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Ralph Ineson

Biography

Ralph Ineson is an English actor, narrator and writer who grew up in Leeds and studied theater at Lancaster University, where he helped out at open-air Shakespeare productions. He moved into film with early credits such as First Knight (1995) and The Damned United (2009), and played the Death Eater Amycus Carrow in the final Harry Potter films. He credited The Witch (2015), in which he starred for Robert Eggers, with changing his career, and went on to supporting roles in Ready Player One (2018), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), The Green Knight (2021), Nosferatu (2024) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), as Galactus. On television he played Chris Finch in The Office, Dagmer Cleftjaw in Game of Thrones and a role in Chernobyl, and his deep voice has been heard in video games including Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Final Fantasy XVI.

56years old

Turns 57 on December 15in 63 days

  • Born Leeds
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Ralph Michael Ineson (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
33
Career span
31 years1994 to 2025

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  1. Big break

    Ralph Ineson credited Robert Eggers and The Witch with giving him a career breakthrough, saying the part changed everything for him and led to work with Spielberg and the Coen brothers.

  2. Big break

    In 2025, Ineson portrayed Galactus, the gigantic planet-eating supervillain from Marvel Comics, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The part came to him without an audition.

  3. Getting ready for a role

    To prepare for Galactus, Ineson visited the tallest buildings he could find so he could look down and grasp the character's perspective.

  4. Early training

    Ineson studied theater at Furness College, part of Lancaster University. After his first year there, he lived in a flat in Lancaster and worked security at The Dukes, assisting with its open-air Shakespeare shows in Williamson Park.

  5. Beyond film

    Ineson voiced Gunvald Larsson in The Martin Beck Killings from 2012 to 2013. The BBC Radio series adapted all ten Martin Beck crime novels written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.

Ralph Ineson movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Witch2015 Drama, Horror, Mysteryas William

    IMDb rating 7.0360K votes

  2. The Fantastic 4: First Steps2025 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Galactus

    IMDb rating 6.8291K votes

  3. The First Omen2024as Father Brennan

    IMDb rating 6.573K votes

  4. Nosferatu2024as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers

    IMDb rating 7.1277K votes

  5. The Pope's Exorcist2023as Asmodeusvoice

    IMDb rating 6.1104K votes

  6. Ready Player One2018as Rick

    IMDb rating 7.4551K votes

  7. To Catch a Killer2023as Dean Possey

    IMDb rating 6.658K votes

  8. The Creator2023as General Andrews

    IMDb rating 6.7205K votes

Most often with

Robert Eggers directed two of these films, William Brent Bell two. David Bradley appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Ralph Ineson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$2.0 billion

23 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 33 films: 23 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.

  • 23Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 2Streaming, short cinema run
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Ready Player One2018as Rick
    $607M30.6% of the total
  2. 2
    $522M26.3% of the total
  3. 3
    Nosferatu2024as Dr. Wilhelm Sievers
    $182M9.2% of the total
  4. 4
    $165M8.3% of the total
  5. 5
    First Knight1995as Ralf
    $128M6.4% of the total
  6. 6
    The Creator2023as General Andrews
    $104M5.3% of the total
  7. 7
    The Pope's Exorcist2023as Asmodeus (voice)
    $77M3.9% of the total
  8. 8
    The First Omen2024as Father Brennan
    $54M2.7% of the total
The Witch (2015), $40.4 millionThe Hurricane Heist (2018), $32.5 millionBrahms: The Boy II (2020), $20.3 millionThe Green Knight (2021), $18.9 millionAnother Year (2010), $18.1 millionGreat Expectations (2012), $6.2 millionTo Catch a Killer (2023), $3.1 millionIntruders (2011), $3.0 millionLord of Misrule (2023), $1.1 millionGunpowder Milkshake (2021), $1.0 millionFrankenstein (2025), $480,678Shooting Fish (1997), $302,204Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018), $77,542Here Are the Young Men (2020), $19,000The Selfish Giant (2013), $12,189

$146 millionfrom the other 15 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total