John Vincent Hurt, CBE (22 January 1940 - 25 January 2017) was an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal and Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant, Caligula in the television series, I, Claudius (TV series), and An Englishman in New York. Recognizable for his distinctive rich voice, he has also enjoyed a successful voice acting career, starring in films such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings and Dogville, as well as BBC television series Merlin. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, and has since appeared in such popular motion pictures as: Alien, Midnight Express, Rob Roy, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Harry Potter film series and the Hellboy film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and has had a versatile film career spanning six decades. He is also known for his many Shakespearean roles. Hurt has received multiple awards and honours throughout his career including three BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, with six and two nominations respectively, as well as two Academy Award nominations. His character's final scene in Alien is consistently named as one of the most memorable in cinematic history.
Movie | Damascus Cover | Miki | 2017-10-23 |
Movie | My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon | 2017-06-09 |
Movie | The Journey | Harry Patterson | 2017-03-30 |
Movie | That Good Night | Ralph | 2017-06-20 |
Movie | ChickLit | Francis Bonar | 2016-09-02 |
Movie | The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets | Siegfried Sassoon | 2016-11-13 |
Movie | Jackie | The Priest | 2016-12-02 |
Movie | The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice) | 2015-04-21 |
Movie | A.K.A Nadia | 347 | 2015-07-01 |
Movie | Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie | Sailor John (voice) | 2015-07-17 |
Series | The Last Panthers | Tom | 2015-11-12 |
Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
Movie | Hercules | Cotys | 2014-07-23 |
Movie | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford | 2013-07-25 |
Movie | Snowpiercer | Gilliam | 2013-08-01 |
Movie | Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre | The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self | 2013-06-06 |
Movie | Charlie Countryman | Narrator (voice) | 2013-02-09 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Narrator (voice) | 2013-05-24 |
Movie | Only Lovers Left Alive | Christopher Marlowe | 2013-12-12 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor | The War Doctor | 2013-11-14 |
Movie | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | The War Doctor (archive voice) | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty | Self | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The War Doctor | 2013-11-23 |
Movie | The Snipist | The Ministry | 2012-05-24 |
Movie | Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers | Narrator (voice) | 2012-08-19 |
Movie | Sightseers | Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2012-11-30 |
Series | Labyrinth | Audric Baillard | 2012-11-24 |
Movie | The Confession | Priest | 2011-07-01 |
Movie | The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa | Narrador | 2011-07-05 |
Series | The Confession | Priest | 2011-03-28 |
Movie | Sailcloth | Man | 2011-01-01 |
Series | Human Planet | Narrator (voice) | 2011-01-13 |
Movie | 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes | Professor Orit | 2011-07-09 |
Movie | Melancholia | Dexter | 2011-05-26 |
Movie | The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice) | 2011-12-25 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Ollivander | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | Immortals | Old Zeus | 2011-11-10 |
Movie | On Borrowed Time | Self | 2011-11-04 |
Series | Planet Dinosaur | Narrator (voice) | 2011-09-14 |
Movie | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control | 2011-09-16 |
Movie | In Love with Alma Cogan | MC | 2011-10-04 |
Movie | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Grandpa Sammy (voice) | 2010-08-04 |
Movie | Lou | Doyle | 2010-06-17 |
Movie | Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery | 2010-09-13 |
Movie | Whistle and I'll Come to You | James Parkin | 2010-12-24 |
Movie | Love at First Sight | Arthur | 2010-11-16 |
Movie | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Carnak | 2010-12-10 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Ollivander | 2010-11-17 |
Movie | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp | 2009-04-27 |
Movie | The Limits of Control | Guitar | 2009-05-01 |
Movie | The Gruffalo | Owl (voice) | 2009-12-25 |
Movie | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut | 2009-10-08 |
Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | The Horned King (voice) (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
Movie | Outlander | Rothgar | 2008-04-24 |
Movie | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom | 2008-01-18 |
Movie | Lecture 21 | 2008-01-01 | |
Movie | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Harold Oxley | 2008-05-21 |
Movie | Recount | Warren Christopher | 2008-05-25 |
Series | Merlin | The Great Dragon (voice) | 2008-09-20 |
Movie | New York, I Love You | Bellhop | 2008-09-06 |
Movie | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Trevor Bruttenholm | 2008-07-11 |
Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
Movie | Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice) | 2007-03-10 |
Series | Masters of Science Fiction | Unknown | 2007-08-04 |
Movie | Boxes | Le père de Fanny | 2007-06-06 |
Movie | Shooting Dogs | Christopher | 2006-03-08 |
Movie | V for Vendetta | Chancellor Adam Sutler | 2006-02-23 |
Movie | The Plot Against Harold Wilson | Narrator (voice) | 2006-03-16 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator (voice) | 2006-09-13 |
Movie | Manderlay | Narrator (voice) | 2005-05-16 |
Movie | Valiant | Felix (voice) | 2005-03-25 |
Series | Doctor Who | The War Doctor | 2005-03-26 |
Movie | The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux | 2005-07-29 |
Movie | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb | 2005-10-06 |
Movie | Hiroshima | Narrator (voice) | 2005-08-05 |
Series | The Alan Clark Diaries | Alan Clark | 2004-01-15 |
Movie | Pride | Harry (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
Movie | Hellboy | Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm | 2004-04-02 |
Movie | Shadowing the Third Man | Narrator (voice) | 2004-10-11 |
Movie | Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation | Self | 2004-07-27 |
Movie | Owning Mahowny | Victor Foss | 2003-05-02 |
Movie | Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill | Man from Maybury Hill | 2003-05-08 |
Movie | Dogville | Narrator (voice) | 2003-05-21 |
Movie | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | 2003-12-02 |
Movie | Miranda | Christian | 2002-01-18 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | The Alien Saga | Narrator (voice) | 2002-11-13 |
Movie | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator | 2002-06-01 |
Movie | The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Narrator (voice) | 2001-04-07 |
Movie | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis | 2001-04-18 |
Movie | Tabloid | Vince | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Mr. Ollivander | 2001-11-16 |
Movie | Shaolin: Wheel of Life | Narrator (voice) | 2001-12-11 |
Movie | The Tigger Movie | Narrator (voice) | 2000-02-11 |
Movie | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | 2000-09-08 |
Movie | Lost Souls | Father Lareaux | 2000-10-13 |
Series | Watership Down | General Woundwort | 1999-09-28 |
Movie | All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers | 1999-07-09 |
Movie | One Last Score | Sean Cooper | 1999-09-29 |
Movie | You're Dead... | Maitland | 1999-10-01 |
Movie | New Blood | Alan White | 1999-11-15 |
Movie | The Commissioner | James morton | 1998-02-22 |
Movie | Night Train | Michael Poole | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath | 1998-07-03 |
Movie | The Climb | Chuck Langer | 1998-03-11 |
Movie | Contact | S. R. Hadden | 1997-07-11 |
Movie | Bandyta | Babits | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner | 1996-05-16 |
Movie | Two Nudes Bathing | Marquis de Prey | 1995-03-24 |
Movie | On Jupiter | Narrator (voice) | 1995-08-03 |
Movie | Rob Roy | John Graham | 1995-04-13 |
Movie | Wild Bill | Charley Prince | 1995-12-01 |
Movie | Saigon Baby | Jack Lee | 1995-12-16 |
Movie | Dead Man | John Scholfield | 1995-12-23 |
Movie | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole (voice) | 1994-03-29 |
Movie | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess | 1994-05-13 |
Movie | Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear | 1994-05-01 |
Movie | The World of Jim Henson | The Storyteller (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | Second Best | Uncle Turpin | 1994-09-30 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Monolith | Villano | 1993-05-27 |
Movie | Dark at Noon | Anthony / Le Marquis | 1992-10-01 |
Movie | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Father | 1992-12-12 |
Movie | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves | 1991-02-15 |
Movie | Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer | 1991-06-02 |
Movie | Red Fox | Archie Carpenter | 1991-12-08 |
Movie | I Dreamt I Woke Up | Boorman's Alter Ego | 1991-11-16 |
Movie | Journey to Knock | Alfred | 1991-09-17 |
Movie | Windprints | Charles Rutherford | 1990-06-29 |
Movie | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin | 1990-04-22 |
Movie | Resident Alien | Actor | 1990-09-14 |
Movie | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell | 1990-09-21 |
Movie | Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool | Narrator (voice) | 1990-12-17 |
Movie | Frankenstein Unbound | Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice) | 1990-11-02 |
Movie | Scandal | Stephen Ward | 1989-03-03 |
Movie | David Macaulay: Pyramid | Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice) | 1989-01-04 |
Series | The Jim Henson Hour | 1989-04-14 | |
Movie | Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger | 1989-10-19 |
Movie | Deadline | Granville Jones | 1988-01-01 |
Series | The Storyteller | The Storyteller | 1988-05-15 |
Movie | The Bengali Night | Lucien Metz | 1988-10-26 |
Movie | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit | 1987-02-06 |
Movie | Frightmares | 1987-01-01 | |
Movie | The Hunting of the Snark | The Narrator (voice) | 1987-04-01 |
Movie | Vincent | (voice) | 1987-10-08 |
Movie | White Mischief | Gilbert Colville | 1987-11-10 |
Movie | Aria | The Actor | 1987-09-15 |
Movie | Spaceballs | Kane | 1987-06-24 |
Movie | Jake Speed | Syd | 1986-05-30 |
Movie | Rocinante | Bill | 1986-11-01 |
Movie | The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima | Narrator (voice) | 1985-12-03 |
Movie | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford | 1985-02-01 |
Movie | Live Aid | Self | 1985-07-13 |
Movie | The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (voice) | 1985-07-24 |
Movie | Champions | Bob Champion | 1984-04-20 |
Movie | Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva | 1984-05-26 |
Movie | The Hit | Braddock | 1984-09-07 |
Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1984-11-09 |
Movie | King Lear | The Fool | 1983-04-03 |
Movie | The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett | 1983-10-14 |
Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
Movie | Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk | 1982-02-05 |
Movie | Partners | Kerwin | 1982-04-30 |
Movie | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice) | 1982-10-21 |
Movie | History of the World: Part I | Jesus - The Roman Empire | 1981-06-12 |
Movie | An Evening with Quentin Crisp | Host | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine | 1980-11-19 |
Movie | The Elephant Man | John Merrick | 1980-10-09 |
Series | Crime and Punishment | 1979-05-22 | |
Movie | Alien | Kane | 1979-05-25 |
Movie | The Shout | Anthony Fielding | 1978-06-16 |
Movie | Midnight Express | Max | 1978-08-31 |
Movie | The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn (voice) | 1978-11-15 |
Movie | Watership Down | Hazel (voice) | 1978-10-14 |
Movie | Spectre | Mitri Cyon | 1977-05-21 |
Movie | Three Dangerous Ladies | Lt. George Simmonds | 1977-06-05 |
Movie | The Disappearance | Atkinson | 1977-11-30 |
Series | The Hollywood Greats | Unknown | 1977-08-04 |
Movie | East of Elephant Rock | Nash | 1977-10-22 |
Movie | Stream Line | Chandler | 1976-05-06 |
Series | I, Claudius | Caligula | 1976-09-20 |
Series | The Sweeney | Unknown | 1975-01-02 |
Movie | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings | 1975-07-11 |
Movie | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp | 1975-12-17 |
Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
Movie | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Malcolm Scrawdyke | 1974-06-11 |
Series | Wessex Tales | Unknown | 1973-11-07 |
Movie | The Pied Piper | Franz | 1972-12-27 |
Movie | 10 Rillington Place | Timothy Evans | 1971-02-10 |
Series | A Ghost Story for Christmas | James Parkin | 1971-12-24 |
Movie | Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Richard Forbush | 1971-07-29 |
Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1970-10-15 |
Movie | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart | 1969-02-10 |
Movie | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington | 1969-01-17 |
Movie | In Search of Gregory | Daniel | 1969-11-01 |
Movie | The Sailor from Gibraltar | 1967-01-01 | |
Movie | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich | 1966-12-13 |
Series | Gideon's Way | Unknown | 1965-03-18 |
Movie | This Is My Street | Charlie | 1964-01-15 |
Movie | The Wild and the Willing | Phil Corbett | 1962-10-16 |