Ralph Ineson is a British actor and voice artist. His prominent film roles encompass Amycus Carrow in the last three installments of the Harry Potter series (2009–2011), William in The Witch (2015), the lead role in The Green Knight (2021), Dr. Wilhelm Sievers in Nosferatu (2024), and Galactus in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025).
Early Life & Education
Ralph Ineson, originally named Ralph Michael Ineson, was born on December 15, 1969, in York, North Yorkshire, England. He completed his early education at Woodleigh School and Pocklington School before pursuing theater studies at Furness College, Lancaster University.
Following his first year at university, Ralph secured a position as a security officer at The Dukes in Lancaster, where he was involved in open-air Shakespeare performances in Williamson Park. After earning his degree in 1991, he took on the role of a teacher and cricket coach at York Sixth Form College.
Ralph Ineson Career
Ralph Ineson made his television debut in a 1993 episode of the BBC1 series ‘Spender,’ subsequently appearing as a guest in ‘All Quiet on the Preston Front’ (1994), ‘Harry’ (1995), ‘Out of the Blue’ (1995), ‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ (1996), ‘Kavanagh QC’ (1997), and ‘Touching Evil’ (1999).
He portrayed various roles in eight episodes of the ITV police procedural ‘The Bill’ from 1993 to 2009, and from 1998 to 2002, he played the character Luke Mullen in the BBC drama ‘Playing the Field.’
Ralph’s debut feature film was ‘Shopping’ in 1994, and the following year, he shared the screen with Sean Connery, Richard Gere, and Julia Ormond in ‘First Knight.’
Ralph Ineson subsequently took part in various films such as “Shooting Fish” (1997), “From Hell” (2001), “South West 9” (2001), “Shoot on Sight” (2007), “Cass” (2007), “Is Anybody There?” (2008), and “The Damned United” (2009), where he portrayed Amycus Carrow in the 2009 film “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”
He reprised this character in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” (2010) and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” (2011). Between 2001 and 2003, Ralph had a recurring role as Chris Finch in the BAFTA Award-winning mockumentary series “The Office.”
In 2003, he played Mark Ainsley in the miniseries “Between the Sheets,” followed by a recurring role as Zack in the ITV soap opera “Coronation Street” (2005) and starring as Jeremy Hazledine in the Channel 5 comedy “Suburban Shootout” (2006–2007).
From 2009 to 2010, Ralph Ineson took on the role of John Fry in nine episodes of the BBC One series ‘Waterloo Road.’ Following this, he appeared in a variety of films such as ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ (2010), ‘Robin Hood’ (2010), ‘Another Year’ (2010), ‘Intruders’ (2011), ‘Great Expectations’ (2012), ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (2014), ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ (2014), and ‘The Witch’ (2015).
He also starred in ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ (2016), ‘Ready Player One’ (2018), ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ (2018), ‘Dolittle’ (2020), ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ (2021), ‘The Green Knight’ (2021), and ‘The Northman’ (2022). He also portrayed Colonel Ansiv Garmuth in the 2017 film ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi.’
Ralph Ineson made guest appearances in several television series, including “The IT Crowd” (2010), “Merlin” (2010), “Vera” (2013), “Inspector George Gently” (2014), “Drunk History” (2015), “Peaky Blinders” (2016), and “Sherlock” (2017). He also featured in the miniseries “Case Sensitive” (2011–2012), “Secret State” (2012), and “Chernobyl” (2019).
Additionally, Ralph held recurring roles as Dagmer Cleftjaw in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (2012) and Commander Ballantine in Disney+’s “Willow” (2022). He portrayed DCI Mike Ward in ITV’s “Prey” (2015), Adam Radford in Amazon Prime Video’s “Absentia” (2017), and Alex Boyd in BBC One’s “The Capture” (2019).
In 2023, he was featured in the films “To Catch a Killer,” “The Creator,” and “Lord of Misrule,” and lent his voice to Asmodeus in “The Pope’s Exorcist.” In 2024, Ineson took on roles in two horror films, “The First Omen” and “Nosferatu.”
Net Worth
Ralph Ineson is a British actor and producer with an estimated net worth of $4 million. He has portrayed characters such as Luke Mullen in ‘Playing the Field’ (1998–2002), Chris Finch in ‘The Office’ (2001–2003), Zack in ‘Coronation Street’ (2005), Dagmer Cleftjaw in ‘Game of Thrones’ (2012), and Adam Radford in ‘Absentia’ (2017).
He also played Amycus Carrow in the ‘Harry Potter’ film series. Ineson boasts over 150 acting credits throughout his career.
