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Quick Facts

Born:
1941-03-02

Birthplace:
Caterham, Surrey, England

Credits:
56 Total Roles

Jon Finch

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Biography

John Nicholas Finch (2 March 1941 – 28 December 2012) was an English actor, noted for his many Shakespearean roles. Perhaps his most notable role was Macbeth in Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Macbeth (1971).

Finch was born in Caterham, Surrey. He appeared in films such as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972), portraying a man wrongly accused of murder, Death on the Nile (1978), and in one of his last roles, a small part as the Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem (Heraclius, though unnamed in the film) in the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Decades earlier, Finch was cast as Kane in Ridley Scott's Alien, but had to drop out because of his diabetes. The role was eventually played by John Hurt.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2014 Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth' MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2005 Kingdom of Heaven MOVIE Patriarch of Jerusalem
2004 Tomb of Terror MOVIE Bennett
2001 The Story of 'Frenzy' MOVIE Self
1998 Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord MOVIE Derek Jarvis
1996 Darklands MOVIE David Keller
1996 White Men Are Cracking Up MOVIE Detective Margrave
1994 The World of Hammer TV Self (archive footage)
1994 Lurking Fear MOVIE Bennett
1992 Beautiful Lies MOVIE George Orwell

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