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You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

Ralph Fiennes

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Ralph Fiennes
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: December 22
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
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Stage Actor
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Ipswich (parish)
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes
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