10.0
10.0
Ballybrando
2009
as Self
John Hurt
Also known as: John Vincent Hurt, Sir John Vincent Hurt, Sir John Hurt...
Acting
Born:January 22, 1940
Died:January 25, 2017(aged 77)
Birthplace:Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Saint Martin's School of Art, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, St Michael's Preparatory School, Otford, Central Saint Martins, Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
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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.
Filmography (203 movies)
10.0
10.0
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
2014
as Narrator
10.0
10.0
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
1980
as Host
9.0
9.0
Interview with John Hurt
2007
as Self
9.0
9.0
The Snipist
2012
as The Ministry
9.0
9.0
Sailcloth
2011
as Man
9.0
9.0
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
8.3
8.3
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Stephen Ward
8.2
8.2
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
8.2
8.2
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The War Doctor
8.2
8.2
Alien
1979
as Kane
8.1
8.1
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
2012
as Narrator (voice)
8.1
8.1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Ollivander
8.0
8.0
The Elephant Man
1980
as John Merrick
8.0
8.0
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013
as The War Doctor
8.0
8.0
The Hunting of the Snark
1987
as The Narrator (voice)
7.9
7.9
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Mr Ollivander
7.9
7.9
Love at First Sight
2010
as Arthur
7.9
7.9
V for Vendetta
2006
as Adam Sutler
7.9
7.9
The Plague Dogs
1982
as Snitter (voice)
7.8
7.8
Dogville
2003
as Narrator (voice)
7.7
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Ollivander
7.7
7.7
A.K.A Nadia
2015
as 347
7.5
7.5
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
2001
as Narrator (voice)
7.5
7.5
Break
2015
as Jack
7.5
7.5
Midnight Express
1978
as Max
7.4
7.4
Shooting Dogs
2006
as Christopher
7.4
7.4
Contact
1997
as S. R. Hadden
7.4
7.4
Krapp's Last Tape
2000
as Krapp
7.4
7.4
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Narrator (voice)
7.3
7.3
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as Richard Rich
7.3
7.3
The Gruffalo
2009
as Owl (voice)
7.3
7.3
Dead Man
1995
as John Scholfield
7.3
7.3
10 Rillington Place
1971
as Timothy Evans
7.2
7.2
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Christopher Marlowe
7.2
7.2
Hiroshima
2005
as Narrator (voice)
7.2
7.2
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004
as Self
7.2
7.2
More Than Honey
2012
as Narrator (english voice)
7.2
7.2
Watership Down
1978
as Hazel (voice)
7.2
7.2
Melancholia
2011
as Dexter
7.0
7.0
The Proposition
2005
as Jellon Lamb
7.0
7.0
The Field
1990
as Bird' O'Donnell
7.0
7.0
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
7.0
7.0
In Love with Alma Cogan
2011
as MC
7.0
7.0
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Chris Mullin
7.0
7.0
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
2001
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
Night Train
1998
as Michael Poole
7.0
7.0
Bait
2002
as Jack Blake
7.0
7.0
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
2003
as Man from Maybury Hill
7.0
7.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
as Self
6.9
6.9
Snowpiercer
2013
as Gilliam
6.9
6.9
The Climb
1998
as Chuck Langer
6.9
6.9
Manderlay
2005
as Narrator (voice)
6.9
6.9
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
as The Owl (voice)
6.9
6.9
That Good Night
2017
as Ralph
6.9
6.9
Spaceballs
1987
as John Hurt
6.8
6.8
The Alchemist's Letter
2015
as The Alchemist (voice)
6.8
6.8
Heaven's Gate
1980
as Billy Irvine
6.8
6.8
Recount
2008
as Warren Christopher
6.8
6.8
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
as Winston Smith
6.8
6.8
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
as Trevor Bruttenholm
6.7
6.7
Lou
2010
as Doyle
6.7
6.7
Owning Mahowny
2003
as Victor Foss
6.7
6.7
Rob Roy
1995
as John Graham
6.7
6.7
Second Best
1994
as Uncle Turpin
6.7
6.7
Hellboy
2004
as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
6.6
6.6
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Ben Devereaux
6.6
6.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Control
6.6
6.6
The Naked Civil Servant
1975
as Quentin Crisp
6.6
6.6
The Lord of the Rings
1978
as Aragorn (voice)
6.6
6.6
The Tigger Movie
2000
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
Champions
1984
as Bob Champion
6.6
6.6
The Alien Saga
2002
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
The Confession
2011
as Priest
6.5
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
6.5
6.5
King Lear
1983
as The Fool
6.5
6.5
Lapse of Memory
1991
as Conrad Farmer
6.5
6.5
Jackie
2016
as The Priest
6.5
6.5
Outlander
2008
as Rothgar
6.4
6.4
The Hit
1984
as Braddock
6.4
6.4
The Black Cauldron
1985
as The Horned King (voice)
6.4
6.4
Vincent
1987
as (voice)
6.4
6.4
Dark at Noon
1992
as Anthony / Le Marquis
6.4
6.4
Thumbelina
1994
as Mr. Mole (voice)
6.4
6.4
You're Dead...
1999
as Maitland
6.3
6.3
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007
as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
6.3
6.3
Love and Death on Long Island
1998
as Giles De'Ath
6.3
6.3
The Journey
2017
as Harry Patterson
6.3
6.3
An Englishman in New York
2009
as Quentin Crisp
6.3
6.3
Lecture 21
2008
as Mondrian Kilroy
6.2
6.2
Pride
2004
as Harry (voice)
6.2
6.2
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015
as Sailor John (voice)
6.1
6.1
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974
as Malcolm Scrawdyke
6.1
6.1
Shadowing the Third Man
2004
as Narrator (voice)
6.1
6.1
Windprints
1990
as Charles Rutherford
6.1
6.1
Night Crossing
1982
as Peter Strelzyk
6.0
6.0
Immortals
2011
as Old Zeus
6.0
6.0
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Professor Harold Oxley
6.0
6.0
I Dreamt I Woke Up
1991
as Boorman's Alter Ego
6.0
6.0
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Dino Montecurva
6.0
6.0
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001
as Self
6.0
6.0
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
6.0
6.0
White Mischief
1987
as Gilbert Colville
6.0
6.0
All the Little Animals
1999
as Mr. Summers
6.0
6.0
The Final Reel
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Limits of Control
2009
as Guitar
6.0
6.0
Scandal
1989
as Stephen Ward
6.0
6.0
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Dr. Iannis
6.0
6.0
The Oxford Murders
2008
as Arthur Seldom
5.9
5.9
New York, I Love You
2008
as Bellhop
5.9
5.9
The Shout
1978
as Anthony Fielding
5.9
5.9
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Lieutenant Pilkington
5.9
5.9
The Pied Piper
1972
as Franz
5.8
5.8
From the Hip
1987
as Douglas Benoit
5.8
5.8
My Name Is Lenny
2017
as Leslie Salmon
5.8
5.8
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
as Carnak
5.8
5.8
The Bengali Night
1988
as Lucien Metz
5.8
5.8
The Wild and the Willing
1962
as Phil Corbett
5.8
5.8
Deadline
1988
as Granville Jones
5.8
5.8
Whaledreamers
2006
as Self
5.8
5.8
Hercules
2014
as Cotys
5.7
5.7
Spectre
1977
as Mitri Cyon
5.7
5.7
Wild Bill
1995
as Charley Prince
5.7
5.7
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Kingsley Bedford
5.7
5.7
Frankenstein Unbound
1990
as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
5.7
5.7
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967
as John
5.7
5.7
The Commissioner
1998
as James morton
5.7
5.7
Brighton Rock
2010
as Phil Corkery
5.6
5.6
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Lawrence Fassett
5.6
5.6
Bandyta
1997
as Babits
5.6
5.6
Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010
as James Parkin
5.6
5.6
This Is My Street
1964
as Charlie
5.6
5.6
Valiant
2005
as Felix (voice)
5.5
5.5
Damascus Cover
2017
as Miki
5.5
5.5
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
2011
as Professor Orit
5.5
5.5
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
2013
as Narrator (voice)
5.5
5.5
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1992
as The Father
5.4
5.4
44 Inch Chest
2009
as Old Man Peanut
5.4
5.4
ChickLit
2016
as Francis Bonar
5.4
5.4
The Disappearance
1977
as Atkinson
5.3
5.3
Aria
1987
as The Actor
5.3
5.3
Partners
1982
as Kerwin
5.3
5.3
Miranda
2002
as Christian
5.3
5.3
King Ralph
1991
as Lord Percival Graves
5.3
5.3
Boxes
2007
as Fanny's father
5.3
5.3
On Borrowed Time
2011
as Self
5.2
5.2
New Blood
1999
as Alan White
5.1
5.1
Sinful Davey
1969
as Davey Haggart
5.0
5.0
Red Fox
1991
as Archie Carpenter
5.0
5.0
Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
as Lt. George Simmonds
5.0
5.0
Crime and Punishment
2002
as Porfiry, chief investigator
5.0
5.0
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
as Self
5.0
5.0
Romeo.Juliet
1990
as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
5.0
5.0
Lost Souls
2000
as Father Lareaux
4.9
4.9
The Ghoul
1975
as Tom Rawlings
4.8
4.8
Poison Candy
1989
as Robert Burger
4.8
4.8
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
4.7
4.7
Resident Alien
1990
as Self - Actor
4.6
4.6
Great Moments in Aviation
1994
as Rex Goodyear
4.6
4.6
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971
as Richard Forbush
4.4
4.4
Monolith
1993
as Villano
4.4
4.4
In Search of Gregory
1969
as Daniel
4.4
4.4
Jake Speed
1986
as Syd
4.4
4.4
Short Order
2005
4.4
4.4
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as The Countess
4.1
4.1
After Darkness
1985
as Peter Hunningford
4.0
4.0
Tabloid
2001
as Vince
3.9
3.9
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as Sean Cooper
3.7
3.7
East of Elephant Rock
1977
as Nash
3.5
3.5
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
as Narrator (voice)
2.0
2.0
Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing
1995
as Marquis de Prey
2.0
2.0
Tender Loving Care
1996
as Dr. Turner
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
2013
as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
Rocinante
1986
as Bill
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013
as The War Doctor
Monolith
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Iceberg
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Remembrance
2009
as Bellhop
Sunset People
1984
as Self
The Peddler
1976
as Alec Cassell
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Centenary: The BP Story
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
as Self
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
2002
as Self
Saigon Baby
1995
as Jack Lee
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
2015
as Narator
Journey to Knock
1991
as Alfred
Back to Utopia
2016
as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
2016
as Siegfried Sassoon
Frightmares
1987
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990
as Narrator (voice)
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
2011
as Narrator
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Stream Line
1976
as Chandler
The Playboy of the Western World
1974
as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
Thames Film
1986
On Jupiter
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Ayamé
2018
as Narrator (voice)
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