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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Fiennes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

National Theatre Live: Dear England
2024
as Gareth Southgate
The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst ...

The Mother
2023
as Adrian
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.

On Wings of Eagles
2016
as Eric Liddell
Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversar...

Risen
2016
as Clavius
Clavius, a powerful Roman military tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following...

Strangerland
2015
as Matthew Parker
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.

Hercules
2014
as King Eurystheus
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

The Games Maker
2014
as Morodian
Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the i...
Shakespeare in the Present
2011
For the first time ever on DVD, experience the acclaimed work of Master Teacher Patsy Rodenburg! Filmed on the stages of Michael Howard Studios in New...

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
2010
as Boy (voice)
When his father dies unexpectedly, a young man seeking to cope with his grief goes on a powerful emotional journey through time and space.

Against the Current
2009
as Paul Thompson
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.

The Escapist
2008
as Lenny Drake
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined ...

The Red Baron
2008
as Captain Roy Brown
Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by spo...

Spring 1941
2007
as Artur Planck
After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages...

Goodbye Bafana
2007
as James Gregory
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's nam...

Running with Scissors
2006
as Neil Bookman
Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed...

The Darwin Awards
2006
as Michael Burrows
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becom...

The Great Raid
2005
as Major Gibson
As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 5...

Man to Man
2005
as Jamie Dodd
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.

The Merchant of Venice
2004
as Bassanio
Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heir...

Luther
2003
as Martin Luther
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to...

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
as Proteus (voice)
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retriev...

Killing Me Softly
2002
as Adam
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.

Leo
2002
as Stephen
A young mother is plagued by a tragic mistake and alienates her little boy. A brilliant writer is released from prison after serving a 15-year sentenc...

Dust
2001
as Elijah
Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows clo...

Enemy at the Gates
2001
as Commisar Danilov
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Rancid Aluminium
2000
as Sean Deeny
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is...

Forever Mine
1999
as Manuel Esquema/ Alan Riply
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.

Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Will Shakespeare
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...

Elizabeth
1998
as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C...

The Very Thought of You
1998
as Laurence
Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independent...

Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
as Beowulf ( voice )
Swords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem. Incorporating fascinating sketch art and featuri...

Stealing Beauty
1996
as Christopher Fox
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy vi...

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995
as Willy
Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.

The Way of the Wind
N/A
A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.