Walter Bishop – Portrayed by John Noble, Walter Bishop is another personality in the fringe science who has a recorded IQ of 196. The former researcher for the government was imprisoned after an accident in his laboratory. The accident resulted for man slaughter charges against him. For over 17 years, Walter Bishop was locked in a mental institution before he was assigned to be part of the Fringe division. Basically, Walter is always fascinated with the modern technology and seems to have no connection with the real world. Walter is the only person who is known for his strong stomach because he could eat or drink while in front of a body he is working on. Walter also has a parallel character from another universe. The character is called Walternate who is the Secretary of Defense.

John Noble, the Australian actor portrays the role of Walter Bishop in the series “Fringe”. The Australian actor was born on August 20, 1948 and had already been in various movie, television and even theatre directing. Actually, there are more than 80 plays that he had already directed. His other projects includes “All saints”, “One Night with the King”, and the trilogy of “The Lord of the Rings”.