Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (/faɪnz/; born 27 May 1970),
known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English film and stage actor.He is
known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love
(1998), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor
in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Sir Robert Dudley in
Elizabeth (1998), Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), and
Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second season of the TV series
American Horror Story (2012â€"2013). His role in the 2017 TV drama
series The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.Fiennes was born in
1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Mark Fiennes
(1933â€"2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash
(1938â€"1993), a writer. He has pan-British Isles ancestry. His
surname comes from the French village of Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais. His
grandfathers were industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907â€"1994) and
Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash.
known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English film and stage actor.He is
known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love
(1998), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor
in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Sir Robert Dudley in
Elizabeth (1998), Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates (2001), and
Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second season of the TV series
American Horror Story (2012â€"2013). His role in the 2017 TV drama
series The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.Fiennes was born in
1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Mark Fiennes
(1933â€"2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash
(1938â€"1993), a writer. He has pan-British Isles ancestry. His
surname comes from the French village of Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais. His
grandfathers were industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907â€"1994) and
Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash.
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