John Hurt

RECENT CREDITS
New York, I Love You (FILM)  Oct. 16, 2009
The Limits of Control (FILM)  May. 1, 2009
Outlander (FILM)  Jan. 23, 2009
Short Order (FILM)  May. 16, 2008
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HIGHLIGHTS
His father was an Anglican Vicar and his brother was a monk. 
Quentin Crisp was a model at the art school Hurt attended. Hurt later played Crisp in the 1975 TV-movie The Naked Civil Servant.  
Breakthrough film role was as Richard Rich in Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons (1966).
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Outlander  2009 -Rothgar
Actor
Film


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull  2008 -Professor Oxley
Actor
Film


Beyond the Gates  2007 -Father Christopher
Actor
Film


The Pied Piper  2007 -Franz, Baron's Son
Actor
Film


Perfume: The Story of a Murderer  2006 -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Proposition  2006 -Jellon Lamb
Actor
Film


V for Vendetta  2006 -Adam Sutler
Actor
Film


Manderlay  2006 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Valiant  2005 -Felix
Voice
Film


The Skeleton Key  2005 -Ben Devereaux
Actor
Film


Hellboy  2004 -Prof. Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
Actor
Film


Dogville  2004 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Owning Mahowny  2003 -Victor Foss
Actor
Film


Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone  2001 -Mr. Ollivander
Actor
Film


Captain Corelli's Mandolin  2001 -Dr. Iannis
Actor
Film


A Monkey's Tale  2001 -Chancellor Sebastian
Voice
Film


Lost Souls  2000 -Father Lareaux
Actor
Film


The Tigger Movie  2000 -Narrator
Voice
Film


All The Little Animals  1999 -Mr. Summers
Actor
Film


King Ralph  1991 -Lord Percival Graves
Actor
Film


The Field  1990 -"Bird" O'Donnell
Actor
Film


Frankenstein Unbound  1990 -Dr. Joseph Buchanan
Actor
Film


Scandal  1989 -Stephen Ward
Actor
Film


White Mischief  1988 -Gilbert Colvile
Actor
Film


Aria  1988 -Garuso, the Actor
Actor
Film


Witness in the War Zone  1987
Actor
Film


From the Hip  1987 -Douglas Benoit
Actor
Film


Spaceballs  1987 -Himself
Actor
Film


Jake Speed  1986 -Sid
Actor
Film


Alien  1979 -Kane
Actor
Film


La Linea del Fiume  1976 -Chandler
Actor
Film


Bait   -Jack
Actor
TV


I, Claudius   -Caligula
Actor
TV


Jim Henson Hour   -The Storyteller
Narrator
TV


Masters of Science Fiction   -Samswope
Actor
TV
Expand


Recount   -Warren Christopher
Actor
TV


New York, I Love You  2009
Actor
Film


Short Order  2008
Actor
Film


Champions  2005 -Bob Champion
Actor
Film


Miranda  2002 -Christian
Actor
Film


Hidden Wars of Desert Storm  2001 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Brute  1999
Actor
Film


You're Dead ...  1999 -Michael Maitland
Actor
Film


Love and Death on Long Island  1998 -Giles De'Ath
Actor
Film


Night Train  1998 -Michael Poole
Actor
Film


Contact  1997 -S.R. Hadden
Actor
Film


Dead Man  1996 -John Scholfield
Actor
Film


Wild Bill  1995 -Charley Prince
Actor
Film


Rob Roy  1995 -Montrose
Actor
Film


Even Cowgirls Get the Blues  1994 -The Countess
Actor
Film


I Dreamt I Woke Up  1991 -Boorman's Alter Ego
Actor
Film


Vincent: The Life & Death of Vincent Van Gogh  1988 -Voice of Vincent
Voice
Film


The Black Cauldron  1985 -Horned King
Voice
Film


The Hit  1985 -Braddock
Actor
Film


1984  1984 -Winston Smith
Actor
Film


Success is the Best Revenge  1984 -Dino Montecurva
Actor
Film


The Plague Dogs  1983 -Snitter
Voice
Film


The Osterman Weekend  1983 -Lawrence Fassett
Actor
Film


History of the World -- Part I  1981 -Jesus Christ
Actor
Film


Heaven's Gate  1980 -Billy Irvine
Actor
Film


The Elephant Man  1980 -John Merrick
Actor
Film


The Shout  1979 -Anthony Fielding
Actor
Film


Watership Down  1978 -Hazel
Voice
Film


Midnight Express  1978 -Max
Actor
Film


The Lord of the Rings  1978 -Aragorn
Voice
Film


10 Rillington Place  1970 -Timothy John Evans
Actor
Film


Sinful Davey  1969 -Davey Haggart
Actor
Film


The Sailor from Gibraltar  1967 -John
Actor
Film


A Man for All Seasons  1966 -Richard Rich
Actor
Film


An Englishman in New York   -Quentin Crisp
Actor
Film


44 Inch Chest  
Actor
Film


After Darkness   -Peter Huninger
Actor
Film


Forrderi   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Deadline  
Actor
Film


East of Elephant Rock  
Actor
Film


Escape to Watership Down   -Woundwort
Voice
Film


Crime and Punishment   -Porfiry
Actor
Film


Cry of the Penguins   -Forbush
Actor
Film


D-Day in Color   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Bait   -Jack Blake
Actor
Film


Before Winter Comes   -Lt. Francis Pilkington
Actor
Film


Boxes   -Fanny's Father
Actor
Film


Mémoire Traquée   -Conrad Farmer
Actor
Film


Krapp's Last Tape   -Krapp
Actor
Film


L'Oeil Qui Ment   -Anthony/The Marquis
Actor
Film


One Last Score  
Actor
Film


Partners   -Kerwin
Actor
Film


Monolith   -Villano
Actor
Film


New Blood   -Alan White
Actor
Film


Night Crossing   -Peter Strelzyks
Actor
Film


Hellboy: Blood and Iron  
Voice
Film


I, Claudius   -Caligula
Actor
Film


In Search of Gregory   -Daniel
Actor
Film


Lecture 21  
Actor
Film


Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs   -Malcolm Scrawdyke
Actor
Film


Little Sweetheart   -Robert Burger
Actor
Film


King Lear   -The Fool
Actor
Film


This Is My Street   -Charlie
Actor
Film


Thumbelina   -Mr. Mole
Voice
Film


Two Nudes Bathing   -Marquis de Prey
Actor
Film


Windprints  
Actor
Film


Young and Willing   -Phil
Actor
Film


Zulu Wars: Blood River   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Zulu Wars: Red Coat, Black Blood   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Zulu Wars: Shaka - King of the Zulu   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Who Bombed Birmingham?   -Chris Mullin
Actor
Film


Six Characters in Search of an Author   -The Father
Actor
Film


Second Best   -Uncle Turpin
Actor
Film


Shades of Fear   -Rex Goodyear
Actor
Film


Tender Loving Care (An Interactive Movie)   -Dr. Turner
Actor
Film


The Alien Saga   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Bengali Night   -Lucien Metz
Actor
Film


Rocinante   -Bill
Actor
Film


Romeo - Juliet  
Actor
Film


Saigon Baby   -Jack Lee
Actor
Film


Pride   -Harry
Voice
Film


Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Recount   -Warren Christopher
Actor
Film


The Naked Civil Servant   -Quentin Crisp
Actor
Film


The Island  
Actor
Film


The Oxford Murders   -Arthur Seldom
Actor
Film


The Climb   -Chuck Langer
Actor
Film


The Commissioner   -James Morton
Actor
Film


The Disappearance   -Atkinson
Actor
Film


Spectre  
Actor
Film


The Ghoul   -Tom
Actor
Film


The Limits of Control  2009
Actor
Film




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Highlights

His father was an Anglican Vicar and his brother was a monk. 
Quentin Crisp was a model at the art school Hurt attended. Hurt later played Crisp in the 1975 TV-movie The Naked Civil Servant.  
Breakthrough film role was as Richard Rich in Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons (1966).
Announced the death of Richard Burton in 1984. That same year, they had worked together in 1984, Burton's final feature.


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