Biography:
Joseph was born in 1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire to Mark (photgrapher and farmer) and Jini (novelist and artist, also known as Jennifer Lash). He has two older brothers (Ralph, b. 1962, Magnus, b. 1965) and two older sisters (Martha, b. 1964, Sophia, b. 1967) and a twin brother, Jacob (a conservationist). His mother passed away in 1993, of breast cancer; she was 55. He has a foster brother, Michael Emery, who joined the family when he was eleven.
While Joseph was still a child, the Fiennes family moved 14 times between London, Wiltshire and Ireland.
He attended art school at 16, and spent two years at the Young Vic Youth Theatre in London. He also attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is often referred to as Joe.
As of 2008, Joe is living with model, and former Miss. Switzerland, Maria Dolores Dieguez in his Notting Hill home.
Joseph Fiennes' Scores
- Movies
| Average career score: | 56 |
|---|---|
| Highest Metascore: | |
| Lowest Metascore: |
| Title: | Year: | Credit: | User score: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shakespeare in Love | Dec 11, 1998 | Will Shakespeare | 7.5 |
| Elizabeth | Nov 6, 1998 | Robert Dudley, Earl Of Leicester | 7.4 |
| Goodbye Bafana | Dec 14, 2007 | James Gregory | 7.5 |
| The Merchant of Venice | Dec 29, 2004 | Bassanio | 7.1 |
| Stealing Beauty | Jun 14, 1996 | Christopher | 8.4 |
| The Escapist | Apr 3, 2009 | Lenny Drake | 7.2 |
| Enemy at the Gates | Mar 16, 2001 | Commisar Danilov | 7.6 |
| Running with Scissors | Oct 20, 2006 | Neil Bookman | 5.9 |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Jul 2, 2003 | Proteus | 7.3 |
| Luther | Sep 26, 2003 | Martin Luther | 7.5 |
| The Very Thought of You | Aug 27, 1999 | Laurence | 9.2 |
| Dust | Aug 22, 2003 | Elijah | tbd |
| The Red Baron | Feb 19, 2010 | Capt. Roy Brown | 7.3 |
| Hercules: The Thracian Wars | Jul 25, 2014 | Cast | tbd |
