Joseph Fiennes

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

American Horror Story

The Handmaid's Tale

Scary Movie

Young Sherlock

FlashForward

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Hercules

Camelot

All Movies (36)

• National Theatre Live: Dear England2024 · as Gareth Southgate
• The Mother2023 · as Adrian
• On Wings of Eagles2016 · as Eric Liddell
• Shakespeare Live! From the RSC2016 · as Self
• Risen2016 · as Clavius
• Strangerland2015 · as Matthew Parker
• Hercules2014 · as King Eurystheus
• The Games Maker2014 · as Morodian
• Shakespeare in the Present2011
• A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation2010 · as Boy (voice)
• Against the Current2009 · as Paul Thompson
• The Escapist2008 · as Lenny Drake
• The Red Baron2008 · as Captain Roy Brown
• Spring 19412007 · as Artur Planck
• The Darwin Awards2007 · as Michael Burrows
• Goodbye Bafana2007 · as James Gregory
• Running with Scissors2006 · as Neil Bookman
• The Great Raid2005 · as Major Gibson
• Man to Man2005 · as Jamie Dodd
• The Merchant of Venice2004 · as Bassanio
• Luther2003 · as Martin Luther
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003 · as Proteus (voice)
• Killing Me Softly2002 · as Adam
• Leo2002 · as Stephen
• Dust2001 · as Elijah
• Enemy at the Gates2001 · as Commisar Danilov
• Scary Movie2000 · as William Shakespeare (archival footage)
• Rancid Aluminium2000 · as Sean Deeny
• Forever Mine1999 · as Manuel Esquema / Alan Riply
• Shakespeare in Love1998 · as Will Shakespeare
• Elizabeth1998 · as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
• The Very Thought of You1998 · as Laurence
• Animated Epics: Beowulf1998 · as Beowulf ( voice )
• Stealing Beauty1996 · as Christopher Fox
• The Vacillations of Poppy Carew1995 · as Willy
• The Way of the Wind—

All TV Shows (17)

• Dear England2026 · as Gareth Southgate
• Young Sherlock2026 · as Silas Holmes
• Prisoner 9512025 · as Richard Ratcliffe
• Fiennes: Return to the Wild2024 · as Self
• Royal Kill List2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self
• Sherwood2019 · as Sheriff Nottingham
• Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer2019 · as Self
• The Handmaid's Tale2017 · as Fred Waterford
• Wild Kingdom2013 · as Narrator
• The Great British Year2013 · as Narrator
• American Horror Story2011 · as Monsignor Timothy Howard
• Camelot2011 · as Merlin
• FlashForward2009 · as Mark Benford
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• Elle Style Awards1997 · as Self - Winner
• Pretty/Handsome— · as Bob Fitzpayne