Biography
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 animated series Transformers: Prime, and Scarecrow in the DC Comics video game Batman: Arkham Knight. D...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Demon Disorder
2024
as George Reilly
The pasts of three brothers and their deceased father collide when a deep, dark family secret is unearthed, leading to a case of revenge from beyond t...

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021
as Father Kastner
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul...

Space Case
2021
as Moon Sand Man
Space Case follows Bobbie Almond, a social outcast who has dreams to escape her small town life. She has a ticket to Mars! But when Bobbie's ticket to...

Silencio
2018
as Grandfather James
In order to save her son's life, Ana embarks on a quest to find a powerful stone from the Zone of Silence in Mexico. Someone finds out the power the s...

Lost Luggage
2016
Thanks
Neil Bishop has spent his whole life living on the fringes of society. His only interaction with people is through his job as a lost luggage courier. ...

The Mule
2014
as Pat Shepherd
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a...

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
2013
as Unicron (voice)
Autobots, Decepticons, Predaking and Predacons form an unlikely alliance to battle a resurrected Unicron.

Superman: Unbound
2013
as Brainiac (voice)
Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic being known as Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."

Friend
2013
as The Man
A lonely, grief stricken man finds a new lease on life after an unusual 'friend' is mysteriously delivered to his door. A unique relationship forms, u...

Friend
2013
Executive Producer, Producer
A lonely, grief stricken man finds a new lease on life after an unusual 'friend' is mysteriously delivered to his door. A unique relationship forms, u...

Risen
2010
as Eddie Thomas
As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, a young Welsh boy from Merthyr Tydfil, was fast making a name for himself with his kn...

The Last Airbender
2010
as The Dragon Spirit (voice)
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation ...

Voodoo Lagoon
2007
as Ben
A group of college students book a bargain dream holiday to a remote tropical island, little knowing that they have been lured there by the island's e...

One Night with the King
2006
as Prince Admantha
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.

Running Scared
2006
as Ivan Yugorsky
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wro...

Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self
'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the ...

Fracture
2004
as Howard Peet
A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentali...

Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History
2004
as Frank Hurley (voice)
Frank Hurley's photos of Antarctic heroes, World Wars and mysterious natives in faraway jungles grabbed the attention of all who saw them. But just ho...

The Making of the Return of the King
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selecte...

The Mystery of Natalie Wood
2004
as Irving Pichel, Director
Natalie Wood marries Robert Wagner and faces inner conflicts about her Hollywood persona.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Denethor
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

The Outsider
2002
as Fergus Hunter
Montana sheep farmer Rebecca Yoder offers sanctuary to an on-the-lam outlaw, Johnny Gault, who is suffering from a gunshot wound. Yoder is a recent wi...

Superfire
2002
as Paul Baylis
A firefighter pilot blames himself for the death of his previous colleagues and gets a new assignment with a raging forest fire in Portland, Oregon, t...

The Monkey's Mask
2001
as Mr. Norris
A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.

Virtual Nightmare
2000
as Dad
Advertising executive Dale Hunter (Michael Muheny) works at the agency Arora. But after a car accident, his life changed abruptly. He has nightmares a...

Airtight
1999
as Sorrentino
Set in the nuclear war-torn world of 2040, a congested city is shrouded in a deadly smog, where breathable air is obtainable only through labyrinth sh...

The Nostradamus Kid
1993
as General Booth
When he discovers the world is about to end, a lovestruck teen makes it his mission to bed the girl he has fallen for.
A Sting in the Tail
1989
as Prime Minister's Minder
Diane Lane is intelligent and ambitious. When she is elected to Parliament her idealism and commitment give her unpopular party a boost. Everyone, inc...

The Dreaming
1988
as Dr. Richards
When a group of Indigenous activists attempt to repatriate ancestral artifacts found in a cave on Australia's Kangaroo Island, one of them is shot, ev...
Hills End
1988
as Ben Fiddler
A violent storm traps seven children and their schoolteacher in a cave.

Nameless
N/A
as Lighthouse Keeper
Two lost souls become entwined as they each face their own past. One struggles to uncover his, the other to elude hers.