John Hurt

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.

Known For

Homepage http://johnhurt.co.uk
Birth Location Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Born 1940-01-22
Died 2017-01-25

Movies

Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2021
Ayamé as Narrator (voice)
2018
Damascus Cover as Miki
2017
That Good Night as Ralph
2017
My Name Is Lenny as Leslie Salmon
2017
The Journey as Harry Patterson
2017
Jackie as The Priest
2016
ChickLit as Francis Bonar
2016
A.K.A Nadia as 347
2015
Break as Jack
2015
The Alchemist's Letter as The Alchemist (voice)
2015
Hercules as Cotys
2014
2014
Only Lovers Left Alive as Christopher Marlowe
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as The War Doctor (archive voice)
2013
2013
2013
2013
Muse of Fire as Self
2013
Snowpiercer as Gilliam
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car as Kingsley Bedford
2013
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
2013
2013
Sightseers as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2012
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers as Narrator (voice)
2012
More Than Honey as Narrator (english voice)
2012
The Snipist as The Ministry
2012
The Gruffalo's Child as The Owl (voice)
2011
Immortals as Old Zeus
2011
2011
2011
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes as Professor Orit
2011
Melancholia as Dexter
2011
The Confession as Priest
2011
Sailcloth as Man
2011
2010
2010
Brighton Rock as Phil Corkery
2010
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
2010
Lou as Doyle
2010
The Gruffalo as Owl (voice)
2009
2009
Ballybrando as Self
2009
44 Inch Chest as Old Man Peanut
2009
Remembrance as Bellhop
2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
2009
2009
An Englishman in New York as Quentin Crisp
2009
2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Trevor Bruttenholm
2008
Recount as Warren Christopher
2008
Outlander as Rothgar
2008
The Oxford Murders as Arthur Seldom
2008
2008
Boxes as Le père de Fanny
2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Narrator (voice)
2006
Whaledreamers as Self
2006
The Plot Against Harold Wilson as Narrator (voice)
2006
Shooting Dogs as Christopher
2006
V for Vendetta as Chancellor Adam Sutler
2006
The Proposition as Jellon Lamb
2005
Once Upon a Halloween as The Horned King
2005
Hiroshima as Narrator (voice)
2005
The Skeleton Key as Ben Devereaux
2005
Manderlay as Narrator (voice)
2005
Valiant as Felix (voice)
2005
Shadowing the Third Man as Narrator (voice)
2004
Pride as Harry (voice)
2004
Hellboy as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
2004
Dogville as Narrator (voice)
2003
2003
Owning Mahowny as Victor Foss
2003
The Alien Saga as Narrator (voice)
2002
Crime and Punishment as Porfiry, chief investigator
2002
Bait as Jack Blake
2002
Miranda as Christian
2002
Shaolin: Wheel of Life as Narrator (voice)
2001
2001
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm as Narrator (voice)
2001
Tabloid as Vince
2001
Lost Souls as Father Lareaux
2000
2000
The Tigger Movie as Narrator (voice)
2000
New Blood as Alan White
1999
You're Dead... as Maitland
1999
One Last Score as Sean Cooper
1999
All the Little Animals as Mr. Summers
1999
1998
The Climb as Chuck Langer
1998
The Commissioner as James morton
1998
Night Train as Michael Poole
1998
Bandyta as Babits
1997
Contact as S. R. Hadden
1997
Tender Loving Care as Dr. Turner
1996
Dead Man as John Scholfield
1995
Saigon Baby as Jack Lee
1995
Wild Bill as Charley Prince
1995
On Jupiter as Narrator (voice)
1995
Rob Roy as John Graham
1995
Two Nudes Bathing as Marquis de Prey
1995
The World of Jim Henson as The Storyteller (archive footage)
1994
Second Best as Uncle Turpin
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as The Countess
1994
Great Moments in Aviation as Rex Goodyear
1994
Thumbelina as Mr. Mole (voice)
1994
Monolith as Villano
1993
Dark at Noon as Anthony / Le Marquis
1992
Red Fox as Archie Carpenter
1991
I Dreamt I Woke Up as Boorman's Alter Ego
1991
Journey to Knock as Alfred
1991
Lapse of Memory as Conrad Farmer
1991
King Ralph as Lord Percival Graves
1991
1990
Frankenstein Unbound as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
1990
The Field as Bird' O'Donnell
1990
Resident Alien as Actor
1990
Windprints as Charles Rutherford
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham? as Chris Mullin
1990
Romeo.Juliet as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
1990
Little Sweetheart as Robert Burger
1989
Scandal as Stephen Ward
1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
1989
The Bengali Night as Lucien Metz
1988
1988
Deadline as Granville Jones
1988
White Mischief as Gilbert Colville
1987
Vincent as (voice)
1987
Aria as The Actor
1987
Spaceballs as Kane
1987
The Hunting of the Snark as The Narrator (voice)
1987
From the Hip as Douglas Benoit
1987
Iceberg as Narrator (voice)
1987
Monolith as Narrator (voice)
1987
Rocinante as Bill
1986
Jake Speed as Syd
1986
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima as Narrator (voice)
1985
The Black Cauldron as The Horned King (voice)
1985
Live Aid as Self
1985
After Darkness as Peter Hunningford
1985
Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith
1984
The Hit as Braddock
1984
Success Is the Best Revenge as Dino Montecurva
1984
Champions as Bob Champion
1984
The Osterman Weekend as Lawrence Fassett
1983
King Lear as The Fool
1983
The Plague Dogs as Snitter (voice)
1982
Partners as Kerwin
1982
Night Crossing as Peter Strelzyk
1982
History of the World: Part I as Jesus - The Roman Empire
1981
Heaven's Gate as Billy Irvine
1980
The Elephant Man as John Merrick
1980
Alien as Kane
1979
The Lord of the Rings as Aragorn (voice)
1978
Watership Down as Hazel (voice)
1978
1978
The Shout as Anthony Fielding
1978
The Disappearance as Atkinson
1977
1977
Three Dangerous Ladies as Lt. George Simmonds
1977
Spectre as Mitri Cyon
1977
Stream Line as Chandler
1976
The Naked Civil Servant as Quentin Crisp
1975
The Ghoul as Tom Rawlings
1975
The Playboy of the Western World as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
1974
The Pied Piper as Franz
1972
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Richard Forbush
1971
10 Rillington Place as Timothy Evans
1971
1969
Sinful Davey as Davey Haggart
1969
Before Winter Comes as Lieutenant Pilkington
1969
A Man for All Seasons as Richard Rich
1966
This Is My Street as Charlie
1964
The Wild and the Willing as Phil Corbett
1962
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