British actor Joseph Fiennes was born in Salisbury on May 27, 1970. He is the younger brother of actor Ralph Fiennes. In addition to Joseph and his brother Ralph, three of his siblings have made careers in the world of show business: sister Martha became a director, sister Sophie a producer, and brother Magnus a composer.
After graduating from high school, Joseph first worked as a costume designer at the National Theatre, and then was accepted into the Young Vic youth theater troupe. Simultaneously with playing on stage, he begins to study at the Gilhold School of Music and Dramatic Art, which he graduates in 1993.
After his professional stage debut in The Woman in Black, he was accepted into the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. He worked there for two seasons and for his success was awarded many flattering reviews of theater critics.
The actor made his television debut in 1995 in a little-known television film, and a year later he gets a role in the drama by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Escaped beauty" In which his partners were Liv Tyler and Jeremy Irons. The film was nominated for several prestigious awards, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Joseph began to receive role offers.
In 1998, two Oscar-winning films with Fiennes appeared on the screens at once -
Elizabeth and
"Shakespeare in Love" . After his triumph and recognition in big cinema, the actor, who always preferred the stage to movies, returns to the theater stage, continuing to play leading roles in famous theater productions.
Joseph is distinguished by legibility in the choice of roles and prefers to win the audience not by their quantity, but by quality. Among his most famous works is the military drama Enemy at the Gate, where his partners were Jude Law and Rachel Weiss, an erotic thriller.
"Kill me tenderly" with partner Heather Graham, military history film
The Red Baron" where the main role was also played
Til Schweiger. and paintings
"Farewell to Bafan" with Diane Kruger and On the Sharp Edge.
Of the most recent works of the actor should be noted the role in the series “Remember what will happen” in 2009.
Little is known about the actor’s personal life. He dated actresses Sarah Griffiths and Catherine McCormack, as well as world-famous makeup artist Fiona Jolly.
In August 2009, Joseph married Swiss model Maria Dolores Dieguez, whom he dated for four years. In March 2010, the couple had a daughter.
In addition to working in theater and film, the actor is actively engaged in charity, is a goodwill ambassador and funds cancer research. /