Noble, John 1948–

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Noble, John 1948–

(John Nogle)

PERSONAL

Born August 20, 1948, in Port Pirie, South Australia; children: Samantha (an actress).

Addresses:

Agent—Amber Raitz, Coast to Coast Talent, Inc., 3950 Barham Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90068. Manager—Nicolas Bernheim, Seven Summits Pictures and Management, 8906 West Olympic Blvd., Ground Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Rolland Management, 205 Beattie St., P.O. Box 1510, Rozelle, New South Wales 2039, Australia.

Career:

Actor, director, and educator. Stage Company of South Australia, artistic director, 1977-87; Brent Street School of the Arts, Sydney, Australia, head of drama department, 1997-2000; teacher at National Institute of Dramatic Arts, Flinders University, Carclew Youth Drama Camps, and elsewhere; operator of private training studio; voice teacher, and acting teacher. Australian Drama Festival, Adelaide, chair, 1982; Adelaide Festival Centre, trustee for nearly ten years.

Member:

Association of Community Theatres (of Australia; founding member; past chair).

Awards, Honors:

DVD Exclusive Award nomination (with others), best audio commentary for a DVD release, DVD Exclusive Awards, 2003, for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; National Board of Review Award, 2003, Screen Actors Guild Award, 2004, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, 2004, and Critics Choice Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association, 2004, all best acting ensemble (with others), for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Dr. Richards, The Dreaming, Platinum Disc, 1988.

Prime minister's minder, A Sting in the Tale (also known as Scorpio), Video Entertainment, 1990.

Sergeant, They Call Me Mr. Brown, Home Cinema Group, 1990.

General Booth, The Nostradamus Kid, Live Entertainment, 1993.

Mr. Morris, The Monkey's Mask (also known as Cercle intime, La maschera di scimmia, and Poetry, Sex), Strand Releasing, 2001.

Denethor (credited as John Nogle in extended edition), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers, Der Herr der ringe: Die zwei tuerme, and Bechdebis mbrdzanebeli), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Denethor, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King and Der Herr der ringe: die rueckkehr des koenigs), New Line Cinema, 2003.

Howard Peet, Fracture, Polyphony Entertainment/New Zealand Film Commission, 2004.

Himself, Ringers: Lord of the Fans (documentary), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

Ben, Voodoo Lagoon, Shoreline Entertainment, 2006.

Ivan Yugorsky, Running Scared, New Line Cinema, 2006.

Prince Admantha, One Night with the King, Rocky Mountain Pictures, 2006.

Eddie Thomas, Risen, Burn Hand Film Productions, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Dr. John Madsen, All Saints, Seven Network, 1998-2004.

Dr. Helpman, Home and Away, Seven Network, 2006.

Blackbeard, Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Sorrentino, Airtight, UPN, 1999.

Dad, Virtual Nightmare, UPN, 2000.

Paul Baylis, Superfire (also known as Firefighter—Inferno in Oregon and Superfire—Inferno in Oregon), ABC, 2002.

Fergus Hunter, The Outsider, Showtime, 2002.

Irving Pichel, The Mystery of Natalie Wood, ABC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Rigoletto, "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot"), PBS, 1991.

Sergeant, "Hostage," Police Rescue, AVC, 1991.

Mr. Michaels, "One on One," Time Trax, syndicated, 1993.

Graham James, "Future Past and Present," Big Sky, 1997.

Dr. Harry, "Epiphany," Water Rats, Nine Network, 1998.

Christian Ambrose, "Epiphany," Tales of the South Seas, Ten Network, 2000.

Commander Warren, "Beech on the Run," The Bill, ITV1, 2001.

Inspector Anderson, "The Knife," The Lost World (also known as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World"), syndicated, 2001.

Michael Kranz, "Disgraceful Conduct," Stingers, Nine Network, 2002.

Adam Gallagher, "Fruit Market Underworld," Young Lions, 2002.

Adam Gallagher, China Town"," Young Lions, 2002.

Adam Gallagher, "The Navy: Part 2," Young Lions, 2002.

Adam Gallagher, "Serial Killer: Part 2," Young Lions, 2002.

Guest, Filmland, 2003.

Meurik, "Camelot," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles), Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

Anatoly Markov, "Day 6: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.," 24, Fox, 2007.

Anatoly Markov, "Day 6: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.," 24, Fox, 2007.

The chief executive officer, "Pandemonium: Part 2," The Unit, CBS, 2007.

Appeared as Eddie Clark in Above the Law.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Appeared as Ben, Hill's' End.

Stage Appearances:

Dr. Reid, The Arab's Mouth, Smug Theatre Company, Sydney, Australia, 2003.

Edison, Johnson, Strauss, and Harvey, Room 207: Nicolas Tesla, X-Ray Theatre Company, 2003.

Also appeared as Pasha Salem, The Abduction from the Seraglio, State Opera of South Australia; multiple roles, Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys, Stage Company of South Australia, and Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; Robert Greene, Cheapside, and the brother, The Christian Brothers, Stage Company of South Australia; Prince Leopold, Czarda's Princess, State Opera of South Australia; Maxim Gorky, Death of Danko, Stage Company of South Australia, Adelaide Festival Trust; Reeves, The Death of George Reeves, and the man, The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin, Stage Company of South Australia; autocrat, Give Us Time, Adelaide Festival Theatre; Dirk, Impropriety, and Mordecai, In Duty Bound, C. Cummings Productions; Gloucester, King Lear, Stage Company of South Australia; Michel, La Musica, and Arthur, On Tidy Endings, Lookout Theatre Club, Sydney; Stuart Gunn, The Perfectionist, Stage Company of South Australia; Alonso, The Tempest, and Krasin, Traitors, State Theatre Company of South Australia; Hugh, Translations, and Chaim, Two, Stage Company of South Australia.

Stage Director:

Percy and Rose, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide, Australia, 1982, then national tour.

Sons of Cain, West End production, London, 1986.

Radio Appearances:

Performed in radio plays for Australian Broadcasting Corp.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice of Denethor (in archive footage), The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (video game), Electronic Arts, 2004.