Ralph Fiennes known for his famous portrayal of "Voldemort" will be celebrating his 49th birthday today.
Ralph Fiennes was born on 22nd December 1962 to Jennifer Nash a writer and Mark Fiennes a farmer and photographer.
Ralph Fiennes has been the very image of the trim, intense, heroically repressed Englishman in films like 'The English Patient' and 'The Constant Gardener'. Ralph Fiennes performed with the 'Royal Shakespeare Company' before winning a starring role as T.E. Lawrence in the 1990 TV movie 'A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia'.
He has also played the role of 'Heathcliff' in 'Wuthering Heights' . He won an Oscar nomination as the nasty Nazi commandant Amon Goeth in 'Schindler's List' (directed by Stephen Spielberg) and then playing American game show fraud Charles Van Doren in 'Quiz Show'. Since then he has appeared in all manner of films: earning another Oscar nomination as the doomed desert mapmaker Count de Almasy in 'The English Patient' spoofing spy movies as John Steed in 'The Avengers, playing both Marcel Proust in the TV movie 'How Proust Can Change Your Life' and Jesus of Nazareth in the animated film 'The Miracle Maker' in the same year, 2000; and starring as an American politico opposite Jennifer Lopez in the Hollywood chick -flick 'Maid In Manhattan'.
His infamous portrayal of literary villain, Lord Voldemort, in the films Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) has garnered him a worldwide fan following. The literary fictional character of "Lord Voldemort" has become synonymous with Ralph Fiennes.
He has become one of the very few actors whose antagonist or villian characters have a fan following perhaps even more than a film's protagonist.
FridayMoviez wishes Ralph Fiennes a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!