He is also a UNICEF UK ambassador. His surname is of Norman origin. Fiennes was educated at St Kieran’s College for one year, followed by Newtown School, a Quaker independent school in County Waterford. Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 and then made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche, for which he received substantial acclaim and praise throughout Europe. I mean, I could make a judgment myself privately, this is a terrible, evil, horrific man. in fact, one of the first scenes with Oskar Schindler, with Liam Neeson, was a scene where I’m saying, You don’t understand how hard it is, I have to order so many-so many meters of barbed wire and so many fencing posts and I have to get so many people from A to B. And, you know, he’s sort of letting off steam about the difficulties of the job.” in 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show.

Is Ralph Fiennes The Next Bond Super Villain? Ralph Fiennes is being lined up as one of the stars of the next James Bond movie.Type cast much? Apparently Hollywood reps are in discussions with the producers and director Sam Mendes about a role in the film that so far is known only as James Bond 23.Mendes, who will direct Daniel Craig as Bond [...] [link]

Most recently, he appeared in The Reader (2008), in Bruges (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) and as Hades in Clash of the Titans (2010). He is also a UNICEF UK ambassador. His surname is of Norman origin. His portrayal as Göth also earned him a spot on the American Film Institute’s list of Top 50 Movie Villains. in fact, one of the first scenes with Oskar Schindler, with Liam Neeson, was a scene where I’m saying, You don’t understand how hard it is, I have to order so many-so many meters of barbed wire and so many fencing posts and I have to get so many people from A to B. And, you know, he’s sort of letting off steam about the difficulties of the job.” in 1994, he portrayed American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show. Fiennes’ work has ranged from thrillers (Red Dragon) to animated Biblical epic (The Prince of Egypt) to campy nostalgia (The Avengers) to romantic comedy (Maid in Manhattan) to offbeat dramedy (Oscar and Lucinda) and historical drama (Sunshine). He kept the role for both Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. However, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, there is a flashback scene in which Voldemort is an 11 year-old boy – the character was played by Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Fiennes’s nephew, for this scene.

Ralph Fiennes to star in Invisible Woman ‘Harry Potter’ star Ralph Fiennes is set to direct ‘The Invisible Woman’, which tells the story of Charles Dickens’ secret 13-year love affair. Ralph… [link]