The fertile Fiennes family gave to the movie industry another great talent. If Ralph Fiennes with his boyish good-looks and gentleman's manners astonished the world with The English Patient, his younger brother Joseph with his naughty looks and casual style is doing the same now with Shakespeare in Love where he interprets the most famous playwright in history. Owner of a brief career that started with a small part in Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty (1996) and followed with Elizabeth (1998), where he played the frustrated lover of the Queen, Fiennes stands out as an actor who is going to get a lot of attention in the coming years.

He was born a Gemini on May 27, 1970. While his twin Jake didn't show any interest in being part of Hollywood, his sister Martha is debuting in the business as the director of Onegin, a Russian classic starring Ralph Fiennes, Joseph's older brother and the first of the family to cross the line of fame.

With his seductive looks and calculated spontaneity, Joseph Fiennes walks on the 16th century movie set with the same confidence which the Bard would have himself. He is intense when necessary. Enigmatic when requested. He is luminous and proved that his chemistry works with actresses of different personalities such as Cate Blanchett, from Elizabeth and Gwyneth Paltrow, his partner in Shakespeare. He didn't get a well deserved Oscar nomination this year but his future looks promising. He can be seen currently in Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence and next in Rancid Aluminium.