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Jon Finch (born March 2, 1941 in Caterham, Surrey) is an English actor noted for many Shakespearean roles. Perhaps his most notable role was Macbeth in Roman Polanski's 1971 film of The Tragedy of Macbeth.

He has appeared in films such as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Frenzy (1972, portraying a man wrongly-accused of murder; Death on the Nile (1978); and most recently, a small role as the Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem in the Ridley Scott film Kingdom of Heaven (2005).

He is not related to Peter Finch. However, they both appeared in Sunday Bloody Sunday
(1971), Peter in a leading role, and Jon in a minor role.

Filmography

Kingdom of Heaven
(2005)
New Tricks (2003)
Anazapta (2001)
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1997)
Darklands (1996)
Lurking Fear (1994)
Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1991)
La Più bella del reame (1989)
Rehovot Ha'Etmol (1989)
The Rainbow (1988)
Unexplained Laughter (1988)
Plaza Real (1988)
Die Stimme (1988)
Riviera (1987)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984)
The Odd Job Man (1984)
Pop Pirates (1984)
Power Game (1983)
Giro City (1982)
Doktor Faustus (1982)
Peter and Paul
(1981)
Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos (1980)
Breaking Glass
(1980)
Witching Time (1980)
Henry IV, Part II (1979)
Henry IV, Part I (1979)
La Sabina (1979)
King Richard the Second (1978)
Death on the Nile
(1978)
Die Standarte (1977)
Une femme fidèle (1976)
El Segundo poder (1976)
Diagnosis: Murder (1975)
The Final Programme
(1973)
Frenzy
(1972)
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
(1971)
The Horror of Frankenstein
(1970)
The Vampire Lovers
(1970)

Trivia

Jon Finch was portraying the role of Kane in the film Alien
(1979), also directed by Ridley Scott, but then fell ill, and then was replaced by John Hurt
. The reason for his illness was that he was a diabetic.

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