John Noble was born on August 20, 1948 in Port Pirie, South Australia. You may have seen him on the television series All Saints (38 episodes from 2004-2008), 24 (2 episodes in 2007), Stargate SG-1 (1 episode in 2006), Pirate Islands: The Lost treasure of Fiji (13 episodes in 2007) and in the critically acclaimed Lord of the Rings as Denethor. He appeared in not only The Two Towers, but also Return of the King. Ahh, I knew I recognized him from somewhere!
From 1977-1987, Mr. Noble was also the Artistic Director of Stage Company of South Australia. Also, from 1997-2000 he was the head of the Drama department at Brent St. School of Arts in Sydney. Noble has directed more than 80 plays. He is also a voice and acting teacher.
In 2004 he won the Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble in The Return of the King. During that time he also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Two Towers. His last award came from the National Board of Review, but was also nominated for the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award and the DVD Exclusive Award for the aforementioned films.
In Fringe, Noble plays the role of Dr. Walter Bishop who was a former government scientist that did experiments in Fringe science. For his experiments that he conducted on humans, he was incarcerated and later institutionalized.
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