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:
- 188
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Golden Boy 1939-09-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony 2022-11-27
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-27 |
| Series | Winter Begonia | Charles Rutherford | 2020-03-20 |
| Movie | My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | That Good Night | Ralph | 2017-06-20 |
| Series | The Supporting Actors | Syd | 2017-01-14 |
| Movie | Damascus Cover | Miki | 2017-10-23 |
| Series | Little Women | Kerwin | 2017-12-26 |
| Movie | Darkest Hour | Neville Chamberlain | 2017-11-22 |
| Series | Younis, Son of Fadda | Villano | 2016-06-06 |
| Series | 88 Street | Malcolm Scrawdyke | 2016-10-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | Between | Mitri Cyon | 2015-05-21 |
| Movie | The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice) | 2015-04-21 |
| Movie | A.K.A Nadia | 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 | The Last Panthers | Tom Kendle | 2015-10-26 |
| Movie | Hercules | Cotys | 2014-07-23 |
| Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
| 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 (voice) | 2013-02-09 |
| Movie | Snowpiercer | Gilliam | 2013-08-01 |
| Movie | Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
| Series | Broadchurch | Narrator (voice) | 2013-03-04 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | The Confession | Priest | 2011-07-01 |
| Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | Sailcloth | Man | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Planet Dinosaur | Narrator | 2011-10-19 |
| Movie | The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa | Narrador | 2011-07-05 |
| Movie | In Love with Alma Cogan | MC | 2011-10-04 |
| Movie | The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice) | 2011-12-25 |
| Movie | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control | 2011-09-16 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Ollivander | 2011-07-07 |
| 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 | The Limits of Control | Guitar | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp | 2009-04-27 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | The Horned King (voice) (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| 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 | Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins | Self - 'Mr. Ollivander' | 2009-11-17 |
| Movie | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom | 2008-01-18 |
| Movie | Lecture 21 | 2008-01-01 | |
| Movie | Recount | Warren Christopher | 2008-05-25 |
| Movie | Outlander | Rothgar | 2008-04-24 |
| Series | Merlin | The Great Dragon (voice) | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | New York, I Love You | Bellhop (segment "Shekhar Kapur") | 2008-09-06 |
| Movie | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Trevor Bruttenholm | 2008-07-11 |
| Movie | Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice) | 2007-03-10 |
| Movie | Bis zum Ellenbogen | Unknown | 2007-11-01 |
| Movie | Boxes | Le père de Fanny | 2007-06-06 |
| Movie | V for Vendetta | Chancellor Adam Sutler | 2006-02-23 |
| Movie | Shooting Dogs | Christopher | 2006-03-08 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Narrator (voice) | 2006-03-16 |
| Series | Casado con hijos | Victor Foss | 2006-05-02 |
| Series | Doctor Who | Unknown | 2005-03-26 |
| Movie | Valiant | Felix (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
| Movie | Manderlay | Narrator (Voice) | 2005-05-16 |
| Movie | The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux | 2005-07-29 |
| Movie | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb | 2005-10-06 |
| Movie | Hiroshima | Narrator (voice) | 2005-08-05 |
| Series | Train Man | Shitotsugh Lhadatt (English Dub) | 2005-07-07 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Beast Within: Making 'Alien' | Self | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | The Alien Saga | narrator | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Miranda | Christian | 2002-01-18 |
| Series | Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme | Grandpa Sammy (voice) | 2002-09-02 |
| Series | HypaSpace | Himself | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Narrator (voice) | 2001-04-07 |
| Movie | Tabloid | Vince | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Garrick Ollivander | 2001-11-16 |
| Movie | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis | 2001-04-18 |
| Movie | Shaolin: Wheel of Life | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-11 |
| 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 | 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 | Hush | Unknown | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | The Climb | Chuck Langer | 1998-03-11 |
| Movie | Night Train | Michael Poole | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath | 1998-07-03 |
| Series | Independent Focus | Doyle | 1998-09-09 |
| Series | SMTV Live | Kane | 1998-08-29 |
| Movie | Contact | S. R. Hadden | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Bandyta | Babits | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | Rob Roy | John Graham | 1995-04-13 |
| Movie | On Jupiter | Narrator (voice) | 1995-08-03 |
| Movie | Dead Man | John Scholfield | 1995-12-23 |
| Movie | Wild Bill | Charley Prince | 1995-12-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Professor Oxley | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Second Best | Uncle Turpin | 1994-09-30 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Dark at Noon | Anthony / Le Marquis | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Father | 1992-12-12 |
| Movie | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer | 1991-06-02 |
| Movie | Journey to Knock | Alfred | 1991-09-17 |
| Movie | Prom Night III: The Last Kiss | Unknown | 1990-03-30 |
| Movie | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin | 1990-04-22 |
| Movie | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | Resident Alien | Actor | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-17 |
| Movie | David Macaulay: Pyramid | Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice) | 1989-01-04 |
| Movie | Scandal | Stephen Ward | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger | 1989-10-19 |
| Movie | Jim Henson's The Storyteller | The Storyteller | 1989-04-28 |
| Movie | Deadline | Granville Jones | 1988-01-01 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Kane | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit | 1987-02-06 |
| Movie | The Hunting of the Snark | The Narrator (voice) | 1987-04-01 |
| Movie | Aria | The Actor | 1987-09-15 |
| Movie | White Mischief | Gilbert Colville | 1987-11-10 |
| Movie | Vincent | (voice) | 1987-10-08 |
| 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 | Champions | Bob Champion | 1984-04-20 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1984-11-09 |
| Movie | Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva | 1984-05-26 |
| 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 | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice) | 1982-10-21 |
| Series | Blut und Ehre: Jugend unter Hitler | Braddock | 1982-07-12 |
| Movie | The Elephant Man | John Merrick | 1980-10-09 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine | 1980-11-19 |
| Movie | Watership Down | Hazel (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
| Movie | Midnight Express | Max | 1978-08-31 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Series | Percy Stuart | Timothy Evans | 1969-03-12 |
| Movie | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington | 1969-03-24 |
| Series | One Life to Live | Richard Rich | 1968-07-15 |
| Series | Gideon's Way | Unknown | 1965-03-18 |
| Movie | This Is My Street | Charlie | 1964-01-15 |
| 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 |