Ralph Fiennes has been nominated for a Best Actor Award for his role in Conclave, a political thriller based on a 2016 novel by Robert Harris and directed by Edward Berger

Two separate voters confirmed that they opted not to vote for him because ‘he won before’, Variety reports, with both mistakenly thinking he had won the best supporting actor gong for 1993’s Schindler’s List with his brutal turn as Nazi SS officer and war criminal Amon Göth.

Ralph Fiennes has been nominated for the coveted best actor Academy Award for his role in Conclave, but the Oscars aren't associated with the best memories the acting legend's personal life

Fiennes, 62, is in contention for the Best Actor award for his performance as Cardinal Lawrence in the Vatican thriller. It’s the third time the star has been nominated for an Oscar, having previously been recognised for Schindler’s List and The English Patient.

The final batch of anonymous Oscar ballots are revealed which includes Fernanda Torres, Ralph Fiennes and more.

Anonymous Oscars voters have admitted that they didn’t vote for Ralph Fiennes in Conclave under the false assumption that they thought he had won before. Fiennes, 62, is in contention for the Best Actor award for his performance as Cardinal Lawrence in the Vatican thriller.

The Oscars are just a few days away, and several lucky people are going to take home a little gold statue thanks to the decisions of The Academy's voters. But apparently there's already some behind-the-scenes drama thanks to said voters seemingly not doing their due diligence.

Voters for the Oscars confessed to a stunning cardinal error. Two electors from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t vote for Ralph Fiennes to win Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Conclave” because they thought “he won before,