Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes;

-Date of Birth; 22 December 1962, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
-Birth Name; Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes

-Spouse; Actress Alex Kingston (September 1993 - 28 October 1997) (divorced)

-Eldest of 6 children born to photographer Mark Fiennes and his wife, Jini - aka Jennifer Lash - a novelist.

-Siblings are Martha Fiennes(b. 1964), a director; Magnus Hubert Fiennes (b. 1965), a musician, a composer; Sophie Victoria Fiennes (b. 1967), a producer and a documentary film-maker; and twins Joseph Fiennes, an actor, and Jacob Mark Fiennes (fraternal twins) (b. 27 May 1970) , a gamekeeper.

- He also has a foster brother, Michael Emery (b. 31 Dec 1952) who has been with the family since he was 11, is an archaeologist.

-Cousin is British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

-4th cousin of Lord Saye & Sele, owner of Broughton Castle, which appears in Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Viola's house.
-8th cousin of Prince Charles.

-His uncle, Nicholas Lash, is a former priest and Cambridge theology professor, and his great-uncle, Dom Patrick Moore, is a Benedictine monk.

-His nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin(Son of Martha Fiennes and George Tiffin), will be playing the 11-year-old version of his character Tom Riddle a.k.a. "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).

- uncle of Titan and Mercy Fiennes-Tiffin.