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Joseph Fiennes

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Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. He is one of six children. Four of his siblings are also in the arts: Ralph Fiennes, an actor; Martha Fiennes, a director; Magnus Fiennes, a musician; and Sophie Fiennes, a producer. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin.

He was brought up in West Cork, Ireland. He left art school, and began working with the Young Vic Youth Theatre, and then went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first professional stage appearance was in the West End in The Woman In Black, followed by A Month In The Country. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons and performed roles in Dennis Potter's Son Of Man, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Troilus and Cressida, and Peter Whelan's The Herbal Bed.
BornMay 27, 1970
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BornMay 27, 1970
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes, Sophie Giraud, and Stephen Kunken in Progress (2021)
Joseph Fiennes and Sophie Giraud in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes, Sophie Giraud, and Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes and Sophie Giraud in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes in Elizabeth (1998)
Joseph Fiennes in Elizabeth (1998)
Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Jamie Foreman, and Edward Hardwicke in Elizabeth (1998)
Joseph Fiennes, Max Minghella, and Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski in Testimony (2021)

Known for

Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Shakespeare in Love
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  • Will Shakespeare
  • 1998
Joseph Fiennes in Risen (2016)
Risen
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  • Clavius
  • 2016
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth (1998)
Elizabeth
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  • Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
  • 1998
Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Enemy at the Gates
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  • Commisar Danilov
  • 2001

Credits

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Actor

  • The Mother
    • Post-production
  • The Way of the Wind
    • Post-production
  • The Ice Man
    • Pre-production
  • Cyrano
    • Pre-production
  • Urban Myths (2017)
    Urban Myths
  • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
    The Handmaid's Tale
  • Anya Chalotra in Sherwood (2019)
    Sherwood
    • (voice)
  • On Wings of Eagles (2016)
    On Wings of Eagles
  • Joseph Fiennes in Risen (2016)
    Risen
  • Nicole Kidman in Strangerland (2015)
    Strangerland
  • Dwayne Johnson in Hercules (2014)
    Hercules
  • Henning Sprogøe, Ove Sprogøe, and Jacob Sprogøe in The Games Maker (2014)
    The Games Maker
  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
  • Eva Green and Jamie Campbell Bower in Camelot (2011)
    Camelot
  • A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (2010)
    A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
    • (voice)
  • Flashforward (2009)
    Flashforward
  • Against the Current (2009)
    Against the Current
  • You Me and Captain Longbridge (2008)
    You Me and Captain Longbridge
  • Pretty/Handsome (2008)
    Pretty/Handsome

Producer

  • The Ice Man
    • Pre-production
  • Cyrano
    • Pre-production
  • Joseph Fiennes and Ranulph Fiennes in Fiennes: Return to the Nile (2019)
    Fiennes: Return to the Nile
  • Altitude

Director

  • Scarlett Johansson and Gabriel Macht in The Spirit (2008)
    The Spirit

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Personal details

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    • May 27, 1970
    • Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
    • Maria Dolores DieguezAugust 15, 2009 - present (2 children)
    • Ralph Fiennes(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Theatre: Belyaev in 'A Month in the Country' (Guildford, Richmond and the Albery Theatre London); Rodolpho in 'A View from the Bridge' (Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep., Strand Theatre London); 'The Woman in Black' (Fortune Theatre, London); Jesus Christ in 'Son of Man' Lacenaire in 'Les Enfants du Paradis' (RSC- London)
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    • 8 Interviews
    • 7 Articles
    • 5 Pictorials
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    Both Joseph and his brother, Ralph Fiennes, have romanced the same leading lady, Cate Blanchett, in different films; Joseph in Elizabeth (1998) and Ralph in Oscar and Lucinda (1997).
  • Quotes
    Being the youngest makes you long for more of a voice. You find that voice early in theatrics of the kitchen. I was the one screaming, 'Hey, where is my food?'.
    • Frequently plays a character who writes. In most of his films, he has played characters who write either novels, plays, poetry or other literary works.

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