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John Hurt
Born · January 22, 1940
Died · January 25, 2017 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Bio
Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
4.3
2021
Ayamé
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2018
Damascus Cover
Miki
5.5
2017
That Good Night
Ralph
6.9
2017
My Name Is Lenny
Leslie Salmon
5.8
2017
The Journey
Harry Patterson
6.4
2017
Jackie
The Priest
6.5
2016
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
Siegfried Sassoon
0.0
2016
Back to Utopia
Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
0.0
2016
The Final Reel
Self - Narrator (voice)
6.0
2016
ChickLit
Francis Bonar
5.5
2016
The Last Panthers
Tom · (6 episodes)
6.3
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Sailor John (voice)
6.3
2015
A.K.A Nadia
347
7.7
2015
Break
Jack
7.0
2015
The Alchemist's Letter
The Alchemist (voice)
7.0
2015
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
Narator
0.0
2015
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
Narrator
10.0
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
4.8
2014
Hercules
Cotys
5.8
2014
Only Lovers Left Alive
Christopher Marlowe
7.2
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
9.0
2013
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The War Doctor
0.0
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The War Doctor
8.2
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The War Doctor (archive voice)
7.9
2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The War Doctor
8.0
2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Self / Stephen Ward
7.5
2013
Muse of Fire
Self
6.5
2013
Snowpiercer
Gilliam
6.9
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Kingsley Bedford
5.9
2013
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
0.0
2013
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Narrator (voice)
5.5
2013
Sightseers
Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.3
2012
Labyrinth
Audric Baillard · (2 episodes)
5.6
2012
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
Narrator (voice)
8.1
2012
More Than Honey
Narrator (english voice)
7.2
2012
The Hollow Crown
The Chorus · (1 episode)
7.4
2012
The Snipist
The Ministry
9.0
2012
The Gruffalo's Child
The Owl (voice)
6.8
2011
Immortals
Old Zeus
6.0
2011
On Borrowed Time
Self
5.3
2011
In Love with Alma Cogan
MC
7.0
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Control
6.6
2011
Planet Dinosaur
Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
8.2
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Ollivander
8.1
2011
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
Professor Orit
5.5
2011
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Narrator
0.0
2011
Melancholia
Dexter
7.2
2011
The Confession
Priest
6.5
2011
The Confession
Priest · (10 episodes)
7.3
2011
Human Planet
Narrator (voice) · (8 episodes)
8.3
2011
Sailcloth
Man
9.0
2011
Whistle and I'll Come to You
James Parkin
5.8
2010
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Carnak
5.8
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Ollivander
7.7
2010
Love at First Sight
Arthur
8.0
2010
Brighton Rock
Phil Corkery
5.7
2010
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
0.0
2010
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Grandpa Sammy (voice)
6.0
2010
Lou
Doyle
6.7
2010
The Gruffalo
Owl (voice)
7.3
2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2009
Ballybrando
Self
10.0
2009
44 Inch Chest
Old Man Peanut
5.5
2009
Remembrance
Bellhop
0.0
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
7.2
2009
The Limits of Control
Guitar
6.0
2009
An Englishman in New York
Quentin Crisp
6.4
2009
Lecture 21
Mondrian Kilroy
6.2
2008
Merlin
The Great Dragon (voice) · (65 episodes)
7.8
2008
New York, I Love You
Bellhop
5.9
2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Trevor Bruttenholm
6.8
2008
Recount
Warren Christopher
6.8
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Professor Harold Oxley
6.0
2008
Outlander
Rothgar
6.4
2008
The Oxford Murders
Arthur Seldom
6.0
2008
Masters of Science Fiction
Samswope · (1 episode)
6.2
2007
Boxes
Fanny's father
5.3
2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
6.3
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
0.0
2007
Interview with John Hurt
Self
9.0
2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Narrator (voice)
7.4
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
Whaledreamers
Self
5.8
2006
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2006
Shooting Dogs
Christopher
7.4
2006
V for Vendetta
Adam Sutler
7.9
2006
The Proposition
Jellon Lamb
7.0
2005
Once Upon a Halloween
The Horned King
6.2
2005
Hiroshima
Narrator (voice)
7.1
2005
The Skeleton Key
Ben Devereaux
6.6
2005
Manderlay
Narrator (voice)
6.9
2005
Doctor Who
War Doctor · (1 episode)
7.5
2005
Doctor Who
The Doctor · (1 episode)
7.5
2005
Valiant
Felix (voice)
5.5
2005
Short Order
4.4
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2004
Shadowing the Third Man
Narrator (voice)
6.1
2004
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
8.0
2004
Pride
Harry (voice)
6.2
2004
Hellboy
Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
6.7
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Self
7.0
2004
The Alan Clark Diaries
Alan Clark · (6 episodes)
6.5
2004
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
8.2
2003
Dogville
Narrator (voice)
7.8
2003
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Man from Maybury Hill
7.0
2003
Owning Mahowny
Victor Foss
6.8
2003
The Alien Saga
Narrator (voice)
6.4
2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
7.0
2002
Crime and Punishment
Porfiry, chief investigator
5.0
2002
HypaSpace
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2002
Bait
Jack Blake
7.0
2002
Miranda
Christian
5.6
2002
Edge of the Universe
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
0.0
2002
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
Narrator (voice)
7.0
2001
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Self
6.0
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Mr. Ollivander
7.9
2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Dr. Iannis
6.0
2001
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Narrator (voice)
7.5
2001
Tabloid
Vince
4.7
2001
Lost Souls
Father Lareaux
5.0
2000
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp
7.4
2000
The Tigger Movie
Narrator (voice)
6.5
2000
New Blood
Alan White
5.2
1999
You're Dead...
Maitland
6.4
1999
One Last Score
Sean Cooper
3.7
1999
Watership Down
General Woundwort · (39 episodes)
7.5
1999
All the Little Animals
Mr. Summers
6.2
1999
Love and Death on Long Island
Giles De'Ath
6.4
1998
The Climb
Chuck Langer
6.9
1998
The Commissioner
James morton
5.8
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1998
Night Train
Michael Poole
7.0
1998
Bandyta
Babits
5.7
1997
Contact
S. R. Hadden
7.4
1997
Tender Loving Care
Dr. Turner
2.5
1996
Dead Man
John Scholfield
7.3
1995
Saigon Baby
Jack Lee
0.0
1995
Wild Bill
Charley Prince
5.7
1995
Picture Windows
Marquis de Prey · (1 episode)
0.0
1995
On Jupiter
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1995
Rob Roy
John Graham
6.7
1995
Two Nudes Bathing
Marquis de Prey
2.0
1995
The World of Jim Henson
The Storyteller (archive footage)
7.3
1994
Second Best
Uncle Turpin
6.7
1994
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
The Countess
4.4
1994
Great Moments in Aviation
Rex Goodyear
5.3
1994
Thumbelina
Mr. Mole (voice)
6.4
1994
Monolith
Villano
4.4
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Father
1.0
1992
Dark at Noon
Anthony / Le Marquis
6.4
1992
Red Fox
Archie Carpenter
5.0
1991
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Boorman's Alter Ego
6.0
1991
Journey to Knock
Alfred
0.0
1991
Lapse of Memory
Conrad Farmer
6.5
1991
Performance
The Father · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
King Ralph
Lord Percival Graves
5.4
1991
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1990
Frankenstein Unbound
Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
5.7
1990
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
5.0
1990
The Field
Bird' O'Donnell
7.0
1990
Resident Alien
Actor
5.3
1990
Windprints
Charles Rutherford
6.5
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Chris Mullin
7.0
1990
Romeo.Juliet
La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
0.0
1990
Little Sweetheart
Robert Burger
5.4
1989
The Jim Henson Hour
(12 episodes)
9.0
1989
Scandal
Stephen Ward
5.9
1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
0.0
1989
The Bengali Night
Lucien Metz
5.8
1988
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
0.0
1988
The Storyteller
The Storyteller · (9 episodes)
8.1
1988
Deadline
Granville Jones
5.8
1988
White Mischief
Gilbert Colville
6.0
1987
Vincent
(voice)
6.7
1987
Aria
The Actor
5.6
1987
Spaceballs
John Hurt
6.8
1987
The Hunting of the Snark
The Narrator (voice)
8.0
1987
From the Hip
Douglas Benoit
5.9
1987
Iceberg
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1987
Monolith
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1987
Frightmares
0.0
1987
Rocinante
Bill
0.0
1986
Thames Film
0.0
1986
Jake Speed
Syd
4.4
1986
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Narrator (voice)
4.3
1985
The Black Cauldron
The Horned King (voice)
6.4
1985
Live Aid
Self
7.9
1985
After Darkness
Peter Hunningford
4.4
1985
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith
6.8
1984
The Hit
Braddock
6.4
1984
Success Is the Best Revenge
Dino Montecurva
5.5
1984
Champions
Bob Champion
6.8
1984
Sunset People
0.0
1984
Natural World
Narrator · (2 episodes)
7.0
1983
The Osterman Weekend
Lawrence Fassett
5.6
1983
King Lear
The Fool
6.5
1983
The Plague Dogs
Snitter (voice)
7.9
1982
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
0.0
1982
Partners
Kerwin
5.5
1982
Night Crossing
Peter Strelzyk
6.1
1982
History of the World: Part I
Jesus - The Roman Empire
6.8
1981
Heaven's Gate
Billy Irvine
6.8
1980
The Elephant Man
John Merrick
8.0
1980
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
Host
10.0
1980
Alien
Kane
8.2
1979
Crime and Punishment
Raskolnikov · (3 episodes)
7.3
1979
The Lord of the Rings
Aragorn (voice)
6.6
1978
Watership Down
Hazel (voice)
7.2
1978
Midnight Express
Max
7.5
1978
The Shout
Anthony Fielding
5.9
1978
The Disappearance
Atkinson
5.6
1977
East of Elephant Rock
Nash
3.5
1977
The Hollywood Greats
(1 episode)
3.5
1977
Three Dangerous Ladies
Lt. George Simmonds
5.0
1977
Spectre
Mitri Cyon
6.2
1977
I, Claudius
Caligula · (12 episodes)
7.8
1976
Stream Line
Chandler
0.0
1976
The Peddler
Alec Cassell
0.0
1976
The Playboy of the Western World
Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
0.0
1974
The StoryTeller
The Storyteller
0.0
I, Claudius
(4 episodes)
7.8
1976
The Naked Civil Servant
Quentin Crisp
6.7
1975
The Ghoul
Tom Rawlings
4.9
1975
The Sweeney
Tony Grey · (1 episode)
7.7
1975
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
Malcolm Scrawdyke
6.1
1974
NOVA
Narrator · (1 episode)
6.9
1974
Wessex Tales
Joshua Harlborough · (1 episode)
6.0
1973
The Pied Piper
Franz
5.9
1972
A Ghost Story for Christmas
James Parkin · (1 episode)
7.4
1971
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Richard Forbush
5.5
1971
10 Rillington Place
Timothy Evans
7.3
1971
Great Performances
Narrator · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Play for Today
Alec Cassell · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
In Search of Gregory
Daniel
5.6
1969
Sinful Davey
Davey Haggart
5.5
1969
Before Winter Comes
Lieutenant Pilkington
5.9
1969
The Sailor from Gibraltar
John
5.7
1967
A Man for All Seasons
Richard Rich
7.3
1966
Gideon's Way
Freddy Tisdale · (1 episode)
6.8
1965
This Is My Street
Charlie
6.1
1964
The Wild and the Willing
Phil Corbett
5.8
1962
Armchair Theatre
Joe · (1 episode)
5.8
1956
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944