John Hurt
Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK — Jan 22 1940• Died Jan 25 2017
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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 i…
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John Hurt's Credits
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Doctor Who
The Doctor
NOVA
Narrator
Great Performances
Narrator
Play for Today
Alec Cassell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Mr. Ollivander
Merlin
Kilgharrah (voice)
The Sweeney
Tony Grey
Natural World
Narrator
Performance
The Father
Gideon's Way
Freddy Tisdale
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Ollivander
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Ollivander
Alien
Kane
Drama 61-67
Private Briggs
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
Snowpiercer
Gilliam
The Hollow Crown
The Chorus
I, Claudius
Caligula
A Ghost Story for Christmas
James Parkin
Playhouse Presents
The Ministry (voice)
Hercules
Cotys
V for Vendetta
Adam Sutler
Contact
S. R. Hadden
Hellboy
Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Spaceballs
John Hurt
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Professor Harold Oxley
Masters of Science Fiction
Samswope
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Narrator (voice)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Control
Outlander
Rothgar
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Trevor Bruttenholm
The Elephant Man
John Merrick
Immortals
Old Zeus
Watership Down
General Woundwort (voice)
Labyrinth
Audric Baillard
New York, I Love You
Bellhop
Dogville
Narrator (voice)
The Jim Henson Hour
The Lord of the Rings
Aragorn (voice)
Melancholia
Dexter
The Skeleton Key
Ben Devereaux
HypaSpace
Self
Wessex Tales
Joshua Harlborough
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith
Midnight Express
Max
Picture Windows
Marquis de Prey
Jackie
The Priest
The Black Cauldron
The Horned King (voice)
ITV Playhouse
Guy Beresford
Dead Man
John Scholfield
Valiant
Felix (voice)
Scandal
Stephen Ward
Thumbelina
Mr. Mole (voice)
Rob Roy
John Graham
The Last Panthers
Tom
The Proposition
Jellon Lamb
White Mischief
Gilbert Colville
Human Planet
Narrator (voice)
The Tigger Movie
Narrator (voice)
Only Lovers Left Alive
Christopher Marlowe
The Confession
Priest
Heaven's Gate
Billy Irvine
A Man for All Seasons
Richard Rich
Lost Souls
Father Lareaux
Crime and Punishment
Rodion Raskolnikov
Planet Dinosaur
Narrator
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The War Doctor
The Hollywood Greats
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
The Alan Clark Diaries
Alan Clark
The Hit
Braddock
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Live Aid
Self
Manderlay
Narrator (voice)
The Limits of Control
Guitar
The Field
Bird' O'Donnell
Owning Mahowny
Victor Foss
Brighton Rock
Phil Corkery
Armchair Theatre
Joe
Recount
Warren Christopher
Miranda
Christian
The Shout
Anthony Fielding
King Ralph
Lord Percival Graves
Watership Down
Hazel (voice)
Hiroshima
Narrator (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Dr. Iannis
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Shooting Dogs
Christopher
Sightseers
Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Gruffalo
Owl (voice)
Aria
The Actor
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
The Countess
Wild Bill
Charley Prince
The Oxford Murders
Arthur Seldom
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
Muse of Fire
Self
Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction
Narrator
The Plague Dogs
Snitter (voice)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The War Doctor (archive voice)
The Gruffalo's Child
The Owl (voice)
The Alien Saga
Narrator (voice)
Second Best
Uncle Turpin
Monolith
Villano
Night Crossing
Peter Strelzyk
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
The Disappearance
Atkinson
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pride
Harry (voice)
The Journey
Harry Patterson
The Naked Civil Servant
Quentin Crisp
New Blood
Alan White
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
Jake Speed
Syd
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
Frankenstein Unbound
Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
The Storyteller (archive footage)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
Romeo.Juliet
La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
Poison Candy
Robert Burger
The Pied Piper
Franz
The Ghoul
Tom Rawlings
Partners
Kerwin
Short Order
Felix
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Carnak
Boxes
Fanny's father
From the Hip
Douglas Benoit
Sinful Davey
Davey Haggart
The Osterman Weekend
Lawrence Fassett
History of the World: Part I
Jesus - The Roman Empire
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Kingsley Bedford
Spectre
Mitri Cyon
The Commissioner
James morton
Damascus Cover
Miki
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Richard Forbush
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Sailor John (voice)
Vincent
(voice)
44 Inch Chest
Old Man Peanut
Crime and Punishment
Porfiry, chief investigator
Red Fox
Archie Carpenter
The Climb
Chuck Langer
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
ChickLit
Francis Bonar
Tabloid
Vince
All the Little Animals
Mr. Summers
Lapse of Memory
Conrad Farmer
My Name Is Lenny
Leslie Salmon
Before Winter Comes
Lieutenant Pilkington
On Borrowed Time
Self
Success Is the Best Revenge
Dino Montecurva
10 Rillington Place
Timothy Evans
The Bengali Night
Lucien Metz
If... Dog... Rabbit
Sean Cooper
Whaledreamers
Self
Once Upon a Halloween
The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)
King Lear
The Fool
Bait
Jack Blake
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
In Love with Alma Cogan
MC
More Than Honey
Narrator (english voice)
Champions
Bob Champion
Love and Death on Long Island
Giles De'Ath
A.K.A Nadia
347
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
Narrator
That Good Night
Ralph
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Narrator (voice)
This Is My Street
Charlie
Deadline
Granville Jones
Remembrance
Bellhop
Resident Alien
Self - Actor
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Self / Stephen Ward
Stream Line
Chandler
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The War Doctor
Night Train
Michael Poole
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp
The Confession
Priest
The Peddler
Alec Cassell
Great Moments in Aviation
Rex Goodyear
The Sailor from Gibraltar
John
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Chris Mullin
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
Host
Brute
Babits
The Wild and the Willing
Phil Corbett
An Englishman in New York
Quentin Crisp
The Snipist
The Ministry
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Boorman's Alter Ego
Windprints
Charles Rutherford
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
After Darkness
Peter Hunningford
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Self (archive footage)
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
Malcolm Scrawdyke
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Man from Maybury Hill
Saigon Baby
Jack Lee
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
The Storyteller
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
Professor Orit
On Jupiter
Narrator (voice)
Centenary: The BP Story
Narrator (voice)
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
Narrator (voice)
Lou
Doyle
Ballybrando
Self
Lecture 21
Mondrian Kilroy
Sunset People
Self
Dark at Noon
Anthony / Le Marquis
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Narrator (voice)
Tender Loving Care
Dr. Turner
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
Narrator (voice)
East of Elephant Rock
Nash
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
Self
Three Dangerous Ladies
Lt. George Simmonds
Rocinante
Bill
The Alchemist's Letter
The Alchemist (voice)
Love at First Sight
Arthur
Shadowing the Third Man
Narrator (voice)
Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing
Marquis de Prey
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The War Doctor
Monolith
Narrator (voice)
Edge of the Universe
Narrator (voice)
Break
Jack
Whistle and I'll Come to You
James Parkin
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
The Storyteller
Journey to Knock
Alfred
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
The Storyteller
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Iceberg
Narrator (voice)
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
Narrator (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Self
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
Narator
Sailcloth
Man
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Self
You're Dead...
Maitland
Ayamé
Narrator (voice)
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
Adam Sutler
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
Narrator (voice)
Thames Film
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Narrator
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
Self
The Hunting of the Snark
The Narrator (voice)
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Narrator (voice)
Six Characters in Search of An Author
The Father
The Storyteller: The True Bride
The Storyteller
Back to Utopia
Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Narrator (voice)
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
The Storyteller: A Story Short
The Storyteller
The Final Reel
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
The Storyteller
Green Julia
Bob
Frightmares
In Search of Gregory
Daniel
Interview with John Hurt
Self
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
Siegfried Sassoon
The Storyteller: Fearnot
The Storyteller
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
The Storyteller
The Playboy of the Western World
Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)