Acting credits
51
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joseph Fiennes
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 34Series: 17
TMDB ID: 12763
IMDb ID: nm0001212
Known for: Acting
Born: May 27, 1970
Age: 55
Place of birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1995 - 2026
Years active: 32
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
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
6.6
The Mother
as Adrian
2023 Movie
5.6
On Wings of Eagles
as Eric Liddell
2016 Movie
7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self
2016 Movie
6.3
Risen
as Clavius
2016 Movie
5.3
Strangerland
as Matthew Parker
2015 Movie
5.8
Hercules
as King Eurystheus
2014 Movie
5.3
The Games Maker
as Morodian
2014 Movie
7.0
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
as Boy (voice)
2010 Movie
5.4
Against the Current
as Paul Thompson
2009 Movie
6.2
The Escapist
as Lenny Drake
2008 Movie
6.6
The Red Baron
as Captain Roy Brown
2008 Movie
6.3
Spring 1941
as Artur Planck
2007 Movie
5.5
The Darwin Awards
as Michael Burrows
2007 Movie
6.9
Goodbye Bafana
as James Gregory
2007 Movie
5.8
Running with Scissors
as Neil Bookman
2006 Movie
6.5
The Great Raid
as Major Gibson
2005 Movie
6.2
Man to Man
as Jamie Dodd
2005 Movie
6.8
The Merchant of Venice
as Bassanio
2004 Movie
6.4
Luther
as Martin Luther
2003 Movie
7.0
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
as Proteus (voice)
2003 Movie
5.6
Killing Me Softly
as Adam
2002 Movie
6.0
Leo
as Stephen
2002 Movie
5.3
Dust
as Elijah
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joseph Fiennes.
In 3 weeks
Young Sherlock
as Silas Holmes • 8 eps
2026 Series
5.6
Prisoner 951
as Richard Ratcliffe • 5 eps
2025 Series
8.0
Fiennes: Return to the Wild
as Himself • 2 eps
2024 Series
8.0
Royal Kill List
as Narrator • 3 eps
2024 Series
2.8
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.3
Sherwood
as Sheriff Nottingham • 10 eps
2019 Series
10.0
Egypt With The World's Greatest Explorer
as Self • 3 eps
2019 Series
8.1
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
8.1
American Horror Story
as Monsignor Timothy Howard • 13 eps
2011 Series
6.3
Camelot
as Merlin • 10 eps
2011 Series
7.0
FlashForward
as Mark Benford • 22 eps
2009 Series
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
Elle Style Awards
as Self - Winner • 1 eps
1997 Series
2.8
Pretty/Handsome
as Bob Fitzpayne • 1 eps
Series
Dear England
as Gareth Southgate • 4 eps
Series