Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1075
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Ralph Ineson represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 25 years in, and Ralph is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Ralph Ineson appears in 37 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Ralph. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the clearest case: a film rated 8.3 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for tv movie, history, documentary. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Matt Shakman, Guillermo del Toro, Arkasha Stevenson and others, Ralph Ineson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) as Amycus Carrow · Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) as Ravager Pilot · Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) as Amycus Carrow
Career snapshot
Ranked #1075 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
37
2001–2026
Career length
25 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Average Nutevio score
6.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Most frequent director
Joel Coen
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Joel Coen
Most common genre
Adventure
15 titles
Average runtime
1h 49m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2000s
7.3 average MV
The 2000s are where the work and the material meet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Damned United, From Hell — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2000s
7.3
Across 3 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2000s
7.2
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Damned United, From Hell.
Most productive era
2020s
22 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.21 film | 6.65 films | 5.79 films |
| Action | — | 7.07 films | 6.94 films |
| Thriller | 6.71 film | 6.13 films | 6.26 films |
| Comedy | — | 7.32 films | 6.33 films |
| Crime | — | 6.72 films | 6.62 films |
| Romance | — | 6.41 film | — |
| Horror | 6.71 film | 6.32 films | 5.77 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2001From Hell
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Gordie.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
8.3 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Werwulf
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
37 of 37 films
as Amycus Carrow
Directed by David Yates
as Ravager Pilot
Directed by James Gunn
as Amycus Carrow
Directed by David Yates
as Narrator (voice)
Directed by Unknown
as Professor Krempe
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Amycus Carrow
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Performance score8.0
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Amycus Carrow gives Ralph Ineson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Ravager Pilot
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Performance score7.8
Guardians of the Galaxy asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Ravager Pilot is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Amycus Carrow
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Performance score7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Amycus Carrow is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Narrator (voice)
Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape (2026)
Performance score7.6
Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Narrator (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Amycus Carrow
Start here. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the clearest statement of what Ralph Ineson does — accessible, 130 minutes, and rated 8.3 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Ralph at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Same director as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Keeps the adventure register of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince but asks for a colder reading of it.
Frankenstein (2025)
A deliberate change of key after Guardians of the Galaxy — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape (2026)
A deliberate change of key after Frankenstein — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
David Yates
Director
2 films together
Notably Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Joel Coen
Director
2 films together
Notably The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Albert Hughes
Director
1 film together
Notably From Hell
Tom Hooper
Director
1 film together
Notably The Damned United
Ridley Scott
Director
1 film together
Notably Robin Hood
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director
1 film together
Notably Intruders
Mike Newell
Director
1 film together
Notably Great Expectations
James Gunn
Director
1 film together
Notably Guardians of the Galaxy
Matthew Vaughn
Director
1 film together
Notably Kingsman: The Secret Service
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Director
1 film together
Notably The Huntsman: Winter's War
Rian Johnson
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Steven Spielberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Ready Player One
Rob Cohen
Director
1 film together
Notably The Hurricane Heist
Stephen Gaghan
Director
1 film together
Notably Dolittle
Eoin Macken
Director
1 film together
Notably Here Are the Young Men
David Lowery
Director
1 film together
Notably The Green Knight
Lena Dunham
Director
1 film together
Notably Catherine Called Birdy
Gareth Edwards
Director
1 film together
Notably The Creator
Damián Szifron
Director
1 film together
Notably To Catch a Killer
Arkasha Stevenson
Director
1 film together
Notably The First Omen
Guillermo del Toro
Director
1 film together
Notably Frankenstein
Matt Shakman
Director
1 film together
Notably The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
David Yates
Director
2 films together · 8.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Joel Coen
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Ballad of Buster ScruggsJames Gunn
Director
1 film together · 8.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Guardians of the GalaxyGuillermo del Toro
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FrankensteinSteven Spielberg
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ready Player OneMatthew Vaughn
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kingsman: The Secret ServiceTom Hooper
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Damned UnitedMatt Shakman
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Fantastic 4: First StepsGareth Edwards
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The CreatorRian Johnson
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Wars: The Last JediDamián Szifron
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
To Catch a KillerArkasha Stevenson
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The First OmenAlbert Hughes
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
From HellDavid Lowery
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Green KnightStephen Gaghan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DolittleMike Newell
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Great ExpectationsRidley Scott
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Robin HoodCedric Nicolas-Troyan
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Huntsman: Winter's WarLena Dunham
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Catherine Called BirdyRob Cohen
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Hurricane HeistJuan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
IntrudersEoin Macken
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Here Are the Young MenSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Amycus Carrow
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Damned United
as Journalist
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Amycus Carrow
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Ravager Pilot
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Amycus Carrow
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Ralph Ineson has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
25 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Adventure Legend
Awarded
15 catalogue titles in adventure, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Amycus Carrow
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Ravager Pilot
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Great Expectations
as Sergeant
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Witch
as William
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Ravager Pilot
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Galactus
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones")
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
as Senior First Order Officer
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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