Two Serious Questions About Birthday Boy Ralph Fiennes
Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 4:20PM
NATHANIEL R in A Bigger Splash, BAFTA, Best Actor, Grand Budapest Hotel, Oscar Trivia, Ralph Fiennes, Supporting Actor

Q1: WHAT ON EARTH WOULD IT TAKE FOR HIM TO GET ANOTHER OSCAR NOMINATION?

He hasn't been nominated since The English Patient 20 years ago despite being one of the greatest living actors regularly turning in indelible work. In the past 20 years he's played the world's most feared sorcerer, a Shakespearean general, a famous author who has a whole adjective named after him, James Bond's boss, a serial killer, a classic jaded artisocrat, The God of the Underworld, a gay Old Hollywood director, and given performances as incredible as the following: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q2: If you ran the world how many Oscar nominations and wins would he have already? 

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