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Joseph Fiennes
Highest Rated: 92% Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Lowest Rated: 0% Killing Me Softly (2002)
Birthday: May 27, 1970
Birthplace: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Born and raised in England, Joseph Fiennes grew up in a creatively fertile household. His mother was a writer, his father a photographer, while his brother, Ralph Fiennes, went on to become a notable film actor in his own right. Needless to say, there was never a time in Fiennes' formative years when he didn't envision a life devoted to the arts. Fiennes began his professional acting training in his teens, and eventually went on to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He spent the next three years at the school honing his craft before graduating in 1993. Upon graduation, Fiennes embarked on a professional screen-acting career. He nabbed parts in "Stealing Beauty" (1996) and "The Very Thought of You" (1998), before nabbing his first big break in 1998 by landing the lead role in "Shakespeare in Love." That film earned Fiennes a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor, while "Shakespeare in Love" would take home the Oscar for Best Picture at the 1999 Academy Awards. With his star on the rise, Fiennes landed a number of high profile film acting roles throughout the 2000s, including "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), "The Merchant of Venice" (2004), and "Running with Scissors" (2006). By the early 2010s he began appearing on various critically acclaimed television shows, including "Flashforward" (ABC, 2009-10), "Camelot" (Starz, 2011) and "American Horror Story." Then in 2017 Fiennes began playing the role of Fred Waterford on Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale." The series, which was adapted from a novel of the same name by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood, earned Fiennes his first Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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43% |
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The Mother | Adrian (Character) | - | 2023 |
60% |
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On Wings of Eagles | Eric Liddell (Character) | - | 2017 |
53% |
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Risen | Clavius (Character) | $36.9M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon | Michael Jackson (Character) | - | 2016 |
40% |
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Strangerland | Matthew (Character) | $17.5K | 2015 |
40% |
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The Games Maker | Morodian (Character) | - | 2014 |
58% |
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Hercules | King Eurystheus (Character) | $72.7M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation | Boy (Voice) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Against the Current | Paul Thompson (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Spring 1941 | Artur Planck (Character) | - | 2008 |
17% |
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The Red Baron | Capt. Roy Brown (Character) | $36.6K | 2008 |
67% |
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The Escapist | Lenny (Character) | $13.0K | 2008 |
44% |
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Goodbye Bafana | James Gregory (Character) | - | 2007 |
25% |
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The Darwin Awards | Michael Burrows (Character) | - | 2006 |
32% |
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Running With Scissors | Neil Bookman (Character) | $6.8M | 2006 |
38% |
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The Great Raid | Major Gibson (Character) | $10.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Man to Man | Jamie Dodd (Character) | - | 2005 |
72% |
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The Merchant of Venice | Bassanio (Character) | $3.8M | 2004 |
45% |
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Luther | Martin Luther (Character) | $5.7M | 2003 |
45% |
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Proteus (Voice) | $26.3M | 2003 |
43% |
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Leo | Stephen (Character) | - | 2002 |
0% |
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Killing Me Softly | Adam (Character) | - | 2002 |
20% |
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Dust | Elijah (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% |
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Enemy at the Gates | Danilov (Character) | $51.4M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Rancid Aluminium | Sean Deeny (Character) | - | 2000 |
25% |
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Forever Mine |
Manuel Esquema/ |
- | 1999 |
40% |
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The Very Thought of You | Laurence (Character) | $94.2K | 1999 |
92% |
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Shakespeare in Love | William Shakespeare (Character) | $100.2M | 1998 |
84% |
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Elizabeth | Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (Character) | $30.1M | 1998 |
50% |
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Stealing Beauty | Christopher (Character) | $4.6M | 1996 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fiennes: Return to the Wild |
Executive Producer, Self |
2024 |
83% | 57% | The Handmaid's Tale | Commander Waterford (Character) | 2017-2019 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shakespeare Uncovered | Host | 2015 |
77% | 67% | American Horror Story | Monsignor Timothy Howard (Character) | 2012-2013 |
44% | 61% | Camelot | Merlin (Character) | 2011 |
80% | 78% | FlashForward | Mark Benford (Character) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009 |