Full name: Joseph Alberic Fiennes.

Nick-name: Joe.

Date of Birth: May 27, 1970.

Place of Birth: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

Height: 6″ (1,83 m).

Currently resides in: Notting Hill, London.

Languages: English and Italian

Family: Jini Fiennes (a.k.a. Jennifer Lash, mother), novelist, died Christmas 1993 from breast cancer complications at age 54; Mark Fiennes (father), photographer, died in December 30, 2004, from undisclosed causes, at age 71; siblings: Jacob Mark Fiennes, fraternal twin of Joseph, born May 27, 1970; Magnus Hubert Fiennes, older; Michael Emery, foster brother (moved in with the Fiennes family when he was 11); Ralph Fiennes, born Dec. 22, 1962; Martha Fiennes, older, Martha Fiennes, older.

Love life: dated Sara Griffiths (1992-1998), Natalie Imbruglia (1999), Catherine McCormack (1999), Naomi Campbell (2000), Fiona Jolly (2001); now dating Maria Dolores Diéguez since 2005.

Education: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England, 1993; Young Vic Youth Theatre, London, England.

Writers: Shakespeare.

Movies: Anything with subtitles, basically! Is an admirer of Brazilian director Walter Salles and others, such as Robert Rossellini and Jean Cocteau.

Special Skills (* = highly skilled): Jazz dancing, Modern dancing, Period dancing, Tenor, Archery*, Fencing*, Horse Riding*, Swimming*, Car license, Motorbike license

Accents (* = native): Dorset*, Lancashire, London, Suffolk, West Country, Wiltshire, Standard American, Southern Irish, Italian