John Hurt (1940 - )

Date of Birth: 22 January 1940
Place of Birth: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Also Known As: John Vincent Hurt

All as performer
* = television
+ = computer game

1971
10 Rillington Place (Timothy John Evans)

1972
The Pied Piper (Franz)

1975
The Ghoul (Tom Rawlings)

1977
Spectre (Mitri Cyon) *

1978
The Lord of the Rings (voice of Aragorn)
The Shout (Anthony Fielding)
Watership Down (voice of Hazel)

1979
Alien (Kane)

1980
The Elephant Man (John Merrick)

1981
History of the World: Part I (Jesus)

1982
The Plague Dogs (voice of Snitter)

1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four (Winston Smith)

1985
The Black Cauldron (voice of the Horned King)
Terror in the Aisles (archive footage, as Kane in Alien)

1987
Aria (the actor (in I pagliacci segment))
The Hunting of the Snark (narrator)
Spaceballs (John Hurt)
The Storyteller (the storyteller) *

1989
The Jim Henson Hour *

1990
Frankenstein Unbound (Dr Joe Buchanan)

Romeo-Juliet (La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio)

1991
The Director's Place: I Dreamt I Woke Up (Boorman's alter ego)

1993
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (the countess)
Monolith (Villano)
Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (storyteller)

1994
Thumbelina (voice of Mr Mole)

1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening (Joe the bartender) +

1997
Contact (S.R. Hadden)

1999
Watership Down (voice of General Woundwort) *

2000
The Tigger Movie (voice of the narrator)
Lost Souls (Father Lareaux)

2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mr Ollivander)

2002
The Alien Saga (performer (himself / narrator))

2004
Hellboy (Professor Bruttenholm)

1962
The Wild and the Willing (Phil)
El salvaje y la voluntad - Spanish title
Villi ja halukas - Finnish title
Young and Willing - US title

Z Cars: Assault (17 July 1962) (James Hogan) *

1963
This Is My Street (Charlie)

1965
Gideon's Way: The Tin God (Freddy Tinsdale) *

1966
A Man for All Seasons (Richard Rich)
Adam Lehol Et - Israeli title
Enas anthropos gia oles tis epoches - Greek title
Un hombre para la eternidad - Spanish title
Um Homem para a Eternidade - Portuguese title
O Homem Que Não Vendeu Sua Alma - Brazilian title
Un homme pour l'éternité - French title
Kunnian mies - Finnish title
En man för alla tider - Swedish title
Mand til alle tider - Danish title
Ein Mann zu jeder Jahreszeit - West German title
Oto jest glowa zdrajcy - Polish title
Un uomo per tutte le stagioni - Italian title

1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar (John)

1969
In Search of Gregory (Daniel)
Before Winter Comes (Lieutenant Francis Pilkington)
Sinful Davey (Davey Haggart)

1971
Mr Forbush and the Penguins (Richard Forbush)

1973
Wessex Tales: A Tragedy of Two Ambitions (Joshua Harlborough) *

1974
Little Malcolm (Malcolm Scrawdyke)

1975
La linea del fiume (Chandler)
The Naked Civil Servant (Quentin Crisp) *

1976
I, Claudius (Caligula) *

Play For Today: The Peddler (23 March 1976) (Alec Cassell) *

The Sweeney: Tomorrow Man (27 September 1976) (Tony Grey) *

1977
East of Elephant Rock (Nash)
The Disappearance (Atkinson)
The Making of Midnight Express (himself) *

1978
Midnight Express (Max the Englishman)

1979
Crime and Punishment (Raskolnikov) *

1980
Heaven's Gate (Billy Irvine)

1981
Night Crossing (Peter Strelzyk)

1982
Partners (Kerwin)

1983
Champions (Bob Champion)
The Osterman Weekend (Lawrence Fassett)

1984
The Hit (Braddock)
Success Is the Best Revenge (Dino Montecurva)
King Lear (the fool) *

1985
After Darkness (Peter Hunningford)

1986
Jake Speed (Sid)

1987
From the Hip (Douglas Benoit)
Rocinante (Bill)
White Mischief (Gilbert Colvile)
Vincent (voice)

1988
Deadline (Granville Jones)
La nuit Bengali (Lucien Metz)

1989
Aspel & Company: 14 January 1989 (himself) *

Little Sweetheart (Robert Burger)

Scandal (Stephen Ward)

1990
Resident Alien (himself)
The Field (The 'Bird' O'Donnell)
Windprints
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing (Chris Mullin) *

1991
Aspel & Company: 16 February 1991 (himself) *

King Ralph (Graves)

Red Fox (Archie Carpenter) *

1992
L'oeil qui ment (Anthony / Le Marquis)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (the father)
Lapse of Memory (Conrad Farmer)

1993
Great Moments in Aviation (Rex Goodyear) *

1994
Inside the Actors Studio *
Second Best (Uncle Turpin)
Förräderi (voice of the narrator)

1995
Dead Man (John Scholfield)
Prisoners in Time (Eric Lomax) *
Saigon Baby (Jack Lee)
Two Nudes Bathing (Marquis de Prey)
Wild Bill (Charley Prince)
Rob Roy (Marquis of Montrose)

1997
Tender Loving Care (Dr Turner)
Bandyta (Babits)
Love and Death on Long Island (Giles De'Ath)

1998
All the Little Animals (Mr Summers)

The Climb (Chuck Langer)

The Commissioner (James Morton)

Inside the Actors Studio: 29 November 1998 (himself) *

Night Train (Michael Poole)

You're Dead... (Maitland)

1999
If... Dog... Rabbit... (Sean Cooper)
New Blood (Alan White)
Le château des singes (English voice of Sebastian)

2000
Crime and Punishment (Porfiry)
Krapp's Last Tape (Krapp) *

2001
The 100 Greatest TV Characters (archive footage as Quentin Crisp) *

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Dr Iannis)

Parkinson: 13 April 2001 (himself) *

Tabloid (Vince)

2002
Breakfast: 27 September 2002 (himself) *

Miranda

Owning Mahowny (Victor Foss)

2003
Dogville
The Laurence Olivier Awards 2003 (performer (himself)) *

2004
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: 19 March 2004 (himself) *

The Hollywood Greats: Richard Harris (15 March 2004) (himself) *

2005
Breakfast: 10 October 2005 (himself) *

The Heaven and Earth Show: 25 September 2005 (himself) *

This Morning: 11 October 2005 (himself) *

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Kölcsönkapott idö (Sean)

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009