John Hurt

John Hurt

Deceased · Born: Jan 22, 1940 · Died: Jan 25, 2017

2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

Personal Details

BornJan 22, 1940 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Spouse

  • Anwen Rees-Myers

    ( Mar 1, 2005 to Jan 25, 2017 )

  • Jo Dalton

    ( Jan 24, 1990 to Dec 31, 1969 )

  • Donna Peacock

    ( Sep 6, 1984 to Dec 31, 1969 )

  • Annette Robertson

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Phyllis Hurt (Massey)
  • Arnold Herbert Hurt
Relatives
  • Anselm Hurt (Sibling)
  • Monica Hurt (Sibling)

Biography

John Vincent Hurt was a renowned stage, screen, and television actor born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England. He was the youngest child of Phyllis (Massey),an engineer and former actress, and Reverend Arnould Herbert Hurt, an Anglican clergyman and mathematician.

Career

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
2017
Damascus Cover
Damascus Cover as Miki
That Good Night
That Good Night as Ralph
The Journey
The Journey as Harry Patterson
My Name Is Lenny
My Name Is Lenny as Leslie Salmon
2016
Jackie
Jackie as The Priest
ChickLit
ChickLit as Francis Bonar
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets as Siegfried Sassoon
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure as Sailor John (voice)
Break
Break as Jack
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
The Last Panthers
The Last Panthers as Tom
2014
Hercules
Hercules as Cotys
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Jayne Mansfield's Car as Kingsley Bedford
Only Lovers Left Alive
Only Lovers Left Alive as Christopher Marlowe
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict as Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as The War Doctor
Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer as Gilliam
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as The War Doctor (archive voice)
2012
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents as The Ministry
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers as Narrator (voice)
More Than Honey
More Than Honey as Narrator (english voice)
Sightseers
Sightseers as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Labyrinth
Labyrinth as Audric Baillard
2011
The Gruffalo's Child
The Gruffalo's Child as The Owl (voice)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Control
In Love with Alma Cogan
In Love with Alma Cogan as MC
Immortals
Immortals as Old Zeus
Melancholia
Melancholia as Dexter
The Confession
The Confession as Priest
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes as Professor Orit
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Ollivander
The Confession
The Confession as Priest
Human Planet
Human Planet as Narrator (voice)
Planet Dinosaur
Planet Dinosaur as Narrator
2010
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock as Phil Corkery
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie as Carnak
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Lou
Lou as Doyle
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Whistle and I'll Come to You as James Parkin
Love at First Sight
Love at First Sight as Arthur
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Ollivander
2009
The Limits of Control
The Limits of Control as Guitar
44 Inch Chest
44 Inch Chest as Old Man Peanut
An Englishman in New York
An Englishman in New York as Quentin Crisp
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo as Owl (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Professor Harold Oxley
The Oxford Murders
The Oxford Murders as Arthur Seldom
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Trevor Bruttenholm
Outlander
Outlander as Rothgar
Recount
Recount as Warren Christopher
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You as Bellhop
Merlin
Merlin as Kilgharrah (voice)
2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
Boxes
Boxes as Fanny's father
2006
Shooting Dogs
Shooting Dogs as Christopher
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
The Plot Against Harold Wilson as Narrator (voice)
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta as Adam Sutler
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Narrator (voice)
2005
The Proposition
The Proposition as Jellon Lamb
Hiroshima
Hiroshima as Narrator (voice)
The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key as Ben Devereaux
Valiant
Valiant as Felix (voice)
Short Order
Short Order
Manderlay
Manderlay as Narrator (voice)
2004
Pride
Pride as Harry (voice)
Hellboy
Hellboy as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Shadowing the Third Man
Shadowing the Third Man as Narrator (voice)
The Alan Clark Diaries
The Alan Clark Diaries as Alan Clark
The Hollywood Greats
The Hollywood Greats
2003
Owning Mahowny
Owning Mahowny as Victor Foss
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill as Man from Maybury Hill
Dogville
Dogville as Narrator (voice)
2002
Miranda
Miranda as Christian
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment as Porfiry, chief investigator
The 'Alien' Saga
The 'Alien' Saga as Narrator (voice)
Bait
Bait as Jack Blake
Edge of the Universe
Edge of the Universe as Narrator (voice)
2001
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm as Narrator (voice)
Tabloid
Tabloid as Vince
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Dr. Iannis
Great Performances
Great Performances as Narrator (voice)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as Mr. Ollivander
2000
Lost Souls
Lost Souls as Father Lareaux
The Tigger Movie
The Tigger Movie as Narrator (voice)
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape as Krapp
1999
If... Dog... Rabbit
If... Dog... Rabbit as Sean Cooper
New Blood
New Blood as Alan White
All the Little Animals
All the Little Animals as Mr. Summers
You're Dead...
You're Dead... as Maitland
A Monkey's Tale
A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian
1998
Night Train
Night Train as Michael Poole
Love and Death on Long Island
Love and Death on Long Island as Giles De'Ath
The Climb
The Climb as Chuck Langer
The Commissioner
The Commissioner as James morton
1997
Bandyta
Bandyta as Babits
Contact
Contact as S. R. Hadden
1996
Tender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care as Dr. Turner
1995
Rob Roy
Rob Roy as John Graham
Dead Man
Dead Man as John Scholfield
Wild Bill
Wild Bill as Charley Prince
1994
Second Best
Second Best as Uncle Turpin
Great Moments in Aviation
Great Moments in Aviation as Rex Goodyear
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as The Countess
Great Performances
Great Performances as The Storyteller (archive footage)
Thumbelina
Thumbelina as Mr. Mole (voice)
1993
Monolith
Monolith as Villano
1992
Dark at Noon
Dark at Noon as Anthony / Le Marquis
Performance
Performance as The Father
1991
Lapse of Memory
Lapse of Memory as Conrad Farmer
Red Fox
Red Fox as Archie Carpenter
King Ralph
King Ralph as Lord Percival Graves
1990
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing as Chris Mullin
Frankenstein Unbound
Frankenstein Unbound as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
Windprints
Windprints as Charles Rutherford
The Field
The Field as Bird' O'Donnell
Romeo.Juliet
Romeo.Juliet as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
1989
Scandal
Scandal as Stephen Ward
David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
Little Sweetheart
Little Sweetheart as Robert Burger
The Jim Henson Hour
The Jim Henson Hour
1988
Deadline
Deadline as Granville Jones
La nuit Bengali
La nuit Bengali as Lucien Metz
The Storyteller
The Storyteller as The Storyteller
1987
The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark as The Narrator (voice)
Aria
Aria as The Actor
From the Hip
From the Hip as Douglas Benoit
White Mischief
White Mischief as Gilbert Colville
Vincent
Vincent as (voice)
Spaceballs
Spaceballs as John Hurt
1986
Rocinante
Rocinante as Bill
Jake Speed
Jake Speed as Syd
Thames Film
Thames Film
1985
After Darkness
After Darkness as Peter Hunningford
The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron as The Horned King (voice)
Arena
Arena as Narrator (voice)
1984
The Hit
The Hit as Braddock
Champions
Champions as Bob Champion
1984
1984 as Winston Smith
Success Is the Best Revenge
Success Is the Best Revenge as Dino Montecurva
1983
The Osterman Weekend
The Osterman Weekend as Lawrence Fassett
King Lear
King Lear as The Fool
1982
Partners
Partners as Kerwin
The Plague Dogs
The Plague Dogs as Snitter (voice)
Night Crossing
Night Crossing as Peter Strelzyk
1981
History of the World: Part I
History of the World: Part I as Jesus - The Roman Empire
1980
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
An Evening with Quentin Crisp as Host
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man as John Merrick
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate as Billy Irvine
1979
Alien
Alien as Kane
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment as Raskolnikov
1978
The Shout
The Shout as Anthony Fielding
Midnight Express
Midnight Express as Max
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings as Aragorn (voice)
Watership Down
Watership Down as Hazel (voice)
1977
Spectre
Spectre as Mitri Cyon
The Disappearance
The Disappearance as Atkinson
East of Elephant Rock
East of Elephant Rock as Nash
Three Dangerous Ladies
Three Dangerous Ladies as Lt. George Simmonds
1976
I, Claudius
I, Claudius as Caligula
1975
The Ghoul
The Ghoul as Tom Rawlings
The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant as Quentin Crisp
1974
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs as Malcolm Scrawdyke
1972
The Pied Piper
The Pied Piper as Franz
1971
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Richard Forbush
10 Rillington Place
10 Rillington Place as Timothy Evans
1969
In Search of Gregory
In Search of Gregory as Daniel
Sinful Davey
Sinful Davey as Davey Haggart
Before Winter Comes
Before Winter Comes as Lieutenant Pilkington
1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar as John
1966
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons as Richard Rich
1964
This Is My Street
This Is My Street as Charlie
1962
Young and Willing
Young and Willing as Phil Corbett
2025
Henry Fonda for President
Henry Fonda for President
2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2016
The Final Reel
The Final Reel
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2013
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips
Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2012
Trailer War
Trailer War
2011
On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time
The One Show
The One Show
2009
Ballybrando
Ballybrando
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2006
Whaledreamers
Whaledreamers
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend'
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend'
'Hellboy': The Seeds of Creation
'Hellboy': The Seeds of Creation
2003
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien'
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien'
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2002
I Claudius: A Television Epic
I Claudius: A Television Epic
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
2001
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
1990
Resident Alien
Resident Alien
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1985
Live Aid
Live Aid