Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom on May 27th, 1970 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 53, Joseph Fiennes biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 27 May 1970), also known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English film and stage actor. In the second season of the television series American Horror Story (2010–2013), he is best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Love (1998), Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), and Monsignor Timothy Howard in Enemy at the Gates (1998).
He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2017.
Early life and family
Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Mark Fiennes (1933-2004), a fisherman and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), a writer. He has pan-British Isles roots. Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907–1994) and Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash were his grandfathers.
Ralph Fiennes, actress Martha Fiennes; producers Martha Fiennes and Sophie Fiennes; composer Magnus Fiennes; and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, Joseph's twin brother. Michael Emery, Michael Emery, his foster brother, is an archaeologist. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, his nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played Tom Riddle, teenage Lord Voldemort. Sir Ranulph (Ran) Fiennes, a renowned English explorer, is his cousin.
Education
Fiennes was briefly educated in the Republic of Ireland, then at Swan School For Boys (now known as Leehurst Swan School), an independent school in Salisbury, before passing his 11+ exam and moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, a voluntary-aided state day grammar school in the Cathedral Close of the city. He attended art school in Suffolk for a year before joining the Young Vic Youth Theatre. Fiennes then studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating in 1993.
Personal life
In August 2009, Fiennes married Mara Dolores Dié, a Swiss model of Spanish/Galician origins, in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Tuscany. Sam and Isabel are their two children.
Career
Fiennes' first professional stage appearance was in the West End in The Woman in Black, followed by A Month in the Country opposite Helen Mirren. He then became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons.
He made his television debut as Willy in The Vacillations of Poppy Carew. His first feature film was 1996's Stealing Beauty, co-starring Liv Tyler. In 1998, Fiennes appeared in two films that were nominated at the Academy Awards: he played Robert Dudley opposite Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and he portrayed William Shakespeare opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love, receiving nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He and Paltrow were reunited onscreen in Running with Scissors (2006).
In 2001, Fiennes appeared in the film Enemy at the Gates. In 2002, he starred in the independent film, Killing Me Softly.
In 2003, he lent his voice as Proteus in the DreamWorks animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas opposite Brad Pitt. The same year, he starred in the limited-release film Luther, playing Martin Luther, and he also appeared in The Merchant of Venice, in which he portrayed Bassanio. Fiennes returned to the theatre in 2006 to perform in the one-man play Unicorns, Almost about World War II poet Keith Douglas at the Old Vic.
In 2006, he appeared in the films The Darwin Awards and Goodbye Bafana. Goodbye Bafana was filmed by director Bille August in South Africa, and released in 2007. Fiennes portrayed James Gregory, author of the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.
Fiennes starred in the ABC science fiction series FlashForward, which debuted on 24 September 2009 and ran through 27 May 2010, as Mark Benford. He starred in Starz's 10-part series, Camelot, as the wizard Merlin.
In the second season of American Horror Story, which premiered in October 2012, Fiennes played the role of Monsignor Timothy Howard. From 2017 to 2021, Fiennes started on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Fred Waterford.
