Person Details

Birthday: 1940-01-22 23:29:03

Death: 2017-01-25 23:29:03

Aliases: John Vincent Hurt , Sir John Hurt , Джон Хёрт , 존 허트 , Σερ Τζον Βίνσεντ Χερτ , Τζον Χερτ

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK

Homepage: http://johnhurt.co.uk

Movie Involvements: 167

TV Involvements: 23


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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7

Doctor Who

(2005) The Doctor
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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8
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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7

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

(2006) Narrator (voice)
NOVA
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7

NOVA

(1974) Narrator
Merlin
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8

Merlin

(2008) The Great Dragon (voice)
Alien
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8

Alien

(1979) Kane

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self (archive footage)
2020 N/A
2018 Narrator (voice)
2017 Miki
Ralph
Leslie Salmon
Harry Patterson
2016 The Priest
Siegfried Sassoon
Francis Bonar
2015 Tom
Sailor John (voice)
347
Jack
The Alchemist (voice)
Narator
2014 Self
Cotys
Billy Irvine
2013 Christopher Marlowe
The War Doctor
The War Doctor (archive voice)
Self
The War Doctor
The War Doctor
N/A
Self
Gilliam
Kingsley Bedford
The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
Narrator (voice)
2012 Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Audric Baillard
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (english voice)
El coro, narrador
The Ministry
2011 The Owl (voice)
Old Zeus
Self
MC
Control
Narrator (voice)
Ollivander
Professor Orit
Narrador
Priest
Dexter
Priest
Narrator (voice)
Man
2010 James Parkin
Carnak
Ollivander
Arthur
Phil Corkery
Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Doyle
2009 Owl (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Old Man Peanut
The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Guitar
Quentin Crisp
2008 The Great Dragon (voice)
Bellhop
Trevor Bruttenholm
Warren Christopher
Harold Oxley
Rothgar
Arthur Seldom
N/A
2007 N/A
Le père de Fanny
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
Self
Self
2006 Narrator (voice)
Self - Guest
Self
Narrator (voice)
Christopher
Chancellor Adam Sutler
2005 Jellon Lamb
The Horned King
Narrator (voice)
Ben Devereaux
Narrator (voice)
The Doctor
War Doctor
Felix (voice)
N/A
2004 Self
Narrator (voice)
Self
Harry (voice)
Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Self
Alan Clark
2003 Self
Narrator (voice)
Man from Maybury Hill
Victor Foss
2002 Narrator (voice)
Self
Porfiry, chief investigator
Self
Jack Blake
Christian
Narrator (voice)
2001 Self
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Ollivander
Dr. Iannis
Narrator (voice)
Vince
2000 Father Lareaux
Krapp
Narrator (voice)
1999 Alan White
Maitland
Sean Cooper
General Woundwort
Mr. Summers
1998 Giles De'Ath
Chuck Langer
James morton
Michael Poole
1997 Babits
S. R. Hadden
1996 Dr. Turner
1995 John Scholfield
Jack Lee
Charley Prince
Narrator (voice)
John Graham
Marquis de Prey
1994 The Storyteller (archive footage)
Uncle Turpin
Self
The Countess
Rex Goodyear
Mr. Mole (voice)
1993 Villano
Self
1992 The Father
Anthony / Le Marquis
1991 Archie Carpenter
Boorman's Alter Ego
Alfred
Conrad Farmer
The Father
Lord Percival Graves
1990 Narrator (voice)
Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
Bird' O'Donnell
Actor
Charles Rutherford
Chris Mullin
La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
1989 Robert Burger
N/A
Stephen Ward
Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
1988 Lucien Metz
The Storyteller
The Storyteller
Granville Jones
1987 Gilbert Colville
(voice)
The Actor
Kane
The Narrator (voice)
Douglas Benoit
N/A
1986 Bill
N/A
Syd
1985 Narrator (voice)
The Horned King (voice)
Self
Peter Hunningford
1984 Winston Smith
Braddock
Dino Montecurva
Bob Champion
1983 Narrator
Lawrence Fassett
The Fool
1982 Snitter (voice)
N/A
Kerwin
Peter Strelzyk
1981 Jesus - The Roman Empire
1980 Billy Irvine
John Merrick
Host
1979 Kane
N/A
1978 Aragorn (voice)
Hazel (voice)
Max
Anthony Fielding
1977 Atkinson
Nash
N/A
Lt. George Simmonds
Mitri Cyon
1976 N/A
Caligula
Chandler
1975 Quentin Crisp
Tom Rawlings
Tony Grey
1974 Malcolm Scrawdyke
Narrator
Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
1973 N/A
1972 Franz
1971 James Parkin
Richard Forbush
Timothy Evans
1970 N/A
1969 Daniel
Lieutenant Pilkington
Davey Haggart
1967 N/A
1966 Richard Rich
1965 Freddy Tisdale
1964 Charlie
1962 Phil Corbett
Year Character Movie/Tv

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