John Hurt

John Hurt

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

22/01/1940

Day of Death

25/01/2017
(77) years old

Place of Birth

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

Biography

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited...

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)

2021

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Ayamé

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Damascus Cover

as Miki

2017

That Good Night

as Ralph

2017

My Name Is Lenny

as Leslie Salmon

2017

The Journey

as Harry Patterson

2016

Jackie

as The Priest

2016

Back to Utopia

as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)

2016

The Final Reel

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016

ChickLit

as Francis Bonar

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)

2015

A.K.A Nadia

as 347

2015

Break

as Jack

2015

The Alchemist's Letter

as The Alchemist (voice)

2014

Hercules

as Cotys

2013

Only Lovers Left Alive

as Christopher Marlowe

2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

as The War Doctor (archive voice)

2013

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

as Self / Stephen Ward

2013

Muse of Fire

as Self

2013

Snowpiercer

as Gilliam

2013

Jayne Mansfield's Car

as Kingsley Bedford

2013

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky T...

as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self

2012

Sightseers

as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2012

Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers

as Narrator (voice)

2012

More Than Honey

as Narrator (english voice)

2012

The Snipist

as The Ministry

2011

The Gruffalo's Child

as The Owl (voice)

2011

Immortals

as Old Zeus

2011

On Borrowed Time

as Self

2011

23 Degrees, 5 Minutes

as Professor Orit

2011

Melancholia

as Dexter

2011

The Confession

as Priest

2011

Sailcloth

as Man

2010

Whistle and I'll Come to You

as James Parkin

2010

Love at First Sight

as Arthur

2010

Brighton Rock

as Phil Corkery

2010

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

as Grandpa Sammy (voice)

2010

Lou

as Doyle

2009

The Gruffalo

as Owl (voice)

2009

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating t...

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Ballybrando

as Self

2009

44 Inch Chest

as Old Man Peanut

2009

Remembrance

as Bellhop

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage...

2009

An Englishman in New York

as Quentin Crisp

2008

Lecture 21

as Mondrian Kilroy

2008

New York, I Love You

as Bellhop

2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as Trevor Bruttenholm

2008

Recount

as Warren Christopher

2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Cry...

as Professor Harold Oxley

2008

Outlander

as Rothgar

2008

The Oxford Murders

as Arthur Seldom

2007

Boxes

as Fanny's father

2007

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (vo...

2006

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

as Narrator (voice)

2006

Whaledreamers

as Self

2006

The Plot Against Harold Wilson

as Narrator (voice)

2006

Shooting Dogs

as Christopher

2006

V for Vendetta

as Adam Sutler

2005

The Proposition

as Jellon Lamb

2005

Once Upon a Halloween

as The Horned King

2005

Hiroshima

as Narrator (voice)

2005

The Skeleton Key

as Ben Devereaux

2005

Manderlay

as Narrator (voice)

2005

Valiant

as Felix (voice)

2004

Shadowing the Third Man

as Narrator (voice)

2004

Pride

as Harry (voice)

2004

Hellboy

as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

2003

Dogville

as Narrator (voice)

2003

Owning Mahowny

as Victor Foss

2002

The Alien Saga

as Narrator (voice)

2002

Crime and Punishment

as Porfiry, chief investigator

2002

Bait

as Jack Blake

2002

Miranda

as Christian

2001

Shaolin: Wheel of Life

as Narrator (voice)

2001

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

as Narrator (voice)

2001

Tabloid

as Vince

2000

Lost Souls

as Father Lareaux

2000

Krapp's Last Tape

as Krapp

2000

The Tigger Movie

as Narrator (voice)

1999

New Blood

as Alan White

1999

You're Dead...

as Maitland

1999

If... Dog... Rabbit

as Sean Cooper

1999

All the Little Animals

as Mr. Summers

1998

The Climb

as Chuck Langer

1998

The Commissioner

as James morton

1998

Night Train

as Michael Poole

1997

Bandyta

as Babits

1997

Contact

as S. R. Hadden

1996

Tender Loving Care

as Dr. Turner

1995

Dead Man

as John Scholfield

1995

Saigon Baby

as Jack Lee

1995

Wild Bill

as Charley Prince

1995

On Jupiter

as Narrator (voice)

1995

Rob Roy

as John Graham

1995

Two Nudes Bathing

as Marquis de Prey

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as The Storyteller (archive footage)

1994

Second Best

as Uncle Turpin

1994

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as The Countess

1994

Great Moments in Aviation

as Rex Goodyear

1994

Thumbelina

as Mr. Mole (voice)

1993

Monolith

as Villano

1992

Dark at Noon

as Anthony / Le Marquis

1991

Red Fox

as Archie Carpenter

1991

I Dreamt I Woke Up

as Boorman's Alter Ego

1991

Journey to Knock

as Alfred

1991

Lapse of Memory

as Conrad Farmer

1991

King Ralph

as Lord Percival Graves

1990

Frankenstein Unbound

as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)

1990

The Field

as Bird' O'Donnell

1990

Resident Alien

as Self - Actor

1990

Windprints

as Charles Rutherford

1990

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Chris Mullin

1990

Romeo.Juliet

as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)

1989

Little Sweetheart

as Robert Burger

1989

Scandal

as Stephen Ward

1989

David Macaulay: Pyramid

as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)

1988

The Bengali Night

as Lucien Metz

1988

Deadline

as Granville Jones

1987

White Mischief

as Gilbert Colville

1987

Vincent

as (voice)

1987

Spaceballs

as John Hurt

1987

Aria

as The Actor

1987

The Hunting of the Snark

as The Narrator (voice)

1987

From the Hip

as Douglas Benoit

1987

Monolith

as Narrator (voice)

1987

Iceberg

as Narrator (voice)

1986

Rocinante

as Bill

1986

Jake Speed

as Syd

1985

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

as Narrator (voice)

1985

The Black Cauldron

as The Horned King (voice)

1985

Live Aid

as Self

1985

After Darkness

as Peter Hunningford

1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

as Winston Smith

1984

The Hit

as Braddock

1984

Success Is the Best Revenge

as Dino Montecurva

1984

Champions

as Bob Champion

1984

Sunset People

as Self

1983

The Osterman Weekend

as Lawrence Fassett

1983

King Lear

as The Fool

1982

The Plague Dogs

as Snitter (voice)

1982

Partners

as Kerwin

1982

Night Crossing

as Peter Strelzyk

1981

History of the World: Part I

as Jesus - The Roman Empire

1980

Heaven's Gate

as Billy Irvine

1980

The Elephant Man

as John Merrick

1979

Alien

as Kane

1978

The Lord of the Rings

as Aragorn (voice)

1978

Watership Down

as Hazel (voice)

1978

The Shout

as Anthony Fielding

1977

The Disappearance

as Atkinson

1977

Three Dangerous Ladies

as Lt. George Simmonds

1977

Spectre

as Mitri Cyon

1976

Stream Line

as Chandler

1976

The Peddler

as Alec Cassell

1975

The Naked Civil Servant

as Quentin Crisp

1975

The Ghoul

as Tom Rawlings

1974

The Playboy of the Western World

as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

1972

The Pied Piper

as Franz

1971

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

as Richard Forbush

1971

10 Rillington Place

as Timothy Evans

1969

Sinful Davey

as Davey Haggart

1969

Before Winter Comes

as Lieutenant Pilkington

1966

A Man for All Seasons

as Richard Rich

1964

This Is My Street

as Charlie

1962

The Wild and the Willing

as Phil Corbett