Joseph Fiennes
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Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor. His numerous accolades include one Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
Film & TV
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Dear England — Gareth Southgate2026
- Young Sherlock — Silas Holmes2026
- Prisoner 951 — Richard Ratcliffe2025
- National Theatre Live: Dear England — Gareth Southgate2024
- Royal Kill List — Self - Narrator (voice)2024
- Fiennes: Return to the Wild — Self2024
- The Mother — Adrian2023
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self2022
- Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer — Self2019
- Sherwood — Sheriff Nottingham2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes , ( 1970-05-26 ) 26 May 1970 (age 56) , Salisbury , Wiltshire , England
- Education
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Spouse
- María Dolores Diéguez ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 )
- Parents
- Mark Fiennes (father) Jennifer Lash (mother)
- Relatives
- Ralph Fiennes (brother), Martha Fiennes (sister), Magnus Fiennes (brother), Sophie Fiennes (sister), Hero Fiennes Tiffin (nephew), Ranulph Fiennes (third cousin once removed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Salisbury
- Father
- Mark Fiennes
- Mother
- Jennifer Lash
- Sibling
- Ralph Fiennes
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Image
- JosephFiennescrop.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Joseph Fiennes
- date of birth
- 1970-01-01
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- name in native language
- Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
- short name
- Joseph Fiennes
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (/faɪnz/; born 26 May 1970), known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor. His numerous accolades include one Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
He is known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth (1998), Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Martin Luther in Luther (2003), and Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second season of the TV series American Horror Story (2012–2013). His performance as Commander Fred Waterford in the TV series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2021) was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2018. On the stage, Fiennes's 2023 portrayal of Gareth Southgate in James Graham's Dear England earned him a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
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