John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (22 January 1940 - 25 January 2017) was an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal and Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant, Caligula in the television series, I, Claudius (TV series), and An Englishman in New York. Recognizable for his distinctive rich voice, he has also enjoyed a successful voice acting career, starring in films such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings and Dogville, as well as BBC television series Merlin. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, and has since appeared in such popular motion pictures as: Alien, Midnight Express, Rob Roy, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Harry Potter film series and the Hellboy film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and has had a versatile film career spanning six decades. He is also known for his many Shakespearean roles. Hurt has received multiple awards and honours throughout his career including three BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, with six and two nominations respectively, as well as two Academy Award nominations. His character's final scene in Alien is consistently named as one of the most memorable in cinematic history.
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- Born:
- Jan 22, 1940 In Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 213
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Wild and the Willing 1962-10-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Damascus Cover 2017-10-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Damascus Cover | Miki | 2017-10-23 |
| Movie | The Journey | Harry Patterson | 2017-03-30 |
| Movie | My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | That Good Night | Ralph | 2017-06-20 |
| Movie | ChickLit | Francis Bonar | 2016-09-02 |
| Movie | The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets | Siegfried Sassoon | 2016-11-13 |
| Movie | Jackie | The Priest | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice) | 2015-04-21 |
| Movie | A.K.A Nadia | 347 | 2015-07-01 |
| Movie | Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie | Sailor John (voice) | 2015-07-17 |
| Series | The Last Panthers | Tom | 2015-11-12 |
| Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
| Movie | Hercules | Cotys | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | Wimbledon The Official Film 2014 | Narrator | 2014-08-31 |
| Movie | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford | 2013-07-25 |
| Movie | Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre | The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self | 2013-06-06 |
| Movie | Charlie Countryman | Narrator | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Snowpiercer | Gilliam | 2013-08-01 |
| Movie | Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | The War Doctor (archive voice) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Only Lovers Left Alive | Christopher Marlowe | 2013-12-12 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | Self | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Self / Stephen Ward | 2013-09-28 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-14 |
| Movie | The Snipist | The Ministry | 2012-05-24 |
| Movie | More Than Honey | Narrator (english voice) | 2012-08-11 |
| Series | Labyrinth | Audric Baillard | 2012-11-24 |
| Movie | Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers | Narrator (voice) | 2012-08-19 |
| Movie | Sightseers | Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2012-11-30 |
| Movie | Melancholia | Dexter | 2011-05-26 |
| Movie | The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa | Narrator | 2011-07-05 |
| Series | Human Planet | Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | Sailcloth | Man | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes | Professor Orit | 2011-07-09 |
| Series | The Confession | Priest | 2011-03-28 |
| Movie | The Confession | Priest | 2011-05-02 |
| Movie | The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice) | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Ollivander | 2011-07-12 |
| Movie | Immortals | Old Zeus | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | On Borrowed Time | Self | 2011-11-04 |
| Series | Planet Dinosaur | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-14 |
| Movie | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control | 2011-09-16 |
| Movie | In Love with Alma Cogan | MC | 2011-10-04 |
| Movie | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Grandpa Sammy (voice) | 2010-08-04 |
| Movie | Lou | Doyle | 2010-06-17 |
| Movie | Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery | 2010-09-13 |
| Movie | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Carnak | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | Love at First Sight | Arthur | 2010-11-16 |
| Movie | Whistle and I'll Come to You | James Parkin | 2010-12-24 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Ollivander | 2010-11-17 |
| Movie | The Limits of Control | Guitar | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | The Horned King (voice) (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Movie | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp | 2009-02-07 |
| Movie | Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World | Self (archive footage) | 2009-12-15 |
| Movie | The Gruffalo | Owl (voice) | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Professor Harold Oxley | 2008-05-21 |
| Movie | Outlander | Rothgar | 2008-04-24 |
| Movie | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom | 2008-01-18 |
| Movie | Recount | Warren Christopher | 2008-05-25 |
| Movie | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Trevor Bruttenholm | 2008-07-11 |
| Movie | Lecture 21 | Mondrian Kilroy | 2008-10-17 |
| Series | Merlin | The Great Dragon (voice) | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | New York, I Love You | Bellhop | 2008-09-06 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice) | 2007-03-10 |
| Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Unknown | 2007-08-04 |
| Movie | Boxes | Le père de Fanny | 2007-06-06 |
| Movie | V for Vendetta | Adam Sutler | 2006-02-23 |
| Movie | The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Narrator (voice) | 2006-03-16 |
| Movie | Shooting Dogs | Christopher | 2006-03-08 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator (voice) | 2006-09-13 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The War Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Narrator (voice) | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | Valiant | Felix (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
| Movie | Short Order | 2005-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb | 2005-10-06 |
| Movie | Hiroshima | Narrator (voice) | 2005-08-06 |
| Series | The Alan Clark Diaries | Alan Clark | 2004-01-15 |
| Movie | Pride | Harry (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
| Movie | Hellboy | Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm | 2004-04-02 |
| Movie | Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation | Self | 2004-07-27 |
| Movie | Shadowing the Third Man | Narrator (voice) | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill | Man from Maybury Hill | 2003-05-08 |
| Movie | Owning Mahowny | Victor Foss | 2003-05-02 |
| Movie | Dogville | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-21 |
| Movie | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Bait | Jack Blake | 2002-02-20 |
| Movie | Miranda | Christian | 2002-01-18 |
| Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | The Alien Saga | Narrator (voice) | 2002-11-13 |
| Movie | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis | 2001-04-18 |
| Movie | Tabloid | Vince | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Narrator (voice) | 2001-04-07 |
| Movie | Shaolin: Wheel of Life | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-11 |
| Movie | The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed | Self | 2001-12-11 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Mr. Ollivander | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | The Tigger Movie | Narrator (voice) | 2000-02-11 |
| Movie | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | 2000-09-08 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Father Lareaux | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers | 1999-07-09 |
| Movie | A Monkey's Tale | Sebastian (voice) | 1999-06-02 |
| Series | Watership Down | General Woundwort | 1999-09-28 |
| Movie | You're Dead... | Maitland | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | One Last Score | Sean Cooper | 1999-09-29 |
| Movie | New Blood | Alan White | 1999-11-15 |
| Movie | The Commissioner | James morton | 1998-02-22 |
| Movie | Night Train | Michael Poole | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath | 1998-07-03 |
| Movie | The Climb | Chuck Langer | 1998-03-11 |
| Movie | Contact | S. R. Hadden | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Bandyta | Babits | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner | 1996-05-16 |
| Movie | Rob Roy | John Graham | 1995-04-13 |
| Movie | On Jupiter | Narrator (voice) | 1995-08-03 |
| Movie | Two Nudes Bathing | Marquis de Prey | 1995-03-24 |
| Movie | Wild Bill | Charley Prince | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Dead Man | John Scholfield | 1995-12-23 |
| Movie | Saigon Baby | Jack Lee | 1995-12-16 |
| Movie | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole (voice) | 1994-03-30 |
| Movie | Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear | 1994-05-01 |
| Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | The World of Jim Henson | The Storyteller (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
| Movie | Second Best | Uncle Turpin | 1994-09-30 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Monolith | Villano | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Dark at Noon | Anthony / Le Marquis | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Father | 1992-12-12 |
| Movie | Red Fox | Archie Carpenter | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer | 1991-06-02 |
| Movie | I Dreamt I Woke Up | Boorman's Alter Ego | 1991-11-16 |
| Movie | Journey to Knock | Alfred | 1991-09-17 |
| Movie | Windprints | Charles Rutherford | 1990-06-29 |
| Movie | Romeo.Juliet | La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Resident Alien | Actor | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin | 1990-04-22 |
| Movie | Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-17 |
| Movie | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | Frankenstein Unbound | Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice) | 1990-11-02 |
| Movie | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self | 1990-10-19 |
| Movie | David Macaulay: Pyramid | Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice) | 1989-01-04 |
| Movie | Scandal | Stephen Ward | 1989-03-03 |
| Series | The Jim Henson Hour | 1989-04-14 | |
| Movie | Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger | 1989-10-19 |
| Movie | Deadline | Granville Jones | 1988-01-01 |
| Series | The Storyteller | The Storyteller | 1988-05-15 |
| Movie | The Bengali Night | Lucien Metz | 1988-10-26 |
| Movie | The Hunting of the Snark | The Narrator (voice) | 1987-04-01 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | John Hurt | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | Frightmares | 1987-01-01 | |
| Movie | White Mischief | Gilbert Colville | 1987-11-10 |
| Movie | Vincent | (voice) | 1987-10-08 |
| Movie | Aria | The Actor | 1987-09-15 |
| Movie | Jake Speed | Syd | 1986-05-30 |
| Movie | Rocinante | Bill | 1986-11-01 |
| Movie | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford | 1985-02-01 |
| Movie | Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
| Movie | The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
| Movie | The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima | Narrator (voice) | 1985-12-03 |
| Movie | Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva | 1984-05-26 |
| Movie | Champions | Bob Champion | 1984-04-20 |
| Movie | The Hit | Braddock | 1984-09-07 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1984-11-09 |
| Movie | King Lear | The Fool | 1983-04-03 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| Movie | The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett | 1983-10-14 |
| Movie | Partners | Kerwin | 1982-04-30 |
| Movie | Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk | 1982-02-05 |
| Movie | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice) | 1982-10-01 |
| Movie | History of the World: Part I | Jesus - The Roman Empire | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | An Evening with Quentin Crisp | Host | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | The Elephant Man | John Merrick | 1980-10-09 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine | 1980-11-19 |
| Series | Crime and Punishment | Raskolnikov | 1979-05-22 |
| Movie | Alien | Kane | 1979-05-25 |
| Movie | The Shout | Anthony Fielding | 1978-06-16 |
| Movie | Midnight Express | Max | 1978-08-31 |
| Movie | Watership Down | Hazel (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn (voice) | 1978-11-15 |
| Series | The Hollywood Greats | Unknown | 1977-08-04 |
| Movie | Spectre | Mitri Cyon | 1977-05-21 |
| Movie | Three Dangerous Ladies | Lt. George Simmonds | 1977-06-05 |
| Movie | The Disappearance | Atkinson | 1977-11-30 |
| Movie | East of Elephant Rock | Nash | 1977-10-22 |
| Movie | Stream Line | Chandler | 1976-05-06 |
| Series | I, Claudius | Caligula | 1976-09-20 |
| Series | The Sweeney | Unknown | 1975-01-02 |
| Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp | 1975-12-17 |
| Movie | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings | 1975-07-11 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Movie | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Malcolm Scrawdyke | 1974-06-11 |
| Series | Wessex Tales | Unknown | 1973-11-07 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | Franz | 1972-12-27 |
| Movie | 10 Rillington Place | Timothy Evans | 1971-02-10 |
| Series | A Ghost Story for Christmas | James Parkin | 1971-12-24 |
| Movie | Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Richard Forbush | 1971-07-29 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
| Movie | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington | 1969-01-17 |
| Movie | In Search of Gregory | Daniel | 1969-11-01 |
| Movie | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart | 1969-02-10 |
| Movie | The Sailor from Gibraltar | John | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich | 1966-12-13 |
| Series | Gideon's Way | Unknown | 1965-03-18 |
| Movie | This Is My Street | Charlie | 1964-01-15 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Willing | Phil Corbett | 1962-10-16 |