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Joseph Fiennes

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Joseph Fiennes

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 27, 1970 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Biography

Joseph Alberic Iscariot Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 27 May 1970) is an English film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the 2009 TV series FlashForward. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Fiennes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2026Young SherlockSilas Holmes
2025Prisoner 951Richard Ratcliffe
2024National Theatre Live: Dear EnglandGareth Southgate
2024Royal Kill ListSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024Fiennes: Return to the WildSelf
2023The MotherAdrian
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf
2019Egypt with the World's Greatest ExplorerSelf
2019SherwoodSheriff Nottingham
2017The Handmaid's TaleFred Waterford
2016RisenClavius
2016On Wings of EaglesEric Liddell
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf
2015StrangerlandMatthew Parker
2014HerculesKing Eurystheus
2014The Games MakerMorodian
2013Wild KingdomNarrator
2013The Great British YearNarrator
2011Shakespeare in the Present
2011American Horror StoryMonsignor Timothy Howard
2011CamelotMerlin
2010A Lost and Found Box of Human SensationBoy (voice)
2009Against the CurrentPaul Thompson
2009FlashForwardMark Benford
2008The Red BaronCaptain Roy Brown
2008The EscapistLenny Drake
2007Goodbye BafanaJames Gregory
2007The Darwin AwardsMichael Burrows
2007Spring 1941Artur Planck
2006Running with ScissorsNeil Bookman
2005Man to ManJamie Dodd
2005The Great RaidMajor Gibson
2004The Merchant of VeniceBassanio
2003LutherMartin Luther
2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasProteus (voice)
2002LeoStephen
2002Killing Me SoftlyAdam
2001Enemy at the GatesCommisar Danilov
2001DustElijah
2000Rancid AluminiumSean Deeny
1999Forever MineManuel Esquema / Alan Riply
1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf
1998Shakespeare in LoveWill Shakespeare
1998ElizabethRobert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
1998Animated Epics: BeowulfBeowulf ( voice )
1998The Very Thought of YouLaurence
1997Elle Style AwardsSelf - Winner
1996Stealing BeautyChristopher Fox
1995The Vacillations of Poppy CarewWilly
-The Way of the Wind
-Pretty/HandsomeBob Fitzpayne
-Dear EnglandGareth Southgate