John Hurt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-01-22 (77 years old)

Deathday

2017-01-25

Place of Birth

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

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 performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award ...

Acting

1978

The Lord of the Rings

as Aragorn (voice)

1966

A Man for All Seasons

as Richard Rich

1995

Dead Man

as John Scholfield

1987

Spaceballs

as John Hurt

1997

Bandyta

as Babits

2006

2004

Hellboy

as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

1981

History of the World: Part I

as Jesus - The Roman Empire

1997

Contact

as S. R. Hadden

2006

V for Vendetta

as Adam Sutler

2008

Outlander

as Rothgar

1990

Frankenstein Unbound

as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)

2005

Manderlay

as Narrator (voice)

1980

The Elephant Man

as John Merrick

1991

King Ralph

as Lord Percival Graves

1980

Heaven's Gate

as Billy Irvine

1999

You're Dead...

as Maitland

1982

The Plague Dogs

as Snitter (voice)

2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as Trevor Bruttenholm

1987

From the Hip

as Douglas Benoit

1995

Rob Roy

as John Graham

1978

Watership Down

as Hazel (voice)

1990

The Field

as Bird' O'Donnell

2006

Shooting Dogs

as Christopher

2002

The Alien Saga

as Narrator (voice)

1989

Scandal

as Stephen Ward

1983

The Osterman Weekend

as Lawrence Fassett

1971

10 Rillington Place

as Timothy Evans

2008

The Oxford Murders

as Arthur Seldom

1987

Aria

as The Actor

1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

as Winston Smith

2007

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)

1998

The Commissioner

as James morton

1994

2005

The Skeleton Key

as Ben Devereaux

2009

The Gruffalo

as Owl (voice)

2009

1975

The Naked Civil Servant

as Quentin Crisp

2009

44 Inch Chest

as Old Man Peanut

2005

Valiant

as Felix (voice)

2008

Recount

as Warren Christopher

1987

White Mischief

as Gilbert Colville

2003

Owning Mahowny

as Victor Foss

2005

Once Upon a Halloween

as The Horned King

2010

Brighton Rock

as Phil Corkery

2011

Melancholia

as Dexter

2011

Immortals

as Old Zeus

2005

The Proposition

as Jellon Lamb

1983

King Lear

as The Fool

1995

Wild Bill

as Charley Prince

2005

Hiroshima

as Narrator (voice)

1999

2001

Shaolin: Wheel of Life

as Narrator (voice)

1984

The Hit

as Braddock

2002

Miranda

as Christian

2008

Lecture 21

as Mondrian Kilroy

1987

The Hunting of the Snark

as The Narrator (voice)

1975

The Ghoul

as Tom Rawlings

2010

Lou

as Doyle

2000

2011

The Gruffalo's Child

as The Owl (voice)

1982

Partners

as Kerwin

2001

2011

Sailcloth

as Man

2013

Jayne Mansfield's Car

as Kingsley Bedford

1982

Night Crossing

as Peter Strelzyk

2011

1990

Windprints

as Charles Rutherford

1994

Second Best

as Uncle Turpin

1993

Monolith

as Villano

1987

Vincent

as (voice)

2002

Crime and Punishment

as Porfiry, chief investigator

1994

2013

Snowpiercer

as Gilliam

2013

Only Lovers Left Alive

as Christopher Marlowe

2001

Tabloid

as Vince

1969

Sinful Davey

as Davey Haggart

1998

The Climb

as Chuck Langer

1984

Champions

as Bob Champion

1977

2014

Hercules

as Cotys

1990

Resident Alien

as Self - Actor

1969

Before Winter Comes

as Lieutenant Pilkington

1972

1999

New Blood

as Alan White

1984

Success Is the Best Revenge

as Dino Montecurva

2012

1992

Dark at Noon

as Anthony / Le Marquis

2007

Boxes

as Fanny's father

1971

1995

On Jupiter

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2013

1989

Little Sweetheart

as Robert Burger

1964

1999

If... Dog... Rabbit

as Sean Cooper

1977

Three Dangerous Ladies

as Lt. George Simmonds

1962

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)

2006

2000

Lost Souls

as Father Lareaux

1991

Red Fox

as Archie Carpenter

2004

Shadowing the Third Man

as Narrator (voice)

1985

After Darkness

as Peter Hunningford

1988

Deadline

as Granville Jones

2008

2010

1998

Night Train

as Michael Poole

1986

1977

Spectre

as Mitri Cyon

2015

The Alchemist's Letter

as The Alchemist (voice)

2011

1987

Monolith

as Narrator (voice)

1987

Iceberg

as Narrator (voice)

2015

2017

2009

Remembrance

as Bellhop

1990

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Chris Mullin

1995

Saigon Baby

as Jack Lee

2000

The Tigger Movie

as Narrator (voice)

1979

Alien

as Kane

2010

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

as Grandpa Sammy (voice)

2003

Dogville

as Narrator (voice)

2010

1984

2011

23 Degrees, 5 Minutes

as Professor Orit

1986

Rocinante

as Bill

2016

Jackie

as The Priest

1991

2017

The Journey

as Harry Patterson

2016

ChickLit

as Francis Bonar

1985

The Black Cauldron

as The Horned King (voice)

1991

I Dreamt I Woke Up

as Boorman's Alter Ego

2016

The Final Reel

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2004

Pride

as Harry (voice)

1996

Tender Loving Care

as Dr. Turner

1985

2017

1995

Two Nudes Bathing

as Marquis de Prey

1991

Lapse of Memory

as Conrad Farmer

2017

My Name Is Lenny

as Leslie Salmon

2012

Sightseers

as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2012

The Snipist

as The Ministry

1985

Live Aid

as Self

1990

Romeo.Juliet

as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)

1989

David Macaulay: Pyramid

as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)

2013

1988

The Bengali Night

as Lucien Metz

2015

Break

as Jack

1994

Thumbelina

as Mr. Mole (voice)

2012

More Than Honey

as Narrator (english voice)

2006

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as The Storyteller (archive footage)

1974

The Playboy of the Western World

as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

2002

Bait

as Jack Blake

2009

1976

Stream Line

as Chandler

1978

The Shout

as Anthony Fielding

2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

as The War Doctor (archive voice)

2018

Ayamé

as Narrator (voice)

2013

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre

as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self

1976

The Peddler

as Alec Cassell

2016

Back to Utopia

as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

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