Ralph Fiennes is a noted English stage and film actor
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Ralph Fiennes is a noted English stage and film actor
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Fiennes married the English actress, Alex Kingston, in 1993 after dating her for 10 years. They both were students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which is where they initially met. The couple got divorced in 1997.
He started an affair with another English actress, Francesca Annis, in 1995, after meeting her for the first time during one of his Shakespearean plays (Hamlet). The couple dated for 11 years and split up in 2006.
Ralph Fiennes was born in Ipswich, England, to Mark Fiennes and Jennifer Lash. His father was a farmer and photographer and his mother was a writer. He has six other siblings who are into entertainment industry like himself.
Fiennes attended the St. Kieran’s College, later transferring to Newtown School in County Waterford. His family moved to Salisbury, which is why he had to finish his schooling at the Bishop Wordsworth’s School.
Fiennes attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1983-1985 and soon after started his stage career at the Open Air Theatre, Resent’s Park and the National Theatre.
He started his film career in 1992 by playing ‘Heathcliff’ in the movie version of Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. In the following year, he got an opportunity to play a controversial role in Peter Greenaway’s, ‘The Baby of Macon’.
In 1993, Fiennes portrayed the most memorable and crucial role of his life. He played ‘Amon Goeth’ in Steven Spielberg’s movie on the mass murder of Jews by Nazis, ‘Schindler’s List’, along with Liam Neeson.
He gave another fine performance in the World War II epic romance, ‘The English Patient’ in 1996. He starred in the lead role in the movie along with Kirstin Scott-Thomas and was nominated for an Oscar.
Throughout the late 1990s, Fiennes did movies like: ‘Oscar and Lucinda (1997)’, film version of the television series ‘The Avengers (1998)’ and provided the voice of ‘Rameses’ in the animated musical, ‘The Prince of Egypt (1998)’.
Fiennes’ best role is considered to be his impeccable characterization of ‘Amon Goeth’ in Steven Spielberg’s Jewish massacre drama ‘Schindler’s List’ in 1993. It is the role that made the filmmakers all over the world to take notice of him.