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Joseph Fiennes

Actor

Joseph Fiennes

Born May 27, 1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK34 films

Joseph Alberic Iscariot Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 27 May 1970) is an English film and stage actor.

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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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Enemy at the Gates posterFirst watchEnemy at the Gates20017.4as Commisar DanilovA Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Shakespeare in Love poster6.8Shakespeare in Love1998Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas poster7.1Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003Elizabeth poster7.2Elizabeth1998Hercules poster5.8Hercules2014The Mother poster6.6The Mother2023The Merchant of Venice poster6.8The Merchant of Venice2004Risen poster6.3Risen2016Stealing Beauty poster6.7Stealing Beauty1996

Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Way of the Wind
  2. 2024National Theatre Live: Dear EnglandGareth Southgate
  3. 2023The MotherAdrian
  4. 2016On Wings of EaglesEric Liddell
  5. 2016RisenClavius
  6. 2015StrangerlandMatthew Parker
  7. 2014HerculesKing Eurystheus
  8. 2014The Games MakerMorodian
  9. 2011Shakespeare in the Present
  10. 2010A Lost and Found Box of Human SensationBoy (voice)
  11. 2009Against the CurrentPaul Thompson
  12. 2008The EscapistLenny Drake
  13. 2008The Red BaronCaptain Roy Brown
  14. 2007Spring 1941Artur Planck
  15. 2007The Darwin AwardsMichael Burrows
  16. 2007Goodbye BafanaJames Gregory
  17. 2006Running with ScissorsNeil Bookman
  18. 2005The Great RaidMajor Gibson
  19. 2005Man to ManJamie Dodd
  20. 2004The Merchant of VeniceBassanio
  21. 2003LutherMartin Luther
  22. 2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasProteus (voice)
  23. 2002Killing Me SoftlyAdam
  24. 2002LeoStephen
  25. 2001DustElijah
  26. 2001Enemy at the GatesCommisar Danilov
  27. 2000Rancid AluminiumSean Deeny
  28. 1999Forever MineManuel Esquema / Alan Riply
  29. 1998Shakespeare in LoveWill Shakespeare
  30. 1998ElizabethRobert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
  31. 1998The Very Thought of YouLaurence
  32. 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfBeowulf ( voice )
  33. 1996Stealing BeautyChristopher Fox
  34. 1995The Vacillations of Poppy CarewWilly