John Noble - wikipedia John Noble Not to be confused with John H. Noble. For other uses, see John Noble ( disambiguation ). John Noble John Noble at the March 2012 WonderCon ( 1948 - 08 - 20 ) 20 August 1948 ( age 69 ) Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia Occupation Actor, theatre director Years active 1988 -- present Spouse ( s ) Penny Noble Children Samantha Noble, Daniel Noble, Jess Noble John Noble ( born 20 August 1948 ) is an Australian actor and theatre director of more than 80 plays. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Walter Bishop in the American Fox science fiction television series Fringe, and Henry Parrish in the Fox action - horror series Sleepy Hollow. His most high - profile film role was as Denethor in Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He also provided the voice of the DC Comics supervillain Scarecrow in the 2015 video game Batman : Arkham Knight, where his character served as the main antagonist. In 2015, he joined the main cast of the television series Elementary as Sherlock Holmes 's father. He was also cast as a doctor in the Australian TV series All Saints. In 2012, Noble was diagnosed with osteoporosis. His charity, Noble Bones, helps to raise awareness for the disease. Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Video games 4 Other work 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Personal life Noble lives in the US with his wife Penny Noble. They have three children : Daniel Noble, Jess Noble and actress Samantha Noble. In 2011, John Noble 's hobbies are reported to be `` music, painting and narration ''. He studies theoretical physics, and requested that the writers of Fringe always keep things grounded in what could be scientifically feasible. Career Noble starred as scientist Walter Bishop in the television series Fringe. He made occasional appearances on the television series All Saints. He is internationally known for his performance as Denethor in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He played Russian Consul Anatoly Markov in the sixth season of the American television series 24. In 2011, he appeared as Real Estate tycoon Leland Monroe in Rockstar 's video game L.A. Noire. He is also the voice of Unicron for the television show Transformers : Prime and its conclusion TV film. John Noble later worked in Legends of Tomorrow where he voiced the time demon Mallus. In its episode `` Guest Starring John Noble, '' he portrayed himself when Atom visited him on set of The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King and had him record a fake rewrite which would be used to fool Nora Darhk. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes The Dreaming Dr. Richards A Sting in the Tale Prime Minister 's minder Call Me Mr. Brown Sergeant 1993 The Nostradamus Kid General Booth 2000 The Monkey 's Mask Mr. Norris 2002 The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers Denethor Seen only in the Extended Edition 2003 The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Denethor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Critics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated -- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Fracture Howard Peet 2006 One Night with the King Prince Admantha 2006 Running Scared Ivan Yugorsky 2006 Voodoo Lagoon Ben Risen Eddie Thomas The Last Airbender Dragon Spirit Voice 2013 Superman : Unbound Brainiac Voice 2014 The Mule Pat Shepherd Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Police Rescue Sergeant Episode : `` Hostage '' 1993 Time Trax Mr. Michaels Episode : `` One on One '' Big Sky Graham James Episode : `` Future Past and Present '' 1998 Water Rats Dr. Harry Episode : `` Epiphany '' 1998 -- 2004 All Saints Dr. John Madsen 32 episodes 1999 Airtight Sorrentino Television movie 2000 Tales of the South Seas Christian Ambrose Episode : `` Trent in Love '' 2000 Virtual Nightmare Dad Television movie 2001 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's The Lost World Inspector Robert Anderson Episode : `` The Knife '' 2001 The Bill Commander Warren Episode : `` Beech on the Run '' 2001 -- 2006 Home and Away Dr. Helpman 9 episodes 2002 Young Lions Adam Gallagher 4 episodes 2002 Stingers Michael Kranz Episode : `` Disgraceful Conduct '' 2002 The Outsider Fergus Hunter Television movie The Mystery of Natalie Wood Irving Pichel Television movie 2002 Superfire Paul Baylis Television movie 2006 Stargate SG - 1 Meurik Episode : `` Camelot '' 2007 Journeyman Wine Connoisseur Episode : `` Winterland '' 2007 The Unit The CEO Episode : `` Pandemonium -- Part 2 '' 2007 24 Anatoly Markov 3 episodes 2007 Pirate Islands : The Lost Treasure of Fiji Blackheart 13 episodes 2008 -- 2013 Fringe Walter Bishop / Walternate 100 episodes Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated -- Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated -- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film ( 2008 -- 09 ) Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television ( 2010, 2012 -- 13 ) 2011 -- 2012 Dark Matters : Twisted But True Himself 16 episodes 2011 Transformers : Prime Unicron ( voice ) 3 episodes 2013 The Good Wife Matthew Ashbaugh 2 episodes 2013 Transformers Prime Beast Hunters : Predacons Rising Unicron Television movie 2013 -- 2017 Sleepy Hollow Henry Parish / Jeremy Crane 25 episodes 2013 Miss Fisher 's Murder Mysteries Edward Stanley Episode : `` Murder Under The Mistletoe '' 2014 Rake Clayton Post 2 episodes 2014 Devil 's Playground Bishop McNally 6 episodes 2015 Forever Aubrey Griffin Episode : `` The Last Death of Henry Morgan '' 2015 -- 2016 Elementary Mr. Morland Holmes 13 episodes 2017 -- present DC 's Legends of Tomorrow Mallus ( voice ) ; Himself recurring voice role ; appearing in episode `` Guest Starring John Noble '' 2017 Salvation Nicholas Tanz 3 episodes 2018 The Blacklist Raleigh Sinclair III Episode : `` Mr. Raleigh Sinclair III ( No. 51 ) '' Video games Year Title Role 2009 The Saboteur Bishop 2011 L.A. Noire Leland Monroe 2013 Infinity Blade III The Worker of Secrets 2015 Batman : Arkham Knight Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow Other work Artistic Director of Stage Company of South Australia 1977 -- 1987 Head of Drama, Brent St. School of Arts ( Sydney ) 1997 -- 2000 Awards and nominations Year Association Nominated work Result 2003 National Board of Review Best Cast The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Won Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Cast Won Critics ' Choice Awards Best Cast Won Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Cast Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Won 2008 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film Fringe Nominated 2009 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated 2011 Critics ' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Won Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television Won 2012 Critics ' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated 2013 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television Nominated 2016 15th National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers ( NAVGTR ) awards Performance in a Drama, Supporting ( as `` Scarecrow '' ) Batman : Arkham Knight Nominated References Jump up ^ `` John Noble Biography ''. Starpulse.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014. Jump up ^ `` Exclusive Interview with John Noble ! ''. 5 July 2016. Jump up ^ Bill Keveney ( 29 April 2011 ). `` Universes collide in Bishops ' world ''. USA Today. McLean, Virginia : Gannett. p. 8D. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` The Soapbox Office Podcast : Episode 9 : Running Crank ''. www.soapboxoffice.com. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 25. Jump up ^ Nick Broughall. `` How L.A. Noire Conquered The Uncanny Valley with a Tech Called MotionScan ''. Gizmondo. Jump up ^ Real Estate Agent Jump up ^ Sands, Rich ( 7 January 2013 ). `` First Look : Matt Bomer Gets Animated for Superman : Unbound ''. TV Guide. Retrieved 7 January 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Noble. John Noble on IMDb Awards for John Noble Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series John Noble ( 2011 ) Giancarlo Esposito ( 2012 ) Michael Cudlitz ( 2013 ) Aaron Paul ( 2014 ) Jonathan Banks ( 2015 ) Christian Slater ( 2016 ) John Lithgow ( 2016 ) David Harbour ( 2017 ) Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble 2000s 2001 Gosford Park Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby 2002 Chicago Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones 2003 The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh 2005 Crash Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear 2007 Hairspray Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken 2008 Milk Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O'Hare, Sean Penn, Alison Pill 2009 Inglourious Basterds Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke 2010s The Fighter Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg 2011 The Help Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel 2012 Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver 2013 American Hustle Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm, Shea Whigham 2014 Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts 2015 Spotlight Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci 2016 Moonlight Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Alex R. Hibbert, Naomie Harris, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Frances McDormand, Clarke Peters, Sam Rockwell, Samara Weaving Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television Dennis Haysbert ( 1999 ) James Marsters ( 2000 ) Michael Rosenbaum ( 2001 ) Victor Garber ( 2002 ) James Marsters ( 2003 ) Terry O'Quinn ( 2004 ) James Callis ( 2005 ) Masi Oka ( 2006 ) Michael Emerson ( 2007 ) Adrian Pasdar ( 2008 ) Aaron Paul ( 2009 ) John Noble ( 2010 ) Aaron Paul ( 2011 ) Jonathan Banks ( 2012 ) Aaron Paul ( 2013 ) Laurence Fishburne ( 2014 ) Richard Armitage ( 2015 ) Ed Harris ( 2016 ) `` The template below ( ScreenActorsGuildAward CastMotionPicture 2001 -- 2010 ) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. '' Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2001 Gosford Park Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby 2002 Chicago Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones 2003 The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh 2005 Crash Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear 2007 No Country for Old Men Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto 2009 Inglourious Basterds Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke The King 's Speech Anthony Andrews, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall Complete list ( 1995 -- 2000 ) ( 2001 -- 2010 ) ( 2011 -- 2020 ) VIAF : 63726546 LCCN : no2004088916 BNE : XX5342449 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Noble&oldid=835661173 '' Categories : 1948 births Living people People from Port Pirie Australian male film actors Australian theatre directors Australian male television actors Australian male video game actors Australian male voice actors Male actors from South Australia 20th - century Australian male actors 21st - century Australian male actors Australian expatriate male actors in the United States Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners Hidden categories : Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from April 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links EngvarB from August 2014 Use dmy dates from August 2014 Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2013 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Български Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Italiano עברית Magyar Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe 中文 19 more Edit links This page was last edited on 10 April 2018, at 00 : 58. 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