John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) is 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Hurt , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jan 22, 1940 In Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 193
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Golden Boy 1939-09-05
- Latest Project:
- Series Queen Of Tears 2024
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Queen Of Tears | Robert Burger | 2024 |
| Series | Killing a Traitor | The Father | 2023-08-25 |
| Movie | Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 2021-03-26 |
| Series | Winter Begonia | Charles Rutherford | 2020-03-20 |
| Series | The Supporting Actors | Syd | 2017-01-14 |
| Movie | My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon | 2017-06-09 |
| Series | Celebrity MasterChef Italia | Self | 2017-03-16 |
| Movie | That Good Night | Ralph | 2017-06-20 |
| Movie | Damascus Cover | Miki | 2017-10-23 |
| Movie | Darkest Hour | Neville Chamberlain | 2017-11-22 |
| Series | Younis, Son of Fadda | Villano | 2016-06-06 |
| Series | The Identity of Fathers | Rex Goodyear | 2016-04-21 |
| Series | 88 Street | Malcolm Scrawdyke | 2016-10-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | Between | Mitri Cyon | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | A.K.A Nadia | 2015-07-01 | |
| Movie | The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice) | 2015-04-21 |
| Series | Yes Sir My Boss | Charlie | 2015-02-20 |
| 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 | The Last Panthers | Tom Kendle | 2015-10-26 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut | Billy Irvine | 2014-04-21 |
| Movie | Hercules | Cotys | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
| Movie | Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre | The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self | 2013-06-06 |
| Movie | Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
| Movie | Charlie Countryman | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Snowpiercer | Gilliam | 2013-08-01 |
| Movie | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford | 2013-07-25 |
| Movie | Only Lovers Left Alive | Christopher Marlowe | 2013-12-12 |
| Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | The War Doctor (archive voice) | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-23 |
| Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
| Movie | Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | 2013-09-28 | |
| Movie | The Hollow Crown: Henry V | The Chorus | 2012-07-21 |
| Movie | Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers | Narrator (voice) | 2012-08-19 |
| Movie | Sightseers | Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2012-11-30 |
| Series | The Confession | Priest | 2011-03-28 |
| Movie | Melancholia | Dexter | 2011-05-26 |
| Series | Chichot losu | Anthony Fielding | 2011-03-05 |
| Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | The Confession | Priest | 2011-07-01 |
| Movie | Sailcloth | Man | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | In Love with Alma Cogan | MC | 2011-10-04 |
| Movie | The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa | Narrador | 2011-07-05 |
| Movie | The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice) | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | Planet Dinosaur | Narrator | 2011-10-19 |
| Movie | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control | 2011-09-16 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Ollivander | 2011-07-12 |
| Series | Doubles Poker Championship | Old Zeus | 2010-08-14 |
| Movie | Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery | 2010-09-13 |
| Movie | Love at First Sight | Arthur | 2010-11-16 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | The Horned King (voice) (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Movie | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp | 2009-04-27 |
| Movie | The Limits of Control | Guitar | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins | Self - 'Mr. Ollivander' | 2009-11-17 |
| Movie | The Gruffalo | Owl (voice) | 2009-12-25 |
| Movie | Creating The World of Harry Potter. Part 1: The Magic Begins | Himself | 2009-11-17 |
| Movie | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom | 2008-01-18 |
| Movie | Lecture 21 | 2008-01-01 | |
| Movie | Outlander | Rothgar | 2008-04-24 |
| Movie | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Trevor Bruttenholm | 2008-07-11 |
| Movie | Recount | Warren Christopher | 2008-05-25 |
| Series | Merlin | The Great Dragon (voice) | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | New York, I Love You | Bellhop (segment "Shekhar Kapur") | 2008-09-06 |
| Movie | Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice) | 2007-03-10 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | Boxes | Le père de Fanny | 2007-06-06 |
| Movie | Bis zum Ellenbogen | Unknown | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | Death at a Funeral | Unknown | 2007-08-17 |
| Movie | Shooting Dogs | Christopher | 2006-03-08 |
| Movie | V for Vendetta | Chancellor Adam Sutler | 2006-02-23 |
| Movie | The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Narrator (voice) | 2006-03-16 |
| Series | NASCAR: Driven To Win | The Actor | 2006-03-08 |
| Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator (voice) | 2006-09-13 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Casado con hijos | Victor Foss | 2006-05-02 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Unknown | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Short Order | 2005-01-01 | |
| Movie | Manderlay | Narrator (voice) | 2005-05-16 |
| Movie | Valiant | Felix (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
| Series | Train Man | Shitotsugh Lhadatt (English Dub) | 2005-07-07 |
| Series | But Can They Sing? | Father Lareaux | 2005-10-30 |
| Movie | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb | 2005-10-06 |
| Movie | Hiroshima | Narrator (voice) | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Hellboy | Prof. Bruttenholm | 2004-04-02 |
| Movie | Pride | Harry (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
| Movie | Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation | Self | 2004-07-27 |
| Movie | Shadowing the Third Man | Narrator (voice) | 2004-10-11 |
| Movie | Dogville | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-19 |
| Series | Stripperella | Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator | 2003-06-26 |
| Movie | Bionicle: Mask of Light | Unknown | 2003-09-15 |
| Series | HypaSpace | Himself | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | Miranda | Christian | 2002-01-18 |
| Series | Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme | Grandpa Sammy (voice) | 2002-09-02 |
| Movie | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | The Alien Saga | Narrator (voice) | 2002-11-13 |
| Movie | Tabloid | Vince | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Narrator (voice) | 2001-04-07 |
| Movie | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis | 2001-04-18 |
| Movie | Shaolin: Wheel of Life | Narrator (voice) | 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 | All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers | 1999-07-09 |
| Movie | One Last Score | Sean Cooper | 1999-09-29 |
| Movie | New Blood | Alan White | 1999-11-15 |
| Movie | You're Dead... | Maitland | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Night Train | Michael Poole | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | The Climb | Chuck Langer | 1998-03-11 |
| Movie | Hush | Unknown | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath | 1998-07-03 |
| Series | SMTV Live | Kane | 1998-08-29 |
| Series | Independent Focus | Doyle | 1998-09-09 |
| Movie | Contact | S. R. Hadden | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Bandyta | Babits | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner | 1996-05-16 |
| Movie | On Jupiter | Narrator (voice) | 1995-08-03 |
| Movie | Rob Roy | John Graham | 1995-04-13 |
| Movie | Wild Bill | Charley Prince | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Dead Man | John Scholfield | 1995-12-23 |
| Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess | 1994-05-13 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Professor Oxley | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Second Best | Uncle Turpin | 1994-09-30 |
| Movie | The World of Jim Henson | The Storyteller (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Dark at Noon | Anthony / Le Marquis | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Journey to Knock | Alfred | 1991-09-17 |
| Movie | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer | 1991-06-02 |
| Movie | Prom Night III: The Last Kiss | Unknown | 1990-03-30 |
| Movie | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin | 1990-04-22 |
| Movie | Romeo.Juliet | La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice) | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-17 |
| Movie | Resident Alien | Actor | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | David Macaulay: Pyramid | Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice) | 1989-01-04 |
| Movie | Scandal | Stephen Ward | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Jim Henson's The Storyteller | The Storyteller | 1989-04-28 |
| Movie | Deadline | Granville Jones | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hunting of the Snark | The Narrator (voice) | 1987-04-01 |
| Movie | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Kane | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Vincent | (voice) | 1987-10-08 |
| Movie | White Mischief | Gilbert Colville | 1987-11-10 |
| Movie | Rocinante | Bill | 1986-11-01 |
| Series | The Octopuses from the Second Floor | Carnak | 1986-12-21 |
| Movie | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford | 1985-02-01 |
| Movie | Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
| Movie | The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima | Narrator (voice) | 1985-12-03 |
| Movie | The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
| Series | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | Jesus - The Roman Empire | 1985-09-07 |
| Movie | Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva | 1984-05-26 |
| Movie | Champions | Bob Champion | 1984-04-20 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1984-11-09 |
| Movie | King Lear | The Fool | 1983-04-03 |
| Movie | The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett | 1983-10-14 |
| Series | Natural World | Unknown | 1983-10-30 |
| Movie | Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk | 1982-02-05 |
| Movie | Partners | Kerwin | 1982-04-30 |
| Series | Blut und Ehre: Jugend unter Hitler | Braddock | 1982-07-12 |
| Movie | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice) | 1982-10-21 |
| Series | Seeing Things | Ben Devereaux | 1981-09-15 |
| Movie | The Elephant Man | John Merrick | 1980-10-09 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine | 1980-11-19 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Atkinson | 1977-11-30 |
| Movie | Stream Line | Chandler | 1976-05-06 |
| Movie | I, Claudius | Caligula | 1976-09-20 |
| Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp | 1975-12-17 |
| Series | The Sweeney | Unknown | 1975-01-02 |
| Movie | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings | 1975-07-11 |
| 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 | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
| Movie | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart | 1969-02-10 |
| Movie | In Search of Gregory | Daniel | 1969-11-01 |
| Movie | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington | 1969-03-24 |
| Movie | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich | 1966-12-13 |
| Series | The Patty Duke Show | Ollivander | 1963-09-18 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Willing | Phil Corbett | 1962-10-16 |
| Series | M Squad | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
| Series | Eurovision Song Contest | Mr. Mole (voice) | 1956-05-24 |
| Movie | Golden Boy | Audric Baillard | 1939-09-05 |