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