Short Biography

John Noble (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian film and television actor, and theatre director of more than 80 plays. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia. He makes occasional appearances on the television series All Saints. He is internationally best known for his performance as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King film. His latest films are White Noise: The Light and One Night with the King. He played Russian Consul Anatoly Markov in the sixth season of the American television series 24. He is currently starring as mentally unstable scientist Dr. Walter Bishop in the critically-hailed J.J. Abrams television series Fringe on the Fox TV network. Noble co-stars with another Australian actor portraying an American, Anna Torv, who portrays FBI agent Olivia Dunham. The series is the second-highest rated new show of the 2008-09 season. However, Fringe is tops in the highly-coveted age 18-49 advertising group. The series has been picked up by Fox for the entire 2008-09 season.

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