John Noble

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John Noble

John Noble at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born 20 August 1948 (1948-08-20) (age 63)
Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia
Years active 1988–present
Spouse Anne Fairway, daughter Samantha Noble

John Noble (born 20 August 1948)[1] is an Australian film and television actor, and theater director of more than 80 plays. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia and is currently starring as scientist Walter Bishop in the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe.

He made occasional appearances on the television series All Saints. He is internationally known for his performance as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He played Russian Consul Anatoly Markov in the sixth season of the American television series 24. In 2011 he appeared as Real Estate tycoon Leland Monroe in Rockstar's video game L.A. Noire.[2][3] He is also the voice of Unicron for the television show Transformers: Prime.

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[edit] Personal life

John lives in the US with wife Penny Noble. They have three children: Daniel Noble, Jess Noble and Actress Samantha Noble. In 2011, John's hobbies were reported to be "music and painting".[4]

[edit] Filmography

Film appearances
Year Film Role Notes
1988 The Dreaming Dr. Richards
1989 A Sting in the Tale Prime Minister's minder
1990 Call Me Mr. Brown Sergeant
1993 The Nostradamus Kid General Booth
1999 Airtight Sorrentino Made for TV Movie
2000 The Monkey's Mask Mr. Norris
Virtual Nightmare Dad Made for TV Movie
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Denethor (extended edition)
The Outsider Fergus Hunter Made for TV Movie
Superfire Paul Baylis Made for TV Movie
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Denethor Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble
National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2004 Fracture Howard Peet
The Mystery of Natalie Wood Irving Pichel, Director Made for TV movie
2006 One Night with the King Prince Admantha
Running Scared Ivan Yugorsky
Voodoo Lagoon Ben
2010 Risen Eddie Thomas
The Last Airbender Dragon Spirit
Television appearances
Year TV Series Role Episodes Notes
1991 Police Rescue Sergeant 1
Agatha Christie: Poirot Rigoletto 1
1993 Time Trax Mr. Michaels 1
1997 Big Sky Graham James 1
1998 Water Rats Dr. Harry 1
1998–2004 All Saints Dr. John Madsen 32
2000 Tales of the South Seas Christian Ambrose 1
2001 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World Inspector Robert Anderson 1
The Bill Commander Warren 1
2001–06 Home and Away Dr. Helpman 9
2002 Young Lions Adam Gallagher 4
Stingers Michael Kranz 1
2006 Stargate SG-1 Meurik 1 Season 9 Episode 20 "Camelot"
2007 Journeyman Wine Connoisseur 1
The Unit The CEO 1
24 Anatoly Markov 2
Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji Blackheart 13
2008–current Fringe Walter Bishop 65 2008: Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2009: Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2009: Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2010: Won - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television
2011 Dark Matters: Twisted But True Himself - Host
Transformers: Prime Unicron Voice only
TBA Guardians of Luna Constantine Voira In production

[edit] Other work

  • Artistic Director of Stage Company of South Australia 1977–1987
  • Head of Drama, Brent St. School of Arts (Sydney) 1997–2000
  • Voice of the character Bishop in the multi-platform game by EA and Pandemic The Saboteur (2009)
  • Actor of Leland Monroe in the multi-platform video game L.A. Noire.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "John Noble (I)". Imdb. http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0633604/. Retrieved 2009-01-22. 
  2. ^ Nick Broughall. "How L.A. Noire Conquered The Uncanny Valley With A Tech Called MotionScan". Gizmondo. http://gizmodo.com/#!5714436/how-la-noire-conquered-the-uncanny-valley-with-a-tech-called-motionscan. 
  3. ^ Real Estate Agent: http://www.gamefocus.ca/news/13352
  4. ^ Bill Keveney (29 April 2011). "Universes collide in Bishops' world". USA Today (McLean, Virginia: Gannett): p. 8D. 

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