Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes

1970-05-27 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK 35 Credits

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.

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National Theatre Live: Dear England

National Theatre Live: Dear England

2024

as Gareth Southgate

Acting

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

The Mother

2023

as Adrian

6.6
Acting

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

On Wings of Eagles

2016

as Eric Liddell

5.6
Acting

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

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

2016

as Self

7.2
Acting

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

Risen

2016

as Clavius

6.2
Acting

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

Strangerland

2015

as Matthew Parker

5.3
Acting

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

Hercules

Hercules

2014

as King Eurystheus

5.8
Acting

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

The Games Maker

The Games Maker

2014

as Morodian

5.3
Acting

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

Acting

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

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation

2010

as Boy (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

Against the Current

2009

as Paul Thompson

5.6
Acting

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

The Escapist

2008

as Lenny Drake

6.2
Acting

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

The Red Baron

2008

as Captain Roy Brown

6.6
Acting

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

Spring 1941

2007

as Artur Planck

6.2
Acting

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

Goodbye Bafana

2007

as James Gregory

6.8
Acting

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

Running with Scissors

2006

as Neil Bookman

5.8
Acting

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

The Darwin Awards

2006

as Michael Burrows

5.6
Acting

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

The Great Raid

2005

as Major Gibson

6.5
Acting

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

Man to Man

2005

as Jamie Dodd

6.2
Acting

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

The Merchant of Venice

2004

as Bassanio

6.8
Acting

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

Luther

2003

as Martin Luther

6.4
Acting

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

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

as Proteus (voice)

7.0
Acting

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

Killing Me Softly

2002

as Adam

5.5
Acting

A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.

Leo

Leo

2002

as Stephen

6.2
Acting

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

Dust

2001

as Elijah

5.4
Acting

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

Enemy at the Gates

2001

as Commisar Danilov

7.4
Acting

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Rancid Aluminium

Rancid Aluminium

2000

as Sean Deeny

3.5
Acting

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

Forever Mine

1999

as Manuel Esquema/ Alan Riply

5.3
Acting

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

Shakespeare in Love

1998

as Will Shakespeare

6.9
Acting

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

Elizabeth

1998

as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

7.2
Acting

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

The Very Thought of You

1998

as Laurence

5.7
Acting

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

Animated Epics: Beowulf

1998

as Beowulf ( voice )

4.3
Acting

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

Stealing Beauty

1996

as Christopher Fox

6.7
Acting

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

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

1995

as Willy

5.0
Acting

Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.

The Way of the Wind

The Way of the Wind

N/A

Acting

A dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.