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  • Fiennes welcomes first child - 11 March 2010
    -Shakespeare In Love star Joseph Fiennes is a first-time father after welcoming a daughter.- -The actor's wife, Swiss model Maria Dolores Dieguez, gave birth to a little girl on Monday (08Mar10), reports People.com.- - Fiennes, whose brother is actor Ralph, wed the for


  • Fiennes to be a father - report - 7 September 2009
    -Actor Joseph Fiennes is to become a first time father, according to reports.- -The Shakespeare In Love star, 39, is said to be expecting a baby with his Swiss model wife, Maria Dolores Dieguez, 27, who he married in Tuscany, Italy last month (Aug09).- - The Mail on Su

Joseph Fiennes - what members say


  • Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth review by from Kent
    Rated - 4.0 stars First-Class Performances 22 November 2005
    ...ith regards to actors; Cate is so incredible in this role, it was made for her; Joseph Fiennes is delicious (as his character dictates - Easy girls!); Kelly Macdonald (AKA '...   Read customer review
  • Enemy At The Gates
  • Enemy At The Gates review by from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Brilliant performance of Jude Law 1 February 2005
    ...id and somewhat horrific performance as a Russian Soldier. No less memorable is Joseph Fiennes acting. Law and Fiennes performance go yet further. Deep eyes contact, warm hug...   Read customer review
  • The Merchant Of Venice
  • The Merchant Of Venice review by A customer from Sheffield, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Tour de force 21 April 2005
    ...tia - easily holds her own in such esteemed company as Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. I can't recommend this film highly enough. Rent it right away! ...   Read customer review

Joseph Fiennes - filmography


  • Against the Current on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Justin Kirk,  Elizabeth Reaser
    Director: Peter Callahan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Struggling with a tragic past, Paul Thompson (Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love) decides to fulfill a lifelong dream and swim the length of the Hudson River. Joined by travel companion Jeff (Justin Kirk, TV's Weeds) and Liz (Elizabeth Reaser, the Twilight series), Paul embarks on an emotional ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 124 members
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  • FlashForward (6 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Lennon Wynn,  Cynthia Addai-Robinson
    Director: David S. Goyer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A mysterious global event causes everyone to black out simultaneously for two minutes and seventeen seconds, and each person sees a glimpse of their lives six months from now. When they wake up, everyone is left wondering if what they saw will actually happen. Los Angeles FBI Agent Mark Benford (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 3,050 members
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  • 1941 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Neve McIntosh,  Kelly Harison
    Director: Uri Barbash
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A successful doctor, his wife and their children find shelter from the Nazi occupation of their village in a farm owned by a local widow. A possible love triangle soon erupts. Such a fragile arrangement is only sustained by love, or is it just the will to survive? The answer to that question may ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 222 members
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  • The Escapist on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Brian Cox,  Joseph Fiennes,  Liam Cunningham
    Director: Rupert Wyatt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 15,568 members
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  • Red Baron - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Matthias Schweighöfer,  Til Schweiger,  Lena Headey
    Director: Nikolai Müllerschön
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Schweighöfer) is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and honorable acting, ignoring the terrible extent of war. But after falling in love ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 975 members
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  • Red Baron on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Matthias Schweighöfer,  Til Schweiger,  Lena Headey
    Director: Nikolai Müllerschön
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The Red Baron tells the story of the celebrated German Air Force Ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen as he struggles to deal with his conflicting feelings of disgust for the war, responsibility to his peers, and love for a woman.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,912 member
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  • The Darwin Awards on DVD (2006)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Ty Burrell,  Josh Charles
    Director: Finn Taylor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A cheeky nod to Charles Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' theory, the Awards are given to those that accidentally kill or sterilise themselves, thus inadvertently ensuring their genes are not passed down to future generations. Newly unemployed police profiler Michael Burrows teams with Siri Taylor,..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 3,792 members
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  • Running with Scissors on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Annette Bening,  Brian Cox
    Director: Ryan Murphy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Bening), he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch (Cox), and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 6,316 members
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  • The Great Raid on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Natalie Jackson Mendoza,  Dale Dye,  Craig McLachlan
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Following the 1942 Bataan Death March, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers were imprisoned by the Japanese in a POW camp in Cabantauan in the Philippines. Brutalised, starved, and tortured, the prisoners languished in the camp for nearly three years. But in January 1945, an American battalion, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,125 members
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  • The Great Raid - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Benjamin Bratt,  James Franco,  Robert Mammone
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director John Dahl switches genres from film noir (THE LAST SEDUCTION, RED ROCK WEST) to military actioner with THE GREAT RAID. Following the 1942 Bataan Death March, thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers were imprisoned by the Japanese in a POW camp in Cabantauan in the Philippines. Brutalised, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 72 members
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  • The Merchant Of Venice on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Jeremy Irons,  Joseph Fiennes
    Director: Michael Radford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    16th Century Venice: Young nobleman Bassanio (Fiennes) has asked his friend Antonio (Irons) to lend him money in order that he might sail to Belmont and try for the hand of the fair Portia (Collins). However, Antonio's money is all tied up in his business with his ships all away at various ports. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16,046 members
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  • Leo on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Elisabeth Shue,  Justin Chambers
    Director: Mehdi Norowzian
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young boy who's been alienated by his mother comes into contact with a gifted writer who is released from prison after serving a 15 year sentence. An incredible bond is formed between man and boy as the ex convict is forced to face his past mistakes and make the choices that will save his new ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 73 members
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  • Killing Me Softly on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Heather Graham,  Joseph Fiennes,  Natascha McElhone
    Director: Chen Kaige
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on the novel by Nicci French, this is the story of Alice who after a chance meeting with a total stranger called Adam, finishes with her long term boyfriend and pursues a relationship with Adam. After only a few weeks she agrees to marry him but soon realises that she doesn't really know her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 2,930 members
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  • Enemy At The Gates on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Joseph Fiennes,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    September 1942. The German Army has advanced to the gates of Stalingrad. The Russian Army holds on desperately. It is so poorly equipped that every pair of soldiers is given a single rifle--the second man only gets the weapon when the first is cut down. Trapped in no man's land between the opposing ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 11,209 members
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  • Dust on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Wenham,  Joseph Fiennes,  Adrian Lester
    Director: Milcho Manchevski
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    DUST is a film that is epic in every way -- from its dashing leading man (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE's Joseph Fiennes) to its encompassing of different continents and centuries. Fiennes plays a young man named Elijah, who lives in the American West at the end of the 19th century. After he wins the heart ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 307 members
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  • Rancid Aluminium on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  Joseph Fiennes,  Tara Fitzgerald
    Director: Edward Thomas
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In RANCID ALUMINIUM, Pete Thompson (Rhys Ifans) is not doing well--his business is failing, his relationship with his girlfriend, Sarah (Sadie Frost), is going poorly, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Once he gets involved with the Russian Mafia, things really get bad. The film also features ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 454 members
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  • Forever Mine on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Ray Liotta,  Gretchen Mol
    Director: Paul Schrader
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A lifelong vendetta is formed between two men (Fiennes and Liotta) as what seemed to be an innocuous affair at a beach resort has deadly consequences for the people in question. The two men are still out for revenge a long time later and are determined to fight out the vendetta.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 173 members
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  • Elizabeth (1998)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Geoffrey Rush,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    London, 1554. England is rife with intrigue. Elizabeth, born of royal lineage (the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn), imprisoned by her half- sister Mary, when she is 16, is swept onto the throne and crowned Queen of England at 23. To survive, Elizabeth must suss out hidden agendas in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 18,822 members
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  • Elizabeth - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Geoffrey Rush,  Christopher Eccleston
    Director: Shekhar Kapur
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shekhar Kapur's visually stunning film tells the story of Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), from her days as an innocent young woman to her coronation, up to the formation of her reputation as England's stern Virgin Queen. A lush portrait of history, full of pomp, intrigue, and romance and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 133 members
    Not available for rental
  • Shakespeare In Love on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Joseph Fiennes,  Geoffrey Rush
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A witty, fast-moving romantic comedy set in London in 1593, follows the trials and tribulations of Will Shakespeare, a struggling young playwright suffering from a dreadful bout of writer's block. No matter how hard he tries, he just can't seem to make any headway with his latest work, "Romeo and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 31,368 members
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  • Beowulf on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Derek Jacobi,  Joseph Fiennes,  Timothy West
    Director: Yuri Kulakov
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An animated adventure for children and adults alike, Beowulf is an epic tale full of action, heroism, bravery and sacrifice. Beowulf tells the tale of a young Danish warrior called Beowulf who goes to the aid of King Hroagar and his people, who are attacked by a half-man half-monster named Grendel. ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 196 members
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  • Shakespeare In Love - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Joseph Fiennes,  Geoffrey Rush
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this well-conceived Elizabethan comedy, writers Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman ask the question: Who was William Shakespeare's muse? The answer: Viola de Lesseps, a young noblewoman who dreams of acting on a man's stage. The screenwriters deliver a cleverly crafted scenario which beautifully ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 148 members
    Not available for rental
  • Stealing Beauty on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Sinead Cusack,  Jeremy Irons,  Jean Marais
    Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This beautiful if ponderous soufflĂ© of a film from director Bernardo Bertolucci serves more as an Italian travelogue than a drama. Liv Tyler stars as Lucy Harmon, an American teenager arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to visit family friends residing there. Lucy visited four years earlier and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 3,512 members
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Joseph Fiennes facts

5 most recent films

Camelot - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Against the Current - 2.5 stars
FlashForward - 4.0 stars
1941 - 3.0 stars
The Escapist - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

FlashForward - 4.0 stars
Elizabeth - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Elizabeth - 3.5 stars
Goodbye Bafana - 3.5 stars
Enemy At The Gates - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Beowulf - 2.0 stars
Rancid Aluminium - 2.0 stars
Forever Mine - 2.0 stars
Dust - 2.5 stars
Against the Current - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jamie Campbell Bower - 4 times - show films
Tamsin Egerton - 4 times - show films
Geoffrey Rush - 4 times - show films
Eva Green - 4 times - show films
Brian Cox - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David S. Goyer - 7 times - show films
Stefan Schwartz - 4 times - show films
Ciaran Donnelly - 4 times - show films
John Dahl - 4 times - show films
Jeremy Podeswa - 4 times - show films