He has pan-British Isles ancestry. He is the eldest of six children. Mainly because, as Joseph explains, ‘Ranulph was always away exploring’, when he was growing up.

He also directed such movies as … Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, to Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne (Lash), a novelist, and Mark Fiennes, a photographer. Joseph Fiennes is Ralph’s younger brother who is also an actor and has featured as William Shakespeare onstage. He is one of six children. He is most known for appearing in the film, Shakespeare in Love. Fiennes was born in 1970 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), a writer. Ralph Fiennes, English actor known for his elegant, nuanced performances in plays and movies. Ranulph is a cousin to Joseph and Ralph, and ahead of filming the new documentary series Fiennes Return to the Nile hardly knew his relatives. The cousins actually met for the first time in 2000 at a family gathering. Notable films included Schindler’s List (1993), The English Patient (1996), The Constant Gardener (2005), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). His grandfathers were industrialist Sir Maurice Fiennes (1907–1994) and Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash. 11.8k Followers, 203 Following, 1,008 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Joseph Fiennes Daily (@josephfiennesdaily) His surname comes from the French village of Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais. In … Fiennes is an eighth cousin of Charles, Prince of Wales, and a third cousin of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes and author William Fiennes. And in Hulu's hit show Handmaid's Tale, Ralph's younger brother, Joseph Fiennes, plays Commander Fred Waterford, one of the leaders of Gilead, who falls for June Osborne, the captive handmaid who is supposed to bear his child. Ralph Fiennes began dating English actress Alex Kingston in 1983 after they met at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where they were students. Joseph Fiennes and Ralph Fiennes. Ralph Fiennes Partner. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish origin. His siblings are actor Joseph Fiennes ; Martha Fiennes , a director (in her film Onegin , he played the title role); Magnus Fiennes , a composer; Sophie Fiennes , a filmmaker ; and Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist . 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.

Weird coincidence, or Fiennes family tradition?