Jon Finch

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1941-03-02
BirthplaceCaterham, Surrey, England

Jon Finch

Acting

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

Acting (40)

2014
Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'as Self (archive footage)
5.0
2005
Kingdom of Heavenas Patriarch of Jerusalem
7.1
2004
Tomb of Terroras Bennett
3.5
6.0
1998
6.3
1996
Darklandsas David Keller
4.8
1996
White Men Are Cracking Upas Detective Margrave
5.3
1994
Lurking Fearas Bennett
4.9
1992
Beautiful Liesas George Orwell
5.0
1989
The Voiceas Miller
9.0
10.0
1987
Make and Breakas Peter Davis
1984
7.4
1984
Pop Piratesas Coastguard
6.1
9.0
1982
Giro Cityas O'Mally
5.6
1982
Doctor Faustusas Adrian Leverkühn
4.8
1980
6.9
1979
Henry IV Part 2as King Henry IV
8.5
1979
Henry IV Part 1as King Henry IV
7.3
1979
La Sabinaas Michael
5.8
1978
Richard IIas Henry Bolingbroke
8.0
1978
Death on the Nileas James Ferguson
7.2
1978
7.0
1977
The Standardas Charbinsky
4.2
1976
Game of Seductionas Count Charles de Lapalmmes
3.2
1976
El segundo poderas Juan de Sacramonte
5.8
1974
6.1
1973
The Final Programmeas Jerry Cornelius
5.4
1973
1972
Lady Caroline Lambas William Lamb
5.9
1972
Frenzyas Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney
7.1
1971
Macbethas Macbeth
7.1
1971
6.6
1970
The Horror of Frankensteinas Lt. Henry Becker
5.9
1970
The Vampire Loversas Carl Ebhardt
6.4