John Hurt

Actor Jan 22 (died age 77) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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

Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Mr. Ollivander

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Ollivander

Film

Alien

Kane

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Ollivander

Film

V for Vendetta

Adam Sutler

Film

The Elephant Man

John Merrick

Film

Snowpiercer

Gilliam

Film

Contact

S. R. Hadden

Filmography

Acting (264)

Movies (225)

Henry Fonda for President

2025

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.4

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)

7.2

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021

as Self (archive footage)

4.5

Ayamé

2018

as Narrator (voice)

That Good Night

as Ralph

Damascus Cover

as Miki

My Name Is Lenny

as Leslie Salmon

The Journey

as Harry Patterson

Jackie

as The Priest

ChickLit

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)

6.0

Back to Utopia

2016

as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)

Break

2015

as Jack

7.5

Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces

2015

as Narator

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)

8.0

A.K.A Nadia

2015

as 347

7.7

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

2015

as Sailor John (voice)

6.2

The Alchemist's Letter

2015

as The Alchemist (voice)

6.8

Hercules

2014

as Cotys

5.8

Wimbledon The Official Film 2014

2014

as Narrator

10.0

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

as Self

Snowpiercer

as Gilliam

The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro

2013

as The War Doctor

10.0

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

as Christopher Marlowe

7.2

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The War Doctor

8.2

Jayne Mansfield's Car

as Kingsley Bedford

Muse of Fire

as Self

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013

as The War Doctor

8.0

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as The War Doctor (archive voice)

7.8

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

as Self / Stephen Ward

8.3

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

2013

as Self

9.0

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre

2013

as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

2013

as Narrator (voice)

5.5

Sightseers

2012

as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers

2012

as Narrator (voice)

8.1

More Than Honey

2012

as Narrator (english voice)

7.2

The Snipist

2012

as The Ministry

9.0

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Ollivander

8.1

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as Control

Immortals

as Old Zeus

Melancholia

as Dexter

The Gruffalo's Child

as The Owl (voice)

In Love with Alma Cogan

as MC

The Confession

as Priest

On Borrowed Time

as Self

23 Degrees, 5 Minutes

as Professor Orit

Sailcloth

as Man

The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

2011

as Narrator

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Ollivander

Brighton Rock

as Phil Corkery

Behind Jim Jarmusch

as Self

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010

as Grandpa Sammy (voice)

6.0

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

as Carnak

Lou

as Doyle

Love at First Sight

as Arthur

Whistle and I'll Come to You

2010

as James Parkin

5.7

Centenary: The BP Story

2009

as Narrator (voice)

The Limits of Control

as Guitar

The Gruffalo

as Owl (voice)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)

Ballybrando

as Self

44 Inch Chest

as Old Man Peanut

An Englishman in New York

2009

as Quentin Crisp

6.3

Remembrance

2009

as Bellhop

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008

as Professor Harold Oxley

6.0

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

as Trevor Bruttenholm

Outlander

as Rothgar

New York, I Love You

as Bellhop

The Oxford Murders

as Arthur Seldom

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2008

Recount

2008

as Warren Christopher

6.8

Lecture 21

2008

as Mondrian Kilroy

6.3

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

2007

as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)

6.4

Boxes

2007

as Fanny's father

5.3

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Interview with John Hurt

as Self

V for Vendetta

as Adam Sutler

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

as Narrator (voice)

Shooting Dogs

as Christopher

Whaledreamers

as Self

'V for Vendetta' Unmasked

2006

as Adam Sutler

7.3

The Plot Against Harold Wilson

2006

as Narrator (voice)

The Skeleton Key

as Ben Devereaux

Hiroshima

as Narrator (voice)

Valiant

as Felix (voice)

Short Order

as Felix

The Proposition

as Jellon Lamb

Manderlay

as Narrator (voice)

Once Upon a Halloween

2005

as The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)

6.2

Hellboy

2004

as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

6.7

Shadowing the Third Man

as Narrator (voice)

Pride

as Harry (voice)

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

2004

as Self

7.2

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

as Self

Dogville

as Narrator (voice)

Owning Mahowny

as Victor Foss

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

as Self

8.2

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

2003

as Man from Maybury Hill

Miranda

as Christian

Bait

as Jack Blake

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

2002

as Self

7.0

Crime and Punishment

2002

as Porfiry, chief investigator

5.0

The Alien Saga

2002

as Narrator (voice)

6.6

The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past

2002

as Self

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as Mr. Ollivander

7.9

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

2001

as Self

6.5

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

2001

as Narrator (voice)

7.5

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

as Dr. Iannis

Tabloid

as Vince

Shaolin: Wheel of Life

as Narrator (voice)

Krapp's Last Tape

as Krapp

The Tigger Movie

as Narrator (voice)

Lost Souls

as Father Lareaux

New Blood

as Alan White

You're Dead...

as Maitland

All the Little Animals

as Mr. Summers

If... Dog... Rabbit

as Sean Cooper

The Commissioner

as James morton

The Climb

as Chuck Langer

Love and Death on Long Island

as Giles De'Ath

Night Train

as Michael Poole

Contact

as S. R. Hadden

Brute

as Babits

Tender Loving Care

as Dr. Turner

Dead Man

as John Scholfield

Rob Roy

as John Graham

Wild Bill

as Charley Prince

On Jupiter

as Narrator (voice)

Saigon Baby

1995

as Jack Lee

Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing

as Marquis de Prey

Thumbelina

as Mr. Mole (voice)

Second Best

as Uncle Turpin

Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

1994

as Narrator (voice)

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as The Storyteller (archive footage)

7.3

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994

as The Countess

4.4

Great Moments in Aviation

as Rex Goodyear

Monolith

as Villano

Six Characters in Search of An Author

1992

as The Father

5.5

Dark at Noon

1992

as Anthony / Le Marquis

Lapse of Memory

as Conrad Farmer

Journey to Knock

as Alfred

King Ralph

1991

as Lord Percival Graves

Red Fox

as Archie Carpenter

I Dreamt I Woke Up

as Boorman's Alter Ego

6.0

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Chris Mullin

The Field

as Bird' O'Donnell

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

1990

as Self

5.0

Frankenstein Unbound

1990

as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)

5.7

Romeo.Juliet

1990

as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)

5.0

Windprints

1990

as Charles Rutherford

6.1

Resident Alien

1990

as Self - Actor

4.7

Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool

1990

as Narrator (voice)

Scandal

1989

as Stephen Ward

6.0

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989

as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)

Poison Candy

as Robert Burger

Deadline

as Granville Jones

The Bengali Night

as Lucien Metz

The Storyteller: The True Bride

1988

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant

1988

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: A Story Short

1988

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death

1988

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: Fearnot

1988

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: The Luck Child

1988

as The Storyteller

The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog

1988

as The Storyteller

Spaceballs

as John Hurt

Aria

as The Actor

White Mischief

as Gilbert Colville

The Hunting of the Snark

1987

as The Narrator (voice)

Vincent

as (voice)

Iceberg

as Narrator (voice)

Monolith

1987

as Narrator (voice)

From the Hip

as Douglas Benoit

Frightmares

Jake Speed

as Syd

Rocinante

as Bill

Thames Film

1986

The Black Cauldron

1985

as The Horned King (voice)

6.4

Live Aid

1985

as Self

7.9

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

as Narrator (voice)

After Darkness

as Peter Hunningford

The Hit

as Braddock

Nineteen Eighty-Four

as Winston Smith

Sunset People

as Self

Champions

1984

as Bob Champion

6.6

Success Is the Best Revenge

as Dino Montecurva

The Osterman Weekend

as Lawrence Fassett

King Lear

as The Fool

Night Crossing

as Peter Strelzyk

The Plague Dogs

as Snitter (voice)

Partners

as Kerwin

Paul McCartney - Take It Away

1982

as Self

History of the World: Part I

1981

as Jesus - The Roman Empire

The Elephant Man

as John Merrick

Heaven's Gate

as Billy Irvine

An Evening with Quentin Crisp

as Host

Alien

as Kane

The Lord of the Rings

as Aragorn (voice)

Midnight Express

as Max

The Shout

as Anthony Fielding

Watership Down

as Hazel (voice)

The Disappearance

as Atkinson

Spectre

as Mitri Cyon

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977

as Lt. George Simmonds

5.0

East of Elephant Rock

1977

as Nash

3.7

The Peddler

1976

as Alec Cassell

Stream Line

1976

as Chandler

The Ghoul

1975

as Tom Rawlings

4.9

The Naked Civil Servant

1975

as Quentin Crisp

6.6

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

1974

as Malcolm Scrawdyke

6.1

The Playboy of the Western World

1974

as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

The Pied Piper

as Franz

10 Rillington Place

as Timothy Evans

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

1971

as Richard Forbush

4.6

Green Julia

1971

as Bob

Sinful Davey

1969

as Davey Haggart

5.2

Before Winter Comes

1969

as Lieutenant Pilkington

5.9

In Search of Gregory

1969

as Daniel

4.4

The Sailor from Gibraltar

1967

as John

5.7

A Man for All Seasons

as Richard Rich

This Is My Street

as Charlie

The Wild and the Willing

1962

as Phil Corbett

5.8

The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

as The Storyteller

Television (39)

The Last Panthers

as Tom

The Hollow Crown

as The Chorus

Playhouse Presents

as The Ministry (voice)

Labyrinth

as Audric Baillard

Human Planet

as Narrator (voice)

The Confession

as Priest

Planet Dinosaur

as Narrator

Merlin

as Kilgharrah (voice)

7.8

Masters of Science Fiction

as Samswope

Doctor Who

as War Doctor

A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005

as James Parkin

Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction

2005

as Narrator

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

as Self

6.7

The Alan Clark Diaries

as Alan Clark

HypaSpace

as Self

Edge of the Universe

as Narrator (voice)

Watership Down

1999

as General Woundwort (voice)

7.2

Parkinson

1998

as Self

Picture Windows

1995

as Marquis de Prey

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

GMTV

as Self

Performance

as The Father

The Jim Henson Hour

The Storyteller

as The Storyteller

Natural World

as Narrator

Crime and Punishment

as Rodion Raskolnikov

The Hollywood Greats

I, Claudius

as Caligula

I, Claudius

as Caligula

The Sweeney

as Tony Grey

NOVA

as Narrator

Wessex Tales

as Joshua Harlborough

6.0

Great Performances

1971

as Narrator

5.8

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as James Parkin

Play for Today

as Alec Cassell

Gideon's Way

as Freddy Tisdale

Drama 61-67

as Private Briggs

Armchair Theatre

as Joe

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee