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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.
Trailing a suspected terrorist, Bond is surprised to find himself at an auction house where his target bids an exobertant amount on a painting belonging to Lady Maria Krest. Apprehending his target Bond finds out the purchase of the painting was actually payment for the location data of a missing German WWII U Boat which had aboard a working Atomic Bomb. Lady Krest is said to be in possession of the information. Bond gets permission to interogate her but when he arrives at her country estate in Southern France he determines that she does not have the information. Lady Krest husband, Milton Krest, is an American millionaire who holds a party on his luxury yacht, Bond attends as he is very attracted to Lady Krest. He is drugged and wakes up 48 hours later with the boat of the coast of Argentina. It turns out that Milton Krest is the broker of the information and he has worked out who Bond is. He has agreed to exchange both Bond and the Sub to a new buyer. Lady Krest helps Bond escape but is killed by her husband who fights Bond using a cattle prod hidden in his cane he has been constantly carrying. Bond manages to escape but cannot stop the exchange from going down. Managing to contact M15 he lets them know the target is New York City. Ordered to stand down and let the Americans handle it Bond disobeys and contacts Felix Leiter who accepts Bonds help. Bond arrives in New York and fights Krest again this time on the top of the Empire State Building, Krest falls to his death after Bond shocks his hand gripping to the ledge with his own cattle prod. The Bomb is diffused and the end of the movie sees Bond tracking down the leader of the terrorist cell.
