Acting · Caterham, Surrey, England · Born March 2, 1941
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.
MovieToil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieKingdom of Heaven
2005
as Patriarch of Jerusalem
MovieTomb of Terror
2004
as Bennett
MovieThe Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self
MovieBloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
as Derek Jarvis
MovieDarklands
1996
as David Keller
MovieWhite Men Are Cracking Up
1996
as Detective Margrave
TVThe World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLurking Fear
1994
as Bennett
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Count Sylvius
MovieBeautiful Lies
1992
as George Orwell
TVLove at First Sight
1992
as George
TVMaigret
1992
TVMerlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
as Vortigern
MovieLa più bella del reame
1989
as Jeremy
MovieStreets of Yesterday
1989
The Voice
1989
as Miller
MovieUnexplained Laughter
1989
as Finn
TVSouth of the Border
1988
as Trevor
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Finn
MovieMake and Break
1987
as Peter Davis
TVCasualty
1986
as Graham Lester
MovieMuch Ado About Nothing
1984
as Don Pedro
TVThe Bill
1984
MoviePop Pirates
1984
as Coastguard
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Count Sylvius
The Odd Job Man
1984
as George Griffin
MoviePower Game
1983
MovieGiro City
1982
as O'Mally
MovieDoctor Faustus
1982
as Adrian Leverkühn
TVPeter and Paul
1981
as Luke
MovieGary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
1980
MovieBreaking Glass
1980
as Woods
TVHammer House of Horror
1980
as David
TVThe Martian Chronicles
1980
as Christ
MovieHenry IV Part 2
1979
as King Henry IV
MovieHenry IV Part 1
1979
as King Henry IV
MovieLa Sabina
1979
as Michael
MovieRichard II
1978
as Henry Bolingbroke
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Henry Bolingbroke
MovieDeath on the Nile
1978
as James Ferguson
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Self / James Ferguson
MovieThe Standard
1977
as Charbinsky
TVCurro Jiménez
1976
as McCallaghan
TVThe New Avengers
1976
as Wallace
MovieGame of Seduction
1976
as Count Charles de Lapalmmes
MovieEl segundo poder
1976
as Juan de Sacramonte
MovieDiagnosis: Murder
1974
as Lomax
MovieThe Final Programme
1973
as Jerry Cornelius
MovieThe Big Screen
1973
as Self
MovieLady Caroline Lamb
1972
as William Lamb
MovieFrenzy
1972
as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
MoviePolanski Meets Macbeth
1972
as Self
MovieMacbeth
1971
as Macbeth
MovieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Scotsman
MovieThe Horror of Frankenstein
1970
as Lt. Henry Becker
MovieThe Vampire Lovers
1970
as Carl Ebhardt
Counterstrike
1969
as Simon King
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Steve
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Sir Edward Mortimer
