Joseph Fiennes

Date of Birth: 27 May 1970
Country: UK
Biography: Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (pronounced /ˈfaɪnz/ "fines"; 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...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 38 (Actor)
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This historical drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her days as an innocent young woman through her transformation into England's legendary "Virgin Queen."
While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad, the celebrated Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev (Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame, however, soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter, Major Konig (Harris), and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the age rages around them. (Paramount Pictures)
Joseph Fiennes stars as Martin Luther, whose bold actions fostered an era of personal and religious freedoms unprecedented in history. (R.S. Entertainment)
Set in the lavish era of 16th century Italy, The Merchant of Venice follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of Shakespearean characters in this story wrought with morality, revenge, redemption and love. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Shakespeare in Love is a romantic comedy for the 1990s set in the 1590s. It imaginatively unfolds the witty, sexy and timeless tale behind the creation of the greatest love story ever told. (Miramax Films)
Sinbad (Pitt) the most daring and notorious rogue ever to sail the seven seas, has spent his life asking for trouble, and trouble has finally answered...in a big way. Framed for stealing one of the world's most priceless and powerful treasures - the Book of Peace - Sinbad had one chance to find and return the precious book or his best friend Poteus (Fiennes) will die. (DreamWorks Pictures)
A young American girl goes to England to "find herself" when she meets three best friends, all of whom fall in love with her. Two friends are in pursuit of her, but she is in pursuit of the third friend. He struggles with his own guilt, because he feels he is betraying his friends to be with her.
The true story of one of the most spectacular rescue missions ever to take place in American history: "the great raid on Cabanatuan", the daring exploit that would liberate more than 500 U.S. Prisoners of War in the face of overwhelming odds.
After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. She wants to renew her acquaintance with Nicolo Donati, a young boy with whom she fell in love on her last visit four years ago. She also is trying tosolve the riddle left in a diary written by her dead mother, Sara. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (imdb)
A woman faces deadly consequences for abandoning her loving relationship with her boyfriend to pursue exciting sexual scenarios with a mysterious celebrity mountaineer. (imdb)
Running With Scissors is the hilarious and poignant feature film based on the personal memoir by Augusten Burroughs. The film chronicles Augusten's survival under the most extraordinary of circumstances. (Sony)
A forensic detective (Fiennes) and an insurance claims investigator (Ryder) trek to investigate a potential Darwin Award winner. From www.darwinawards.com: "The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally kill themselves in really stupid ways." (imdb)
GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela. (imdb)
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Schweighöfer) is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in WW I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love with the nurse Käte (Headey), Manfred realizes he is only used for propaganda means. Caught between his disgust for the war, and the responsibility for his fighter wing, von Richthofen sets out to fly again. (imdb)
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape. (imdb)
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence. Much of the action takes place within the tunnels, sewers and underground rivers of subterranean London. (imdb)
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm. (imdb)
For a class assignment, Leo a troubled but bright young boy,begins writing to Stephen, a convicted felon in prison. Through their communications, Stephen has a lifeline to the outside world and Leo finds strength and guidance as he struggles with his mother's tragic past. (firstlookmedia)
An affair between a cabana boy and the young wife of a sinister politician triggers a 16-year vendetta between the two men. (imdb)
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.
Camelot (2011) - TV Series
King Uther dies suddenly. Britain is facing chaos. The sorcerer Merlin appoints the not so known son and heir Arthur as the king who was raised as a commoner, but his half sister has other plans. Arthur faces tough times and will be tested beyond imagination. (imdb (skr))
Successful doctor Artur Planck, his wife Clara and their two daughters are seeking shelter from the Nazis storming Poland. They find a safe house in the farm of Emilia, their local grocer who is all alone after her husband fought for his country and never returned. Amidst the horrors of the war that surrounds them, an impossible love triangle erupts as Emelia uncontrollably falls in love with Artur. (imdb)
Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord. (imdb)
Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker. (imdb)
A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past. (imdb)
Flashforward (2009) - TV Series
A special task force in the FBI investigates after every person on Earth simultaneously blackouts and awakens with a short vision of their future. (imdb)
Follows the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide, Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. (imdb)
- Welcome to Briarcliff (2012) - Season 2
- Tricks and Treats (2012) - Season 2
- I Am Anne Frank: Part 1 (2012) - Season 2
- The Origins of Monstrosity (2012) - Season 2
- Unholy Night (2012) - Season 2
- The Coat Hanger (2012) - Season 2
- The Name Game (2013) - Season 2
- Spilt Milk (2013) - Season 2
- Continuum (2013) - Season 2
- Madness Ends (2013) - Season 2
The Handmaid's Tale (2017) - TV Series
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. (imdb)
Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China (imdb)
- Offred (2017) - Season 1
- Birth Day (2017) - Season 1
- Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum (2017) - Season 1
- Faithful (2017) - Season 1
- A Woman's Place (2017) - Season 1
- Jezebels (2017) - Season 1
- The Bridge (2017) - Season 1
- Night (2017) - Season 1
- June (2018) - Season 2
- Other Women (2018) - Season 2
- Seeds (2018) - Season 2
- First Blood (2018) - Season 2
- After (2018) - Season 2
- Women's Work (2018) - Season 2
- Smart Power (2018) - Season 2
- The Last Ceremony (2018) - Season 2
- Holly (2018) - Season 2
- Postpartum (2018) - Season 2
- The Word (2018) - Season 2
- Night (2019) - Season 3
- Useful (2019) - Season 3
- God Bless the Child (2019) - Season 3
- Unknown Caller (2019) - Season 3
- Household (2019) - Season 3
- Under His Eye (2019) - Season 3
- Witness (2019) - Season 3
- Liars (2019) - Season 3
- Sacrifice (2019) - Season 3
- Mayday (2019) - Season 3
- No More Good Days (2009) - Season 1
- White to Play (2009) - Season 1
- 137 Sekunden (2009) - Season 1
- Black Swan (2009) - Season 1
- Gimme Some Truth (2009) - Season 1
- Scary Monsters and Super Creeps (2009) - Season 1
- The Gift (2009) - Season 1
- Playing Cards with Coyote (2009) - Season 1
- Believe (2009) - Season 1
- A561984 (2009) - Season 1
- Revelation Zero: Part 1 (2010) - Season 1
- Revelation Zero: Part 2 (2010) - Season 1
- Blowback (2010) - Season 1
- Better Angels (2010) - Season 1
- Queen Sacrifice (2010) - Season 1
- Let No Man Put Asunder (2010) - Season 1
- The Garden of Forking Paths (2010) - Season 1
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (2010) - Season 1
- Course Correction (2010) - Season 1
- The Negotiation (2010) - Season 1
- Countdown (2010) - Season 1
- Future Shock (2010) - Season 1
While fleeing from dangerous assailants, an assassin comes out of hiding to protect her daughter she left earlier in life.
- Pigs (2021) - Season 4
- Nightshade (2021) - Season 4
- Milk (2021) - Season 4
- Home (2021) - Season 4
- Testimony (2021) - Season 4
- Progress (2021) - Season 4
- The Wilderness (2021) - Season 4