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Australian actor and director

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John Noble is an Australian male actor, voice actor, and film and television actor. Born on August 20, 1948, in Port Pirie, South Australia, he began his work period in 1984. He speaks English and has resided in both New York City and Sydney. His child is Samantha Noble.

Noble is also credited as an author with 53 works, including *Lonely Planet Best Road Trips Spain and Portugal*, *Lonely Planet's Best of India*, *World wide navigation*, *Lonely Planet Andalucia (Travel Survival Kit)*, and *From Life Crisis of Lifelong Learning*. Crossref lists five of his works. He is distinct from John H. Noble.

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Film & TV

Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia

John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles as Denethor in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Dr. Walter Bishop on the science fiction series Fringe, Henry Parrish on the action-horror series Sleepy Hollow, and Morland Holmes on the police procedural Elementary. Noble has also done voice work as Leland Monroe in the video game L.A. Noire, Unicron in the…

Known for

  • The Demon Disorder — George Reilly2024
  • Twilight of the Gods — Odin (voice)2024
  • Twilight of the Gods — Odin / Storyteller (voice)2024
  • Fired on Mars — Falco (voice)2023
  • Totally Completely Fine — Wilkinson2023
  • The Last Thing He Told Me — John Noble2023
  • The Last Thing He Told Me — Frank Campano2023
  • Severance — Fields2022
  • Space Case — Moon Sand Man2021
  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It — Father Kastner2021

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Key facts

Born
( 1948-08-20 ) 20 August 1948 (age 77) , Port Pirie , South Australia , Australia
Occupations
Actor voice actor theatre director
Years active
1988–present
Spouse
Penny Noble
Children
3, including Samantha Noble

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Port Pirie
Languages spoken
English language
Image
John Noble by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Residence
Sydney
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John Noble
date of birth
1948-08-20
start of work period
1984-00-00
social media followers
33603
different from
John H. Noble
name in native language
John Noble
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Encyclopedic overview

John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013). His other television credits include the supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017) and the police procedural Elementary (2015–2019). Noble has also lent his distinctively deep voice to animated and video game projects, most notably as Leland Monroe in Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire (2011), Unicron in the animated series Transformers: Prime (2010–2013), and Scarecrow in the DC Comics game Batman: Arkham Knight (2015).

Career

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