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Ralph Fiennes

In a range of important roles, he's demonstrated a range of versatility and breadth of talent, which has attracted the admiration of Hollywood and the London stage alike. He calls the theatre his "base camp," and in classic roles, including a much acclaimed Hamlet, he has secured it safely.

Beyond this, as the psychopathic Nazi in Schindler's List, as the passionate Count in The English Patient, and as the fraudulent academic in Quiz Show, he's shown he knows how to be a star as well.

The eldest of six children, his decision to become an actor didn't crystalize until quite late, but that's proved no obstacle to his success. Of acting, he says, "I like the hideaway-ness of it. I've often thought I've felt more secure in a part than everyday life."

Let's discuss the English actor Ralph Fiennes.

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by Anonymousreply 54March 5, 2023 6:14 PM

One of my favorites

by Anonymousreply 1February 15, 2023 1:28 AM

Please fuck me

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by Anonymousreply 2February 15, 2023 1:29 AM

In interviews, he's always such a simple, down-to-earth presence. Despite the odd name and dramatic training, he's pretty dorky in his interests. He read every Bond novel a dozen times, and still knows every villain and Bond girl by heart. He claims not to have had too many girlfriends in his youth, and still comes across a bit sheepish for a man of his sex appeal.

by Anonymousreply 3February 15, 2023 1:32 AM

Yup, that's definitely Ralph Fiennes in that picture.

by Anonymousreply 4February 15, 2023 1:34 AM

I saw his Hamlet on TV Broadway. It was certainly one of the fastest in my experience though not the best. I have liked him a lot in many films - check out both him and Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash.

by Anonymousreply 5February 15, 2023 1:42 AM

He likes older women. Mommy issues?

by Anonymousreply 6February 15, 2023 1:53 AM

He fucked a stewardess during a flight? I like that about him.

by Anonymousreply 7February 15, 2023 2:03 AM

Is his younger brother prettier, and better?

by Anonymousreply 8February 15, 2023 2:14 AM

R8 which brother?

by Anonymousreply 9February 15, 2023 2:16 AM

Ralph Fiennes pronounces his first name the same as this important composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

He composed this extremely luscious piece you must listen as you lie comfortably in a darkened room, nude—

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by Anonymousreply 10February 15, 2023 2:34 AM

R10 yes. It is Raf, not RaLLFF

by Anonymousreply 11February 15, 2023 4:48 AM

R11 It's actually a Raiff or Ray-fff.

by Anonymousreply 12February 15, 2023 4:52 AM

are you sure?

by Anonymousreply 13February 15, 2023 5:24 AM

Here—

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by Anonymousreply 14February 15, 2023 5:33 AM

R14 lol I know how to pronounce it

by Anonymousreply 15February 15, 2023 5:41 AM

Ralph Fiennes Desert Island Disc

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by Anonymousreply 16February 15, 2023 5:42 AM

R9 his brother is Joseph Fiennes of Shakespeare In Love fame.

by Anonymousreply 17February 15, 2023 5:44 AM

There’s an “l” and a “ph” (pronounced like “f”) in the word. He’s a fancy man, but it’s Ralph. Like the grocery store.

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by Anonymousreply 18February 15, 2023 5:47 AM

R19 Rafe gets nude more frequently than Joe.

by Anonymousreply 19February 15, 2023 5:52 AM

More importantly, but what does Elaine Benes think of him?

by Anonymousreply 20February 15, 2023 6:01 AM

Interesting about the Bond fetish. I was kinda surprised to see him step into the role of M. It seems like a bit of a commitment. Unlike Javier's one and done

by Anonymousreply 21February 15, 2023 6:09 AM
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by Anonymousreply 22February 15, 2023 6:22 AM

I do love he’s a bit of a sleaze but don’t understand his fondness for Andy Cohen.

by Anonymousreply 23February 15, 2023 6:41 AM

He is well known to be a (straight) sex freak. But otherwise he comes across as a smart and fairly down-to-earth guy. he doesn't seem to beg for attention, and he didn't seem to be sad about transitioning from leads to supporting character roles.

I've liked him better in the character roles, since he was typecast when he was hotter and younger as arrogant aristocratic types. But he has much more to offer than just that. He was splendid in "The Dig" as the archaeologist/excavator.

by Anonymousreply 24February 15, 2023 6:45 AM

Ralph is most famous for fucking a Qantas employee during a flight.

(She had a reputation amongst the staff so I've been told).

by Anonymousreply 25February 15, 2023 6:49 AM

[quote] but don’t understand his fondness for Andy Cohen.

He sees him through a jaundiced wonky eye.

by Anonymousreply 26February 15, 2023 6:50 AM

Andy’s wonk. I hate seeing him age. He was sooo 🔥

by Anonymousreply 27February 15, 2023 6:59 AM

He's a great actor. Very few of those exist today.

by Anonymousreply 28February 15, 2023 2:47 PM

[quote] He's a great actor.

But is he genuine actor on stage? People who stand in front of a camera aren't "great actors".

by Anonymousreply 29February 15, 2023 10:35 PM

R29 why the hell not?

Sometimes stage actors really suck on film. Too stagey.

by Anonymousreply 30February 16, 2023 12:48 AM

You can tell he's a sloppy drunk.

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by Anonymousreply 31February 16, 2023 3:44 AM

Hopefully, his nephew will follow in Ralph's tradition of dropping trou.

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by Anonymousreply 32February 16, 2023 3:53 AM

He is one of my favorite actors.

by Anonymousreply 33February 16, 2023 3:59 AM

Bet he pounds out a mean fuck.

by Anonymousreply 34February 16, 2023 4:00 AM

Tangy & salty!!! Yes, please, r31.

by Anonymousreply 35February 16, 2023 4:11 AM

[quote] People who stand in front of a camera aren't "great actors".

Would that it were so simple.

by Anonymousreply 36February 16, 2023 4:35 AM

Love that Ralph is one of the few Harry Potter stars to defend JK against the lynch mob.

by Anonymousreply 37February 16, 2023 6:29 AM

He seems a half-step removed from other typical celebrities and I like it

by Anonymousreply 38February 16, 2023 1:44 PM

bump

by Anonymousreply 39March 5, 2023 6:37 AM

[quote] a half-step removed

Is that better than a full-step?

by Anonymousreply 40March 5, 2023 6:45 AM

My favourite actor, and so far the superior of your Leos and your Pitts and all the assholes who usually get showered with awards. Not a hammy bone in him, one of the few who genuinely disappears into a role. He was excellent in The English Patient and one of his best roles is in the little-seen Katherine Bigelow-directed Strange Days from 1995. He was mesmerizing as the sad sack hung up on his ex, and that final scene with Angela Bassett was so good.

by Anonymousreply 41March 5, 2023 7:09 AM

Also agree with the poster above that he was wonderful in The Dig.

by Anonymousreply 42March 5, 2023 7:11 AM

I first saw and learned about him, like many in my generation, thanks to Harry Potter. But man, was that his worst role/performance ever. The scariest person in the book, comes off as a theater kid having a temper tantrum. Thankfully, Fiennes is good to almost great in most everything else he's done. But his portrayal of Voldemort was simply wrong.

by Anonymousreply 43March 5, 2023 7:29 AM

Ralph can leave his shoes under my bed any day and pound my arse to destruction.

by Anonymousreply 44March 5, 2023 7:51 AM

See his portrayal of Robert Moses in the filmed performance of National Theatre’s “Straight Line Crazy.”

Fiennes is spectacularly good.

by Anonymousreply 45March 5, 2023 8:18 AM

This is the final scene from Strange Days, some here may appreciate it. (major spoiler warning, though)

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by Anonymousreply 46March 5, 2023 8:27 AM

[quote] "[R9] his brother is Joseph Fiennes of Shakespeare In Love fame."

And is definitely the hotter of the two, R17. Those eyes...those lips. Fuck me.

by Anonymousreply 47March 5, 2023 11:38 AM

He was amazing in “Spider”. He really inhabited the role and committed to it.

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by Anonymousreply 48March 5, 2023 12:35 PM

Can’t stand his ugly ass brother. Hated watching The Handmaid’s Tail because of his presence.

by Anonymousreply 49March 5, 2023 2:41 PM

dammit, *Tale*

by Anonymousreply 50March 5, 2023 2:42 PM

His brother Joseph is a terrible actor.

by Anonymousreply 51March 5, 2023 2:45 PM

He is supposedly the "English actor" Andy Cohen writes about in his book, the one he had a long relationship,.

by Anonymousreply 52March 5, 2023 3:27 PM

Joseph Fiennes was in American Horror Story: Asylum

by Anonymousreply 53March 5, 2023 3:38 PM

Joseph looked like Prince back in SIL.

by Anonymousreply 54March 5, 2023 6:14 PM
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