Ralph Fiennes: Personification of Refinement

Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham Fiennes (pron. Rafe Fines):

An amazing stage actor with England's National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, Fiennes gave up painting to pursue a career in acting. He marked his Broadway debut in 1995 with the title role of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. His works in the sliver screen won much acclaim from critics as well as the audience worldwide.

Films:

• Sunshine (2000), with Rosemary Harris, John Neville and William Hurt, Dir: Istvan Szabo

• The Miracle Maker (2000) - voice
• Onegin (1999): with Liv Tyler, Dir: Martha Fiennes

• The End of the Affair (1999): with Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea, Dir: Neil Jordan. A brilliant and powerful story of love, betrayal and sexual jealousy.
• The Prince of Egypt (1998) - voice
• The Avengers (1998) with Uma Thurman AND Sean Connery, Dir: Jeremiah Chechik
• Oscar and Lucinda(1997) with Cate Blanchette, Dir: Gillian Armstrong
"Our whole faith is a wager, Miss Leplastrier. We bet...that there is a God. We bet our life on it...I cannot see that such a God, whose fundamental requirement of us is that we gamble our mortal souls, every second of our temporal existence... It is true! We must gamble every instant of our allotted span. We must stake everything on the unprovable fact of His existence."
Great saga by Gillian Armstrong, based on Peter Carey's acclaimed, Booker-prize winning novel. Extra-ordinary performances by Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett.

• The English Patient (1996) with Kristin Scott-Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Naveen Andrews, Dir: Anthony Minghella
An intimate epic based on Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel, the movie is set in North Africa and Italy during the late 1930's and early 40's and explores the basic questions of love, loyalty, friendship, nationality and betrayals in a backdrop of war. It earned 12 Oscar nominations and won 9, including one for best director.
• Strange Days (1995) with Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis and Tom Sizemore, Dir: Kathryn Bigelow
• The Cormorant (1995)
• Quiz Show (1994) with Paul Scofield, Rob Murrow AND John Turturro, Dir: Robert Redford
• Schindler's List (1993) with Liam Neeson AND Ben Kingsley, Dir: Steven Speilberg
• The Baby of Macon(1993) with Julia Ormond, Dir: Peter Greenway
• Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1992), with Juliette Binoche, Dir: Peter Kosminski

• Spider
• Double Down
• Jump Tomorrow

Television:

• Prime Suspect (1991)
• A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia (1992)
• The Cormorant (1993)
• In Search of Lost Time (2000)

Awards:

• European Film Awards, 1999, Best Actor for his part in "Sunshine".
• Academy Award, and BAFTA nominations, 1997 Best Actor and Golden Globe nomination, 1997, best Actor for his part in "The English Patient".
• BAFTA, New York film Critics, Boston Film Critics, National Society of Film Critics Awards, 1997, best supporting Actor and Academy Award and Golden Globe Nominations, 1997, best supporting Actor for his part in "Schindlers List".
• Tony Award, 1995, Best Actor in Play, Drama Desk Award, 1995 for his part in the Broadway production of "Hamlet".

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