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John Hurt
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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 astro…
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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.
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John Hurt's Filmography
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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda for President
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Ayamé
as Narrator (voice)
Damascus Cover
as Miki
That Good Night
as Ralph
My Name Is Lenny
as Leslie Salmon
The Journey
as Harry Patterson
Jackie
as The Priest
No Poster
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
as Siegfried Sassoon
Back to Utopia
as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
The Final Reel
as Self - Narrator (voice)
ChickLit
as Francis Bonar
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
as Sailor John (voice)
A.K.A Nadia
as 347
Break
as Jack
The Alchemist's Letter
as The Alchemist (voice)
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
as Narator
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
as Narrator
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Hercules
as Cotys
Only Lovers Left Alive
as Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The War Doctor
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as The War Doctor (archive voice)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
as The War Doctor
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
as The War Doctor
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self / Stephen Ward
Muse of Fire
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms
as The War Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Snowpiercer
as Gilliam
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Kingsley Bedford
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
as Narrator (voice)
Sightseers
as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
as Narrator (voice)
More Than Honey
as Narrator (english voice)
The Snipist
as The Ministry
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Owl (voice)
Immortals
as Old Zeus
On Borrowed Time
as Self
In Love with Alma Cogan
as MC
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Control
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Ollivander
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
as Professor Orit
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
as Narrator
The Confession
as Priest
Melancholia
as Dexter
Sailcloth
as Man
Whistle and I'll Come to You
as James Parkin
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Carnak
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Ollivander
Love at First Sight
as Arthur
Brighton Rock
as Phil Corkery
No Poster
Behind Jim Jarmusch
as Self
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Lou
as Doyle
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
The Gruffalo
as Owl (voice)
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
Ballybrando
as Self
44 Inch Chest
as Old Man Peanut
No Poster
Remembrance
as Bellhop
The Limits of Control
as Guitar
An Englishman in New York
as Quentin Crisp
Centenary: The BP Story
as Narrator (voice)
Lecture 21
as Mondrian Kilroy
New York, I Love You
as Bellhop
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Trevor Bruttenholm
Recount
as Warren Christopher
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Professor Harold Oxley
Outlander
as Rothgar
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
The Oxford Murders
as Arthur Seldom
Boxes
as Fanny's father
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Interview with John Hurt
as Self
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Narrator (voice)
Whaledreamers
as Self
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
as Adam Sutler
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
as Narrator (voice)
Shooting Dogs
as Christopher
V for Vendetta
as Adam Sutler
The Proposition
as Jellon Lamb
Once Upon a Halloween
as The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)
Hiroshima
as Narrator (voice)
The Skeleton Key
as Ben Devereaux
Manderlay
as Narrator (voice)
Valiant
as Felix (voice)
Short Order
as Felix
Shadowing the Third Man
as Narrator (voice)
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
as Self
Pride
as Harry (voice)
Hellboy
as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
Dogville
as Narrator (voice)
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
as Man from Maybury Hill
Owning Mahowny
as Victor Foss
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")
The Alien Saga
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
as Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
Crime and Punishment
as Porfiry, chief investigator
Bait
as Jack Blake
Miranda
as Christian
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
as Self
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
as Narrator (voice)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Mr Ollivander
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Dr. Iannis
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
as Narrator (voice)
Tabloid
as Vince
Lost Souls
as Father Lareaux
Krapp's Last Tape
as Krapp
The Tigger Movie
as Narrator (voice)
New Blood
as Alan White
You're Dead...
as Maitland
If... Dog... Rabbit
as Sean Cooper
All the Little Animals
as Mr. Summers
The Climb
as Chuck Langer
Love and Death on Long Island
as Giles De'Ath
The Commissioner
as James morton
Night Train
as Michael Poole
Brute
as Babits
Contact
as S. R. Hadden
Tender Loving Care
as Dr. Turner
Dead Man
as John Scholfield
No Poster
Saigon Baby
as Jack Lee
Wild Bill
as Charley Prince
No Poster
On Jupiter
as Narrator (voice)
Rob Roy
as John Graham
Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing
as Marquis de Prey
The World of Jim Henson
as The Storyteller (archive footage)
Second Best
as Uncle Turpin
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
as Narrator (voice)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as The Countess
Great Moments in Aviation
as Rex Goodyear
Thumbelina
as Mr. Mole (voice)
Monolith
as Villano
Six Characters in Search of An Author
as The Father
Dark at Noon
as Anthony / Le Marquis
Red Fox
as Archie Carpenter
I Dreamt I Woke Up
as Boorman's Alter Ego
No Poster
Journey to Knock
as Alfred
Lapse of Memory
as Conrad Farmer
King Ralph
as Graves
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
as Narrator (voice)
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as Self
The Field
as Bird' O'Donnell
Resident Alien
as Self - Actor
Windprints
as Charles Rutherford
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Chris Mullin
Romeo.Juliet
as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
Poison Candy
as Robert Burger
Scandal
as Stephen Ward
David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
The Bengali Night
as Lucien Metz
A Dinner of Herbs
as Verse Reader
The Storyteller: The True Bride
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: A Story Short
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: Fearnot
as The Storyteller
Deadline
as Granville Jones
White Mischief
as Gilbert Colville
Vincent
as Vincent Van Gogh (voice)
Spaceballs
as John Hurt
Aria
as The Actor
The Hunting of the Snark
as The Narrator
From the Hip
as Douglas Benoit
Iceberg
as Narrator (voice)
Monolith
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Frightmares
No Poster
Rocinante
as Bill
Thames Film
as Narrator
Jake Speed
as Syd
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Narrator (voice)
The Black Cauldron
as The Horned King (voice)
Live Aid
as Self
After Darkness
as Peter Hunningford
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Winston Smith
The Hit
as Braddock
Success Is the Best Revenge
as Dino Montecurva
Champions
as Bob Champion
Sunset People
as Self
The Osterman Weekend
as Lawrence Fassett
King Lear
as The Fool
The Plague Dogs
as Snitter (voice)
No Poster
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
as Self
Partners
as Kerwin
Night Crossing
as Peter Strelzyk
History of the World: Part I
as Jesus - The Roman Empire
Heaven's Gate
as Billy Irvine
The Elephant Man
as John Merrick
No Poster
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
as Host
Alien
as Kane
The Lord of the Rings
as Aragorn (voice)
Watership Down
as Hazel (voice)
Midnight Express
as Max
The Shout
as Anthony Fielding
The Disappearance
as Atkinson
East of Elephant Rock
as Nash
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Lt. George Simmonds
Spectre
as Mitri Cyon
No Poster
The Island
as Captain Simmonds
Stream Line
as Chandler
The Peddler
as Alec Cassell
The Naked Civil Servant
as Quentin Crisp
The Ghoul
as Tom Rawlings
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
as Malcolm Scrawdyke
No Poster
The Playboy of the Western World
as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
The Pied Piper
as Franz
No Poster
Green Julia
as Bob
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Richard Forbush
10 Rillington Place
as Timothy Evans
In Search of Gregory
as Daniel
Sinful Davey
as Davey Haggart
Before Winter Comes
as Lieutenant Pilkington
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as John
A Man for All Seasons
as Richard Rich
This Is My Street
as Charlie
The Wild and the Willing
as Phil Corbett