John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) 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:
- 189
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Wild and the Willing 1962-10-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie Damascus Cover 2018-07-20
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Damascus Cover | Miki | 2018-07-20 |
| Movie | That Good Night | Ralph | 2018-05-05 |
| Movie | My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | The Journey | Harry Patterson | 2017-03-30 |
| Movie | Jackie | The Priest | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets | Siegfried Sassoon | 2016-11-13 |
| Movie | ChickLit | Francis Bonar | 2016-09-02 |
| Movie | The Last Panthers | Tom Kendle | 2016-04-13 |
| Series | The Last Panthers | Tom | 2015-11-12 |
| Movie | Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie | Sailor John | 2015-07-17 |
| Movie | The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice) | 2015-04-21 |
| Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Himself | 2014-08-25 |
| Movie | Hercules | Cotys | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | Trencaneu | Gilliam | 2013-08-01 |
| Movie | Sightseers | Jerusalem Narrator | 2013-05-10 |
| Movie | Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Narrator | 2013-05-24 |
| Movie | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford | 2013-07-25 |
| Movie | Charlie Countryman | Narrator | 2013-11-15 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Himself | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-14 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Only Lovers Left Alive | Marlowe | 2013-12-12 |
| Series | Labyrinth | Audric Baillard | 2012-11-24 |
| Movie | Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers | Narrator (voice) | 2012-08-19 |
| Movie | The Confession | Priest | 2011-07-01 |
| Movie | Sailcloth | Man | 2011-01-01 |
| Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
| Series | The Confession | Priest | 2011-03-28 |
| Movie | Melancholia | Dexter | 2011-05-26 |
| Movie | El talp | Control | 2011-09-16 |
| Movie | Harry Potter i les relíquies de la mort: part 2 | Mr. Ollivander | 2011-07-07 |
| Movie | Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery | 2011-08-26 |
| Series | Planet Dinosaur | Narrator | 2011-09-14 |
| Movie | The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice) | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | Immortals | Old Zeus | 2011-11-10 |
| Movie | 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes | Professor Orit | 2011-07-09 |
| Movie | Harry Potter i les relíquies de la mort: part 1 | Mr. Ollivander | 2010-10-17 |
| Movie | Lou | Doyle | 2010-06-17 |
| Movie | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Grandpa Sammy (voice) | 2010-08-03 |
| Movie | Love at First Sight | Arthur | 2010-11-16 |
| Movie | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Carnak | 2010-12-10 |
| Movie | Whistle and I'll Come to You | James Parkin | 2010-12-24 |
| Movie | El Grúfal | Owl (voice) | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | Creating The World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins | Himself | 2009-11-17 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | The Limits of Control | Guitar | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp | 2009-04-27 |
| Movie | Lecture 21 | 2008-01-01 | |
| Movie | Outlander | Rothgar | 2008-04-24 |
| Movie | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom | 2008-01-18 |
| Movie | New York, I Love You | Bellhop (segment "Shekhar Kapur") | 2008-09-06 |
| Movie | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Professor Oxley | 2008-05-22 |
| Movie | Recount | Warren Christopher | 2008-05-28 |
| Series | Merlin | The Great Dragon (voice) | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | Hellboy II, l'exèrcit daurat | Trevor Bruttenholm | 2008-07-11 |
| Movie | Boxes | Le père de Fanny | 2007-06-06 |
| Movie | Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm | 2007-03-10 |
| Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator (voice) | 2007-01-05 |
| Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Unknown | 2007-08-03 |
| Movie | V de Vendetta | Chancellor Adam Sutler | 2006-03-15 |
| Movie | Shooting Dogs | Christopher | 2006-03-08 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Narrator | 2006-03-16 |
| Movie | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb | 2005-10-06 |
| Movie | Valiant | Felix (voice) | 2005-08-19 |
| Movie | Hiroshima | Narrator (voice) | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Narrator (Voice) | 2005-05-16 |
| Series | Doctor Who | The War Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | The Alan Clark Diaries | 2004-01-15 | |
| Series | The Alan Clark Diaries | 2004-01-15 | |
| Movie | Tabloid | Vince | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Hellboy | Prof. Bruttenholm | 2004-04-02 |
| Movie | Shadowing the Third Man | Narrator | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | Pride | Harry (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
| Movie | The Beast Within: Making “Alien” | Himself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Dogville | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-19 |
| 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 | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator | 2002-06-01 |
| Series | HypaSpace | 2002-05-13 | |
| Movie | Miranda | Christian | 2002-01-18 |
| Movie | The Alien Saga | narrator | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Narrator | 2001-04-07 |
| Movie | Shaolin: Wheel of Life | Narrator | 2001-12-11 |
| Movie | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis | 2001-04-18 |
| Movie | Harry Potter i la pedra filosofal | Garrick Ollivander | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | Lost Souls | Father Lareaux | 2000-10-13 |
| Movie | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | 2000-09-08 |
| Movie | New Blood | 2000-06-20 | |
| Movie | You're Dead | Maitland | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | If... Dog... Rabbit | Sean Cooper | 1999-09-29 |
| Series | Watership Down | 1999-09-28 | |
| Movie | All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers | 1999-07-09 |
| Movie | Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | The Climb | Chuck Langer | 1998-03-11 |
| Movie | Night Train | Michael Poole | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | The Commissioner | James morton | 1998-02-22 |
| Movie | Bandyta | Babits | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Contact | S. R. Hadden | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Dead Man | John Scholfield | 1996-05-10 |
| Movie | Rob Roy | John Graham (Marquis of Montrose) | 1995-04-14 |
| Movie | Two Nudes Bathing | Marquis de Prey | 1995-03-24 |
| Movie | On Jupiter | Narrator | 1995-08-03 |
| Movie | La llegenda de Wild Bill | Charley Prince | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Saigon Baby | 1995-12-16 | |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear | 1994-05-01 |
| Movie | Second Best | Uncle Turpin | 1994-09-30 |
| Movie | Monolith | Villano | 1993-05-27 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Father | 1992-12-12 |
| Movie | Dark at Noon | 1992-05-26 | |
| Movie | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Red Fox | Archie Carpenter | 1991-01-01 |
| 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 | Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool | Narrator | 1990-12-17 |
| Movie | Frankenstein Unbound | Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator | 1990-11-02 |
| Movie | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | Resident Alien | Himself | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Windprints | Charles Rutherford | 1990-06-29 |
| Movie | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin | 1990-04-22 |
| Movie | Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger | 1989-10-19 |
| Series | The Jim Henson Hour | 1989-04-14 | |
| Movie | Scandal | Stephen Ward | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Deadline | Granville Jones | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Aria | The Actor | 1988-05-20 |
| Movie | White Mischief | Gilbert Colville | 1988-04-22 |
| Series | The Storyteller | The Storyteller | 1988-05-15 |
| Movie | Vincent | (voice) | 1987-10-08 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | John Hurt | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | The Hunting of the Snark | The Narrator | 1987-04-01 |
| Movie | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | Frightmares | 1987-01-01 | |
| Movie | Rocinante | Bill | 1986-11-01 |
| Movie | Jake Speed | Syd | 1986-05-30 |
| Movie | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford | 1985-02-01 |
| Movie | The Hit | Braddock | 1985-03-08 |
| Movie | Live Aid | 1985-07-13 | |
| Movie | The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
| Movie | The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima | Narrator | 1985-12-03 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1984-10-10 |
| Movie | Success Is the Best Revenge | 1984-05-26 | |
| Movie | Champions | Bob Champion | 1984-04-20 |
| Movie | Unknown | Lawrence Fassett | 1983-10-14 |
| Movie | King Lear | The Fool | 1983-04-03 |
| Movie | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice) | 1982-10-21 |
| Movie | Partners | Kerwin | 1982-04-30 |
| Movie | Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk | 1982-02-05 |
| Movie | History of the World: Part I | Jesus - The Roman Empire | 1981-06-12 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine | 1980-11-19 |
| Movie | The Elephant Man | John Merrick | 1980-10-02 |
| Movie | An Evening with Quentin Crisp | Himself / Presenter | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Alien | Gilbert Ward Kane | 1979-05-25 |
| Series | Crime and Punishment | 1979-05-22 | |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn (voice) | 1978-11-15 |
| Movie | Watership Down | Hazel (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
| Movie | Midnight Express | Max | 1978-09-12 |
| Movie | The Shout | Anthony Fielding | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Spectre | Mitri Cyon | 1977-05-21 |
| Movie | Three Dangerous Ladies | Lt. George Simmonds | 1977-06-05 |
| Series | The Hollywood Greats | Unknown | 1977-08-04 |
| Movie | East of Elephant Rock | Nash | 1977-10-22 |
| Movie | The Disappearance | 1977-11-30 | |
| Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp | 1976-11-01 |
| Series | I, Claudius | Caligula | 1976-09-20 |
| Movie | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings | 1975-07-11 |
| Series | The Sweeney | Unknown | 1975-01-02 |
| Movie | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Malcolm Scrawdyke | 1974-06-11 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Series | Wessex Tales | Unknown | 1973-11-07 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | Franz | 1972-12-27 |
| Movie | 10 Rillington Place | Timothy Evans | 1971-02-10 |
| Movie | Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Richard Forbush | 1971-07-29 |
| Series | A Ghost Story for Christmas | James Parkin | 1971-12-24 |
| Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
| Movie | In Search of Gregory | Daniel | 1969-11-01 |
| Movie | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington | 1969-03-24 |
| Movie | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart | 1969-02-10 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1967-12-10 |
| Movie | The Sailor from Gibraltar | 1967-01-01 | |
| Movie | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich | 1966-12-12 |
| 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 |