Cast
John Hurt
Acting
Cast
John Hurt
Known for
Acting
Born
1940-01-22
From
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died
2017-01-25
Also known as John Vincent Hurt, Sir John Hurt, Σερ Τζον Βίνσεντ Χερτ
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 performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Mr. Ollivander
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Ollivander
Alien
as Kane
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Ollivander
Hercules
as Cotys
Snowpiercer
as Gilliam
V for Vendetta
as Adam Sutler
Spaceballs
as John Hurt
Contact
as S. R. Hadden
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Narrator (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Professor Harold Oxley
Hellboy
as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Trevor Bruttenholm
Immortals
as Old Zeus
New York, I Love You
as Bellhop
Dogville
as Narrator (voice)
The Elephant Man
as John Merrick
Melancholia
as Dexter
Midnight Express
as Max
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Winston Smith
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Control
Thumbelina
as Mr. Mole (voice)
The Skeleton Key
as Ben Devereaux
Outlander
as Rothgar
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
The Lord of the Rings
as Aragorn (voice)
Dead Man
as John Scholfield
The Black Cauldron
as The Horned King (voice)
Valiant
as Felix (voice)
Rob Roy
as John Graham
Jackie
as The Priest
The Tigger Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Heaven's Gate
as Billy Irvine
Only Lovers Left Alive
as Christopher Marlowe
Lost Souls
as Father Lareaux
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The War Doctor
The Proposition
as Jellon Lamb
Watership Down
as Hazel (voice)
Scandal
as Stephen Ward
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Dr. Iannis
Aria
as The Actor
Manderlay
as Narrator (voice)
Shooting Dogs
as Christopher
Wild Bill
as Charley Prince
The Field
as Bird' O'Donnell
Pride
as Harry (voice)
Recount
as Warren Christopher
The Shout
as Anthony Fielding
The Plague Dogs
as Snitter (voice)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
Partners
as Kerwin
A Man for All Seasons
as Richard Rich
The Oxford Murders
as Arthur Seldom
The Gruffalo
as Owl (voice)
Live Aid
as Self
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
The Hit
as Braddock
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Owl (voice)
King Ralph
as Lord Percival Graves
Miranda
as Christian
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as The Countess
Damascus Cover
as Miki
Night Crossing
as Peter Strelzyk
White Mischief
as Gilbert Colville
The Osterman Weekend
as Lawrence Fassett
The Limits of Control
as Guitar
Sightseers
as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Owning Mahowny
as Victor Foss
Monolith
as Villano
History of the World: Part I
as Jesus - The Roman Empire
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Hiroshima
as Narrator (voice)
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
44 Inch Chest
as Old Man Peanut
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Carnak
Little Sweetheart
as Robert Burger
Muse of Fire
as Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as The War Doctor (archive voice)
Brighton Rock
as Phil Corkery
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
as Sailor John (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
10 Rillington Place
as Timothy Evans
Once Upon a Halloween
as The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)
After Darkness
as Peter Hunningford
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Kingsley Bedford
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
as Malcolm Scrawdyke
Champions
as Bob Champion
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
The Alien Saga
as Narrator (voice)
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
as Narrator (voice)
King Lear
as The Fool
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
Crime and Punishment
as Porfiry, chief investigator
The Pied Piper
as Franz
From the Hip
as Douglas Benoit
All the Little Animals
as Mr. Summers
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
as Self
Jake Speed
as Syd
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Commissioner
as James morton
New Blood
as Alan White
Lecture 21
as Mondrian Kilroy
The Naked Civil Servant
as Quentin Crisp
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Chris Mullin
My Name Is Lenny
as Leslie Salmon
Success Is the Best Revenge
as Dino Montecurva
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
The Journey
as Harry Patterson
Spectre
as Mitri Cyon
Tabloid
as Vince
If... Dog... Rabbit
as Sean Cooper
Resident Alien
as Self - Actor
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
Henry Fonda for President
as Self (archive footage)
Second Best
as Uncle Turpin
Brute
as Babits
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as Self
ChickLit
as Francis Bonar
The Wild and the Willing
as Phil Corbett
The World of Jim Henson
as The Storyteller (archive footage)
The Bengali Night
as Lucien Metz
The Disappearance
as Atkinson
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Narrator (voice)
Before Winter Comes
as Lieutenant Pilkington
Love and Death on Long Island
as Giles De'Ath
Ballybrando
as Self
The Alchemist's Letter
as The Alchemist (voice)
Bait
as Jack Blake
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self / Stephen Ward
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
Remembrance
as Bellhop
An Englishman in New York
as Quentin Crisp
More Than Honey
as Narrator (english voice)
Red Fox
as Archie Carpenter
Tender Loving Care
as Dr. Turner
In Love with Alma Cogan
as MC
The Confession
as Priest
Sinful Davey
as Davey Haggart
The Ghoul
as Tom Rawlings
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
Dark at Noon
as Anthony / Le Marquis
Lou
as Doyle
Stream Line
as Chandler
The Hunting of the Snark
as The Narrator (voice)
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as John
East of Elephant Rock
as Nash
That Good Night
as Ralph
In Search of Gregory
as Daniel
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Lt. George Simmonds
Short Order
as Felix
Deadline
as Granville Jones
The Final Reel
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Richard Forbush
Whistle and I'll Come to You
as James Parkin
Love at First Sight
as Arthur
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
as The Storyteller
The Climb
as Chuck Langer
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
as Narrator (voice)
Night Train
as Michael Poole
Boxes
as Fanny's father
You're Dead...
as Maitland
Great Moments in Aviation
as Rex Goodyear
The Storyteller: The True Bride
as The Storyteller
Vincent
as (voice)
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
as Self
Windprints
as Charles Rutherford
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
as The Storyteller
Behind Jim Jarmusch
as Self
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
as The War Doctor
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
as Narrator (voice)
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
as Narrator (voice)
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
as Narrator
Journey to Knock
as Alfred
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Father
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
as Self
On Borrowed Time
as Self
Romeo.Juliet
as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
as The Storyteller
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
as The War Doctor
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
as Adam Sutler
Sailcloth
as Man
Rocinante
as Bill
A.K.A Nadia
as 347
I Dreamt I Woke Up
as Boorman's Alter Ego
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
as Narrator
This Is My Street
as Charlie
Break
as Jack
The Snipist
as The Ministry
Whaledreamers
as Self
Centenary: The BP Story
as Narrator (voice)
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
as Narrator (voice)
Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing
as Marquis de Prey
Ayamé
as Narrator (voice)
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
as Siegfried Sassoon
Thames Film
as Narrator
Iceberg
as Narrator (voice)
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as The Storyteller
Krapp's Last Tape
as Krapp
Lapse of Memory
as Conrad Farmer
The Peddler
as Alec Cassell
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
as Narrator (voice)
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
as The Storyteller
Monolith
as Narrator (voice)
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
as Self
Interview with John Hurt
as Self
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
as Professor Orit
The Storyteller: A Story Short
as The Storyteller
Saigon Baby
as Jack Lee
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
as Host
Back to Utopia
as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
as Man from Maybury Hill
The Storyteller: Fearnot
as The Storyteller
Shadowing the Third Man
as Narrator (voice)
On Jupiter
as Narrator (voice)
The Playboy of the Western World
as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
Frightmares
Sunset People
as Self
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
as Narator
Green Julia
as Bob