Devil,” which was broadcast on Sky TV. He also toured the country in 2021 in his production of “The Four Quartets.” Both productions were performed under social distancing regulations. In 2022 he returned to the Bridge Theatre in David Hare’s “Straight Line Crazy,” which was also performed at The Shed in New York.

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