Joseph Fiennes
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dear England
2026
as Gareth Southgate
Young Sherlock
2026
as Silas Holmes
Prisoner 951
2025
as Richard Ratcliffe
National Theatre Live: Dear England
2024
as Gareth Southgate
Royal Kill List
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Fiennes: Return to the Wild
2024
as Self
The Mother
2023
as Adrian
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
as Self
Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer
2019
as Self
Sherwood
2019
as Sheriff Nottingham
The Handmaid's Tale
2017
as Fred Waterford
Risen
2016
as Clavius
On Wings of Eagles
2016
as Eric Liddell
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self
Strangerland
2015
as Matthew Parker
Hercules
2014
as King Eurystheus
The Games Maker
2014
as Morodian
Wild Kingdom
2013
as Narrator
The Great British Year
2013
as Narrator
Shakespeare in the Present
2011
American Horror Story
2011
as Monsignor Timothy Howard
Camelot
2011
as Merlin
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010
as Boy (voice)
Against the Current
2009
as Paul Thompson
FlashForward
2009
as Mark Benford
The Red Baron
2008
as Captain Roy Brown
The Escapist
2008
as Lenny Drake
Goodbye Bafana
2007
as James Gregory
The Darwin Awards
2007
as Michael Burrows
Spring 1941
2007
as Artur Planck
Running with Scissors
2006
as Neil Bookman
Man to Man
2005
as Jamie Dodd
The Great Raid
2005
as Major Gibson
The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Bassanio
Luther
2003
as Martin Luther
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
as Proteus (voice)
Leo
2002
as Stephen
Killing Me Softly
2002
as Adam
Enemy at the Gates
2001
as Commisar Danilov
Dust
2001
as Elijah
Rancid Aluminium
2000
as Sean Deeny
Forever Mine
1999
as Manuel Esquema / Alan Riply
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Will Shakespeare
Elizabeth
1998
as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Beowulf ( voice )
The Very Thought of You
1998
as Laurence
Elle Style Awards
1997
as Self - Winner
Stealing Beauty
1996
as Christopher Fox
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995
as Willy