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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.
Ralph Fiennes
Professor Charles Xavier
for Professor Charles Xavier in Marvel Studios' X-Men (2013, Phase 1)
Suggested by eeveecasts
The Idea: what if marvel owned the X-Men from the start and got to use them in the mcu Changes: Logan in CA:TFA, No 2000's X-Men, X-Men apart of Civil War Technical Details/Dates: 2013 release, filmed in 2012 Misc. Details: Iceman is youngest X-Men, Gambit is the oldest who isn't Charles, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are Magento's kids and are conflicted Description: Havoc is being caused across New York and weird incidents are happening, meanwhile, a lonely mutant man with extraordinary powers and forgotten memories by the name of Logan is drinking alone at a bar when he's approached by a bald man with equally extraordinary powers named Charles Xavier, who invites him to join a team called the X-Men, a team of mutants lead by a man called Cyclops, who are fighting against the attacks, which are being done by a supervillain by the name of Magneto, who is trying to take over the world with the help of his brotherhood, so Logan begrudgingly accepts and it's up to the X-Men and their newest recruit, Wolverine, to stop him, becoming a tight knit team along the way, as Logan learns to not be such a loner, and even encounters someone from his mysterious past Post Credits Scene: Logan and Charles are talking, and Charles askes Logan about his past, Logan can't recall it, and Charles askes him if he would like to find out, setting up a solo film about Logan exploring his past/origin story
