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Joseph Fiennes

Known for acting · Born 27 May 1970 · 56 · Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

52 credits

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.

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Known for

The Handmaid's Tale

2017

Enemy at the Gates

2001

Shakespeare in Love

1998

American Horror Story

2011

Elizabeth

1998

Risen

2016

The Merchant of Venice

2004

FlashForward

2009

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

Killing Me Softly

2002

Luther

2003

The Mother

2023

Acting (52)

2026Young SherlockSilas Holmes · 6 episodesSeries
2026Dear EnglandGareth Southgate · 4 episodesSeries
2025Prisoner 951Richard Ratcliffe · 4 episodesSeries
2024Royal Kill ListSelf - Narrator (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2024Fiennes: Return to the WildSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2024National Theatre Live: Dear EnglandGareth SouthgateFilm
2023The MotherAdrianFilm
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelfSeries
2019SherwoodSheriff Nottingham · 10 episodesSeries
2019Egypt with the World's Greatest ExplorerSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2017The Handmaid's TaleFred Waterford · 36 episodesSeries
2016RisenClaviusFilm
2016On Wings of EaglesEric LiddellFilm
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelfFilm
2015StrangerlandMatthew ParkerFilm
2014HerculesKing EurystheusFilm
2014The Games MakerMorodianFilm
2013Wild KingdomNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2013The Great British YearNarrator · 4 episodesSeries
2011American Horror StoryMonsignor Timothy Howard · 13 episodesSeries
2011CamelotMerlin · 10 episodesSeries
2011Shakespeare in the PresentFilm
2010A Lost and Found Box of Human SensationBoy (voice)Film
2009FlashForwardMark Benford · 22 episodesSeries
2009Against the CurrentPaul ThompsonFilm
2008The Red BaronCaptain Roy BrownFilm
2008The EscapistLenny DrakeFilm
2007The Darwin AwardsMichael BurrowsFilm
2007Goodbye BafanaJames GregoryFilm
2007Spring 1941Artur PlanckFilm
2006Running with ScissorsNeil BookmanFilm
2005The Great RaidMajor GibsonFilm
2005Man to ManJamie DoddFilm
2004The Merchant of VeniceBassanioFilm
2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasProteus (voice)Film
2003LutherMartin LutherFilm
2002Killing Me SoftlyAdamFilm
2002LeoStephenFilm
2001Enemy at the GatesCommisar DanilovFilm
2001DustElijahFilm
2000Rancid AluminiumSean DeenyFilm
1999Forever MineManuel Esquema / Alan RiplyFilm
1999Teen Choice AwardsSelfSeries
1998Shakespeare in LoveWill ShakespeareFilm
1998ElizabethRobert Dudley, Earl of LeicesterFilm
1998The Very Thought of YouLaurenceFilm
1998Animated Epics: BeowulfBeowulf ( voice )Film
1997Elle Style AwardsSelf - WinnerSeries
1996Stealing BeautyChristopher FoxFilm
1995The Vacillations of Poppy CarewWillyFilm
—Pretty/HandsomeBob FitzpayneSeries
—The Way of the WindFilm