
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 2, 1941
Died
December 28, 2012 (age 71)
Place of Birth
Caterham, Surrey, England
Also Known As
Джон Финч
John Nicholas Finch
Jon Finch
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

TV
Casualty
Graham Lester
1986

TV
BBC Play of the Month
Sir Edward Mortimer
1965

TV
The Bill
1984

TV
Sherlock Holmes
Count Sylvius
1984

Film
Kingdom of Heaven
Patriarch of Jerusalem
2005

TV
The New Avengers
Wallace
1976

TV
Maigret
1992

TV
Hammer House of Horror
David
1980

TV
Curro Jiménez
McCallaghan
1976

TV
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994

TV
The Play on One
Finn
1988

TV
Love at First Sight
George
1992

TV
South Of The Border
Trevor
1988

Film
Death on the Nile
James Ferguson
1978

TV
The Martian Chronicles
Christ
1980

TV
Peter and Paul
Luke
1981

Film
Frenzy
Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
1972

Film
Macbeth
Macbeth
1971
TV
Counterstrike
1969

Film
Unexplained Laughter
Finn
1989
Filmography
2014FilmToil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'as Self (archive footage)2005FilmKingdom of Heavenas Patriarch of Jerusalem2004FilmTomb of Terroras Bennett2001FilmThe Story of 'Frenzy'as Self1998FilmBloodlines: Legacy of a Lordas Derek Jarvis1996FilmDarklandsas David Keller1996FilmWhite Men Are Cracking Upas Detective Margrave1994TVThe World of Hammeras Self (archive footage)1994FilmLurking Fearas Bennett1992FilmBeautiful Liesas George Orwell1992TVLove at First Sightas George1992TVMaigret1991TVMerlin of the Crystal Caveas Vortigern1989FilmLa più bella del reameas Jeremy1989FilmStreets of Yesterday1989FilmThe Voiceas Miller1989FilmUnexplained Laughteras Finn1988TVSouth Of The Borderas Trevor1988TVThe Play on Oneas Finn1987FilmMake and Breakas Peter Davis1986TVCasualtyas Graham Lester1984FilmMuch Ado About Nothingas Don Pedro1984TVThe Bill1984FilmPop Piratesas Coastguard1984TVSherlock Holmesas Count Sylvius1983FilmPower Game1982FilmGiro Cityas O'Mally1982FilmDoctor Faustusas Adrian Leverkühn1981TVPeter and Paulas Luke1980FilmGary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven1980FilmBreaking Glassas Woods1980TVHammer House of Horroras David1980TVThe Martian Chroniclesas Christ1979FilmHenry IV Part 2as King Henry IV1979FilmHenry IV Part 1as King Henry IV1979FilmLa Sabinaas Michael1978FilmRichard IIas Henry Bolingbroke1978FilmDeath on the Nileas James Ferguson1977FilmThe Standardas Charbinsky1976TVCurro Jiménezas McCallaghan1976TVThe New Avengersas Wallace1976FilmGame of Seductionas Count Charles de Lapalmmes1976FilmEl segundo poderas Juan de Sacramonte1974FilmDiagnosis: Murderas Lomax1973FilmThe Final Programmeas Jerry Cornelius1973FilmThe Big Screenas Self1972FilmLady Caroline Lambas William Lamb1972FilmFrenzyas Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney1972FilmPolanski Meets Macbethas Self1971FilmMacbethas Macbeth1971FilmSunday Bloody Sundayas Scotsman1970FilmThe Horror of Frankensteinas Lt. Henry Becker1970FilmThe Vampire Loversas Carl Ebhardt1969TVCounterstrike1965TVBBC Play of the Monthas Sir Edward Mortimer