Acting credits
50
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joseph Fiennes
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.5
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Movies: 34Series: 16
TMDB ID: 12763
IMDb ID: nm0001212
Known for: Acting
Born: May 27, 1970
Age: 56
Place of birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1995 - 2026
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q223790
Also known as
ג'וזף פיינס • Джозеф Файннс • Джозеф Файннз • جوزف فاینز
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joseph Fiennes.
National Theatre Live: Dear England
as Gareth Southgate
2024 Movie
The Mother
as Adrian
2023 Movie
On Wings of Eagles
as Eric Liddell
2016 Movie
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self
2016 Movie
Risen
as Clavius
2016 Movie
Strangerland
as Matthew Parker
2015 Movie
Hercules
as King Eurystheus
2014 Movie
The Games Maker
as Morodian
2014 Movie
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
as Boy (voice)
2010 Movie
Against the Current
as Paul Thompson
2009 Movie
The Escapist
as Lenny Drake
2008 Movie
The Red Baron
as Captain Roy Brown
2008 Movie
Spring 1941
as Artur Planck
2007 Movie
The Darwin Awards
as Michael Burrows
2007 Movie
Goodbye Bafana
as James Gregory
2007 Movie
Running with Scissors
as Neil Bookman
2006 Movie
The Great Raid
as Major Gibson
2005 Movie
Man to Man
as Jamie Dodd
2005 Movie
The Merchant of Venice
as Bassanio
2004 Movie
Luther
as Martin Luther
2003 Movie
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
as Proteus (voice)
2003 Movie
Killing Me Softly
as Adam
2002 Movie
Leo
as Stephen
2002 Movie
Dust
as Elijah
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joseph Fiennes.
Dear England
as Gareth Southgate • 4 eps
2026 Series
Young Sherlock
as Silas Holmes • 6 eps
2026 Series
Prisoner 951
as Richard Ratcliffe • 4 eps
2025 Series
Fiennes: Return to the Wild
as Self • 2 eps
2024 Series
Royal Kill List
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 eps
2024 Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Sherwood
as Sheriff Nottingham • 10 eps
2019 Series
Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer
as Self • 3 eps
2019 Series
The Handmaid's Tale
as Fred Waterford • 36 eps
2017 Series
Wild Kingdom
as Narrator • 4 eps
2013 Series
The Great British Year
as Narrator • 4 eps
2013 Series
American Horror Story
as Monsignor Timothy Howard • 13 eps
2011 Series
Camelot
as Merlin • 10 eps
2011 Series
FlashForward
as Mark Benford • 22 eps
2009 Series
Teen Choice Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
Elle Style Awards
as Self - Winner • 1 eps
1997 Series