Jon Finch

Known for ActingBorn 1941-03-02Died 2012-12-28Caterham, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Unexplained Laughter

South of the Border

The Voice

Power Game

Henry IV Part 2

Sherlock Holmes

Richard II

Streets of Yesterday

Maigret

Kingdom of Heaven

Henry IV Part 1

Curro Jiménez

Peter and Paul

Merlin of the Crystal Cave

Hammer House of Horror

Death on the Nile

The New Avengers

Frenzy

Macbeth

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

Breaking Glass

The Martian Chronicles

Counterstrike

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

The World of Hammer

Much Ado About Nothing

The Bill

Love at First Sight

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Casualty

The Vampire Lovers

The Story of 'Frenzy'

Pop Pirates

Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven

The Play on One

Diagnosis: Murder

Lady Caroline Lamb

The Horror of Frankenstein

El segundo poder

La Sabina

Giro City

White Men Are Cracking Up

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

The Final Programme

BBC Play of the Month

La più bella del reame

Lurking Fear