Michael Hurst

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-09-20 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Lancashire, England

Michael Hurst

Biography

Michael Eric Hurst, ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand actor, director and writer, mostly on stage and television. He is probably best known internationally for playing Iolaus in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess. Most recently, he is known for directing Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Ash vs. Evil Dead, 800 Words, and Westside. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hurst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2008

The Map Reader

as Alison's father

2009

Bitch Slap

as Gage

2007

2023

1994

Hercules in the Underworld

as Charon the Boatman

1984

Death Warmed Up

as Michael Tucker

1997

2004

Fracture

as Athol Peet

1993

Desperate Remedies

as Willam Poyser

1998

Young Hercules

as Jeweler

2007

We're Here to Help

as Rodney Hide

2022

Princess of Chaos

as Len Brown

2007

The Last Magic Show

as Trevor Norton

1992

The Footstep Man

as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Barman

-

The Bar

as Man Discussing Break-Up

2012

View from Olympus

as Narrator (voice)

1996

Project: Assassin

as Ellis Walker

1993

Typhon's People

as Constantine

2020

Dead

as Ross

2001

Love Mussel

as Stephen Jessop

1997

Highwater

as Hugh Chance

2021

Northspur

as Green

2025

Birthright

as Richard

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