Joseph Fiennes

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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Dust (2001)

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 closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  David Wenham  •  Adrian Lester  •  Nikolina Kujača

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 closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  David Wenham  •  Adrian Lester  •  Nikolina Kujača

Elizabeth (1998)

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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 Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shekhar Kapur
CAST:  Cate Blanchett  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Christopher Eccleston  •  Joseph Fiennes

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 Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shekhar Kapur
CAST:  Cate Blanchett  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Christopher Eccleston  •  Joseph Fiennes

Enemy at the Gates (2001)

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

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Annaud
CAST:  Jude Law  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Ed Harris  •  Joseph Fiennes

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

DIRECTION:  Jean-Jacques Annaud
CAST:  Jude Law  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Ed Harris  •  Joseph Fiennes

Killing Me Softly (2002)

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

DIRECTION:  Chen Kaige
CAST:  Heather Graham  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Natascha McElhone  •  Ulrich Thomsen

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

DIRECTION:  Chen Kaige
CAST:  Heather Graham  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Natascha McElhone  •  Ulrich Thomsen

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

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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 auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Tom Wilkinson

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 auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Geoffrey Rush  •  Tom Wilkinson

Stealing Beauty (1996)

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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 visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST:  Liv Tyler  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Carlo Cecchi

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 visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernardo Bertolucci
CAST:  Liv Tyler  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Carlo Cecchi

The Great Raid (2005)

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 500 American prisoners of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Dahl
CAST:  Benjamin Bratt  •  Robert Mammone  •  Max Martini  •  James Carpinello

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 500 American prisoners of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Dahl
CAST:  Benjamin Bratt  •  Robert Mammone  •  Max Martini  •  James Carpinello

The Red Baron (2008)

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 sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolai Müllerschön
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Til Schweiger  •  Lena Headey  •  Joseph Fiennes

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 sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolai Müllerschön
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Til Schweiger  •  Lena Headey  •  Joseph Fiennes

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

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 retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Johnson  •  Patrick Gilmore
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Catherine Zeta-Jones  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Joseph Fiennes

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 retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Johnson  •  Patrick Gilmore
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Catherine Zeta-Jones  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Joseph Fiennes

The Very Thought of You (1998)

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Hamm
CAST:  Monica Potter  •  Rufus Sewell  •  Tom Hollander  •  Joseph Fiennes

Laurence recounts to his neighbour how his life long friendship with Frank and Daniel has been overturned in just three days by their each independently meeting, and falling for, Martha, who has no idea of their connection. Slowly the tale unfolds, the narrative ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Hamm
CAST:  Monica Potter  •  Rufus Sewell  •  Tom Hollander  •  Joseph Fiennes

Running with Scissors (2006)

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 off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Murphy
CAST:  Annette Bening  •  Brian Cox  •  Joseph Cross  •  Joseph Fiennes

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 off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Murphy
CAST:  Annette Bening  •  Brian Cox  •  Joseph Cross  •  Joseph Fiennes

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

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 heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Radford
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Lynn Collins

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 heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Radford
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Jeremy Irons  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Lynn Collins

Forever Mine (1999)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schrader
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Ray Liotta  •  Gretchen Mol  •  Vincent Laresca

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schrader
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Ray Liotta  •  Gretchen Mol  •  Vincent Laresca

The Darwin Awards (2006)

After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Finn Taylor
CAST:  David Arquette  •  Ty Burrell  •  Josh Charles  •  Kevin Dunn

After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becomes an investigator for an insurance company and joins forces with a cynical field agent to probe suspicious and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Finn Taylor
CAST:  David Arquette  •  Ty Burrell  •  Josh Charles  •  Kevin Dunn

Strangerland (2015)

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

DIRECTION:  Kim Farrant
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Hugo Weaving  •  Lisa Flanagan

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

DIRECTION:  Kim Farrant
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Hugo Weaving  •  Lisa Flanagan

A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (2010)

When his father dies unexpectedly, a young man seeking to cope with his grief goes on a powerful emotional journey through time and space.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Wallner  •  Stefan Leuchtenberg
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Ian McKellen

When his father dies unexpectedly, a young man seeking to cope with his grief goes on a powerful emotional journey through time and space.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Wallner  •  Stefan Leuchtenberg
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Ian McKellen

Spring 1941 (2007)

After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uri Barbash
CAST:  Mirosław Baka  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Clare Higgins  •  Kelly Harrison

After Germany invades Poland and the Nazis order the confinement of all local Jews in the ghetto, medical doctor Artur Planck (Joseph Fiennes) manages to flee with his family, seeking refuge at the farm of Emilia (Kelly Harrison), their former grocer. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uri Barbash
CAST:  Mirosław Baka  •  Joseph Fiennes  •  Clare Higgins  •  Kelly Harrison

Leo (2002)

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 sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome obstacles of the past to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehdi Norowzian
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Elisabeth Shue  •  Justin Chambers  •  Sam Shepard

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 sentence and begins working at Vic's Diner. Their stories converge when the man must overcome obstacles of the past to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehdi Norowzian
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Elisabeth Shue  •  Justin Chambers  •  Sam Shepard

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995)

Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Tara Fitzgerald  •  Owen Teale  •  Daniel Massey  •  Samuel West

Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Tara Fitzgerald  •  Owen Teale  •  Daniel Massey  •  Samuel West

Against the Current (2009)

Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Callahan
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Justin Kirk  •  Samantha Sherman  •  Elizabeth Reaser

Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Callahan
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  Justin Kirk  •  Samantha Sherman  •  Elizabeth Reaser
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