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