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Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 22 December 1962) is an British-American actor, film producer, and director. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, Fiennes was trained at and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1985. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before succeeding at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1995, Fiennes made his Broadway debut playing Prince Hamlet in the revival of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He was later Tony-nominated for his role as a travelling faith healer in the Brian Friel play Faith Healer (2006). Fiennes made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992). He has earned three Academy Award nominations for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), The English Patient (1996), and Conclave (2024). He has also acted in Quiz Show (1994), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), The Duchess (2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), A Bigger Splash (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and The Menu (2022). Fiennes gained wider recognition for playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series (2005–2011) and Gareth Mallory / M in the James Bond films (2012–2021); and has voiced roles in the animated films The Prince of Egypt (1998), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). He directed and starred in the films Coriolanus (2011) and The Invisible Woman (2013). Aside from acting, Fiennes has been an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 1999.
The sequel to Never Dream of Dying. Bond and his girlfriend Tylyn Mignonne are attending a dinner party thrown by the Governor of The Bahamas. The Governor, who has a gambling debt with a member of SPECTRE, has refused to pay up since he feels that he had been cheated, so there is much security detail at the event. However, the SPECTRE member disguises himself as one of the guards and kills the Governor. Bond recognizes the assassin as the same tall and unusual looking man that rescued Blofeld via helicopter. He escapes in his car and Bond follows him in his Aston Martin Vanquish. The car seems to disappear in the Bahamian Jungle and Bond loses him. Three weeks later Bond is given undisclosed orders by M to follow a man named Steven Harding. Harding is believed to be the leader of SPECTRE. Bond tracks Harding and his Chinese bodyguard, Basil, to Belgium. While Bond gets in a fight and narrowly kills Harding's bodyguard, Harding escapes. MI6 tracks down Harding in Nepal. Upon arriving in Nepal, Bond discovers Harding's dead body. A note is found next to his body from SPECTRE. It is revealed that Steven Harding was indeed a member of SPECTRE, and the note was directions given to Harding from a previous time. The directions were leading Harding to SPECTRE's newest drug warehouse in the Himalayas. A few days later, ond arrives at the Himalayas and meets sexy mountaineer Hope Kendal. Bond climbs with Hope atop the peak of Kangchenjunga. It turns out that Hope was actually a Spanish spy that was to meet with Harding. She discovers who Bond is and tries to kill him. After a physical high elevation fight, Bond knocks Hope out cold and carries her on his shoulders. Bond reaches the top and quickly meets the tall and unusual looking man once again. We learn this time that the man is Zbigniew Krycsiwiki, but Blofeld calls him Jaws. Bond battles with Jaws and escapes. After a discrete plan, Bond kills Blofeld and shuts down SPECTRE. The film ends with Bond making love with Hope Kendal.
