Jack Palance as the arch villain Jack Wilson in the classic western Shane (Alan Ladd).
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Laurence Olivier as Dr. Christian Szell the x-Nazi turned jewel thief in Marathon Man with a young Dustin Hoffman as his college student victim..
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The late Heath Ledger as "The Joker" in The Dark Knight.
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I could go on forever but do not have the time...Being an old movie buff (especially Film Noir) there are just too many villians to mention.
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One more actor but two of the most arch villians that ever appeared in feature films.
The very fine actor Ray Fiennes as first the deranged Nazi murderer Armon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's epic Holocost fact based classic Shindler's List (with another fine actor Liam Neeson as the heroic Oskar Shindler)...
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On a lighter note the extremely fictional but very evil in his own right character played again by Ray Fiennes from The mega popular Harry Potter franchise "Lord Voldemort".
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About Ray Fiennes, a great and at least in The US underrated actor...Ranked #34 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Of the roughly one dozen actors to play "Hamlet" on Broadway, he is the first to win a Tony Award for doing so, in the 1995 Almeida Theatre production directed by Jonathan Kent.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#33). [1995]
On 3 March 2001, he received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC. Past recipients include Mel Gibson, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline.
Gained several pounds of muscle for his role in Red Dragon (2002).
His performance as Amon Goeth from his film Schindler's List (1993) was ranked #15 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
He and his The End of the Affair (1999) co- star Julianne Moore have acted in separate Hannibal Lecter films: he in Red Dragon (2002) and she in Hannibal (2001).
His tattoo in Red Dragon (2002) took eight hours to apply.
Appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) with Gary Oldman. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal Lecter films: Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon (2002), and Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001).
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.
Fiennes was reluctant to take the role of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). In a television interview on AMC's "Shootout" (2003) (November 20, 2005), he claimed to have been unimpressed with the previous three Harry Potter films. Fiennes was apparently nonplussed at the idea of appearing in the fourth film of a series and stated that he had "never bought into [the] world" of Harry Potter. Family members urged him to take the role while other friends counseled against it. He eventually changed his mind after Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell showed Fiennes preproduction conceptions of what the character of Voldemort might look like: "The little kid in me that likes to dress up and be bad went 'Yeah! I want to do it!'".
He was considered for the role of Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code (2006). Tom Hanks was cast instead. What the hell was Ron Howard thinking. Instead of a near flop Fiennes would have made the film a classic.
Appeared in two Best Picture winners from the 1990s: Schindler's List (1993) and The English Patient (1996).
Has appeared in two Best Picture winners (Schindler's List (1993) and The English Patient (1996)), and a Best Animated Feature winner (Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)).
He and his brother, Joseph Fiennes, have both worked with Cate Blanchett (Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and Elizabeth (1998)), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener (2005) and Enemy at the Gates (2001)) and Liv Tyler (Onegin (1999) and Stealing Beauty (1996)).
When he noticed that children watching the filming were scared of him as "Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), he knew he had the character right.
His performance as "Amon Goeth" in Schindler's List (1993) is ranked #61 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
He turned down the lead role in The Saint (1997).
Filmed his role as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) in only two days.
His nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, plsyed the 11-year-old version of his character Tom Riddle a.k.a. "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
Good friends with Jay-Z.
Huge fan of Professional Wrestling.
He was a guest of a Belgrade Film Festival - FEST 2009.
Won the 1995 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Hamlet" and was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Faith Healer".
Friend of the late Natasha Richardson.
Friend of Liam Neeson - Husband of the tragically killed in a skiing accident Natasha Richardson.
"The Hurt Locker" (2008) marks the third best picture Oscar winning film that Ralph Fiennes has co-starred in. In addition, the other two, "Schindler's List" (1993; Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee) and "The English Patient" (1996; Best Actor Oscar nominee), were also dramas set during wartime.
Appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: August '94 and July '98.
Has shared two roles with Peter O'Toole. They have both played Hamlet on stage, and both made their film debut playing T.E. Lawrence.
won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Recommended: The Constant Gardener.. Rachael Weisz won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress as the the wife of Fiennes in the outstanding film.
wil.
The very fine actor Ray Fiennes as first the deranged Nazi murderer Armon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's epic Holocost fact based classic Shindler's List (with another fine actor Liam Neeson as the heroic Oskar Shindler)...
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On a lighter note the extremely fictional but very evil in his own right character played again by Ray Fiennes from The mega popular Harry Potter franchise "Lord Voldemort".
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About Ray Fiennes, a great and at least in The US underrated actor...Ranked #34 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Of the roughly one dozen actors to play "Hamlet" on Broadway, he is the first to win a Tony Award for doing so, in the 1995 Almeida Theatre production directed by Jonathan Kent.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#33). [1995]
On 3 March 2001, he received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC. Past recipients include Mel Gibson, Patrick Stewart, Lynn Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline.
Gained several pounds of muscle for his role in Red Dragon (2002).
His performance as Amon Goeth from his film Schindler's List (1993) was ranked #15 on the American Film Institute's Villains list in their compilation of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
He and his The End of the Affair (1999) co- star Julianne Moore have acted in separate Hannibal Lecter films: he in Red Dragon (2002) and she in Hannibal (2001).
His tattoo in Red Dragon (2002) took eight hours to apply.
Appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) with Gary Oldman. Both of them have played villains in the Hannibal Lecter films: Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in Red Dragon (2002), and Oldman played Mason Verger in Hannibal (2001).
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.
Fiennes was reluctant to take the role of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). In a television interview on AMC's "Shootout" (2003) (November 20, 2005), he claimed to have been unimpressed with the previous three Harry Potter films. Fiennes was apparently nonplussed at the idea of appearing in the fourth film of a series and stated that he had "never bought into [the] world" of Harry Potter. Family members urged him to take the role while other friends counseled against it. He eventually changed his mind after Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell showed Fiennes preproduction conceptions of what the character of Voldemort might look like: "The little kid in me that likes to dress up and be bad went 'Yeah! I want to do it!'".
He was considered for the role of Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code (2006). Tom Hanks was cast instead. What the hell was Ron Howard thinking. Instead of a near flop Fiennes would have made the film a classic.
Appeared in two Best Picture winners from the 1990s: Schindler's List (1993) and The English Patient (1996).
Has appeared in two Best Picture winners (Schindler's List (1993) and The English Patient (1996)), and a Best Animated Feature winner (Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)).
He and his brother, Joseph Fiennes, have both worked with Cate Blanchett (Oscar and Lucinda (1997) and Elizabeth (1998)), Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener (2005) and Enemy at the Gates (2001)) and Liv Tyler (Onegin (1999) and Stealing Beauty (1996)).
When he noticed that children watching the filming were scared of him as "Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), he knew he had the character right.
His performance as "Amon Goeth" in Schindler's List (1993) is ranked #61 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
He turned down the lead role in The Saint (1997).
Filmed his role as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) in only two days.
His nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, plsyed the 11-year-old version of his character Tom Riddle a.k.a. "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
Good friends with Jay-Z.
Huge fan of Professional Wrestling.
He was a guest of a Belgrade Film Festival - FEST 2009.
Won the 1995 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Hamlet" and was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "Faith Healer".
Friend of the late Natasha Richardson.
Friend of Liam Neeson - Husband of the tragically killed in a skiing accident Natasha Richardson.
"The Hurt Locker" (2008) marks the third best picture Oscar winning film that Ralph Fiennes has co-starred in. In addition, the other two, "Schindler's List" (1993; Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee) and "The English Patient" (1996; Best Actor Oscar nominee), were also dramas set during wartime.
Appeared twice on the cover of GQ magazine: August '94 and July '98.
Has shared two roles with Peter O'Toole. They have both played Hamlet on stage, and both made their film debut playing T.E. Lawrence.
won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Recommended: The Constant Gardener.. Rachael Weisz won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress as the the wife of Fiennes in the outstanding film.
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