Hero Fiennes Tiffin

Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (born 6 November 1997) is an English actor and model. He is known for his starring role as Hardin Scott in the After film series. He also portrayed 11-year-old Tom Riddle, the young version of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.[1]

Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Fiennes Tiffin in April 2019
Born	(1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 London, England
Education	Graveney School
Occupation	Actor model
Years active	2008–present
Relatives	Martha Fiennes (mother) Ralph Fiennes (uncle) Joseph Fiennes (uncle)

Early life

Hero Fiennes Tiffin was born in London on 6 November 1997, the son of film director Martha Fiennes and cinematographer George Tiffin.[2] He has an older brother named Titan and a younger sister named Mercy. According to a 2020 interview, he does not hyphenate his name because his parents were never married. He was educated at Raey Primary School in Lambeth, Emanuel School in Battersea, and Graveney School in Tooting.[3] He is a member of the Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family; his great-grandfather was Sir Maurice Fiennes, while his uncles are actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes.[4]

Career

Fiennes Tiffin made his first film appearance as Spartak in the 2008 drama film Bigga Than Ben. He earned the part of Tom Riddle (the young Voldemort) over thousands of young actors who auditioned for the role,[5] though at least one publication alleged that his family connections alone landed him the part.[6] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince director David Yates said he was cast due to his ability to find "the darker space" in his line readings, and that he did not get the role due to his relation to Ralph Fiennes, his uncle who plays Voldemort, but admitted the family resemblance was a "clincher".[7] Yates described Fiennes Tiffin as "very focused and disciplined"[8] and said he "got the corners and dark moods and odd spirit of the character"[5] as well as having a "wonderful haunted quality that seemed to bring Tom Riddle alive on-screen for us".[8]

In 2018, Fiennes Tiffin landed the lead role of Hardin Scott in the film After, based on the New York Times best-selling book of the same name by Anna Todd. He returned for the sequel, After We Collided, in 2019.[9] He won the Choice Drama Movie Actor award at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards and received the Rising Star award at the Ischia Film Festival.[10] In April 2019, it was announced that Fiennes Tiffin had been cast as Brooks in the film The Silencing.[11]

Fiennes Tiffin is signed with modelling agency Storm Management and has modeled for the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, and H&M.[12] In November 2019, he was named the face of the new Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. fragrance, Ferragamo.[13]

Personal life

Fiennes Tiffin prefers to keep a low profile when not promoting his work. Having only one active social media account, he told W magazine in a 2019 interview, "I had all of those apps ages ago, and then I deleted them when I realised I was just wasting my time. But I kept Instagram because my agents advised me to, and I completely understand and agree that it's such a useful, powerful tool, even though you can kind of get lost in it. I just made it to keep up with my friends, but now that so many fans follow me, it's a slightly different audience."[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Bigga Than Ben	Spartak
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Young Tom Riddle
2012	Private Peaceful	Young Charlie
2016	Possession With Intent To Supply	Jack
2017	ERDEM X H&M The Secret Life of Flowers	Adam
2019	After	Hardin Scott
2020	The Silencing	Brooks Gustafson
2020	After We Collided	Hardin Scott	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Safe	Ioan Fuller	5 episodes
2018	The Tunnel	Leo	1 episode
2019	Cleaning Up	Jake	5 episodes
2020	Day by Day	Sam (voice)	Episode: "Big Nights In"

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Title	Result
2019	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Drama Movie Actor	After	Won
2019	Ischia Film Festival	Rising Star	Himself	Won

References

1. "Casting Is Complete on 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.'" Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of Warner Bros. Pictures, 15 November 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
2. "Who Is Hero Fiennes Tiffin? Everything You Need To Know About The 'After' Star". ELLE. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. "Google Questions for Hero Fiennes Tiffin". Fanpage.it. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
4. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3534. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
5. Alberge, Dalya. "Voldemort's nephew has the villainous blood for film role." The Times, 17 November 2007. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.
6. "Jennifer Lopez Elected 'Governess'". New York. 29 July 2008. Retrieved on 21 August 2008.
7. Jensen, Jeff. "There Will Be 'Half-Blood.'". Entertainment Weekly, Iss. #1007/1008, 22/29 August 2008. pg. 39. Retrieved on 19 August 2008.
8. Puig, Claudia. "'Potter' trailer unveils a young Voldemort." USA Today, Life section, 30 July 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
9. "'After' Movie: Release Date, Cast, Plot, Trailers, And Everything You Need To Know". PopBuzz. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
10. "Teen Choice Awards: Full List of Winners". Billboard. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
11. "'After' Star Hero Fiennes Tiffin Joins Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis In 'The Silencing'". Deadline. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
12. 'storm'
13. "'Ferragamo'".
14. 'After Star Hero Fiennes Tiffin Almost Pursued Landscaping Instead of Acting'

External links

• Hero Fiennes Tiffin on IMDb
• Hero Fiennes Tiffin on Instagram