Joseph Alberic Fiennes was born on May 27th 1970 in Salisbury, England. After leaving art school, he worked with the Young Vic Youth Theatre, before training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first stage appearance came in The Woman In Black, shortly followed by a role in Month In The Country. He then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and performed in plays such as Son Of Man, Les Enfants Du Paradis, Troilus and Cressida, and The Herbal Bed.
His first screen role was in the television drama The Vacillations of Poppy Carew in 1995. However, his big break came in 1998 when he was cast as Will Shakespeare in the movie Shakespeare in Love. The film was a tremendous success, winning the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards.
Joseph followed that success with his critically acclaimed performance as the Earl of Leicester in the film Elizabeth (1998) and then the romantic comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998).
Since then Joseph has appeared in numerous movies and television productions, including Enemy at the Gates (2001), Killing Me Softly (2002) and the The Merchant of Venice (2004).
Joseph is the younger brother of actor Ralph Fiennes and an 8th cousin to HRH The Prince of Wales.
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