American Horror Story

Joseph Fiennes stars as Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second installment of American Horror Story: Asylum.

Career Highlights

Joseph Fiennes is a renown actor of stage and screen, in both television and film.Fiennes followed his critically praised performances in the Oscar®-nominated films Elizabeth and John Madden’s Shakespeare In Love with lead roles in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Enemy at the Gates, Eric Till’s Luther, Rupert Wyatt’s The Escapist, The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons, and Ryan Murphy’s Running With Scissors.Fiennes also starred in Murphy’s FX pilot, Pretty Handsome, which never went to series but is regarded as ahead of its time. Other television credits include a leading turn in the ABC series Flash Forward and, most recently, the role of “Merlin” in the Starz series Camelot.

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Joseph Fiennes stars as Monsignor Timothy Howard in the second installment of American Horror Story: Asylum.

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Joseph Fiennes as Monsignor Timothy Howard | AHS: Asylum on FX

American Horror Story: Asylum

Joseph Fiennes

Career Highlights

Jessica Lange
as Sister Jude

James Cromwell
as Dr. Arthur Arden

Sarah Paulson
as Lana Winters

Joseph Fiennes as Monsignor Timothy Howard | AHS: Asylum on FX

Joseph Fiennes

James Cromwellas Dr. Arthur Arden

Sarah Paulsonas Lana Winters

James Cromwell
as Dr. Arthur Arden

Sarah Paulson
as Lana Winters