How do you pronounce Ralph Fiennes's last name?

[bif]

My dad says it's pronounced Fee-en'-ess. I thought it was pronounced fines.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. His name is pronounced "Rafe Fines."

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/bio

[Midlodemocrat]

7. This is the correct answer.

:thumbsup: to SA!

[mockmonkey]

9. correct...n/t

[crimsonblue]

2. your dad is right

[DarkTirade]

3. You pronounce it exactly like its spelled. Duh.

:P

[bif]

4. Not according to IMDB

[blueknight]

5. i herad ralph say

it is "fines"

[buzzycrumbhunger]

14. I heard him, too

I think it was on Letterman--he laughed about the people trying to turn it into fee-en-iss, but figured it wasn't a bad thing if all those Irish cared enough to make him one of their own.

[petronius]

8. Well, he pronounces his first name wrong, so it's no surprise that he

screws up his surname as well... :P

[graywarrior]

6. I thought it was like "fiends"

as in blood sucking fiends

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. I pronounce it "ralph feenz", but I do it incorrectly, so it's stupid to ask me.

The important question is, How does Ralph Fiennes pronounce his name?

[DS1]

11. Parking tickets

[Arugula Latte]

12. "Wallawallabingbang"

I know -- It's weird! Doesn't look like it should be pronounced like that at all!

[child of the one]

13. 'Fines...' :like the monetary kind...n/t