Hero Fiennes-Tiffin Is an English actor and model, famous for his role as 11-year-old Tom Riddle, the young version of the main antagonist – Lord Voldemort, in the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). He’s also playing the main character in the movie After (2019).
British actor Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
Childhood and family
Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes-Tiffin was born on November 6, 1997 in London. His parents – directors George Tiffin and Martha Fiennes, sister of actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes. Hero is not the only child – he has an older brother named Titan Nathaniel (born in 1995) and a younger sister named Mercy Jini Willow (born in 2001).
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin in his childhood; on the right – his parents
Hero went to Emanuel School in Battersea – a private school located in the Southwest part of London, founded in 1594 by Queen Elizabeth I. The school has also had graduates like the star of the series Lost Naveen Andrews and the director of Return of the Jedi Richard Marquand, actor Ben Moore and other celebrities.
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin with this father and sister Mercy
Acting career
Hero made his movie debut when he turned 10. The boy starred in the English drama Bigga Than Ben (2008), telling the story of two Russian guys, who come to London seeking adrenaline and luck.
Bigga Than Ben – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin’s first movie role
His second role, despite it being a secondary one, made him famous worldwide. Fiennes-Tiffin played the role of young Voldemort in the sixth Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009). Thousands of young actors auditioned for this part, but finally Hero landed the role.
The scene with young Tom Riddle
It’s quite likely that his relatives played their part in that: Voldemort’s role, after his rebirth, was played by Hero’s uncle, Ralph Fiennes. However, the director of the movie, David Yates, declared in an interview that the boy got the role exclusively because of his acting talent during the table read and the ability to drive out everything dark. The physical resemblance between the uncle and his nephew was another deciding factor.
In Half-Blood Prince, Hero played the role of young Voldemort
The movie crew was very pleased with Hero’s work. Yates called Fiennes-Tiffin a very goal-oriented and disciplined young actor, who delivered his best interpretation of the mysterious character on screen.
He got his next role only three years afterwards – the high school senior student made an episodic appearance in the war drama Private Peaceful (2012), the events of which take place during World War I in Flandria. Fiennes-Tiffin played the role of the protagonist in his early years; older Charlie Peaceful was played by Jack O’Connell.
A still from the movie Private Peaceful
When he turned 18, Hero already knew that he wants to pursue a career in the movie industry. He started auditioning actively, but he wasn’t always lucky. More specifically, Hero failed the auditions for Netflix’s Stranger Things, for Dunkirk (2017) and The Hate U Give (2018). However, he still got something. In 2017, director Baz Luhrmann, the mastermind behind Moulin Rouge! (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013), expressed his interest in Hero’s work. Luhrmann happened to be looking for an actor for his short-length movies for the collaboration of ERDEM and H&M.
H&M ad with Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
The 4-minute movie The Secret Life of Flowers was shot in a suburban mansion, decorated luxuriously with flowers and candles. With the exception of Hero, several other talented actors made an appearance – model Fernando Cabral, the star of Amundsen Ruby Dagnall, Dutch artist Saskia de Brauw, actor Tom Rhys Harries and others. Similarly to Luhrmann’s other movies, The Secret Life of Flowers turned up to be a real masterpiece, with his signature passion and drama.
After his appearance in the H&M ad, his career skyrocketed
After the release of the video ad from the famous director, Hero’s career skyrocketed. In 2018, Hero made an appearance in an episode of the series The Tunnel with Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy.
Photo from the set of The Tunnel
Soon enough, he landed a role in the series Safe, whose plot revolves around a pediatric surgeon (Michael C. Hall), a widower with two teenage daughters.
A still from the series Safe
In January 2019, Fiennes-Tiffin appeared with a background role in the British drama series Cleaning Up, revolving around janitor Sam Cooke (Sheridan Smith), who unexpectedly is drawn into the dark world of finance.
Hero makes an appearance both in movies and magazines
Besides starring in movies, Hero is also working as a model. He signed a contract with modelling agency Storm Models and has already managed to appear on the covers of Indie and Wonderland, as well as participate in several fashion shows.
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin’s personal life
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin prefers to keep his personal life private. Fans aren’t quite sure whether he’s single or not. His social media isn’t helping out much either – on Instagram, he only shares photos with his relatives and friends.
The actor’s height – 188 cm.
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin now
In April 2019, Jenny Gage’s drama After is released, based on the Anna Todd’s bestseller with the same name. The movie tells the story of two teenagers – shy Tessa (Josephine Langford) and rebellious Hardin (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin), whose strange affair divides their lives into before and after.
Strangely enough, initially, Todd’s book was a fanfic involving One Direction’s lead singer, Harry Styles. Anyway, Hardin doesn’t have much resemblance with Harry, and the novel’s plot is not based on facts.
After with Hero Fiennes-Tiffin. The trailer
It’s known that Fiennes-Tiffin together with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Annabelle Wallis will star in the crime movie The Silencing. Moreover, the young actor will make a debut in Brett Smith’s full-length movie Freedom’s Path.
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Josephine Langford
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John Wise
I was surprised that it was Hero Fiennes-Tiffin who played the young Voldemort. Then he was generally unknown
U Barbara Walker
There is no hyphen between FIENNES AND TIFFIN it`s FIENNES TIFFIN
