John Noble born 20 August 1948 is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Walter Bishop in the US Fox science fiction television series Fringe, and Henry Parrish in the Fox action-horror series Sleepy Hollow. His most high-profile film role was as Denethor in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also provided the voice of the DC Comics supervillain Scarecrow in the 2015 video game Batman: Arkham Knight, where his character served as the main antagonist. Additionally, he voiced and provided motion capture for his role in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire. In 2015, he joined the main cast of the television series Elementary as Sherlock Holmes’s father. He was also cast as a doctor in the Australian TV series All Saints. In 2012, Noble was diagnosed with osteoporosis. His charity, Noble Bones, helps to raise awareness for the disease.
Career
Noble starred as scientist Walter Bishop in the television series Fringe.
He made occasional appearances on the television series All Saints. He is internationally known for his performance as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He played Russian Consul Anatoly Markov in the sixth season of the US television series 24. In 2011, he appeared as Real Estate tycoon Leland Monroe in Rockstar’s video game L.A. Noire. He is also the voice of Unicron for the television show Transformers: Prime and its conclusion TV film.
Noble played Morland Holmes, father of Sherlock Holmes, in Elementary. He was a series regular for season 4 with guest appearances in seasons 6 and 7.
John Noble later worked in Legends of Tomorrow where he voiced the time demon Mallus. In its episode “Guest Starring John Noble,” he portrayed himself when Atom visited him on set of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and had him record a fake rewrite which would be used to fool Nora Darhk.
Personal life
Noble divides his time between residences in New York City and Sydney, Australia with wife Penny Noble. They have two children: Daniel Noble and actress Samantha Noble. In 2011, John Noble’s hobbies were reported to be “music, painting and narration”. He studies theoretical physics, and requested that the writers of Fringe always keep things grounded in what could be scientifically feasible.