Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes strikes me as the rare actor who treats stardom as a side effect rather than a goal. After Shakespeare in Love made him a heartthrob, he could have coasted on costume dramas forever; instead he kept returning to the stage and eventually took on Fred Waterford in The Handmaid's Tale, a role engineered to make audiences despise him. That willingness to weaponize his own charm fascinates me. Working in his brother Ralph's shadow cannot be easy, but Joseph's quieter, more interior style has aged beautifully. He is a craftsman first, and the Screen Actors Guild recognition feels entirely fitting.

Name (English)

Joseph Fiennes

Name (Japanese)

ジョセフ・ファインズ

Reading

じょせふ・ふぁいんず

Born

May 27, 1970 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dog

Origin

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / voice actor / stage actor / film director

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• voice actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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