John Noble

John Noble is an Australian actor, voice actor and theater director born on 20 August 1948 in Port Pirie, South Australia. Denethor in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Dr. in the Fringe series. He gained international recognition for his roles as Walter Bishop.

theater years

He devoted the first half of his career largely to the stage. From 1977 to 1987 he worked as artistic director of South Australia's stage company; He also served as a trustee of the Adelaide Festival Center and as chairman of the Adelaide Arts Festival. Between 1997 and 2000, he directed the drama department at Brent Street art school in Sydney.

Cinema and television

He played Denethor, the steward of Gondor, in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films (2001-2003). From 2008 to 2013, he played eccentric scientist Walter Bishop on Fox's sci-fi series Fringe; For this role, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award and was nominated for a Saturn Award. He then played Henry Parrish in Sleepy Hollow (2013-2017) and Sherlock Holmes' father, Morland Holmes, in Elementary. In 2025, he appeared in the second season of the TV series Severance.

He was also productive in voice acting: He voiced Scarecrow in Batman: Arkham Knight, Unicron in Transformers: Prime, and Brainiac in Superman: Unbound. Noble, who brings his experience from theater to screen acting, continues to work as a name known for his character roles.