Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
	Fiennes in 2009
Born	Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes; 27 May 1970; Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	María Dolores Diéguez (m. after 2009)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Mark Fiennes; Jennifer Lash
Relatives	Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (nephew); Ralph Fiennes (brother); Jacob Fiennes (twin brother); Martha Fiennes (sister); Magnus Fiennes (brother); Sophie Fiennes (sister); Sir Ranulph Fiennes (cousin);

Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[1] (/faɪnz/; born 27 May 1970), known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English film and stage actor.

He is known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which he was nominated 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, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth (1998), Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), and Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second season of the TV series American Horror Story (2012–2013). His role in the 2017 TV drama series The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Early life and family

Fiennes was born in 1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), a writer.[2] He has pan-British Isles ancestry.[3][4] His surname comes from the French village of Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais. His grandfathers were industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907–1994) and Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash.

Fiennes is an eighth cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales[5] and a third cousin of author William Fiennes.[6]

His siblings are actor Ralph Fiennes; directors Martha Fiennes and Sophie Fiennes; composer Magnus Fiennes; and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, Joseph's twin brother. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist. His nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin played Tom Riddle, young Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. His cousin is Sir Ranulph (Ran) Fiennes, a decorated English explorer.[7]

Education

Fiennes was briefly educated in the Republic of Ireland, then at Swan School For Boys (now known as Leehurst Swan School, following a merger with another school), an independent school in Salisbury, before passing his 11+ exam and continuing to Bishop Wordsworth's School, a voluntary-aided state day grammar school, in the Cathedral Close of the city. He then attended art school in Suffolk for a year, before joining the Young Vic Youth Theatre. Fiennes subsequently trained for three years at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1993.[8]

Career

Stage and film

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, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 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.

Television

Fiennes starred in the ABC science fiction series FlashForward, which debuted on 24 September 2009 and ran through 27 May 2010, as Mark Benford.[9] He starred in Starz's 10-part series, Camelot, as the wizard Merlin.[10]

In the second season of American Horror Story, which premiered in October 2012, Fiennes played the role of Monsignor Timothy Howard. Fiennes can be seen currently on the Hulu original series The Handmaid's Tale.

Personal life

Fiennes married María Dolores Diéguez, a Swiss model of Spanish origin, in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Tuscany in August 2009. They have two daughters.[11]

Fiennes was one of the celebrities, including Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand, E. L. James and Rachel Riley, to design and sign his own card for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The cards were auctioned off on eBay in May 2014.[12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Stealing Beauty	Christopher Fox
1998	Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence	Laurence	Released as The Very Thought of You in the US
1998	Elizabeth	Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
1998	Shakespeare in Love	William Shakespeare
1999	Forever Mine	Manuel Esquema/Alan Riply
2000	Rancid Aluminum	Sean Deeny
2001	Enemy at the Gates	Commisar Danilov
2001	Dust	Elijah
2002	Leo	Stephen
2003	Killing Me Softly	Adam Tallis
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Proteus	Voice role
2003	Luther	Martin Luther
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Bassanio
2005	The Great Raid	Major Gibson
2005	Man to Man	Jamie Dodd
2006	Running with Scissors	Neil Bookman
2006	The Darwin Awards	Michael Burrows
2007	Goodbye Bafana	James Gregory
2008	The Escapist	Lenny Drake
2008	The Red Baron	Arthur Roy Brown
2008	You Me and Captain Longbridge	Narrator
2008	Spring 1941	Artur Planck
2009	Against the Current	Paul Thompson
2014	The Games Maker	Morodian
2014	Hercules	King Eurystheus
2015	Strangerland	Matthew Parker
2015	Psy	American man
2016	Risen	Clavius
2016	On Wings of Eagles (The Last Race)	Eric Liddell
TBA	The Last Planet		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Pretty/Handsome	Bob Fitzpayne	Unsold TV pilot
2009–10	FlashForward	Mark Benford	22 episodes
2011	Camelot	Merlin	10 episodes
2012–13	American Horror Story: Asylum	Monsignor Timothy Howard	10 episodes
2017	Urban Myths	Michael Jackson	Episode: "Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon"
2017–present	The Handmaid's Tale	Commander Fred Waterford	29 episodes
2019	Fiennes: Return to the Nile^†	Himself	3 episodes
2019	Sherwood	Sheriff Nottingham (voice)	6 episodes

† released in U.S. as Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer by the National Geographic.

Plays

The Woman in Black, Fortune Theatre London (1993)
A Month in the Country, Belyaev, Guildford, Richmond and the Albery Theatre London (1994)
A View from the Bridge, Rodolpho, Guildford, Bristol Old Vic, Strand Theatre London (1995)
Son Of Man, Jesus Christ, Royal Shakespeare Company, London (1996)||(1997)
Les Enfants du Paradis, Lacenaire, Royal Shakespeare Company, London (1996)
Troilus and Cressida, Troilus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Upon Avon and London (1996)||(1997)
The Herbal Bed, Rafe Smith, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Upon Avon and London (1996)||(1997)
As You Like It, Silvius, Royal Shakespeare Company, London (1997)
Real Classy Affair, Billy, Royal Court Theatre Company, London (1998)
Christopher Marlowe's Edward II, Edward II, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (2001)
War Poet's Reading, Apollo Theatre (2001)
Othello, Iago, West End, London (2002)
Love's Labour's Lost, Berowne, Royal National Theatre, London (2003)
Epitaph for George Dillon, George Dillon, Royal National Theatre, London (2005)||(2006)
2,000 Feet Away, Deputy, Bush Theatre, London (2008)
Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano, Chichester Festival Theatre (2009)
Ross, T. E. Lawrence, Chichester Festival Theatre (2016)

Other projects and contributions

2002 – contributed to the compilation album, When Love Speaks, which consists of Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts – "Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises" and "Our revels are now ended" (both from The Tempest)
2010 – starred in a series of readings of literary love scenes for The Carte Noire Readers.
Joseph Fiennes reads Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Joseph Fiennes reads The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1998	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards	Most Promising Actor	Shakespeare in Love	Won
1999	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Male Newcomer		Won
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Breakthrough Artist	Elizabeth	Won
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Breakthrough Artist	Shakespeare in Love	Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Actor		Won
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Breakthrough Male Performance		Nominated
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss (with Gwyneth Paltrow)		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Sexiest Love Scene (with Gwyneth Paltrow)		Nominated
2005	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Merchant of Venice	Nominated
2008	Cinema for Peace	Best Short Film[13]	The Spirit	Won
2018	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Handmaid's Tale	Nominated
2018	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2019	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Villain		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2020		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated

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References

"Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
"It's Raiph actually". The Guardian. 14 November 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
"Ralph Fiennes Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
"Ralph Fiennes – Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Aspden, Peter (31 January 2014). "Ralph Fiennes: His incarnations of evil – from sadistic Nazi officer to Voldemort – have made him one of Britain's most celebrated film actors". The Financial Times. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Craig, Olga (17 October 2009). "Ranulph Fiennes: the chilling and thrilling truth about my family". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Dobson, Jim (2 March 2019). "World Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes And Actor Joseph Fiennes On Their New Adventure Series In Egypt". Forbes. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
"Guildhall School of Music & Drama | People who studied at Guildhall". www.gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
"Joseph Fiennes Interview: FlashForward". TV.Sky.com. 25 September 2009. Archived 28 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
"Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green Lead Camelot Cast". TVGuide.com. 3 June 2010.
"El amor ourensano de Shakespeare". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Pocklington, Rebecca (6 May 2014). "Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand and more celebrities design and sign cards for UK's first children's charity". Mirror Online. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
"Standing Ovations in Berlin". KINO (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

External links

Joseph Fiennes on IMDb
Joseph Fiennes biography and credits at the BFI's Screenonline
Joseph Fiennes in Angola BBC News

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[1] "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

[Guardian-2] "It's Raiph actually". The Guardian. 14 November 1999. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] "Ralph Fiennes Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.

[4] "Ralph Fiennes – Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[5] Aspden, Peter (31 January 2014). "Ralph Fiennes: His incarnations of evil – from sadistic Nazi officer to Voldemort – have made him one of Britain's most celebrated film actors". The Financial Times. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[6] Craig, Olga (17 October 2009). "Ranulph Fiennes: the chilling and thrilling truth about my family". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[7] Dobson, Jim (2 March 2019). "World Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes And Actor Joseph Fiennes On Their New Adventure Series In Egypt". Forbes. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[8] "Guildhall School of Music & Drama | People who studied at Guildhall". www.gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[9] "Joseph Fiennes Interview: FlashForward". TV.Sky.com. 25 September 2009. Archived 28 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine.

[10] "Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green Lead Camelot Cast". TVGuide.com. 3 June 2010.

[11] "El amor ourensano de Shakespeare". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[12] Pocklington, Rebecca (6 May 2014). "Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand and more celebrities design and sign cards for UK's first children's charity". Mirror Online. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

[13] "Standing Ovations in Berlin". KINO (in German). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2020.