Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Widely regarded as one of Britain's most well-known and popular actors, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and an Emmy Award.
Fiennes in 2018
Fiennes handprints from 1996 at Leicester Square, London
Fiennes gives autographs to fans in Kyrgyzstan, in 2003 during his visit as a UNICEF UK ambassador
Fiennes in New York City, 2006
Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)
Heathcliff is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. Owing to the novel's enduring fame and popularity, he is often regarded as an archetype of the tortured antihero whose all-consuming rage, jealousy and anger destroy both him and those around him; in short, the Byronic hero.
Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff in 1939
Heathcliff (played by Richard Burton) with Catherine (played by Yvonne Furneaux) in a 1958 adaption of Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff (played by Olivier) and Catherine (played by Merle Oberon) as portrayed in the 1939 film
