Joseph Fiennes

Acting

Joseph Fiennes

Born May 27, 1970Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK52 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.

Known For

Young Sherlock
8.0

Young Sherlock

TV

2026

Prisoner 951
6.1

Prisoner 951

TV

2025

Fiennes: Return to the Wild
8.0

Fiennes: Return to the Wild

TV

2024

Royal Kill List
8.0

Royal Kill List

TV

2024

National Theatre Live: Dear England

National Theatre Live: Dear England

Movie

2024

The Mother
6.6

The Mother

Movie

2023

Filmography

Young Sherlock
2026Young Sherlockas Silas HolmesTV
Prisoner 951
2025Prisoner 951as Richard RatcliffeTV
Fiennes: Return to the Wild
2024Fiennes: Return to the Wildas SelfTV
Royal Kill List
2024Royal Kill Listas Self - Narrator (voice)TV
National Theatre Live: Dear England
2024National Theatre Live: Dear Englandas Gareth SouthgateMovie
The Mother
2023The Motheras AdrianMovie
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssbergas SelfTV
Sherwood
2019Sherwoodas Sheriff NottinghamTV
Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer
2019Egypt with the World's Greatest Exploreras SelfTV
The Handmaid's Tale
2017The Handmaid's Taleas Fred WaterfordTV
On Wings of Eagles
2016On Wings of Eaglesas Eric LiddellMovie
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCas SelfMovie
Risen
2016Risenas ClaviusMovie
Strangerland
2015Strangerlandas Matthew ParkerMovie
Hercules
2014Herculesas King EurystheusMovie
The Games Maker
2014The Games Makeras MorodianMovie
Wild Kingdom
2013Wild Kingdomas NarratorTV
The Great British Year
2013The Great British Yearas NarratorTV
American Horror Story
2011American Horror Storyas Monsignor Timothy HowardTV
Camelot
2011Camelotas MerlinTV
S
2011Shakespeare in the PresentMovie
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensationas Boy (voice)Movie
FlashForward
2009FlashForwardas Mark BenfordTV
Against the Current
2009Against the Currentas Paul ThompsonMovie
The Escapist
2008The Escapistas Lenny DrakeMovie
The Red Baron
2008The Red Baronas Captain Roy BrownMovie
Spring 1941
2007Spring 1941as Artur PlanckMovie
The Darwin Awards
2007The Darwin Awardsas Michael BurrowsMovie
Goodbye Bafana
2007Goodbye Bafanaas James GregoryMovie
Running with Scissors
2006Running with Scissorsas Neil BookmanMovie
The Great Raid
2005The Great Raidas Major GibsonMovie
Man to Man
2005Man to Manas Jamie DoddMovie
The Merchant of Venice
2004The Merchant of Veniceas BassanioMovie
Luther
2003Lutheras Martin LutherMovie
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seasas Proteus (voice)Movie
Killing Me Softly
2002Killing Me Softlyas AdamMovie
Leo
2002Leoas StephenMovie
Dust
2001Dustas ElijahMovie
Enemy at the Gates
2001Enemy at the Gatesas Commisar DanilovMovie
Rancid Aluminium
2000Rancid Aluminiumas Sean DeenyMovie
Forever Mine
1999Forever Mineas Manuel Esquema / Alan RiplyMovie
Teen Choice Awards
1999Teen Choice Awardsas SelfTV
Shakespeare in Love
1998Shakespeare in Loveas Will ShakespeareMovie
Elizabeth
1998Elizabethas Robert Dudley, Earl of LeicesterMovie
The Very Thought of You
1998The Very Thought of Youas LaurenceMovie
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998Animated Epics: Beowulfas Beowulf ( voice )Movie
Elle Style Awards
1997Elle Style Awardsas Self - WinnerTV
Stealing Beauty
1996Stealing Beautyas Christopher FoxMovie
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995The Vacillations of Poppy Carewas WillyMovie
The Way of the Wind
—The Way of the WindMovie
Pretty/Handsome
—Pretty/Handsomeas Bob FitzpayneTV
D
—Dear Englandas Gareth SouthgateTV