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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.
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for Gareth Mallory in Shatterhand
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Shatterhand is the 25th instalment in the James Bond film series produced by Eon Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures. It is Daniel Craig's fifth performance as James Bond. Blofeld has spent the last five years in MI6's Federal prison. The MI6's disclosed headquarters is attacked by a villainous German cooperation, which kidnaps Bloefeld. Upon noticing the abscents of Blofeld from the prison, Bond notices an ingraved scripture wrote on the prison wall, "Life can end with the shatter of the hand". Bond and the M16 is to believe Blofeld has escaped. The German cooperation is ran by notorious villain, Julius No, whom is working under the name "Shatterhand". Blofeld is kidnapped by him to help give secrets about the MI6 that only he knows. Refusing to give the secrets away due to the "unprofesional welcome", Julius begins to torture Blofeld. It is revealed that Mr. Hinx now works for Julius. Since Blofeld is being no help, Julius has Mr. Hinx kill him, but Mr. Hinx let's Blofeld go free. Julius then decides to turn to plan #2, which is kidnap Mrs. Moneypenny and lure Bond to them. Julius continues to leave "shatterhand" quotes on the main computer systems of the MI6. Bond is certain that Blodfeld is behind the kidnapping of Mrs. Moneypenny. Bond arrives at the German cooperation and quickly meets Mr. Hinx, which turns into a fist fight. Bond escapes Mr. Hinx and rescues Mrs. Moneypenny. Upon leaving, Julius introduces himself to Bond. Bond gives Mrs. Moneypenny a gun and tells her to run to the plane. Bond and Julius square off. After a long and bloody gun fight, Julius has the chance to kill Bond, but a gun shot goes off and Julius falls over on top of Bond. Bond lies there with his eyes closed and says, "I thought I told you to go to the plane". Bond opens his eyes and turns his head to see Blofeld standing against the wall. A gun slides out of his hand and hits the ground.
