John Noble

John Noble (born 20 August 1948)

Noble has also done voice acting, usually portraying villains. He voiced the Dragon Spirit in M. Night Shyamalan's film The Last Airbender (2010), appeared as Real Estate tycoon Leland Monroe in Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire (2011), and provided the voice for Unicron in the animated series Transformers: Prime and its conclusion film Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising. Noble also voiced the Diviner in the 2021 animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. In 2024, he played an alternate version of the Diviner called Ilthuran.

Noble has done voice-over work for numerous DC Comics projects, including the animated film Superman: Unbound (2013) as the supervillain Brainiac, the video game Batman: Arkham Knight (2015) as the primary antagonist Scarecrow, and the television series Legends of Tomorrow as the demon Mallus. Additionally, Noble appeared as himself in the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Guest Starring John Noble".

On 21 February 2025 Noble made his debut on season two of the Apple TV+ show Severance in the sixth episode, titled "Attila", playing the role of a character named Cecil Fields. Fields is a homosexual man who is married to Christopher Walken's character, Burt Goodman, who is often identified as "Burt G."

Personal life Noble divides his time between residences in New York City and Sydney, Australia, with wife Penny Noble. They have three children, including actress Samantha Noble. In 2011, Noble's hobbies were 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.

In 2012, Noble was diagnosed with osteoporosis. His charity, Noble Bones, helps to raise awareness of the disease.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Dreaming Dr. Richards 1989 A Sting in the Tale Prime Minister's minder 1990 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 CastCritics Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble National Board of Review Award for Best CastScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast 2004 Fracture Howard Peet 2006 One Night with the King Prince Admantha 2006 Running Scared Ivan Yugorsky 2006 Voodoo Lagoon Ben 2010 Risen Eddie Thomas 2010 The Last Airbender Dragon Spirit Voice Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast) 2013 Superman: Unbound Brainiac Voice, direct-to-video 2014 The Mule Pat Shepherd 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Father Kastner

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Police Rescue Sergeant Episode: "Hostage" 1993 Time Trax Mr. Michaels Episode: "One on One" 1997 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 film 2000 Tales of the South Seas Christian Ambrose Episode: "Trent in Love" 2000 Virtual Nightmare Dad Television film 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 film 2004 The Mystery of Natalie Wood Irving Pichel Television film 2002 Superfire Paul Baylis Television film 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 episodesCritics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on TelevisionNominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesNominated—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 Voice, television film 2013–2017 Sleepy Hollow Henry Parrish 22 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" 2015–2019 Elementary Morland Holmes 16 episodes 2017–2018 Legends of Tomorrow Mallus, himself 7 episodes 2017–2018 Salvation Nicholas Tanz 7 episodes 2017 The Librarians Monsignor Vega Episode: "And the Dark Secret", season 4 2018 The Blacklist Raleigh Sinclair III 2 episodes 2019 The Resident Elliot Festervan Episode: "Broker and Broker" 2020 Hunters Frederic Hauser Episode: "The Pious Thieves" 2020–2026 The Boys Sam Butcher 2 episodes 2021 Debris Otto Episode: "Celestial Body" 2021–2024 Star Trek: Prodigy The Diviner / Ilthuran Voice; 28 episodes 2021 Cowboy Bebop Caliban 3 episodes 2023 Totally Completely Fine Wilkinson 3 episodes 2023 Fired on Mars Falco Voice; episode: "Marsiversary" 2024 Twilight of the Gods Odin Voice role 2025 Severance Fields Season 2 2026 The Last Thing He Told Me Frank Campano 3 episodes

Video games

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 Category Nominated work Result 2003 National Board of Review Best Cast The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Cast Critics' Choice Awards Best Cast Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Cast Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2008 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Fringe 2009 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2010 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television 2011 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television 2013 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor on Television 2016 15th National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) awards Performance in a Drama, Supporting (as "Scarecrow") Batman: Arkham Knight