Ralph Ineson

Ralph Michael Ineson ( ; 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 was born in Leeds on 15 December 1969. He attended Woodleigh School and Pocklington School. 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. In the early 1990s, after university, he worked as a teacher and cricket coach at York Sixth Form College.

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''. 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. 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''. 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. The cut material is available in a deleted scene on the 2018 Blu-ray release of the film.

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''.

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.

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Ralph Ineson: BBC's The Office

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1969 births
Living people
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors
Alumni of Lancaster University
Alumni of Furness College, Lancaster
English male film actors
English male radio actors
English male stage actors
English male television actors
English male voice actors
Male actors from York
People educated at Pocklington School