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Jon Finch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1941-03-02

Day of Death

2012-12-28

Place of Birth

Caterham, Surrey, England

Jon Finch

Biography

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 (40)

⭐ 5.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

2014
⭐ 7.0 Role: Patriarch of Jerusalem

Kingdom of Heaven

2005
⭐ 3.5 Role: Bennett

Tomb of Terror

2004
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

The Story of 'Frenzy'

2001
⭐ 6.3 Role: Derek Jarvis

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

1998
⭐ 4.8 Role: David Keller

Darklands

1996
⭐ 5.4 Role: Detective Margrave

White Men Are Cracking Up

1996
⭐ 4.9 Role: Bennett

Lurking Fear

1994
⭐ 0 Role: George Orwell

Beautiful Lies

1992
⭐ 5.0 Role: Jeremy

La più bella del reame

1989
⭐ 7.5 Role: Unknown

Streets of Yesterday

1989
No Image
⭐ 9.0 Role: Miller

The Voice

1989
⭐ 10.0 Role: Finn

Unexplained Laughter

1989
⭐ 0 Role: Peter Davis

Make and Break

1987
⭐ 6.8 Role: Don Pedro

Much Ado About Nothing

1984