Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes Director

Biography

Ralph Fiennes first read Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel Eugene Onegin when he was a drama student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. It made a lasting impression on him and in 1999 his sister Martha Fiennes directed him in the title role in the film Onegin. His extensive theatre credits include Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, The Plantagenets, Richard II, Richard III, Coriolanus and Hamlet. Other theatre includes Faith Healer, Ivanov, Man & Superman, Brand, The Master Builder and David Hare’s plays Beat The Devil and Straight Line Crazy. In 2021 he toured Great Britain in his own production of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets. Fiennes's film work includes Conclave, The Return, The Dig, The Grand Budapest Hotel, A Bigger Splash, Schindler’s List, The English Patient and The Constant Gardener.

He has directed three feature films, Coriolanus, The Invisible Woman and The White Crow. In 2025 he presented a season of work at the Theatre Royal Bath including new plays by David Hare and Rebecca Lenkiewicz as well as directing Shakespeare’s As You Like It.