Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes

Acting

Born May 27, 1970 · 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…

Known for

American Horror Story

American Horror Story

2011

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

2017

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

2022

Young Sherlock

Young Sherlock

2026

Scary Movie

Scary Movie

2000

Hercules

Hercules

2014

FlashForward

FlashForward

2009

Camelot

Camelot

2011

Acting(53)

2026Dear EnglandGareth Southgate

2026Young SherlockSilas Holmes

2025Prisoner 951Richard Ratcliffe

2024Fiennes: Return to the WildSelf

2024Royal Kill ListSelf - Narrator (voice)

2024National Theatre Live: Dear EnglandGareth Southgate

2023The MotherAdrian

2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf

2019SherwoodSheriff Nottingham

2019Egypt with the World's Greatest ExplorerSelf

2017The Handmaid's TaleFred Waterford

2016On Wings of EaglesEric Liddell

2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf

2016RisenClavius

2015StrangerlandMatthew Parker

2014HerculesKing Eurystheus

2014The Games MakerMorodian

2013Wild KingdomNarrator

2013The Great British YearNarrator

2011American Horror StoryMonsignor Timothy Howard

2011CamelotMerlin

2011Shakespeare in the Present

2010A Lost and Found Box of Human SensationBoy (voice)

2009FlashForwardMark Benford

2009Against the CurrentPaul Thompson

2008The EscapistLenny Drake

2008The Red BaronCaptain Roy Brown

2007Spring 1941Artur Planck

2007The Darwin AwardsMichael Burrows

2007Goodbye BafanaJames Gregory

2006Running with ScissorsNeil Bookman

2005The Great RaidMajor Gibson

2005Man to ManJamie Dodd

2004The Merchant of VeniceBassanio

2003LutherMartin Luther

2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasProteus (voice)

2002Killing Me SoftlyAdam

2001Enemy at the GatesCommisar Danilov

2000Scary MovieWilliam Shakespeare (archival footage)

2000Rancid AluminiumSean Deeny

1999Forever MineManuel Esquema / Alan Riply

1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf

1998Shakespeare in LoveWill Shakespeare

1998ElizabethRobert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

1998The Very Thought of YouLaurence

1998Animated Epics: BeowulfBeowulf ( voice )

1997Elle Style AwardsSelf - Winner

1996Stealing BeautyChristopher Fox

1995The Vacillations of Poppy CarewWilly

The Way of the Wind

Pretty/HandsomeBob Fitzpayne

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