Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (born 6 November 1997) is an English actor, model and film producer. He is known for his starring role as Hardin Scott in the ''

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'' film series. He portrayed 11-year-old Tom Riddle, the young version of the antagonist

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who is played by his uncle

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, in the film ''

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''."Casting Is Complete on 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.'"
Distributed by ''

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'' on behalf of

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, 15 November 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2008.

Early life

Hero Fiennes Tiffin was born in

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on 6 November 1997, the son of film director

Martha Fiennes Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes () is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film '' Onegin'' (1999), which starred her elder brother, Ralph, and her subsequent film ''Chromophobia'' (2005). Career ...

and cinematographer George Tiffin. He has an older brother named Titan and a younger sister named Mercy. He does not hyphenate his name because his parents were never married. He was educated at Reay Primary School in

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Emanuel School Emanuel School is an independent, co-educational day school in Battersea, south-west London. The school was founded in 1594 by Anne Sackville, Lady Dacre and Queen Elizabeth I and occupies a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site close to Clapham Junction ra ...

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, and Graveney School in

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. He is a member of the

Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family are the descendants of the 16th Baron Saye and Sele who was born Frederick Benjamin Twistleton and adopted the surname Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes in 1849 by Act of Parliament. He was the grandson of Thomas Tw ...

; his great-grandfather was

Maurice Fiennes Sir Maurice Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (1 March 1907 – 14 September 1994) was an English industrialist. Fiennes was the son of Alberic Arthur Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and his wife, Gertrude Theodosia Pomeroy (née Colley), and great-g ...

, while his uncles are actors

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

and

Joseph Fiennes Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (), known as Joseph Fiennes, is an English actor of film, stage, and television. Journalist Zoe Williams observed that "he seemed to be the go-to actor for English cultural history". Fiennes is particul ...

. His maternal grandparents were photographer

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and novelist

Jennifer Lash Jennifer Anne Mary Alleyne Lash Fiennes (27 February 1938 – 28 December 1993), also known as Jini Fiennes, was an English novelist and painter. In 1961, she published ''The Burial'', her first novel, at the age of 23. Lash was regarded as o ...

Career

Prior to his acting career, Fiennes Tiffin worked jobs as a landscaper and caterer.Eckhardt, Stephanie.” After Star Hero Fiennes Tiffin Almost Pursued Landscaping Instead of Acting�

/ref> He made his first film appearance as Spartak in the 2008 drama film '' Bigga Than Ben''. He got the part of Tom Riddle in ''

'' from thousands of young actors who auditioned for the role, though at least one publication alleged that his family connections alone landed him the part. Director

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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 due to his relation to

, his uncle who plays Voldemort, but admitted the family resemblance was a "clincher".Jensen, Jeff. "There Will Be 'Half-Blood.'". ''

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'', Iss. #1007/1008, 22/29 August 2008. pg. 39. Retrieved on 19 August 2008. Yates described Fiennes Tiffin as "very focused and disciplined"Puig, Claudia
"'Potter' trailer unveils a young Voldemort."
''

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'', Life section, 30 July 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008. and said he "got the corners and dark moods and odd spirit of the character" as well as having a "wonderful haunted quality that seemed to bring Tom Riddle alive on-screen for us". Fiennes Tiffin portrayed Ioan Fuller, a teenager envolved in a friend's disappearance in ''

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'', a 2017 British TV drama series created by crime author

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and starring Michael C. Hall. In 2019, Fiennes Tiffin was cast in the lead role of Hardin Scott in the film ''

'', based on the book of the same name by

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. The film was released in April 2019, grossing $69.7m worldwide. He returned for his role as Hardin Scott in the sequel, ''

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'', which was released in September 2020; and again reprises his role for the sequels ''

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'' and ''After Ever Happy'' which were filmed simultaneously in late 2020 and released in 2021 and 2022 respectively. He portrayed Brooks Gustafson in the thriller film ''

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'', released in July 2020. In May 2021, Fiennes Tiffin was announced to be starring as the lead in the romantic drama ''First Love''. In October 2021, Fiennes Tiffin was announced among the cast of the historical drama ''

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''. In May 2022 he joined the cast of action thriller ''The Climb'', a film based on the 2013

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protest where activists illegally scaled

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in London in protest against Arctic oil drilling. Fiennes Tiffin is signed with modelling agency Storm Management and has modelled for

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, H&M,

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, and

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. In November 2019, he was named the face of the new Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. fragrance, ''Ferragamo''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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