Ralph Fiennes
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A profile of the respected stage and screen actor whose films include The English Patient, Schindler's List and The Constant Gardener. And it's pronounced 'Rafe' don't you know...
Ralph Fiennes
born: 22-12-1962
birth place: Suffolk, England
- Height: 6’ (1.83 m)
- Is the cousin of famous adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and eighth cousin of the Prince of Wales.
- In a scene in Red Dragon (2002), requiring him to run naked down a flight of stairs, Fiennes had to have his genital area blacked out in the final film cut, because his genitals were swinging too much.
- Empire magazine rated him 33 in the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History (1995).
- Is the only actor ever to win a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway.
- Received the William Shakespeare Award from the Washington D.C. Shakespeare Theatre in 2001.
- If he were not an actor, Fiennes would be working in wildlife preservation and conservation. He has strong feelings against pollution and environmental destruction.
- Favourite word: ‘heart’, least favourite word: ‘flabbergasted’.
- In a scene from “Wuthering Heights” (1992), where Heathcliff pines so much for Cathy that he bangs his head against a tree, Fiennes took his acting so seriously that he actually drew blood and insisted that the scene remained in the final cut.
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born: 22-12-1962
birth place: Suffolk, England
- Height: 6’ (1.83 m)
- Is the cousin of famous adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and eighth cousin of the Prince of Wales.
- In a scene in Red Dragon (2002), requiring him to run naked down a flight of stairs, Fiennes had to have his genital area blacked out in the final film cut, because his genitals were swinging too much.
- Empire magazine rated him 33 in the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History (1995).
- Is the only actor ever to win a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway.
- Received the William Shakespeare Award from the Washington D.C. Shakespeare Theatre in 2001.
- If he were not an actor, Fiennes would be working in wildlife preservation and conservation. He has strong feelings against pollution and environmental destruction.
- Favourite word: ‘heart’, least favourite word: ‘flabbergasted’.
- In a scene from “Wuthering Heights” (1992), where Heathcliff pines so much for Cathy that he bangs his head against a tree, Fiennes took his acting so seriously that he actually drew blood and insisted that the scene remained in the final cut.
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