Ralph Ineson
{{Short description|English actor and narrator (born 1969)}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ralph Ineson
| image = Ralphinesonadjusted.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Ineson in 2011
| birth_name = Ralph Michael Ineson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = York, England
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|narrator}}
| years_active = 1993–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Ali Milner|2003}}
| children = 2
}}
Ralph Michael Ineson ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|n|s|ən}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI189R6JyYI&t=10s|title=Legends Never Die: An Oral History of 'The Green Knight' {{!}} Narrated by Ralph Ineson|publisher=A24|date=22 June 2021|access-date=1 December 2022}} born 15 December 1969) is an English actor and narrator.
Ineson's notable film roles include Amycus Carrow in the final three Harry Potter films (2009–2011), William in The Witch (2015), the title character in The Green Knight (2021), Dr. Wilhelm Sievers in Nosferatu (2024), and Galactus in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025). His notable television roles include Chris Finch in The Office (2001), Dagmer Cleftjaw in Game of Thrones (2012), and Nikolai Tarakanov in Chernobyl (2019). His video game voice work includes Charles Vane in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013), Lorath Nahr in Diablo IV (2023), and Cid in Final Fantasy XVI (2023).
Early life
Ralph Michael Ineson{{cite web|url=http://www.directorstats.co.uk/director/ralph-ineson/ |title=Ralph Michael Ineson, director at Augustus Road Residents Management Company Limited, London |access-date=2 August 2017}} was born in York on 15 December 1969.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/ralph-ineson-57462322/ |title=Ralph Ineson - Biography and Filmography - 1969 - Hollywood.com |access-date=2 August 2017}} He attended Woodleigh School and Pocklington School.{{cite web|url=http://www.woodleighschool.com/index.php/about/old-woodleighans/notable-alumni/|title=Woodleigh School|access-date=28 September 2016}} He studied theatre at Lancaster University's Furness College; after his first year, he moved into a flat in Lancaster and took a security job at The Dukes, helping out at its open-air Shakespeare productions in Williamson Park.{{Cite web |title=Life Outside the Office |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/alumni/news/archive/features/life-outside-the-office/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Lancaster University |language=en}} In the early 1990s, after university, he worked as a teacher and cricket coach at York Sixth Form College.{{cite web|url=http://www.listal.com/ralph-ineson |title=Ralph Ineson - Listal |access-date=2 August 2017}}
Career
=Television=
Ineson appeared in the music video for the 1996 song "My Kingdom" by Future Sound of London. He played the recurring character Chris Finch in the BBC comedy The Office.{{cite web|title=BBC - Comedy: The Office - Character Profile - Finchy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/characters/profile_finchy.shtml|access-date=28 September 2016}} He starred as Donald Bamford in the sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, as Zack in the soap opera Coronation Street, and played ex-soldier Sam Walker in the first series of Spooks. He played Luke Mullen in the BBC drama Playing the Field. He had a minor part in episode four of the first series of BBC drama This Life. He starred in Suburban Shootout, which aired on Paramount Comedy and Five. He played Frank Monk in series 7 of Waking the Dead in the episode "Wounds". He played Dagmer Cleftjaw in the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones. He also appeared in an Imperial Leather advert as a fireman.
Ineson had a minor role in the fifth and sixth series of BBC drama Waterloo Road in 2009 playing the role of John Fry. He had a small role in an episode of Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, as Paul, a buttock-kissing masseur, in the series four episode "Something Happened". In the 2012 ITV Titanic mini-series he played Steward Hart. In 2016, he appeared in the third season of the BBC Two series Peaky Blinders, playing the part of Connor Nutley.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} He has also appeared in the HBO series Chernobyl, and in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance for Netflix.
=Film=
Ineson's Hollywood film credits include First Knight, From Hell, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and a brief role in The Damned United. He played Amycus Carrow, a Death Eater, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. He also appeared in the 2008 film Cass, as Sergeant Mullins. In 2014, he appeared in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ralphineson/statuses/370992983086489600|title=Ralph Ineson on Twitter|access-date=28 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dramascene/statuses/375907646609432576|title=Drama Scene on Twitter|access-date=28 September 2016}} Also in 2014, he had a small role in the spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service, playing a policeman who interviews Eggsy.
He played William alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Kate Dickie in Robert Eggers's critically acclaimed debut film The Witch, which saw Eggers win Best Director at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Ineson appeared in a minor role as a First Order officer in the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. His role was originally bigger, but most of his performance was cut.{{Cite web|url=https://heroichollywood.com/last-jedi-director-cut-game-thrones-star/|title='The Last Jedi' Director Reveals Cut Scene Involving 'Game of Thrones' Star|first=Aahil|last=Dayani|work=Heroic Hollywood|date=January 13, 2018}} The cut material is available in a deleted scene on the 2018 Blu-ray release of the film.{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-new-things-we-learned-from-the-star-wars-the-l-1823756546|title=All the New Things We Learned From the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blu-Ray|last=Lussier|first=Germain|date=March 14, 2018|quote=The home release has the extended version of the "Mega Destroyer Incursion" by Finn, Rose, and DJ. It includes a lot more tension, more humor, a visual homage to the classic ‘50s romantic dramedy The Apartment, and even a cameo by Ralph Ineson (The Witch) as a First Order officer who's onto their games.|publisher=Gizmodo}}
Recent roles include The Green Knight (as the title character), Ready Player One, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Northman, Catherine Called Birdy, To Catch a Killer (as the titular serial killer), The Creator and Nosferatu.
Ineson will portray the Marvel Comics supervillain Galactus in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film The Fantastic Four: First Steps.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/fantastic-four-casts-ralph-ineson-as-galactus-1235893995/|title='Fantastic Four' Casts Ralph Ineson as Galactus (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=May 9, 2024|access-date=May 9, 2024}}
=Voice work=
Ineson has used his distinctive Yorkshire accent in a variety of voice-over work. He has narrated TV programmes Licence to Drill, Salvage Hunters on the Discovery Channel, the 2010 Sky TV series Inside Gatwick, and the BBC1 series Claimed and Shamed.
From 2012 to 2013, Ineson voiced Gunvald Larsson in The Martin Beck Killings, a series of BBC Radio dramatisations adapting all ten of the class Martin Beck crime novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.
In 2013, he voiced the Channel 4 series Skint which followed the lives of British families from underprivileged backgrounds. In 2015, he narrated Countryside 999 on BBC One. In 2009, he narrated the BBC One documentary Series Gears and Tears which follows the characters of British BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars.
On video games, he voiced Charles Vane in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Lorath Nahr in Diablo IV, and Cidolfus Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI.
He is also the voice on the introduction of the Leeds United FC football podcast The Square Ball.
In 2024, Ineson voiced a barbecue in an advert for Prostate Cancer UK.{{Cite web |date=May 24, 2024 |title=Prostate Cancer UK's early diagnosis campaign offers a future full of good things |url=https://lbbonline.com/news/prostate-cancer-uks-early-diagnosis-campaign-offers-a-future-full-of-good-things |website=Little Black Book}}
Personal life
In 2003, Ineson married Ali Milner, the couple have two children.
Ineson filed a lawsuit against Disney in December 2023, claiming that he suffered from permanent shoulder damage due to injuries he sustained while filming the Disney+ series Willow.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/ralph-ineson-sues-disney-injury-set-willow-tv-series-1235681315/|title=British Actor Sues Disney, Claiming Permanent Damage After Injury On 'Willow'|date=23 December 2023 |publisher=Deadline}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|1994
| Syrup | Skinhead | Short film |
| Shopping
| Dix | |
| 1995
| Ralf | |
| 1997
| Mr. Ray | |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Gordie | |
| South West 9
| Liam | |
| rowspan="3"|2007
| The Last Thing to Go Through a Fly's Mind | | Short film |
| Shoot on Sight
| Marber | |
| Cass
| Sergeant Mullins | |
| 2008
| Mr. Kelly | |
| rowspan="3"|2009
| A crazy wild-haired reporter | |
| Suicide Man
| DJ (voice) | Short film |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| Amycus Carrow | |
| rowspan="4"|2010
| The Sulphate Strangler | |
| Robin Hood
| Northerner | |
| Another Year
| Drill Worker | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
| rowspan="2"|Amycus Carrow | |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | |
| Intruders
| Alarm Installer | |
| 2012
| Sergeant | |
| 2013
| Johnny Jones | |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Ravager Pilot | |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service
| Policeman | |
| 2015
| William | 1st collaboration with Robert Eggers |
| 2016
| Barkeep | |
| 2017
| Colonel Ansiv Garmuth | |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| Connor Perkins | |
| Ready Player One
| Rick | |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
| Posse Leader | Segment: "Near Algodones" |
| rowspan=3|2020
| Dolittle | Arnall Stubbins | |
| Brahms: The Boy II
| Joseph | |
| Here Are the Young Men
| Mr. Landerton | |
| rowspan=6|2021
| Sir Edward Beech | |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie
| Wayne New | |
| Gunpowder Milkshake
| Jim McAlester | |
| The Green Knight
| |
| The Last Victim
| Jake | |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth
| The Captain | |
| rowspan=2|2022
| Captain Volodymyr | 2nd collaboration with Robert Eggers |
| Catherine Called Birdy
| Golden Tiger | |
| rowspan=4|2023
| Asmodeus (voice) | |
| To Catch a Killer
| Dean Possey | |
| The Creator
| General Andrews | |
| Lord of Misrule[https://www.ign.com/articles/lord-of-misrule-review Lord of Misrule Review]
| Jocelyn Abney | |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| Father Brennan | |
| Nosferatu
| Dr. Wilhelm Sievers | 3rd collaboration with Robert Eggers |
| rowspan="3" | 2025
| Professor Krempe | Post-production |
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps
| Galactus | Post-production |
| Two Neighbors[https://deadline.com/2023/11/two-neighbors-anya-chalotra-chloe-cherry-and-ralph-ineson-lead-cast-1235596510/ ‘Two Neighbors’: Anya Chalotra, Chloe Cherry And Ralph Ineson Lead Ensemble Cast For Ondine Viñao Directed Indie Feature]
| Genie | Post-production |
=Television=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| Alex | Episode: "Best Friends" |
| 1993–2009
| Alan Trent / Greg Simm / Robert Carmichael / | 8 episodes |
| rowspan="5"|1994
|All Quiet on the Preston Front | Iggy | Episode: "Diesel's Garage" |
| 99-1
| Brian | Episode: "The Cost of Living" |
| Royce
| Newfold | Television film |
| The Cinder Path
| Arthur Benton | Miniseries |
| Screen Two
| Policeman | Episode: "O Mary This London" |
| rowspan="3"|1995
| Wayne | Episode: "#2.5" |
| Out of the Blue
| Ricki Sellars | Episode: "#1.2" |
| Chandler & Co
| Roderick Tully | Episode: "End of Term" |
| rowspan="3"|1996
| Donald | Episode: "There's Something About a Soldier" |
| This Life
| Jessop | Episode: "Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt" |
| Kiss and Tell
| Sergeant Beddowes | Television film |
| 1997
| DCI Chris Sampson | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| rowspan="2"|1998
| Jake Gilmore | Episode: "Local Colour" |
| Children of the New Forest
| William Hammond | Television film |
| 1998–2002
| Luke Mullen | 32 episodes |
| 1998, 2005
| Tel Philips / Corporal Fisher | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1999
| Chris Wray | 2 episodes |
| Bostock's Cup
| Clive Kennard | Television film |
| 2001–2003
| Chris Finch | 7 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2002
| Sam Walker | Episode: "One Last Dance" |
| Holby City
| Dale Warner | Episode: "Calculated Risks" |
| 2002, 2011
| Billy Hollins / Martin Davies | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="5"|2003
| Rob Coles | Episode: "The Real Arnie Griffin" |
| In Deep
| Craig | Episode: "Character Assassins: Part 1" |
| Thursday the 12th
| Collins | Television film |
| Strange
| Bill | Episode: "Dubik" |
| Between the Sheets
| Mark Ainsley | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2004
| Richard (voice) | Episode: "Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa" |
| Blue Murder
| Bob Urwin | Episode: "Lonely" |
| A Line in the Sand
| Det. Sgt. Bill Davies | Miniseries |
| rowspan="5"|2005
|The Walk | Lawrence | Television film |
| Murder in Suburbia
| William Marshal | Episode: "Dogs" |
| Coronation Street
| Zack | 9 episodes |
| ShakespeaRe-Told
| Barry | Episode: "Macbeth" |
| The Virgin Queen
| Dr. William Cowes | 2 episodes |
| 2005, 2008
| Raymond Thurber / Martin Woodbridge | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2006
| DCI John Carter | 2 episodes |
| Dalziel and Pascoe
| James Maddern | Episode: "The Cave Woman" |
| The Only Boy for Me
| Lawrence | Television film |
| Losing It
| Mr. Granger | Television film |
| 2006–2007
| Jeremy Hazledine | 11 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2007
|Die Ludolfs – 4 Brüder auf'm Schrottplatz | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Flower Power in Dernbach" |
| Lead Balloon
| Bob Marlin | Episode: "Giraffe" |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Frank Monk | Episode: "Wound" Parts 1 & 2 |
| New Tricks
| D.I. Hamilton | Episode: "Mad Dogs" |
| 2009–2010
| John Fry | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Paul the Masseur | Episode: "Something Happened" |
| Merlin
| Jarl | Episode: "The Coming of Arthur: Part One" |
| 2011
| Miles Leyton | Episode: "You've Got Visitors" |
| 2011–2012
| DC Colin Sellers | Four-part miniseries |
| 2011–present
| Narrator (voice) | All episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| Dagmer Cleftjaw | 5 episodes |
| Secret State
| Sgt. Wrigglesworth | Four-part miniseries |
| rowspan="4"|2013
| DS Sullivan | Episode: "Tinker, Tiger, Lobster" |
| Count Arthur Strong
| Roger the Policeman | Episode: "Arthur.com" |
| Vera
| Ross Strachan | Episode: "Prodigal Son" |
| Ambassadors
| Captain Jones | Episode: "The Tazbek Spring" |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Arthur Hawkes | Episode: "Gently Going Under" |
| New Worlds
| Stackpole | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2015
| Episode: "Episode Seven" |
| Bluestone 42
| Mike Slater | Episode: "#3.2" |
| The Interceptor
| Yorkie | Episode: "Episode 6" |
| Prey
| DCI Mike Ward | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Connor Nutley | 2 episodes |
| Porridge
| Richie Weeks | Television special |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Vince | Episode: "The Final Problem" |
| Absentia
| Adam Radford | 10 episodes |
| Star vs. the Forces of Evil
| Demoncist (voice) | Episode: "Demoncism/Sophomore Slump" |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Cutter (voice) | Episode: "Beyond the Corona Walls" |
| Agatha and the Truth of Murder
| Detective Inspector Dicks | Television film |
| rowspan="3"|2019
| General Nikolai Tarakanov | 2 episodes |
| The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
| The Hunter (skekMal) (voice) | Netflix series |
| The Capture
| DCI Alex Boyd | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Commander Bregman | 2 episodes |
| Willow
|Commander Ballantine | 3 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2023
| Kevdak (voice) | 3 episodes |
| The Gallows Pole
|The Clothier |Three-part television series |
| My Dad the Bounty Hunter
| Widowmaker | Voice |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| D.I. Morgan | Four-part television series |
| Ludwig
| Chief Constable Ziegler | Six-part television series |
| 2025
| Leopold | Voice |
=Stage=
=Video games=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2011
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Amycus Carrow |
| 2013 |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Cidolfus "Cid" Telamon |
| Diablo IV {{cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/diablo-4-news-release-date-trailers-rumors.php?sYr=2022 |title=Diablo 4: everything we know so far |access-date=26 February 2022}}
| Lorath Nahr |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|408591|Ralph Ineson}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/characters/profile_finchy.shtml Ralph Ineson: BBC's The Office]
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