
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.

Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · as Patriarch of Jerusalem

Death on the Nile
1978 · as James Ferguson

Frenzy
1972 · as Richard Ian "Dick" Blaney

The Vampire Lovers
1970 · as Carl Ebhardt

Macbeth
1971 · as Macbeth

Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · as Scotsman

Unexplained Laughter
1989 · as Finn

Breaking Glass
1980 · as Woods

The Horror of Frankenstein
1970 · as Lt. Henry Becker

Game of Seduction
1976 · as Count Charles de Lapalmmes

The Standard
1977 · as Charbinsky

The Big Screen
1973 · as Self

Lurking Fear
1994 · as Bennett

Beautiful Lies
1992 · as George Orwell

The Voice
1989 · as Miller

The Final Programme
1973 · as Jerry Cornelius

Tomb of Terror
2004 · as Bennett

Henry IV Part 2
1979 · as King Henry IV