
Caterham, Surrey, England
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.

as Patriarch of Jerusalem

as Graham Lester
1986

as Sir Edward Mortimer
1965

as Patriarch of Jerusalem
2005

as Count Sylvius
1984

1984

as Steve
1969

as Wallace
1976

as David
1980

as Henry Bolingbroke
1978

as Finn
1988

as McCallaghan
1976

as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Bennett
2004

as Self (archive footage)
2014

as Patriarch of Jerusalem
2005

as Bennett
2004

as Self
2001

as Derek Jarvis
1998

as David Keller
1996

as Detective Margrave
1996

as Bennett
1994

as George Orwell
1992

as Jeremy
1989

1989
as Miller
1989

as Finn
1989

as Peter Davis
1987

as Don Pedro
1984

as Coastguard
1984

1983

as O'Mally
1982

as Adrian Leverkühn
1982

1980

as Woods
1980

as King Henry IV
1979

as King Henry IV
1979

as Michael
1979
as Count Sylvius
1 ep.

as Graham Lester
1 episodes

as Sir Edward Mortimer
1 episodes

as Count Sylvius
1 episodes


as Steve
1 episodes

as Wallace
1 episodes

as David
1 episodes

as Henry Bolingbroke
1 episodes

as Finn
1 episodes

as McCallaghan
1 episodes

as Self (archive footage)
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Trevor
1 episodes

as George
1 episodes

as Christ
1 episodes

as Luke
2 episodes
10 episodes

as Vortigern
3 episodes