Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes as John Steed in Warner Brothers' The Avengers - 1998

Biography

Born 12/22/1962

A magnetic stage actor with England's National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, Ralph Fiennes earned particular favor in America for a string of unforgettable performances in several prominent dramas in the 1990s. The British performer announced his arrival after receiving critical raves and...
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Awards

  • In 2006, received Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
  • In 2005, received British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
  • In 1995, received Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

Highlights

  • In 2008, Co-starred with Keira Knightley in an adaption of Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography "The Duchess"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor
  • In 2008, Co-starred and narrated the Stephen Daldry directed film adaption of "The Reader"
  • In 2008, Portrayed Bernard Lafferty, Doris Duke's (Susan Sarandon) gay butler in the HBO film, "Bernard and Doris"; received Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actor in a TV-Movie

Family & Companions

  • Ellen Barkin: Companion (Rumored to be dating after being seen dinning out together in Fall 2006)
  • Francesca Annis: born on May 14, 1944; played Gertrude to Fiennes' Hamlet in 1994; had 20-year on again, off again relationship with photographer Patrick Wiseman with whom she had three children
  • Mark Fiennes: father (Remarried in 1996 after wife's death; collapsed suddenly and died in December 2004 at age 71)

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