Personal Info
Birth date
1940-01-22 (85 Years)
Day of death
2017-01-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Also known as
John Vincent Hurt
Sir John Hurt
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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 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
Great Performances
5.3
Overview:
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.Doctor Who
7.5
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.NOVA
7.023
Overview:
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.Who Do You Think You Are?
6.7
Overview:
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.Golden Globe Awards
7
Overview:
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.The One Show
4.538
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Play for Today
6.333
Overview:
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.Natural World
7.1
Overview:
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.Merlin
7.817
Overview:
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7.9
Overview:
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.GMTV
5.6
Overview:
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.The Sweeney
7.739
Overview:
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.Spaceballs
6.841
Overview:
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?A Ghost Story for Christmas
7.5
Overview:
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.The Hollywood Greats
3.5
Overview:
Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
8.086
Overview:
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
7.741
Overview:
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.Alien
8.164
Overview:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.I, Claudius
7.835
Overview:
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.The Hollow Crown
7.3
Overview:
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.Creating the World of Harry Potter
10
Overview:
Explore the World of Harry Potter through the behind the scenes creation of the films.The Storyteller
8.1
Overview:
The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.Masters of Science Fiction
6.167
Overview:
Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community. The show is hosted by physicist Stephen Hawking.Snowpiercer
6.905
Overview:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.HypaSpace
4
Overview:
HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments. The television show covers movies, television, books, comics and community events. The show has HypaSpace daily shows and HypaSpace weekly shows which sums up the week of news. The series was casual and irreverent. HypaSpace was produced by Simon Evans and Michelle Dudas. There were 260 episodes per year, excluding the first year, which started in May, and the sixth year, as the daily shows were pulled around mid-December with only the weekend edition airing. The daily segments stopped being produced in mid-December 2007, which meant that in its last year, the show had only 26 episodes. There were approximately 1480 episodes of the show. In May 2005, Kim Poirier took over hosting the show, joining original host Jonathan Llyr, now a reporter for the program. Poirier left the show in July 2007. Segments of HypaSpace aired interstitially between Space programs. Llyr hosted the show whenever Poirier was on a break or was ill. He also hosted the HypaSpace podcast, which started on October 7, 2006. Mark Askwith then took over as the host of the podcast.Gideon's Way
6.8
Overview:
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.V for Vendetta
7.9
Overview:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.The Last Panthers
5.938
Overview:
The six-part series opens with a daring diamond heist before quickly delving into the dark heart of Europe where a shadowy alliance of gangsters and 'banksters' now rules. Naomi is the British loss adjustor charged with recovering the stolen diamonds whatever the cost. Also in pursuit is French-Algerian policeman Khalil.Acting
TBAThe StoryTeller as The Storyteller
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2018Ayamé as Narrator (voice)
2017Damascus Cover as Miki
2017That Good Night as Ralph
2017My Name Is Lenny as Leslie Salmon
2017The Journey as Harry Patterson
2016Jackie as The Priest
2016The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets as Siegfried Sassoon
2016Back to Utopia as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
2016The Final Reel as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016ChickLit as Francis Bonar
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
2015The Last Panthers (6 Episodes) as Tom
2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Sailor John (voice)
2015A.K.A Nadia as 347
2015Break as Jack
2015The Alchemist's Letter as The Alchemist (voice)
2015Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces as Narator
2014Wimbledon The Official Film 2014 as Narrator
2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
2014Hercules as Cotys
2013Only Lovers Left Alive as Christopher Marlowe
2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
2013The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro as The War Doctor
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The War Doctor
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as The War Doctor (archive voice)
2013Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor as The War Doctor
2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Stephen Ward
2013Muse of Fire as Self
2013Snowpiercer as Gilliam
2013Jayne Mansfield's Car as Kingsley Bedford
2013Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
2013Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict as Narrator (voice)
2012Sightseers as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2012Labyrinth (2 Episodes) as Audric Baillard
2012Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers as Narrator (voice)
2012More Than Honey as Narrator (english voice)
2012The Hollow Crown (1 Episode) as The Chorus
2012The Snipist as The Ministry
2011The Gruffalo's Child as The Owl (voice)
2011Immortals as Old Zeus
2011On Borrowed Time as Self
2011In Love with Alma Cogan as MC
2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Control
2011Planet Dinosaur (6 Episodes) as Narrator
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Ollivander
201123 Degrees, 5 Minutes as Professor Orit
2011The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa as Narrator
2011Melancholia as Dexter
2011The Confession as Priest
2011The Confession (10 Episodes) as Priest
2011Human Planet (8 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2011Sailcloth as Man
2010Whistle and I'll Come to You as James Parkin
2010Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie as Carnak
2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Ollivander
2010Love at First Sight as Arthur
2010Brighton Rock as Phil Corkery
2010Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
2010A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
2010Lou as Doyle
2009The Gruffalo as Owl (voice)
2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World as Self (archive footage)
2009Ballybrando as Self
2009Creating the World of Harry Potter (8 Episodes) as Self - 'Mr. Garrick Ollivander'
200944 Inch Chest as Old Man Peanut
2009Remembrance as Bellhop
2009Waking Sleeping Beauty as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
2009The Limits of Control as Guitar
2009An Englishman in New York as Quentin Crisp
2008Lecture 21 as Mondrian Kilroy
2008Merlin (65 Episodes) as Kilgharrah (voice)
2008New York, I Love You as Bellhop
2008Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Trevor Bruttenholm
2008Recount as Warren Christopher
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Professor Harold Oxley
2008Outlander as Rothgar
2008Verity Lambert: Drama Queen as Unknown
2008The Oxford Murders as Arthur Seldom
2007Masters of Science Fiction (1 Episode) as Samswope
2007Boxes as Fanny's father
2007Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2007Interview with John Hurt as Self
2006Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Narrator (voice)
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2006Whaledreamers as Self
2006The Plot Against Harold Wilson as Narrator (voice)
2006Shooting Dogs as Christopher
2006V for Vendetta as Adam Sutler
2005The Proposition as Jellon Lamb
2005Once Upon a Halloween as The Horned King
2005Hiroshima as Narrator (voice)
2005The Skeleton Key as Ben Devereaux
2005Manderlay as Narrator (voice)
2005Doctor Who (1 Episode) as The Doctor
2005Valiant as Felix (voice)
2005Short Order as Unknown
2004Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self
2004Shadowing the Third Man as Narrator (voice)
2004Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
2004Pride as Harry (voice)
2004Hellboy as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' as Self
2004The Alan Clark Diaries (6 Episodes) as Alan Clark
2003The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
2003Dogville as Narrator (voice)
2003Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill as Man from Maybury Hill
2003Owning Mahowny as Victor Foss
2002The Alien Saga as Narrator (voice)
2002The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past as Self
2002I, Claudius: A Television Epic as Self
2002Crime and Punishment as Porfiry, chief investigator
2002HypaSpace (1 Episode) as Self
2002Bait as Jack Blake
2002Miranda as Christian
2002Edge of the Universe (3 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2001Shaolin: Wheel of Life as Narrator (voice)
2001The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed as Self
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Mr. Ollivander
2001Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Dr. Iannis
2001The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm as Narrator (voice)
2001Tabloid as Vince
2000Lost Souls as Father Lareaux
2000Krapp's Last Tape as Krapp
2000The Tigger Movie as Narrator (voice)
1999New Blood as Alan White
1999You're Dead... as Maitland
1999If... Dog... Rabbit as Sean Cooper
1999Watership Down (39 Episodes) as General Woundwort
1999All the Little Animals as Mr. Summers
1998Love and Death on Long Island as Giles De'Ath
1998The Climb as Chuck Langer
1998The Commissioner as James morton
1998Parkinson (1 Episode) as Self
1998Night Train as Michael Poole
1997Bandyta as Babits
1997Contact as S. R. Hadden
1996Tender Loving Care as Dr. Turner
1995Dead Man as John Scholfield
1995Saigon Baby as Jack Lee
1995Wild Bill as Charley Prince
1995Picture Windows (1 Episode) as Marquis de Prey
1995On Jupiter as Narrator (voice)
1995Rob Roy as John Graham
1995Two Nudes Bathing as Marquis de Prey
1994The World of Jim Henson as The Storyteller (archive footage)
1994Second Best as Uncle Turpin
1994Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp as Narrator (voice)
1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self
1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as The Countess
1994Great Moments in Aviation as Rex Goodyear
1994Thumbelina as Mr. Mole (voice)
1993Monolith as Villano
1993GMTV (1 Episode) as Self
1992Six Characters in Search of An Author as The Father
1992Dark at Noon as Anthony / Le Marquis
1991Red Fox as Archie Carpenter
1991I Dreamt I Woke Up as Boorman's Alter Ego
1991Journey to Knock as Alfred
1991Lapse of Memory as Conrad Farmer
1991Performance (1 Episode) as The Father
1991King Ralph as Lord Percival Graves
1990Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool as Narrator (voice)
1990Frankenstein Unbound as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
1990The Field as Bird' O'Donnell
1990Resident Alien as Self - Actor
1990Windprints as Charles Rutherford
1990Who Bombed Birmingham? as Chris Mullin
1990Romeo.Juliet as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
1989Little Sweetheart as Robert Burger
1989The Jim Henson Hour (12 Episodes) as Unknown
1989Scandal as Stephen Ward
1989David Macaulay: Pyramid as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
1988The Bengali Night as Lucien Metz
1988The Storyteller (9 Episodes) as The Storyteller
1988Deadline as Granville Jones
1987White Mischief as Gilbert Colville
1987Vincent as (voice)
1987Spaceballs as John Hurt
1987Aria as The Actor
1987The Hunting of the Snark as The Narrator (voice)
1987From the Hip as Douglas Benoit
1987Monolith as Narrator (voice)
1987Iceberg as Narrator (voice)
1987Frightmares as Unknown
1986Rocinante as Bill
1986Thames Film as Unknown
1986Jake Speed as Syd
1985The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima as Narrator (voice)
1985The Black Cauldron as The Horned King (voice)
1985Live Aid as Self
1985After Darkness as Peter Hunningford
1984Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith
1984The Hit as Braddock
1984Success Is the Best Revenge as Dino Montecurva
1984Champions as Bob Champion
1984Sunset People as Self
1983Natural World (2 Episodes) as Narrator
1983The Osterman Weekend as Lawrence Fassett
1983King Lear as The Fool
1982The Plague Dogs as Snitter (voice)
1982Paul McCartney - Take It Away as Unknown
1982Partners as Kerwin
1982Night Crossing as Peter Strelzyk
1981History of the World: Part I as Jesus - The Roman Empire
1980Heaven's Gate as Billy Irvine
1980The Elephant Man as John Merrick
1980An Evening with Quentin Crisp as Host
1979Alien as Kane
1979Crime and Punishment (3 Episodes) as Raskolnikov
1978The Lord of the Rings as Aragorn (voice)
1978Watership Down as Hazel (voice)
1978Midnight Express as Max
1978The Shout as Anthony Fielding
1977The Disappearance as Atkinson
1977East of Elephant Rock as Nash
1977The Hollywood Greats (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977Three Dangerous Ladies as Lt. George Simmonds
1977Spectre as Mitri Cyon
1976I, Claudius (4, 12 Episode) as Unknown, Caligula
1976Stream Line as Chandler
1976The Peddler as Alec Cassell
1975The Naked Civil Servant as Quentin Crisp
1975The Ghoul as Tom Rawlings
1975The Sweeney (1 Episode) as Tony Grey
1974Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs as Malcolm Scrawdyke
1974NOVA (1 Episode) as Narrator
1974The Playboy of the Western World as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
1973Wessex Tales (1 Episode) as Joshua Harlborough
1972The Pied Piper as Franz
1971A Ghost Story for Christmas (1 Episode) as James Parkin
1971Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Richard Forbush
197110 Rillington Place as Timothy Evans
1971Great Performances (1 Episode) as Narrator
1970Play for Today (1 Episode) as Alec Cassell
1969In Search of Gregory as Daniel
1969Sinful Davey as Davey Haggart
1969Before Winter Comes as Lieutenant Pilkington
1967The Sailor from Gibraltar as John
1966A Man for All Seasons as Richard Rich
1965Gideon's Way (1 Episode) as Freddy Tisdale
1964This Is My Street as Charlie
1962The Wild and the Willing as Phil Corbett
1956Armchair Theatre (1 Episode) as Joe
1944Golden Globe Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Nominee