Ralph Nathaniel TwisletonWykehamFiennes born December 22 1962 is an English actor film producer and director Since 1999 Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK A Shakespeare interpreter he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre He made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontës Wuthering Heights A noted Shakespeare interpreter he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre Fiennes portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Schindlers List 1993 earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient 1996 garnered him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations Since then Fiennes has been in a number of notable films including Quiz Show 1994 Strange Days 1995 The End of the Affair 1999 Red Dragon 2002 The Constant Gardener 2005 In Bruges 2008 The Reader 2008 Clash of the Titans 2010 Great Expectations 2012 and The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 He voiced Rameses in The Prince of Egypt 1998 Fiennes is most known for his role in the major film franchise series of Harry Potter films 20052011 in which he played the main villain Lord Voldemort In the James Bond series he played Gareth Mallory M starting with the 2012 film Skyfall In 2011 Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeares tragedy Coriolanus in which he also played the title character Fiennes won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway
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