Cast & creator
Joseph Fiennes
Best known for American Horror Story, The Handmaid's Tale, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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.
Also known as: ג'וזף פיינס, Джозеф Файннс, Джозеф Файннз, جوزف فاینز
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film credits
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television credits
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1995–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
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American Horror Story
Monsignor Timothy Howard
2011
The Handmaid's Tale
Fred Waterford
2017
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self
2022
Dear England
Gareth Southgate
2026
FlashForward
Mark Benford
2009
Young Sherlock
Silas Holmes
2026
Hercules
King Eurystheus
2014
Enemy at the Gates
Commisar Danilov
2001
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Proteus (voice)
2003
Camelot
Merlin
2011
Shakespeare in Love
Will Shakespeare
1998
Stealing Beauty
Christopher Fox
1996
The Mother
Adrian
2023
Sherwood
Sheriff Nottingham
2019
Killing Me Softly
Adam
2002
The Great Raid
Major Gibson
2005
Risen
Clavius
2016
Elizabeth
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
1998
The Merchant of Venice
Bassanio
2004Pretty/Handsome
Bob Fitzpayne
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
1997
Luther
Martin Luther
2003
The Red Baron
Captain Roy Brown
2008
The Darwin Awards
Michael Burrows
2007
Prisoner 951
Richard Ratcliffe
2025
Running with Scissors
Neil Bookman
2006
The Escapist
Lenny Drake
2008
Dust
Elijah
2001
On Wings of Eagles
Eric Liddell
2016
Man to Man
Jamie Dodd
2005
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self
2016
Strangerland
Matthew Parker
2015
The Very Thought of You
Laurence
1998
Goodbye Bafana
James Gregory
2007
Forever Mine
Manuel Esquema / Alan Riply
1999
Egypt with the World's Greatest Explorer
Self
2019
The Way of the Wind
The Games Maker
Morodian
2014
Royal Kill List
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Fiennes: Return to the Wild
Self
2024
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Willy
1995
Against the Current
Paul Thompson
2009
National Theatre Live: Dear England
Gareth Southgate
2024
Wild Kingdom
Narrator
2013
The Great British Year
Narrator
2013
Leo
Stephen
2002
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Beowulf ( voice )
1998
Spring 1941
Artur Planck
2007
A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation
Boy (voice)
2010
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Rancid Aluminium
Sean Deeny
2000