Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor of film, stage, and television.
17 Facts About Joseph Fiennes
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Joseph Fiennes is known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, 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, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, and Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second season of the TV series American Horror Story.
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Joseph Fiennes was born in 1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Mark Joseph Fiennes, a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash, a writer.
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Joseph Fiennes's siblings are actor Ralph Fiennes; directors Martha Fiennes and Sophie Fiennes; composer Magnus Fiennes; and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, Joseph's twin brother.
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Joseph Fiennes's cousin is Sir Ranulph Fiennes, a decorated English explorer.
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Joseph Fiennes then attended art school in Suffolk for a year, before joining the Young Vic Youth Theatre.
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Joseph Fiennes subsequently trained for three years at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1993.
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Joseph Fiennes then became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons.
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Joseph Fiennes made his television debut as Willy in the 1995 television film adaptation of The Vacillations of Poppy Carew.
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In 1998, Joseph Fiennes appeared in two films that were nominated at the Academy Awards: he played Robert Dudley in Elizabeth and he portrayed William Shakespeare 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.
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In 2001, Joseph Fiennes appeared in the film Enemy at the Gates.
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Joseph 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.
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Joseph Fiennes portrayed James Gregory, author of the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.
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Joseph Fiennes starred in the ABC science fiction series FlashForward, which debuted on 24 September 2009 and ran through 27 May 2010, as Mark Benford.
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Joseph Fiennes starred in Starz's 10-part series, Camelot, as the wizard Merlin.
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From 2017 to 2021, Joseph Fiennes started on the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Fred Waterford.
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Joseph Fiennes was one of the celebrities to design and sign his own card for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children.