Ralph Michael Ineson ( ; born 15 December 1969) is an English actor, narrator and writer. His 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 television roles include Chris Finch in The Office (2001–2003), 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) and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced (2026), Lorath Nahr in Diablo IV (2023) and Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred (2026), Cid in Final Fantasy XVI (2023) and Sheath in High on Life 2 (2026).
Early life and education Ralph Michael Ineson was born on 15 December 1969 and grew up in Leeds.
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.
Career Film Ineson's early 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.
In 2016, Ineson starred 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 later credited Eggers and the film as offering him a career breakthrough stating: "(Eggers) gave me this amazing part in an amazing film with other incredible actors, and that changed everything for me. It gave me a lot of confidence in myself that if it came down to it, I did actually have the chops to be able to play a character with a proper arc and some nuance. It was much more than I’d been given to play with before, and that led to more work with Rob and also Steven Spielberg, the Coen brothers and all sorts of amazing filmmakers."How Ralph Ineson Went From a Nameless Pilot in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ to the Almighty Galactus in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’
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. Between 2018 and 2024, he appeared in prominent supporting roles in Ready Player One, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Green Knight (as the title character), The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Northman, Catherine Called Birdy, To Catch a Killer (as the titular serial killer), The Creator and Nosferatu.
In 2025, Ineson portrayed the gigantic Marvel Comics planet-eating supervillain Galactus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Ineson was offered the part without having to audition. Speaking about his preparation for the part, which he performed in heavy armour, Ineson said "There were little crosses of electric tape on the floor, which is why you have to do the preparation work for the character long before you set foot on set. The day-to-day job of getting the character onto screen is more of a physical challenge, but to make that cross of tape on the floor real in your own mind, you have to have your emotional memory ready to go. So I went to the tallest buildings I could find to have Galactus’ perspective, and when I was looking down at the floor, I could see that perspective, not just a piece of tape."
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 pirate 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.
Voice work Ineson has used his distinctive, deep, gravelly 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 Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred, 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. They have two children; one of them, Rebecca Ineson, is an actress herself.
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 Year Title Role Notes1994 Syrup Skinhead Short film Shopping Dix 1995 First Knight Ralf 1997 Shooting Fish Mr. Ray2001 From Hell Gordie South West 9 Liam2007 The Last Thing to Go Through a Fly's Mind Short film Shoot on Sight Marber Cass Sergeant Mullins 2008 Is Anybody There? Mr. Kelly2009 The Damned United A crazy wild-haired reporter Suicide Man DJ (voice) Short film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Amycus Carrow2010 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll The Sulphate Strangler Robin Hood Northerner Another Year Drill Worker Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1Amycus Carrow2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Intruders Alarm Installer 2012 Great Expectations Sergeant 2013 The Selfish Giant Johnny Jones2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Ravager Pilot Kingsman: The Secret Service Policeman 2015 The Witch William 2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War Barkeep 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Colonel Ansiv Garmuth2018 The Hurricane Heist Connor Perkins Ready Player One Rick The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Posse Leader Segment: "Near Algodones"2020 Dolittle Arnall Stubbins Brahms: The Boy II Joseph Here Are the Young Men Mr. Landerton2021 Edge of the World Sir Edward Beech Everybody's Talking About Jamie Wayne New Gunpowder Milkshake Jim McAlester The Green Knight The Green Knight The Last Victim Jake The Tragedy of Macbeth The Captain2022 The Northman Captain Volodymyr Catherine Called Birdy Golden Tiger2023 The Pope's Exorcist Asmodeus (voice) To Catch a Killer Dean Possey The Creator General Andrews Lord of MisruleLord of Misrule Review Jocelyn Abney2024 The First Omen Father Brennan Nosferatu Dr. Wilhelm Sievers 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Galactus Frankenstein Professor Krempe 2026 Two Neighbors‘Two Neighbors’: Anya Chalotra, Chloe Cherry And Ralph Ineson Lead Ensemble Cast For Ondine Viñao Directed Indie Feature Genie Post-production Werwulf Post-production
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