- 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 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), his name is misspelled "John Nogle."
- Has the distinction of having played two emotionally disturbed men whose son had died; Denethor in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), and Dr. Walter Bishop in Fringe (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.
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