John Hurt

Acting · Born 1940-01-22 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

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 performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an…

Filmography

• A Man for All Seasons as Richard Rich
• Dead Man as John Scholfield
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer as Narrator (voice)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Mr. Ollivander
• Contact as S. R. Hadden
• V for Vendetta as Adam Sutler
• The Elephant Man as John Merrick
• The Plague Dogs as Snitter (voice)
• Watership Down as Hazel (voice)
• 10 Rillington Place as Timothy Evans

TV

• I, Claudius as Caligula
• The Storyteller as The Storyteller
• Human Planet as Narrator (voice)
• Merlin as Kilgharrah (voice)
• Doctor Who as The Doctor
• The Sweeney as Tony Grey
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Gideon's Way as Freddy Tisdale
• HypaSpace as Self
• The Jim Henson Hour