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Ralph Ineson | |
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 Ineson in 2011 | |
| Born | Ralph Michael Ineson (1969-12-15)15 December 1969 (age 55) York, England |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Children | 2 |
Ralph Michael Ineson (/ˈaɪnsən/;[1] born 15 December 1969) is an English actor and narrator. Standing 6 ft 3 in. tall with a distinctively deep voice andYorkshire accent, he often plays authority figures.
Ineson's notable film roles include Amycus Carrow in the final threeHarry Potter films (2009–2011), William inThe Witch (2015), thetitle character inThe Green Knight (2021), Dr. Wilhelm Sievers inNosferatu (2024), andGalactus inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025). His notable television roles include Chris Finch inThe Office (2001), Dagmer Cleftjaw inGame of Thrones (2012), andNikolai Tarakanov inChernobyl (2019). His video game voice work includes Charles Vane inAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013), Lorath Nahr inDiablo IV (2023), and Cid inFinal Fantasy XVI (2023).
Ralph Michael Ineson[2] was born inYork on 15 December 1969.[3] He attendedWoodleigh School andPocklington School.[4] He studied theatre atLancaster University'sFurness College; after his first year, he moved into a flat inLancaster and took a security job atThe Dukes, helping out at its open-airShakespeare productions inWilliamson Park.[5] In the early 1990s, after university, he worked as a teacher and cricket coach atYork Sixth Form College.[6]
Ineson appeared in the music video for the 1996 song "My Kingdom" byFuture Sound of London. He played the recurring character Chris Finch in the BBC comedyThe Office.[7] He starred as Donald Bamford in thesitcomGoodnight Sweetheart, as Zack in thesoap operaCoronation Street, and played ex-soldier Sam Walker in the first series ofSpooks. He played Luke Mullen in the BBC dramaPlaying the Field. He had a minor part in episode four of the first series of BBC dramaThis Life. He starred inSuburban Shootout, which aired onParamount Comedy andFive. He played Frank Monk in series 7 ofWaking the Dead in the episode "Wounds". He played Dagmer Cleftjaw in thesecond season ofHBO'sGame of Thrones. He also appeared in anImperial Leather advert as a fireman.
Ineson had a minor role in the fifth and sixth series of BBC dramaWaterloo Road in 2009 playing the role of John Fry. He had a small role in an episode ofChannel 4 comedyThe IT Crowd, as Paul, a buttock-kissing masseur, in the series four episode "Something Happened". In the 2012 ITVTitanic mini-series he played Steward Hart. In 2016, he appeared in the third season of theBBC Two seriesPeaky Blinders, playing the part of Connor Nutley.[citation needed] He has also appeared in theHBO seriesChernobyl, and inThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance forNetflix.
Ineson's Hollywood film credits includeFirst Knight,From Hell,Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and a brief role inThe Damned United. He playedAmycus Carrow, aDeath Eater, inHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 andPart 2. He also appeared in the 2008 filmCass, as Sergeant Mullins. In 2014, he appeared in theMarvel Studios filmGuardians of the Galaxy.[8][9] Also in 2014, he had a small role in the spy filmKingsman: The Secret Service, playing a policeman who interviews Eggsy.
He played William alongsideAnya Taylor-Joy andKate Dickie inRobert Eggers's critically acclaimed debut filmThe Witch, which saw Eggers win Best Director at the 2015Sundance Film Festival.
Ineson appeared in a minor role as aFirst Order officer in the 2017 filmStar Wars: The Last Jedi. His role was originally bigger, but most of his performance ended up on the cutting room floor.[10] The cut material is available in a deleted scene on the 2018Blu-ray release of the film.[11]
Recent roles includeThe Green Knight (as thetitle 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 andNosferatu.
Ineson will portray theMarvel Comics supervillainGalactus in the upcomingMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) filmThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.[12]
Ineson has used his distinctive Yorkshire accent in a variety ofvoice-over work. He has narrated TV programmesLicence to Drill,Salvage Hunters on theDiscovery Channel, the 2010 Sky TV seriesInside Gatwick, and theBBC1 seriesClaimed and Shamed.
From 2012 to 2013, Ineson voiced Gunvald Larsson inThe Martin Beck Killings, a series of BBC Radio dramatisations adapting all ten of the classMartin Beck crime novels byMaj Sjöwall andPer Wahlöö.
In 2013, he voiced the Channel 4 seriesSkint which followed the lives of British families from underprivileged backgrounds. In 2015, he narratedCountryside 999 on BBC One. In 2009, he narrated the BBC One documentary SeriesGears and Tears which follows the characters of BritishBriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars.
On video games, he voiced Charles Vane inAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Lorath Nahr inDiablo IV, and Cidolfus Telamon inFinal Fantasy XVI.
He is also the voice on the introduction of theLeeds United FC football podcastThe Square Ball.
In 2024, Ineson voiced a barbecue in an advert forProstate Cancer UK.[13]
In 2003, Ineson married Ali Milner, the couple have two children.
Ineson filed a lawsuit againstDisney in December 2023, claiming that he suffered from permanent shoulder damage due to injuries he sustained while filming theDisney+ seriesWillow.[14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Spender | Alex | Episode: "Best Friends" |
| 1993–2009 | The Bill | Alan Trent / Greg Simm / Robert Carmichael / Paul Gibson / Billy Wylie / Derek Crew | 8 episodes |
| 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" | |
| 1995 | Harry | Wayne | Episode: "#2.5" |
| Out of the Blue | Ricki Sellars | Episode: "#1.2" | |
| Chandler & Co | Roderick Tully | Episode: "End of Term" | |
| 1996 | Goodnight Sweetheart | 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 | Kavanagh QC | DCI Chris Sampson | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| 1998 | Dangerfield | Jake Gilmore | Episode: "Local Colour" |
| Children of the New Forest | William Hammond | Television film | |
| 1998–2002 | Playing the Field | Luke Mullen | 32 episodes |
| 1998, 2005 | Heartbeat | Tel Philips / Corporal Fisher | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Touching Evil | Chris Wray | 2 episodes |
| Bostock's Cup | Clive Kennard | Television film | |
| 2001–2003 | The Office | Chris Finch | 7 episodes |
| 2002 | Spooks | Sam Walker | Episode: "One Last Dance" |
| Holby City | Dale Warner | Episode: "Calculated Risks" | |
| 2002, 2011 | Doctors | Billy Hollins / Martin Davies | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play | 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 | |
| 2004 | Black Books | Richard (voice) | Episode: "Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa" |
| Blue Murder | Bob Urwin | Episode: "Lonely" | |
| A Line in the Sand | Det. Sgt. Bill Davies | Miniseries | |
| 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 | Casualty | Raymond Thurber / Martin Woodbridge | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Missing | 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 | Suburban Shootout | Jeremy Hazledine | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | Die Ludolfs – 4 Brüder auf'm Schrottplatz | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Flower Power in Dernbach" |
| Lead Balloon | Bob Marlin | Episode: "Giraffe" | |
| 2008 | Waking the Dead | Frank Monk | Episode: "Wound" Parts 1 & 2 |
| New Tricks | D.I. Hamilton | Episode: "Mad Dogs" | |
| 2009–2010 | Waterloo Road | John Fry | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | The IT Crowd | Paul the Masseur | Episode: "Something Happened" |
| Merlin | Jarl | Episode: "The Coming of Arthur: Part One" | |
| 2011 | The Body Farm | Miles Leyton | Episode: "You've Got Visitors" |
| 2011–2012 | Case Sensitive | DC Colin Sellers | Four-part miniseries |
| 2011–present | Salvage Hunters | Narrator (voice) | All episodes |
| 2012 | Game of Thrones | Dagmer Cleftjaw | 5 episodes |
| Secret State | Sgt. Wrigglesworth | Four-part miniseries | |
| 2013 | Pramface | 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" | |
| 2014 | Inspector George Gently | Arthur Hawkes | Episode: "Gently Going Under" |
| New Worlds | Stackpole | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Drunk History | King Henry II | Episode: "Episode Seven" |
| Bluestone 42 | Mike Slater | Episode: "#3.2" | |
| The Interceptor | Yorkie | Episode: "Episode 6" | |
| Prey | DCI Mike Ward | 3 episodes | |
| 2016 | Peaky Blinders | Connor Nutley | 2 episodes |
| Porridge | Richie Weeks | Television special | |
| 2017 | Sherlock | Vince | Episode: "The Final Problem" |
| Absentia | Adam Radford | 10 episodes | |
| Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Demoncist (voice) | Episode: "Demoncism/Sophomore Slump" | |
| 2018 | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Cutter (voice) | Episode: "Beyond the Corona Walls" |
| Agatha and the Truth of Murder | Detective Inspector Dicks | Television film | |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | GeneralNikolai Tarakanov | 2 episodes |
| The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Hunter (skekMal) (voice) | Netflix series 7 episodes | |
| The Capture | DCI Alex Boyd | 6 episodes | |
| 2022 | Trigger Point | Commander Bregman | 2 episodes |
| Willow | Commander Ballantine | 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Kevdak (voice) | 3 episodes |
| The Gallows Pole | The Clothier | Three-part television series | |
| My Dad the Bounty Hunter | Widowmaker | Voice | |
| 2024 | The Jetty | D.I. Morgan | Four-part television series |
| Ludwig | Chief Constable Ziegler | Six-part television series | |
| 2025 | Wolf King | Leopold | Voice |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Jackets | NCO | Lancaster University[17][18] |
| 1992 | York Mystery Plays | Herod's Heavy Willox | York Theatre Royal[19] |
| 2015 | Hangmen | Inspector Fry | Royal Court Theatre[17] |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Amycus Carrow |
| 2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Charles Vane |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI | Cidolfus Telamon |
| Diablo IV[20] | Lorath Nahr |
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Golden Nymph Awards | Outstanding Actor - Comedy Series | Suburban Shootout | Nominated | [21] |
| 2016 | BloodGuts UK Horror Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Witch | Nominated | [22] |
| Fright Meter Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [23] | ||
| 2017 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [24] | |
| 2024 | British Academy Games Awards | Performer in a Supporting Role | Final Fantasy XVI | Nominated | [25] |
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 dramedyThe Apartment, and even a cameo by Ralph Ineson (The Witch) as a First Order officer who's onto their games.
