Joseph Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes 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, Merlin in Camelot, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the 2009 TV series FlashForward. Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England in 1970, the son of photographer Mark Fiennes and novelist Jennifer Lash. The youngest of six siblings, his elder siblings are actor Ralph Fiennes, filmmakers Sophie Fiennes and Martha Fiennes, composer... Magnus Fiennes, and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, his twin brother. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist. Fiennes was briefly educated in the Republic of Ireland and then at Swan School For Boys , an independent school in Salisbury, before passing his 11+ exam and continuing to Bishop Wordsworth's School, a voluntary-aided state day grammar school, in the Cathedral Close of the city.
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| Birthdate: | May 27, 1970 |
| Birthplace: | Salisbury |
| Age: | 41 |
| Height: | 6' 0" |
| Education: | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Bishop Wordsworth's School |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |
| Also known as: | Joseph Alberic Fiennes, Fiennes, Joseph, Joseph Alberic Iscariot Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes |