Trivia

Did not star in his first film until he was 40 years old.

In 2011, John Noble won the inaugural Critics' Choice Television Award Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for Fringe.

In the ending credits of the Extended Edition of Chúa Tể Của Những Chiếc Nhẫn: Hai Tòa Tháp (2002), his name is misspelled "John Nogle."

Has the distinction of having played two emotionally disturbed men whose son had died; Denethor in Chúa Tể Của Những Chiếc Nhẫn: Sự Quay Trở Lại Của Nhà Vua (2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in Giải Mã Kỳ Án (2008).

His daughter is the actress Samantha Noble.

Bears a resemblance to actor Ray Wise, coincidently he is exactly 1 year to the day younger than Ray. Both their birthdays are on August 20.