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