Hero Fiennes Tiffin

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Fiennes Tiffin, not Tiffin.

Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (/faɪnz/; born 6 November 1997) is an English actor and film producer. He is most known for his starring roles in the After film series (2019–2025) and for his portrayal of a young Tom Riddle in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.^[1]

Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Fiennes Tiffin in 2019
Born	Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (1997-11-06) 6 November 1997 (age 27) London, England
Occupations	Actor film producer
Years active	2008–present
Family	Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family

Early life and work

Hero Fiennes Tiffin was born in London on 6 November 1997, and is the son of film director Martha Fiennes and cinematographer George Tiffin.^[2] He has two siblings. He does not hyphenate his name because his parents were never married.^[3] He was educated at Reay Primary School in Lambeth, Emanuel School in Battersea, and Graveney School in Tooting.^[4] He is a member of the Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family; his great-grandfather was Maurice Fiennes, and his maternal uncles are actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes.^[5] His maternal grandparents were photographer Mark Fiennes and novelist Jennifer Lash.^{[citation needed]} Prior to his acting career, Fiennes Tiffin worked as a landscaper and caterer.^[6]

Fiennes Tiffin made his first film appearance as Spartak in the 2008 drama film Bigga than Ben. He then landed the part of 9 year-old Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince out of thousands of young actors who auditioned for the role.^[7] Although at least one publication alleged that his family connections alone helped him get the part, director David Yates said he was cast due to his ability to find ‘the darker space’ in his line readings, and that he did not get the role solely due to his relation to Ralph Fiennes, his uncle who plays Voldemort. However Yates did admit that the family resemblance was a ‘clincher’.^[8] Yates described Fiennes Tiffin as ‘very focussed and disciplined’^[9] and said he ‘got the corners and dark moods and odd spirit of the character’,^[7] as well as having a ‘wonderful haunted quality that seemed to bring Tom Riddle alive on-screen for us’.^[9]

Career

After Harry Potter, Fiennes Tiffin then landed British television roles in Private Peaceful (2012) and Safe (2018), as well as a short independent film called Possession with Intent to Supply (2016). In 2019, Fiennes Tiffin was cast in the lead role of Hardin Scott in the film After. The film's success lead to four sequels: After We Collided (2020), After We Fell (2021), After Ever Happy (2022), and After Everything (2023), in which Fiennes Tiffin reprised his role as Hardin Scott. The last three films were filmed simultaneously in Bulgaria in late 2020,^[10] due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fiennes Tiffin also played Brooks Gustafson in the action-thriller film The Silencing^[11] (2020), Jim Albright in the romantic drama First Love^[12] (2022), Santo Ferreira in the historical drama starring Viola Davis entitled The Woman King^[13] (2023), and Henry Hayes in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare in 2024.^[14]

In addition to acting, Fiennes Tiffin has modelled for Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, H&M, Hugo Boss, Fendi, Oliver Peoples, Superdry,^[15] Ferragamo,^[16] and David Yurman.^[17]

His upcoming projects include The Climb, a film based on the 2013 Greenpeace protest where activists illegally scaled The Shard in London in protest against Arctic oil drilling,^[18] Mr. Smith, a thriller in which Fiennes Tiffin's character returns to an Irish port to solve his brother's sadistic murder (written and directed by Declan O'Dwyer),^[19] Above the Below, a thriller where Fiennes Tiffin plays an idealistic astronaut on a mission of survival following a botched re-entry to earth (starring opposite Idris Elba who plays the mission's commander),^[20] Picture This, and Making Noise.^[21]

Fiennes Tiffin will star as a teenaged Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming Prime Video series Young Sherlock, directed by Guy Ritchie.^[22]

Personal life

Fiennes Tiffin is a football fan and supports West Ham United F.C.^[23][24]

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Bigga than Ben	Spartak	Credited as Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	11-year-old Tom Riddle
2012	Private Peaceful	Young Charlie	Credited as Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
2019	After	Hardin Scott
2020	The Silencing	Brooks Gustafson
	After We Collided	Hardin Scott
2021	After We Fell		Also producer
2022	After Ever Happy		Also producer
	The Woman King	Santo Ferreira		[13]
	First Love	Jim Albright		[12]
	The Loneliest Boy in the World	Mitch / Zombie		[25]
2023	After Everything	Hardin Scott	Also producer	[26]
2024	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	Henry Hayes		[27]
	Beyond After	Playing himself	Documentary	[28]
2025	Picture This	Charlie		[29]
TBA	Above the Below	Rhodes	Post-production	[20]

Audiobook and podcast roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	After	Hardin Scott	Chapter 98, "The Bet"
2020	Day by Day	Sam	Episode: "Big Nights In"
	Shoemaker of Dreams	Narrator	Chapter 13

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Safe	Ioan Fuller	8 episodes
	The Tunnel	Leo	1 episode
2019	Cleaning Up	Jake	5 episodes
2023	Soccer AM	Himself	1 episode	[24]
TBA	Young Sherlock	Sherlock Holmes	Post Production	[22][30]

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
2019	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Drama Movie Actor	After	Won	[31]
	Ischia Global Film & Music Festival	Rising Star	Himself	Won
2019	Just Jared Awards	Favorite Actor of 2019		Runner-up
2022	Just Jared Awards	Favorite Actor of 2022		Won
2025	Saturn Awards	Best Action/Adventure Film	The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare	nominated	[32]