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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.
Following events of the first season, Charles, Hank and Erik continue thier quest to find more about the X Gene and the mutants. Set in the 90's, thier quest leads them to knowledge of various human experimentations on the mutants like those of Stryker. At the helm of it, is Sebastian Shawa , an ex-Hydra scientist who has managed to survive old age and death using mutant gene manipulation and intends to use them as weapons for the future. He's revealed as one of the scientists who tortured Erik in the Nazi camps and killed his mother in order to bring out his true power. Today, he and a group of mutants are causing global attacks . Charles is concerned about the effects of the attacks on an already tabooed and marginalised mutant population, meanwhile Erik is driven by revenge against the person who ruined his life. Towards the end, they manage to defeat the rogue mutants but Erik kills Shaw and vows for revenge against the human population who have been experimenting,killing and marginalising the mutants simply because they were different yet more powerful. Erik and Charles have a grave difference in opinion leading to the end of thier long friendship and trust. Charles who was injured in the spine during the fight, is handicapped and on wheelchair. He doesn't give up on the human race and decides to set up a centre for nurturing and bringing up mutants to live in harmony with the normal population , under secrecy so that they're not persecuted.
