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This transatlantic talent was born John Vincent Hurt on January 22, 1940 in Shirebrook, a coal mining village near the busy market town of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, England. He is the son of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Arnould Herbert Hurt, an Anglican clergyman and mathematician. The youngest of three children, he ... See full bio »

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John Hurt: ten key performances from Alien to Doctor Who

Veteran Actor John Hurt Passes Away of Pancreatic Cancer at Age 77

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 2017 Darkest Hour (filming) Neville Chamberlain

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets (TV Movie) Older Sassoon

Thomas & Friends: Sodor\'s Legend of the Lost Treasure Sailor John (voice)

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre The Voice of the Winter Palace / Himself

Only Lovers Left Alive Christopher Marlowe

King Lear: Scene 133 (Short) King Lear

- The Diamond of the Day: Part Two (2012) ... The Dragon (voice)

- The Diamond of the Day: Part One (2012) ... The Dragon (voice)

Sightseers Narrator - Blake\'s "Jerusalem" (voice, uncredited)

In Love with Alma Cogan Master of Ceremonies

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Ollivander

Whistle and I\'ll Come to You (TV Movie) James Parkin

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie Brother Carnak (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Ollivander

Sammy\'s avonturen: De geheime doorgang Grandpa Sammy (voice)

New York, I Love You Bellhop (segment "Shekhar Kapur")

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Professor Oxley

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (TV Movie) Professor Trevor \'Broom\' Bruttenholm (voice)

The Alan Clark Diaries (TV Series) Alan Clark

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill (Short) Man from Maybury Hill

- Friend and Enemy (1999) ... General Woundwort (voice)

- Escape from Efrafa (1999) ... General Woundwort (voice)

Le château des singes Sebastian (English version, voice)

Saturday Night Live (TV Series) March Hare

- Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind (1998) ... March Hare

Tender Loving Care (Video Game) Dr. Turner (voice)

My Funny Valentine (Short) Happy Prince (voice)

Love and Death on Long Island Giles De\'Ath

Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (Video) Storyteller

The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing (TV Movie) Chris Mullin

David Macaulay: Pyramid (TV Movie) Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)

Paul McCartney: Take It Away (TV Movie) Manager

History of the World: Part I Jesus - The Roman Empire

Three Dangerous Ladies Lt. Simmonds (segment "The Island")

The Naked Civil Servant (TV Movie) Quentin Crisp

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs Malcolm Scrawdyke

The Playboy of the Western World (TV Movie) Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

RHM Mother\'s Pride Supermarket Raid 87670 (Short)

ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) Dave / Terry / Simon Iorweth

- A Question of Happiness #3: Watch Me I\'m a Bird (1964) ... Terry

- Drama \'61: Local Incident (1961) ... Private Briggs

Once Aboard the Lugger... (TV Series) Jobey Todd

Probation Officer (TV Series) Johnny Seton / Norman Bailey

Le château des singes (performer: "To Be King" (English version))

The Minister, the Model and the Russian Spy: Making Scandal (Short) (thanks)

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

My Name Is Lenny: EPK (Documentary short) (completed) Leslie Salmon

Back to Utopia (Documentary) Professor Peter Panludic (voice)

ITV Changed My Life (TV Movie documentary) Himself / Quentin Crisp / Chris Mullin (as Sir John Hurt)

- The British Grand Prix: Qualifying (2015) ... Himself (voice, uncredited)

- The British Grand Prix: Qualifying (2012) ... Himself (voice)

- 2014: Day 13, Part 2 - Men\'s Singles Final (2014) ... Himself - Spectator (uncredited)

Posh People: Inside Tatler (TV Series documentary) Himself

Alien Encounters: Superior Fan Power Since 1979 (Documentary) Himself

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (Documentary) Himself

EE British Academy Film Awards: The Red Carpet Show (TV Special) Himself

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (TV Movie documentary) Himself

- Episode dated 20 November 2013 (2013) ... Himself - Guest

Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (TV Movie documentary) Himself - #Scandal

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict Himself - Narrator

The World in Action Years (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator (voice)

- John Hurt & Sir Alan Parker (2012) ... Himself

Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest

The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV Special) Himself

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: UK Premiere Featurette (Video documentary short) Himself

- Episode dated 13 December 2011 (2011) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 20 February 1998 (1998) ... Himself - Guest

Planet Dinosaur (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself - Narrator

- The Great Survivors (2011) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

- Fight for Life (2011) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

- Last Killers (2011) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

- Feathered Dragons (2011) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

- Extra: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) ... Himself

- Episode dated 15 September 2011 (2011) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 10 October 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 27 September 2002 (2002) ... Himself - Guest

- Prom 11: Human Planet Prom (2011) ... Himself (voice)

Human Planet (TV Mini-Series documentary) Narrator / Himself - Narrator

- Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle (2011) ... Narrator (voice)

- Grasslands: The Roots of Power (2011) ... Narrator (voice)

- Mountains: Life in Thin Air (2011) ... Narrator (voice)

- Jungles: People of the Trees (2011) ... Narrator (voice)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows T4 Premiere Special (TV Movie) Himself

The British Academy Television Awards (TV Movie documentary) Himself

BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands (TV Series) Himself

- Episode dated 20 March 2010 (2010) ... Himself

The Paul O\'Grady Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 17 December 2009 (2009) ... Himself - Guest

Merlin: Secrets & Magic (TV Series documentary) Himself

Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 1: The Magic Begins (Video documentary) Himself

Pride of Britain Awards 2009 (TV Special) Himself

Arena (TV Series documentary) Himself / Himself - Reader

- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima (1985) ... Himself - Reader

The Story of the Costume Drama (TV Series documentary) Himself

- The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008) ... Himself

Production Diary: Making of \'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\' (Video documentary) Himself

Recount: The True Inside Story of the 2000 Presidential Election (Video documentary short) Himself

Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 21 May 2008 (2008) ... Himself - Guest

The British Academy Television Awards (TV Special) Himself

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (TV Movie documentary) Himself

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 16 March 2008 (2008) ... Himself

- Episode dated 26 January 2008 (2008) ... Himself - Interviewee

- Episode dated 12 January 2008 (2008) ... Himself - Interviewee

Caiga quien caiga (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee

- Episode dated 16 January 2008 (2008) ... Himself - Interviewee

British Film Forever (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself

- Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (2007) ... Himself (as John Hurt CBE)

- Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) ... Himself (as John Hurt CBE)

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (TV Movie documentary) Himself

Freedom! Forever!: Making \'V for Vendetta\' (Video documentary short) Himself

- Episode dated 21 March 2006 (2006) ... Himself - Guest

The Plot Against Harold Wilson (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator (voice)

- Episode dated 13 March 2006 (2006) ... Himself

The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself

- Episode dated 6 December 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest

The Making of \'The Skeleton Key\' (Video documentary short) Himself

- Episode dated 11 October 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest

The Heaven and Earth Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 25 September 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest

Hiroshima (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Evening Standard British Film Awards (TV Special) Himself

Shadowing the Third Man (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice)

\'Hellboy\': The Seeds of Creation (Video documentary) Himself

Alpha to Omega: Exposing \'The Osterman Weekend\' (Video documentary) Himself

Freedom2speak v2.0 (Documentary) Himself - Actor, Great Britain

Dracula\'s Bram Stoker (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice)

The Beast Within: The Making of \'Alien\' (Video documentary) Himself

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003 (TV Movie documentary) Himself

The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland\'s Haunted Past (Documentary) Himself

The Laurence Olivier Awards 2003 (TV Special) Himself

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (Video documentary) Himself / Krapp

The \'Alien\' Saga (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice)

I Claudius: A Television Epic (Video documentary) Himself

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed (Video documentary short) Himself / John Merrick

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (Documentary) Narrator (voice)

- Episode dated 13 April 2001 (2001) ... Himself - Guest

Natural World (TV Series documentary) Himself - Narrator

- Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods (1999) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

- Islands in the African Sky (1994) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

The 51st British Academy Film Awards (TV Special) Himself

- The True Story of Joseph Merrick: \'The Elephant Man\' (1997) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)

Late Night with David Letterman (TV Series) Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 15 January 1991 (1991) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 26 April 1989 (1989) ... Himself - Guest

From Rio to Liverpool (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Narrator

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (TV Movie documentary) Himself

Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 24 April 1989 (1989) ... Himself - Guest

- Episode dated 4 April 1979 (1979) ... Himself - Guest

The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) Himself

The Disney Family Album (TV Series documentary) Himself

The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role

The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) Himself - Nominee

A World of Difference (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice)

An Evening with Quentin Crisp Himself - Presenter

The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special documentary) Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Alien: Experience in Terror (Video short) Himself

Do Yourself Some Good (Documentary short) Narrator (voice)

- Episode dated 28 January 2017 (2017) ... Himself - 1940-2017 (as Sir John Hurt CBE)

- Episode dated 4 February 2016 (2016) ... Himself

- Episode dated 23 July 2014 (2014) ... Himself

Le mec qu\'on n\'écoute jamais dans les films (Short)

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself

- Episode dated 19 April 2014 (2014) ... Himself

- Episode dated 16 April 2014 (2014) ... Himself

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV Movie) The Doctor (uncredited)

Cinemassacre\'s Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) Kane

- Tender Loving Care - Part 5 & 6 (2012) ... Dr. Turner

- Tender Loving Care - Part 3 & 4 (2012) ... Dr. Turner

- Tender Loving Care - Part 1 & 2 (2012) ... Dr. Turner

- Harry Potter Friday Parody (2011) ... Ollivander (uncredited)

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Video Game) Mr. Ollivander

Closing: Team Indy (Video short) Himself

Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV Movie) Arthur Seldom

Recount: A Conversation Between Kevin Spacey and the Real Ron Klain (Video documentary short) Himself - Warren Christopher

Strictly Courtroom (TV Movie documentary) Timothy John Evans (uncredited)

Maquillando entre monstruos (TV Movie documentary) John Merrick / Kane

- Pay Attention, Britain! The Story of Public Information Films (2006) ... Himself (uncredited)

The King\'s Head: A Maverick in London (Video documentary) Himself (uncredited)

- Episode dated 13 October 2005 (2005) ... Caligula

- 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) ... Quentin Crisp (uncredited)

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV Movie documentary) Kane

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (TV Movie documentary) The Storyteller (uncredited)

Stage: Appeared in "Chips with Everything", Vaudeville Theatre, London, England. See more »

John Hurt CBE | Sir John Hurt CBE | Sir John Hurt

Now if I could be David Niven, I\'d be content. He knows how to live life. He\'s charming, he\'s amusing, he\'s so up. An up man! I\'m sure he\'s also complicated, but he never lays it on you. See more »

He has two roles in common with Sylvester McCoy: (1) Hurt played the Fool in King Lear (1983) while McCoy played him in King Lear (2008) and (2) McCoy played the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) and Doctor Who (1996) while Hurt played the War Doctor in Doctor Who (2005). See more »

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