Joseph Fiennes
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury,
Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark
Fiennes, a photographer. He is one of six children. Four of his
siblings are also in the arts:
Ralph Fiennes, an actor;
Martha Fiennes, a director;
Magnus Fiennes, a musician; and
Sophie Fiennes, a producer. He is of
English, Irish, and Scottish origin.
He was brought up in West Cork, Ireland. He left art school, and began
working with the Young Vic Youth Theatre, and then went on to train at
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first professional stage
appearance was in the West End in The Woman In Black, followed by A
Month In The Country. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for two
seasons and performed roles in
Dennis Potter's Son Of Man, Les
Enfants Du Paradis, Troilus and Cressida, and Peter Whelan's The Herbal
Bed.
Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark
Fiennes, a photographer. He is one of six children. Four of his
siblings are also in the arts:
Ralph Fiennes, an actor;
Martha Fiennes, a director;
Magnus Fiennes, a musician; and
Sophie Fiennes, a producer. He is of
English, Irish, and Scottish origin.
He was brought up in West Cork, Ireland. He left art school, and began
working with the Young Vic Youth Theatre, and then went on to train at
the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first professional stage
appearance was in the West End in The Woman In Black, followed by A
Month In The Country. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company for two
seasons and performed roles in
Dennis Potter's Son Of Man, Les
Enfants Du Paradis, Troilus and Cressida, and Peter Whelan's The Herbal
Bed.
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