Michael Hurst

ActorDirectorWriter Sep 20 (age 68) Lancashire, England, UK 1984–2025 (41 year career)

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Biography

Michael Eric Hurst, ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand actor, director and writer, mostly on stage and television. He is probably best known internationally for playing Iolaus in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess. Most recently, he is known for directing Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Ash vs. Evil Dead, 800 Words, and Westside. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hurst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list…

Known For

Film

Spartacus

Director

Film

Ash vs Evil Dead

Director

Film

Xena: Warrior Princess

Director

Film

Power Rangers

Director

Film

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Iolaus

Film

Legend of the Seeker

Director

Film

The Brokenwood Mysteries

Director

Film

My Life Is Murder

Director

Filmography

Acting (54)

Movies (33)

Birthright

as Richard

Our Party

Mysterious Ways

as Bishop

Princess of Chaos

as Len Brown

Northspur

as Green

Dead

as Ross

View from Olympus

as Narrator (voice)

Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye

2009

as Voice

Bitch Slap

as Gage

The Map Reader

as Alison's father

We're Here to Help

as Rodney Hide

The Last Magic Show

as Trevor Norton

The Tattooist

as Crash

Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island

Fracture

as Athol Peet

Love Mussel

as Stephen Jessop

I'll Make You Happy

1999

as Lou

7.0

Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus

as Ioalus

Young Hercules

as Jeweler

Highwater

as Hugh Chance

A Moment Passing

1997

as Joey

Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen

1997

as Iolaus

6.0

Project: Assassin

1996

as Ellis Walker

Hercules in the Underworld

1994

as Charon the Boatman

5.6

Hercules and the Amazon Women

1994

as Iolaus

5.9

Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur

1994

as Iolaus

5.7

Typhon's People

1993

as Constantine

Desperate Remedies

1993

as Willam Poyser

5.3

The Footstep Man

1992

as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Barman

Dangerous Orphans

as Moir

Constance

as Photographer

Death Warmed Up

as Michael Tucker

The Bar

as Man Discussing Break-Up

Television (21)

Sweet Tooth

as Walt

My Life Is Murder

as Otto Klein

Terry Teo

as Cornelius Jones

Our Big Blue Backyard

as Narrator (voice)

Femme Fatales

as FBI Technician

The Almighty Johnsons

2011

as Kvasir

7.4

Auckland Daze

2011

as Michael

Legend of the Seeker

as Amfortas

Maddigan's Quest

Mataku

as Dr. Forbes

Andromeda

as Ryan

Jack of All Trades

Young Hercules

as Charon

Duggan

as Michael Taylor

Xena: Warrior Princess

1995

as Iolaus

7.5

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

1995

as Iolaus

7.0

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

as Iolaus

The Hardy Boys

as Barman

Power Rangers

as Vexacus (voice)

The New Adventures of Black Beauty

1990

8.0

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

as Roger Shumway

6.8

Crew (24)

Movies (7)

Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island

2006

Director

5.8

Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island

2006

Director

5.5

Love Mussel

2001

Director

Jubilee

Director

Amazon High

Director

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

1994

Director

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

1994

Screenplay

Television (17)

Between Two Worlds

Director

My Life Is Murder

Director

Ash vs Evil Dead

Director

Westside

Director

800 Words

Director

Tatau

Director

The Brokenwood Mysteries

Director

Step Dave

Director

Femme Fatales

Director

Femme Fatales

Writer

The Almighty Johnsons

Director

Spartacus

Director

Legend of the Seeker

Director

Jack of All Trades

Director

Xena: Warrior Princess

1995

Director

7.5

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Director

Power Rangers

Director