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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.
Born on the mining world of Kappa II-Lambda, young Samus Aran is orphaned when her parents and friends are killed by raiding Space Pirates led by Ridley in an attack that destroys the planet. Found and rescued by the bird-like race called the Chozo, Samus is infused with Chozo DNA to give her resistance to foreign environments. After having been drummed out of the Galactic Federation's academy due to disagreements with sadistic Commander Adam Malkovich, Samus takes a job as a freelance bounty hunter. When it seems as though she is done with the Federation, she is called to investigate the transport of Metroid creatures to Planet Zebes. Because of her superior skills and strong sense of justice, Samus chooses to take the Federation's offer and discover what would the Space Pirates want with the potentially dangerous Metroids. There she finds that Mother Brain, Ridley and one of their allies Kraid are leading the Space Pirates in taking Metroids to replicate and use as biological weapons against those that oppose their dominion over their part of the galaxy. Facing a final confrontation with the creature that murdered her parents and childhood friends, Samus works her way through the eight caverns of Zebes to the Space Pirate base with her Power Suit and Morph Ball to save their Universe.
