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John Hurt

Character Actor / Actor | * 01/22/1940 († 77, 01/25/2017) | Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. 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". He received numerous awards including the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2012 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. He came to prominence playing Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Naked Civil Servant (1975). He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Midnight Express (1978), and Best Actor for The Elephant Man (... ()
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Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for John Hurt

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Knight Bachelor 2x British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award Golden Globe Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 2x British Academy Television Award for Best Actor 4x BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2x AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Movies with John Hurt as Actor(188)

as Self (archive footage)2022 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Leslie Salmon2017 My Name Is Lenny
as Ralph2017 That Good Night
as Miki2017 Damascus Cover
as Harry Patterson2017 The Journey
as The Priest2016 Jackie
as Francis Bonar2016 ChickLit
as The Alchemist (voice)2015 The Alchemist's Letter
as Jack2015 Break
as Cotys2014 Hercules
as Gilliam2013 Snowpiercer
as Narrator (voice)2013 Charlie Countryman
as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self2013 Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
as The War Doctor (archive voice)2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Narrator (voice)2013 Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
as himself2013 Muse of Fire
as The War Doctor2013 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as Kingsley Bedford2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Christopher Marlowe2013 Only Lovers Left Alive
as The Ministry2012 The Snipist
as Narrator (voice)2012 Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
as Narrator (english voice)2012 More Than Honey
as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)2012 Sightseers
as Man2011 Sailcloth
as The Owl (voice)2011 The Gruffalo's Child
as himself2011 On Borrowed Time
as Priest2011 The Confession
as Professor Orit2011 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
as Old Zeus2011 Immortals
as Dexter2011 Melancholia
as Arthur2010 Love at First Sight
as James Parkin2010 Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Grandpa Sammy (voice)2010 A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
as Phil Corkery2010 Brighton Rock
as Doyle2010 Lou
as Old Man Peanut2009 44 Inch Chest
as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Guitar2009 The Limits of Control
as Quentin Crisp2009 An Englishman in New York
as himself2009 Ballybrando
as Owl (voice)2009 The Gruffalo
as Arthur Seldom2008 The Oxford Murders
as Bellhop (segment "Shekhar Kapur")2008 New York, I Love You
as Rothgar2008 Outlander
as Trevor Bruttenholm2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Warren Christopher2008 Recount
as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)2007 Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Le père de Fanny2007 Boxes
as Chancellor Adam Sutler2006 V for Vendetta
as himself2006 Whaledreamers
as Narrator (voice)2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Narrator (voice)2006 The Plot Against Harold Wilson
as Christopher2006 Shooting Dogs
as Jellon Lamb2005 The Proposition
as Ben Devereaux2005 The Skeleton Key
as Narrator (voice)2005 Hiroshima
as Narrator (Voice)2005 Manderlay
as Felix (voice)2005 Valiant
as The Horned King2005 Once Upon a Halloween
as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm2004 Hellboy
as Harry (voice)2004 Pride
as Narrator (voice)2004 Shadowing the Third Man
as Narrator (voice)2003 Dogville
as Victor Foss2003 Owning Mahowny
as Christian2002 Miranda
as Porfiry, chief investigator2002 Crime and Punishment
as Jack Blake2002 Bait
as Narrator (voice)2002 The Alien Saga
as Narrator (voice)2001 The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
as Dr. Iannis2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Narrator (voice)2001 Shaolin: Wheel of Life
as Vince2001 Tabloid
as Narrator (voice)2000 The Tigger Movie
as Krapp2000 Krapp's Last Tape
as Father Lareaux2000 Lost Souls
as Alan White1999 New Blood
as Sean Cooper1999 One Last Score
as Maitland1999 You're Dead...
as Mr. Summers1999 All the Little Animals
as Chuck Langer1998 The Climb
as Giles De'Ath1998 Love and Death on Long Island
as James morton1998 The Commissioner
as Michael Poole1998 Night Train
as Babits1997 Bandyta
as S. R. Hadden1997 Contact
as Dr. Turner1996 Tender Loving Care
as Charley Prince1995 Wild Bill
as John Scholfield1995 Dead Man
as Marquis de Prey1995 Two Nudes Bathing
as John Graham1995 Rob Roy
as Mr. Mole (voice)1994 Thumbelina
as The Storyteller (archive footage)1994 The World of Jim Henson
as The Countess1994 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rex Goodyear1994 Great Moments in Aviation
as Uncle Turpin1994 Second Best
as Villano1993 Monolith
as Anthony / Le Marquis1992 Dark at Noon
as Archie Carpenter1991 Red Fox
as Boorman's Alter Ego1991 I Dreamt I Woke Up
as Lord Percival Graves1991 King Ralph
as Conrad Farmer1991 Lapse of Memory
as Bird' O'Donnell1990 The Field
as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)1990 Frankenstein Unbound
as Actor1990 Resident Alien
as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)1990 Romeo.Juliet
as Chris Mullin1990 Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Charles Rutherford1990 Windprints
as Stephen Ward1989 Scandal
as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)1989 David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Robert Burger1989 Little Sweetheart
as Granville Jones1988 Deadline
as Gilbert Colville1988 White Mischief
as Lucien Metz1988 The Bengali Night
as Kane1987 Spaceballs
as (voice)1987 Vincent
as Douglas Benoit1987 From the Hip
as The Actor1987 Aria
as The Narrator (voice)1987 The Hunting of the Snark
as Bill1986 Rocinante
as Syd1986 Jake Speed
as Narrator (voice)1985 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Peter Hunningford1985 After Darkness
as The Horned King (voice)1985 The Black Cauldron
as himself1985 Live Aid
as Dino Montecurva1984 Success Is the Best Revenge
as Winston Smith1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Bob Champion1984 Champions
as Braddock1984 The Hit
as The Fool1983 King Lear
as Lawrence Fassett1983 The Osterman Weekend
as Kerwin1982 Partners
as Peter Strelzyk1982 Night Crossing
as Snitter (voice)1982 The Plague Dogs
as Jesus - The Roman Empire1981 History of the World: Part I
as John Merrick1980 The Elephant Man
as Billy Irvine1980 Heaven's Gate
as Kane1979 Alien
as Aragorn (voice)1978 The Lord of the Rings
as Max1978 Midnight Express
as Anthony Fielding1978 The Shout
as Hazel (voice)1978 Watership Down
as Atkinson1977 The Disappearance
as Mitri Cyon1977 Spectre
as Lt. George Simmonds1977 Three Dangerous Ladies
as Chandler1976 Stream Line
as Quentin Crisp1975 The Naked Civil Servant
as Tom Rawlings1975 The Ghoul
as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)1974 The Playboy of the Western World
as Franz1972 The Pied Piper
as Richard Forbush1971 Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Timothy Evans1971 10 Rillington Place
as Lieutenant Pilkington1969 Before Winter Comes
as Daniel1969 In Search of Gregory
as Davey Haggart1969 Sinful Davey
as Richard Rich1966 A Man for All Seasons
as Charlie1964 This Is My Street
as Phil Corbett1962 The Wild and the Willing

TV Shows/Series with John Hurt as Actor(25)

as El coro, narrador2012 The Hollow Crown
as Priest2011 The Confession
as Narrator (voice)2011 Planet Dinosaur
as Narrator (voice)2011 Human Planet
as The Great Dragon (voice)2008 Merlin
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as War Doctor2005 Doctor Who
as The Doctor2005 Doctor Who
as himself2002 HypaSpace
as Narrator (voice)2002 Edge of the Universe
as General Woundwort1999 Watership Down
as himself1993 GMTV
as The Storyteller1988 The Storyteller
as Narrator1983 Natural World
as Tony Grey1975 The Sweeney
as Narrator1974 NOVA
as Freddy Tisdale1965 Gideon's Way

Additional Information

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Full Name: John Vincent Hurt
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 01/22 1940 (January) in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 01/25 2017 (January) in Norfolk (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: 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
Spouses (current/former): Annette Robertson
Other names for John Hurt (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Vincent Hurt"
"Sir John Hurt"
"Джон Хёрт"
"존 허트"
"Σερ Τζον Βίνσεντ Χερτ"
"Τζον Χερτ"
"约翰·赫特"
John Hurt frequently works together with these people:
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Mike Mignola (13x, Crew)
Nicholas Briggs (12x, Actor)
Mel Brooks (11x, Actor)
David Attenborough (9x, Actor)
Dan Starkey (8x, Actor)
David Tennant (7x, Actor)
Lars von Trier (7x, Crew)
Tony Britten (7x, Crew)
Geoffrey Palmer (7x, Actor)
Alan Rickman (6x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:336, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024