John Hurt
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 performan...
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Ayamé
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Damascus Cover
2017
as Miki
The Journey
2017
as Harry Patterson
That Good Night
2017
as Ralph
My Name Is Lenny
2017
as Leslie Salmon
Jackie
2016
as The Priest
ChickLit
2016
as Francis Bonar
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
2016
as Siegfried Sassoon
The Final Reel
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Back to Utopia
2016
as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
2015
as Narator
The Alchemist's Letter
2015
as The Alchemist (voice)
A.K.A Nadia
2015
as 347
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015
as Sailor John (voice)
Break
2015
as Jack
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
The Last Panthers
2015
as Tom
Hercules
2014
as Cotys
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
2014
as Narrator
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Kingsley Bedford
Snowpiercer
2013
as Gilliam
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
as Christopher Marlowe
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013
as The War Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The War Doctor
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013
as The War Doctor
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Stephen Ward
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as The War Doctor (archive voice)
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
2013
as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Sightseers
2012
as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Snipist
2012
as The Ministry
More Than Honey
2012
as Narrator (english voice)
Labyrinth
2012
as Audric Baillard
The Hollow Crown
2012
as The Chorus
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Ollivander
Melancholia
2011
as Dexter
Immortals
2011
as Old Zeus
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Control
The Gruffalo's Child
2011
as The Owl (voice)
Sailcloth
2011
as Man
The Confession
2011
as Priest
On Borrowed Time
2011
as Self
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
2011
as Professor Orit
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
2011
as Narrator
In Love with Alma Cogan
2011
as MC
Human Planet
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The Confession
2011
as Priest
Planet Dinosaur
2011
as Narrator
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Ollivander
Brighton Rock
2010
as Phil Corkery
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
as Carnak
Lou
2010
as Doyle
Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010
as James Parkin
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
as Self
Love at First Sight
2010
as Arthur
The Limits of Control
2009
as Guitar
The Gruffalo
2009
as Owl (voice)
An Englishman in New York
2009
as Quentin Crisp
44 Inch Chest
2009
as Old Man Peanut
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
Remembrance
2009
as Bellhop
Ballybrando
2009
as Self
Centenary: The BP Story
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
as Professor Harold Oxley
Outlander
2008
as Rothgar
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
as Trevor Bruttenholm
The Oxford Murders
2008
as Arthur Seldom
Recount
2008
as Warren Christopher
Lecture 21
2008
as Mondrian Kilroy
New York, I Love You
2008
as Bellhop
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
Merlin
2008
as Kilgharrah (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007
as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
Boxes
2007
as Fanny's father
Interview with John Hurt
2007
as Self
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
as Samswope
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Narrator (voice)
V for Vendetta
2006
as Adam Sutler
Shooting Dogs
2006
as Christopher
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Whaledreamers
2006
as Self
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
2006
as Adam Sutler
Manderlay
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Ben Devereaux
Valiant
2005
as Felix (voice)
Once Upon a Halloween
2005
as The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)
The Proposition
2005
as Jellon Lamb
Hiroshima
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Short Order
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as The Doctor
Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction
2005
as Narrator
A Ghost Story for Christmas
2005
as James Parkin
Hellboy
2004
as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004
as Self
Shadowing the Third Man
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Pride
2004
as Harry (voice)
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
as Self
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004
as Alan Clark
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Owning Mahowny
2003
as Victor Foss
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
2003
as Man from Maybury Hill
Dogville
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Alien Saga
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Miranda
2002
as Christian
Crime and Punishment
2002
as Porfiry, chief investigator
Bait
2002
as Jack Blake
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
as Self
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
2002
as Self
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
Edge of the Universe
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Mr. Ollivander
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Dr. Iannis
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
2001
as Narrator (voice)
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Tabloid
2001
as Vince
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001
as Self
Krapp's Last Tape
2000
as Krapp
Lost Souls
2000
as Father Lareaux
The Tigger Movie
2000
as Narrator (voice)
You're Dead...
1999
as Maitland
All the Little Animals
1999
as Mr. Summers
New Blood
1999
as Alan White
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
as Sean Cooper
Watership Down
1999
as General Woundwort (voice)
The Commissioner
1998
as James morton
Love and Death on Long Island
1998
as Giles De'Ath
The Climb
1998
as Chuck Langer
Night Train
1998
as Michael Poole
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Brute
1997
as Babits
Contact
1997
as S. R. Hadden
Tender Loving Care
1996
as Dr. Turner
Dead Man
1995
as John Scholfield
Rob Roy
1995
as John Graham
Wild Bill
1995
as Charley Prince
On Jupiter
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Saigon Baby
1995
as Jack Lee
Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing
1995
as Marquis de Prey
Picture Windows
1995
as Marquis de Prey
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as The Countess
Second Best
1994
as Uncle Turpin
Great Moments in Aviation
1994
as Rex Goodyear
Thumbelina
1994
as Mr. Mole (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
1994
as The Storyteller (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1994
as Narrator (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Monolith
1993
as Villano
GMTV
1993
as Self
Dark at Noon
1992
as Anthony / Le Marquis
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1992
as The Father
King Ralph
1991
as Lord Percival Graves
Red Fox
1991
as Archie Carpenter
Journey to Knock
1991
as Alfred
I Dreamt I Woke Up
1991
as Boorman's Alter Ego
Lapse of Memory
1991
as Conrad Farmer
Performance
1991
as The Father
Frankenstein Unbound
1990
as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
The Field
1990
as Bird' O'Donnell
Windprints
1990
as Charles Rutherford
Resident Alien
1990
as Self - Actor
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as Chris Mullin
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
as Self
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Romeo.Juliet
1990
as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
Scandal
1989
as Stephen Ward
Poison Candy
1989
as Robert Burger
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
Deadline
1988
as Granville Jones
The Bengali Night
1988
as Lucien Metz
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: Fearnot
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988
as The Storyteller
The Storyteller
1988
as The Storyteller
Spaceballs
1987
as John Hurt
From the Hip
1987
as Douglas Benoit
Aria
1987
as The Actor
White Mischief
1987
as Gilbert Colville
The Hunting of the Snark
1987
as The Narrator (voice)
Vincent
1987
as (voice)
Iceberg
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Monolith
1987
as Narrator (voice)
Frightmares
1987
Jake Speed
1986
as Syd
Rocinante
1986
as Bill
Thames Film
1986
After Darkness
1985
as Peter Hunningford
The Black Cauldron
1985
as The Horned King (voice)
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Live Aid
1985
as Self
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
as Winston Smith
The Hit
1984
as Braddock
Champions
1984
as Bob Champion
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Dino Montecurva
Sunset People
1984
as Self
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Lawrence Fassett
King Lear
1983
as The Fool
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
The Plague Dogs
1982
as Snitter (voice)
Partners
1982
as Kerwin
Night Crossing
1982
as Peter Strelzyk
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
as Self
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Jesus - The Roman Empire
The Elephant Man
1980
as John Merrick
Heaven's Gate
1980
as Billy Irvine
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
1980
as Host
Alien
1979
as Kane
Crime and Punishment
1979
as Rodion Raskolnikov
The Lord of the Rings
1978
as Aragorn (voice)
Watership Down
1978
as Hazel (voice)
Midnight Express
1978
as Max
The Shout
1978
as Anthony Fielding
East of Elephant Rock
1977
as Nash
The Disappearance
1977
as Atkinson
Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
as Lt. George Simmonds
Spectre
1977
as Mitri Cyon
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Stream Line
1976
as Chandler
The Peddler
1976
as Alec Cassell
I, Claudius
1976
as Caligula
The Naked Civil Servant
1975
as Quentin Crisp
The Ghoul
1975
as Tom Rawlings
The Sweeney
1975
as Tony Grey
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974
as Malcolm Scrawdyke
The Playboy of the Western World
1974
as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
NOVA
1974
as Narrator
Wessex Tales
1973
as Joshua Harlborough
The Pied Piper
1972
as Franz
10 Rillington Place
1971
as Timothy Evans
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971
as Richard Forbush
Green Julia
1971
as Bob
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as James Parkin
Great Performances
1971
as Narrator
Play for Today
1970
as Alec Cassell
Sinful Davey
1969
as Davey Haggart
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Lieutenant Pilkington
In Search of Gregory
1969
as Daniel
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967
as John
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as Richard Rich
Gideon's Way
1965
as Freddy Tisdale
This Is My Street
1964
as Charlie
The Wild and the Willing
1962
as Phil Corbett
Drama 61-67
1961
as Private Briggs
Drama 61-67
1961
as Tom
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Joe
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee