Actor
John Hurt
Biography

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 performan ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Doctor Who at the Proms | The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
2021 -- Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage)
2018 -- Ayamé | Narrator (voice)
2017 -- Damascus Cover | Miki
2017 -- That Good Night | Ralph
2017 -- My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon
2017 -- The Journey | Harry Patterson
2016 -- Jackie | The Priest
2016 -- The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets | Siegfried Sassoon
2016 -- Back to Utopia | Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
2016 -- The Final Reel | Self - Narrator (voice)
2016 -- ChickLit | Francis Bonar
2015 -- Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie | Sailor John (voice)
2015 -- A.K.A Nadia | 347
2015 -- Break | Jack
2015 -- The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice)
2015 -- Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces | Narator
2014 -- Wimbledon The Official Film 2014 | Narrator
2014 -- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self
2014 -- Hercules | Cotys
2013 -- Only Lovers Left Alive | Christopher Marlowe
2013 -- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | The War Doctor (archive voice)
2013 -- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The War Doctor
2013 -- The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The War Doctor
2013 -- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | Self
2013 -- Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor | The War Doctor
2013 -- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Self / Stephen Ward
2013 -- Muse of Fire | Self
2013 -- Snowpiercer | Gilliam
2013 -- Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford
2013 -- Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre | The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
2013 -- Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Narrator (voice)
2012 -- Sightseers | Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2012 -- Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers | Narrator (voice)
2012 -- More Than Honey | Narrator (english voice)
2012 -- The Snipist | The Ministry
2011 -- The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice)
2011 -- Immortals | Old Zeus
2011 -- On Borrowed Time | Self
2011 -- In Love with Alma Cogan | MC
2011 -- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control
2011 -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Ollivander
2011 -- 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes | Professor Orit
2011 -- The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa | Narrator
2011 -- Melancholia | Dexter
2011 -- The Confession | Priest
2011 -- Sailcloth | Man
2010 -- Whistle and I'll Come to You | James Parkin
2010 -- Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Carnak
2010 -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Ollivander
2010 -- Love at First Sight | Arthur
2010 -- Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery
2010 -- Behind Jim Jarmusch | Self
2010 -- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Grandpa Sammy (voice)
2010 -- Lou | Doyle
2009 -- The Gruffalo | Owl (voice)
2009 -- Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World | Self (archive footage)
2009 -- Ballybrando | Self
2009 -- 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut
2009 -- Remembrance | Bellhop
2009 -- Waking Sleeping Beauty | The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
2009 -- The Limits of Control | Guitar
2009 -- An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp
2008 -- Lecture 21 | Mondrian Kilroy
2008 -- New York, I Love You | Bellhop
2008 -- Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Trevor Bruttenholm
2008 -- Recount | Warren Christopher
2008 -- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Professor Harold Oxley
2008 -- Outlander | Rothgar
2008 -- The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom
2007 -- Boxes | Fanny's father
2007 -- Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
2007 -- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self
2007 -- Interview with John Hurt | Self
2006 -- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator (voice)
2006 -- Whaledreamers | Self
2006 -- The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Narrator (voice)
2006 -- Shooting Dogs | Christopher
2006 -- V for Vendetta | Adam Sutler
2005 -- The Proposition | Jellon Lamb
2005 -- Once Upon a Halloween | The Horned King
2005 -- Hiroshima | Narrator (voice)
2005 -- The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux
2005 -- Manderlay | Narrator (voice)
2005 -- Valiant | Felix (voice)
2005 -- Short Order |
2004 -- Shadowing the Third Man | Narrator (voice)
2004 -- Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation | Self
2004 -- Pride | Harry (voice)
2004 -- Hellboy | Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
2004 -- Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' | Self
2003 -- The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self
2003 -- Dogville | Narrator (voice)
2003 -- Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill | Man from Maybury Hill
2003 -- Owning Mahowny | Victor Foss
2002 -- The Alien Saga | Narrator (voice)
2002 -- I, Claudius: A Television Epic | Self
2002 -- Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator
2002 -- Bait | Jack Blake
2002 -- Miranda | Christian
2001 -- The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed | Self
2001 -- Shaolin: Wheel of Life | Narrator (voice)
2001 -- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Mr. Ollivander
2001 -- Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis
2001 -- The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Narrator (voice)
2001 -- Tabloid | Vince
2000 -- Lost Souls | Father Lareaux
2000 -- Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp
2000 -- The Tigger Movie | Narrator (voice)
1999 -- New Blood | Alan White
1999 -- You're Dead... | Maitland
1999 -- One Last Score | Sean Cooper
1999 -- All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers
1998 -- Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath
1998 -- The Climb | Chuck Langer
1998 -- The Commissioner | James morton
1998 -- Night Train | Michael Poole
1997 -- Bandyta | Babits
1997 -- Contact | S. R. Hadden
1996 -- Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner
1995 -- Dead Man | John Scholfield
1995 -- Saigon Baby | Jack Lee
1995 -- Wild Bill | Charley Prince
1995 -- On Jupiter | Narrator (voice)
1995 -- Rob Roy | John Graham
1995 -- Two Nudes Bathing | Marquis de Prey
1994 -- The World of Jim Henson | The Storyteller (archive footage)
1994 -- Second Best | Uncle Turpin
1994 -- Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp | Narrator (voice)
1994 -- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess
1994 -- Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear
1994 -- Thumbelina | Mr. Mole (voice)
1993 -- Monolith | Villano
1992 -- Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Father
1992 -- Dark at Noon | Anthony / Le Marquis
1991 -- Red Fox | Archie Carpenter
1991 -- I Dreamt I Woke Up | Boorman's Alter Ego
1991 -- Journey to Knock | Alfred
1991 -- Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer
1991 -- King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves
1990 -- Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool | Narrator (voice)
1990 -- Frankenstein Unbound | Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
1990 -- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self
1990 -- The Field | Bird' O'Donnell
1990 -- Resident Alien | Actor
1990 -- Windprints | Charles Rutherford
1990 -- Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin
1990 -- Romeo.Juliet | La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
1989 -- Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger
1989 -- Scandal | Stephen Ward
1989 -- David Macaulay: Pyramid | Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
1988 -- The Bengali Night | Lucien Metz
1988 -- The Storyteller | The Storyteller
1988 -- Deadline | Granville Jones
1987 -- White Mischief | Gilbert Colville
1987 -- Vincent | (voice)
1987 -- Aria | The Actor
1987 -- Spaceballs | John Hurt
1987 -- The Hunting of the Snark | The Narrator (voice)
1987 -- From the Hip | Douglas Benoit
1987 -- Frightmares |
1987 -- Iceberg | Narrator (voice)
1987 -- Monolith | Narrator (voice)
1986 -- Rocinante | Bill
1986 -- Thames Film |
1986 -- Jake Speed | Syd
1985 -- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima | Narrator (voice)
1985 -- The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (voice)
1985 -- Live Aid | Self
1985 -- After Darkness | Peter Hunningford
1984 -- Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith
1984 -- The Hit | Braddock
1984 -- Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva
1984 -- Champions | Bob Champion
1984 -- Sunset People |
1983 -- The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett
1983 -- King Lear | The Fool
1982 -- The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice)
1982 -- Paul McCartney - Take It Away |
1982 -- Partners | Kerwin
1982 -- Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk
1981 -- History of the World: Part I | Jesus - The Roman Empire
1980 -- Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine
1980 -- The Elephant Man | John Merrick
1980 -- An Evening with Quentin Crisp | Host
1979 -- Alien | Kane
1978 -- The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn (voice)
1978 -- Watership Down | Hazel (voice)
1978 -- Midnight Express | Max
1978 -- The Shout | Anthony Fielding
1977 -- The Disappearance | Atkinson
1977 -- East of Elephant Rock | Nash
1977 -- Three Dangerous Ladies | Lt. George Simmonds
1977 -- Spectre | Mitri Cyon
1976 -- Stream Line | Chandler
1976 -- The Peddler | Alec Cassell
1975 -- The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp
1975 -- The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings
1974 -- Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Malcolm Scrawdyke
1974 -- The Playboy of the Western World | Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
1972 -- The Pied Piper | Franz
1971 -- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Richard Forbush
1971 -- 10 Rillington Place | Timothy Evans
1969 -- In Search of Gregory | Daniel
1969 -- Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart
1969 -- Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington
1967 -- The Sailor from Gibraltar | John
1966 -- A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich
1964 -- This Is My Street | Charlie
1962 -- The Wild and the Willing | Phil Corbett
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