Portrait of Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes

Acting

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.

Born: May 27, 1970

Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Prisoner 951

as Richard Ratcliffe

2024
Royal Kill List

as Narrator

2023
The Mother

as Adrian

2019
Sherwood

as Sheriff Nottingham

2017
The Handmaid's Tale

as Fred Waterford

2016
On Wings of Eagles

as Eric Liddell

2016
Risen

as Clavius

2015
Strangerland

as Matthew Parker

2014
Hercules

as King Eurystheus

2014
The Games Maker

as Morodian

2013
Wild Kingdom

as Narrator

2013
2011
American Horror Story

as Monsignor Timothy Howard

2011
Camelot

as Merlin

2009
FlashForward

as Mark Benford

2009
Against the Current

as Paul Thompson

2008
The Escapist

as Lenny Drake

2008
The Red Baron

as Captain Roy Brown

2007
Spring 1941

as Artur Planck

2007
The Darwin Awards

as Michael Burrows

2007
Goodbye Bafana

as James Gregory

2006
Running with Scissors

as Neil Bookman

2005
The Great Raid

as Major Gibson

2005
Man to Man

as Jamie Dodd

2004
2003
Luther

as Martin Luther

2003
2002
Leo

as Stephen

2001
Dust

as Elijah

2001
Enemy at the Gates

as Commisar Danilov

2000
Rancid Aluminium

as Sean Deeny

1999
Forever Mine

as Manuel Esquema / Alan Riply

1998
Shakespeare in Love

as Will Shakespeare

1998
Elizabeth

as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf

as Beowulf ( voice )

1996
Stealing Beauty

as Christopher Fox

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Pretty/Handsome

as Bob Fitzpayne

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Young Sherlock

as Silas Holmes

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Dear England

as Gareth Southgate