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Born
December 22, 1962 · Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Birth name
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

Spouse
Alex Kingston(September 5, 1993 – October 28, 1997) (divorced)

QUOTES:

My parents were very financially-challenged. All of us children have the memory of being told that there was no money, we have to sell this, there’s no presents for Christmas. Of being in the front line of that constant worry; the atmosphere in the home always charged with anxiety. ‘What do we do? What do we do?’

[on directing himself in The Invisible Woman (2013)] I’ve loved being able to be, as it were, the puppet master of my own performance. I love that. But you need people to give you good, constructive, critical feedback. It’s crazy. It’s very, very hard. I don’t know how people do it consistently and do it well – like Orson Welles did, or Laurence Olivier did, Clint Eastwood does. Kevin Costner’s done it. There’s no question that you’ve got two often opposing headspaces which you have to balance.

[on doing full frontal nudity in A Bigger Splash (2015)] I liked [the nudity] because it was in the service of illustrating extreme spontaneity in Harry’s character. All my nude scenes are extremely spontaneous and appropriate for the situations in which my character is. My nudity is a function of the film’s plot. I knew I’d run around naked, so I had to physically prepare, to tighten the muscles.

[on A Bigger Splash (2015)] I’d never been asked to play a guy who dances and gets naked and sings karaoke! I don’t believe I ever played a part like Harry… It was a very special kind of film.

When you meet women, don’t pretend to be anything that you’re not.