Joseph Fiennes is an English film, television and theater actor, Awarded Most Promising Actor by the Las Vegas Film Critics Association. Winner of the Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Best Newcomer, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Most Promising Artist. Winner of Screen Actor Guild Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and MTV Movie Award.
Joseph Alberic Twistleton-Wyckham-Fiennes grew up in a large, friendly family. The youngest in the creative family won his place among the stars of the first magnitude. The artist does not use social networks, has never become a hero of the "yellow press".
The beginning of the road to recognition
The actor's biography began in 1970 in Salisbury. The future performer was born on May 27 in the family of a writer and photographer. Together with his twin brother Jacob, Joseph became the youngest child.
Parents often moved. At school, the boy began to play in the theater, wanting to make friends with his classmates. After training, following the example of his older brother, the younger decided to choose an artistic education. His brother Jacob, in contrast to the unity of choice adopted by the twins, became an ecologist.
After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Theater, the young man joined the troupe of the youth theater "Young Vic". It was followed by the Royal Shakespeare Theater, staging plays by the famous playwright and his contemporaries.
Since 1995, the artist's film career started. It began with a small role in the film Poppy Carew's Indecision. In Elusive Beauty, the young actor was Christopher. The performer became popular in 1998. He played the main role in the film "Shakespeare in Love". His play was so talented and bright that the artist was awarded five prestigious awards, including the award for the best film kiss.
Success
After a successful start, proposals from directors came one after another. However, a new prominent role had to wait until 2002. In the thriller Kill Me Tenderly, Joseph was offered the image of the main character's mysterious lover. The girl is thrown off balance by a strange relationship with him.
Although critics reacted negatively to the new project, journalists unanimously stated that there was a secret romance between the actors Fiennes and Heather Graham. Even Joseph's admission that he was never carried away by colleagues, differentiating between reality and cinema, did not help.
The artist became an FBI agent in the telenovela 2009 "Remember what will happen." The performer's hero is busy investigating strange events. All of them are connected by an eclipse. The project lasted one season and was canceled.
In 2012, the director of American Horror Story invited Fiennes to take part in the new season of his television series. The actor reincarnated as Timothy Gordon, a priest who acquired an old building to open a mental hospital.
Family and cinema
In 2015's Alien Land, the duet of Fiennes and Kidman was especially noted in the image of a married couple trying to escape from the problems. Another example of successful creativity was the television series The Handmaid's Tale, which began in April 2017. In an interview, the artist who performed the main character called the idea of creation very impressive.
Changes in the enviable bachelor's personal life took place in 2009. The artist and Maria Dolores Dieguez officially became husband and wife. The ceremony took place near a place in Tuscany, where the young people met. The wife studied painting in Italy, moonlighting as a model.
The girl's erudition and charm made an unforgettable impression on Joseph. However, the beauty reacted negatively to all signs of attention. She came to the conclusion that in front of her was a real womanizer. However, Joseph dared to prove the opposite and conquer Mary.
In 2010, the first child appeared in the family. Parents named their daughter Sam. A year later, Fiennes again became the happy father of another daughter, Isabella.
Vivid roles
The artist continues his career. In 2011, he starred in the TV series Camelot. The wizard Merlin became the hero of the actor. He believes in the king more, he eats it himself. The most powerful magician foresees the dangers that threaten Arthur, but is forced to fight with his dark side.
In the story, the action takes place against the backdrop of the death of King Uther. His sudden death threatens the whole country with chaos. Merlin decides to help Arthur, the son of the ruler, become the heir and defeat his half-sister, the ambitious and cold sorceress Morgana.
In 2016, the performer took part in the work on the film "The Risen" in the form of the tribune Claudius. In the story, a Roman soldier is tasked with investigating rumors of the resurrection of the Messiah and finding his disappeared body. Pilate tries to suppress the revolt in Jerusalem. After a failure in his search, Claudius decides to find the disciples of Jesus in order to learn from them about what happened.
Suddenly, the tribune discovers the risen Messiah along with the apostles. The hunt group is withdrawn and the warriors are disbanded. Claudius does not tell anyone about his personal meeting with Jesus. He decides to join the journey of the followers of Jesus.
A detachment sent by Pilate is sent after them. Claudius helps to avoid persecution, sees the healing of a leper by Jesus and the ascension of the Messiah. Then the apostles go to Rome to preach and invite a new companion with them. However, he begins to preach himself.
New works
In 2018, the new season of the telenovela "The Handmaid's Tale" was shown. In it, the actor again appeared in the form of Commander Fred Waterford. Immediately after the premiere, it was announced that the acclaimed series would be renewed for another season. A snapshot of the actor after such news graced the cover of Esquire magazine.
From the second half of 2018, the shooting of the thriller "The Unholy" is underway. The creators managed to keep the intrigue without giving out any details of the plot and what is happening on the site. However, the press still found out that Joseph had played the main role even before the show.
Another main character went to the artist in the film "Wings of Eagles". Based on real facts, the picture tells the story of a missionary who ended up in China at the height of World War II.
