Leif Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes (English: Ralph Fiennes, pronounced /ˈreɪf ˈfaɪnz/, born December 22, 1962), British actor, director and film producer. He excelled on the stage of the Royal National Theater as an interpreter of Shakespeare's plays, and went on to further success with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has received numerous honors, including a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award, as well as being nominated for two Academy Awards and an Emmy Award. Fiennes made his film debut as Heathcliff in Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" in 1992. His performance as the Nazi war criminal Amon Goth in Steven Spielberg's 1993 drama Sutera's List earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and he also won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Later, for his role as Count Almasy in "Don't Ask Me Who" in 1996, he received his second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. Fiennes has acted in many other famous films, and he has also lent his voice to different films. From 2005 to 2011, Fiennes played the main villain Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" films. In the James Bond series of movies, he played Gareth Mallory (codename M), the head of MI6, in 2012's "007: Downfall", 2015's "007: Empire of Shadows" and 2021's "007: Life and Death". In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with the film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he played the title role of Lars Maxus Coriolanus. Subsequently, he also played Charles Dickens in "Dickens' Secret Love" in 2013. In terms of theater performance, Fiennes won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Prince Hamlet in the Broadway revival of "Hamlet". He has been nominated for the Academy Award twice and is the only actor to win this award in a Broadway theater. He received the William Shakespeare Award in 2001 from the Shakespeare Theater in Washington. Fiennes has been UNICEF UK ambassador since 1999. He is also an honorary associate professor at the London Film School. For Fiennes in the Mirror