Born 1941 (age 71) · Caterham, Surrey, England
Appears in 57 titles

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.

Filmography

Kingdom of Heaven
7.0
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
as Patriarch of Jerusalem
Frenzy
7.1
Frenzy
1972
as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
Death on the Nile
7.1
Death on the Nile
1978
as James Ferguson
Macbeth
7.1
Macbeth
1971
as Macbeth
The Vampire Lovers
6.4
The Vampire Lovers
1970
as Carl Ebhardt
Sunday Bloody Sunday
6.6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Scotsman
The Horror of Frankenstein
5.9
The Horror of Frankenstein
1970
as Lt. Henry Becker
Lurking Fear
4.9
Lurking Fear
1994
as Bennett
Breaking Glass
6.9
Breaking Glass
1980
as Woods
The Final Programme
5.2
The Final Programme
1973
as Jerry Cornelius
Lady Caroline Lamb
5.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as William Lamb
Darklands
4.8
Darklands
1996
as David Keller
Tomb of Terror
3.5
Tomb of Terror
2004
as Bennett
Game of Seduction
3.2
Game of Seduction
1976
as Count Charles de Lapalmmes
Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
Diagnosis: Murder
6.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
as Lomax
Doctor Faustus
4.8
Doctor Faustus
1982
as Adrian Leverkühn
The Story of 'Frenzy'
6.0
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self
Giro City
5.6
Giro City
1982
as O'Mally
El segundo poder
5.8
El segundo poder
1976
as Juan de Sacramonte