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Sir John Vincent Hurt was an English actor whose career spanned more than 50 years.

Birth Name

John Vincent Hurt

Born

Monday, 22 January 1940

Died

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Damascus Cover	Miki	2018
That Good Night	Ralph	2018
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage)	2017
My Name Is Lenny	Leslie Salmon	2017
The Journey	(additional voices)	2017
The Oscars	Himself - In Memoriam tribute	2017
Jackie	The Priest	2016
ChickLit	Francis Bonar	2016
The Last Panthers	Tom Kendle	2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure	Sailor John	2015

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Damascus Cover	Miki	2018
That Good Night	Ralph	2018
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards	Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage)	2017
My Name Is Lenny	Leslie Salmon	2017
The Journey	(additional voices)	2017
The Oscars	Himself - In Memoriam tribute	2017
Jackie	The Priest	2016
ChickLit	Francis Bonar	2016
The Last Panthers	Tom Kendle	2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure	Sailor John	2015
A.K.A Nadia	347	2015
Dolezal Backstage	Himself (archive sound)	2015
The Alchemist's Letter	The Alchemist (voice)	2015
Hercules	Lord Cotys	2014
Only Lovers Left Alive	Christopher Marlowe	2013
Muse of Fire	Himself	2013
Charlie Countryman	Narrator (voice)	2013
Snowpiercer	Gilliam	2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car	Kingsley Bedford	2013
Benjamin Britten: Peace And Conflict	Narrator	2013
Sightseers	Jerusalem Narrator	2012
Labyrinth	Audric Baillard	2012
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers	Himself - Narrator (voice)	2012
The Hollow Crown	The Chorus	2012
Playhouse Presents	The Ministry (voice)	2012
The Gruffalo's Child	Owl (voice)	2011
Immortals	Old Man	2011
In Love with Alma Cogan	Master of Ceremonies	2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Control	2011
Planet Dinosaur	Himself - Narrator (voice)	2011
The Jonathan Ross Show	Self - Guest	2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	Ollivander	2011
Melancholia	Dexter	2011
The Confession	Priest	2011
Human Planet	Narrator (voice), (voice), Himself - Narrator	2011
Whistle and I'll Come to You	James Parkin	2010
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie	Brother Carnak (voice)	2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Ollivander	2010
Brighton Rock	Phil Corkery	2010
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures	Grandpa Sammy	2010
Lou	Doyle	2010
The Gruffalo	Owl (voice)	2009
44 Inch Chest	Old Man Peanut	2009
Merlin: Secrets & Magic	Himself	2009
The Limits Of Control	Man with Guitar	2009
An Englishman In New York	Quentin Crisp	2009
The Story of the Costume Drama	Himself	2008
Lecture 21	Mondrian Kilroy	2008
Merlin	The Dragon, The Dragon (voice), The Great Dragon	2008
New York, I Love You	Bellhop	2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Professor Broom	2008
Recount	Warren Christopher	2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Professor Oxley	2008
Outlander	Hrothgar	2008
The Oxford Murders	Policeman 2	2008
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	Kane	2007
Masters of Science Fiction	Samswope	2007
British Film Forever	Himself (as John Hurt CBE)	2007
Boxes	Le père de Fanny	2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood And Iron	Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)	2007
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Narrator (voice)	2006
The One Show	Himself - Guest	2006
The Plot Against Harold Wilson	Narrator	2006
Beyond the Gates	Christopher	2006
V for Vendetta	Adam Sutler	2006
Whaledreamers	Himself	2006
The Proposition	Jellon Lamb	2005
Drama Connections	Himself	2005
Hiroshima	Himself - Narrator (voice)	2005
The Skeleton Key	Ben Devereaux	2005
Manderlay	Narrator (voice)	2005
Doctor Who	The Doctor	2005
Valiant	Felix	2005
The Friday Night Project	Himself	2005
Short Order	Felix	2005
Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	2004
Shadowing the Third Man	Narrator	2004
Pride	Harry (voice)	2004
Hellboy	Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm	2004
The Alan Clark Diaries	Alan Clark	2004
'Hellboy': The Seeds of Creation	Himself	2004
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien'	Himself	2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years	Kane (archive footage)	2003
Dogville	Narrator (voice)	2003
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill	Man from Maybury Hill	2003
Owning Mahowny	Victor Foss	2003
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past	Himself	2002
HypaSpace	Himself	2002
Bait	Jack Blake	2002
Miranda	Christian	2002
The 'Alien' Saga	narrator	2002
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Mr. Ollivander	2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Himself - Guest	2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Dr. Iannis	2001
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm	Narrator	2001
Tabloid	Vince	2001
Lost Souls	Father Lareaux	2000
New Blood	Alan White	2000
The Tigger Movie	Narrator (voice)	2000
You're Dead...	Maitland	1999
If... Dog... Rabbit	Sean Cooper	1999
Watership Down	General Woundwort (voice)	1999
Le château des singes	Sebastian (voice)	1999
The Alien Legacy	Himself	1999
All The Little Animals	Mr. Summers	1998
Night Train	Michael Poole	1998
The Climb	Chuck Langer	1998
The Commissioner	James morton	1998
Bandyta	Babits	1997
Contact	S.R. Hadden	1997
Love And Death On Long Island	Giles De'Ath	1997
Dead Man	John Scholfield	1995
Wild Bill	Charley Prince	1995
Rob Roy	Montrose	1995
Felidae	Preterius (voice)	1994
Picture Windows	Le Compte	1994
Second Best	Uncle Turpin	1994
Inside the Actors Studio	Himself	1994
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues	The Countess	1994
Thumbelina	Mr. Mole (voice)	1994
Tender Loving Care	Dr. Turner	1994
Monolith	Villano	1993
Dark at Noon	Anthony	1992
Eurythmics: Greatest Hits	Winston (segment "Sexcrime") (archive footage)	1991
Performance	The Father	1991
King Ralph	Graves	1991
Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound	Buchanan	1990
The Field	Bird' O'Donnell	1990
Resident Alien	Himself	1990
Little Sweetheart	Robert Burger	1989
The Jim Henson Hour	Storyteller (archive footage), Himself	1989
Scandal	Stephen Ward	1989
The Bengali Night	Lucien Metz	1988
The Storyteller	The Storyteller	1987
Deadline	Granville Jones	1988
White Mischief	Gilbert Colvile	1987
Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh	(voice)	1987
Spaceballs	John Hurt	1987
Aria	The Actor	1987
From The Hip	Douglas Benoit	1987
Thames Film	Narrator #2	1986
Jake Speed	Sid	1986
The Black Cauldron	The Horned King	1985
Live Aid		1985
After Darkness	Peter Hunningford	1985
Screen Two	Jack Lee	1985
1984	Winston Smith	1984
The Hit	Braddock	1984
The Disney Family Album	Himself	1984
Success Is The Best Revenge	Dino Montecurva	1984
Champions	Bob Champion	1984
Natural World	Himself - Narrator (voice)	1983
The Osterman Weekend	Lawrence Fassett	1983
King Lear	The Fool	1983
The Plague Dogs	Snitter	1982
Partners	Kerwin	1982
Night Crossing	Peter Strelzyk	1982
History of the World: Part I	Jesus - The Roman Empire	1981
Heaven's Gate	William C. Irvine	1980
The Elephant Man	John Merrick	1980
An Evening with Quentin Crisp	Himself - Presenter	1980
Alien	Kane	1979
Crime and Punishment	Raskolnikov	1979
The Lord Of The Rings	Aragorn	1978
Watership Down	Hazel	1978
Midnight Express	Max	1978
The Shout	Anthony Fielding	1978
East of Elephant Rock	Nash	1978
The Disappearance	Atkinson	1977
Three Dangerous Ladies	Lt. Simmonds	1977
Spectre	Mitri Cyon	1977
I, Claudius	Caligula	1976
The Naked Civil Servant	Quentin Crisp	1975
Arena	Himself - Reader, Himself	1975
The Ghoul	Tom Rawlings	1975
Wessex Tales	Joshua Harlborough	1973
The Pied Piper	Franz	1972
Great Performances	Narrator, The Storyteller (archive footage)	1972
Cry of the Penguins	Richard Forbush	1971
10 Rillington Place	Timothy Evans	1971
Play for Today	Alec Cassell	1970
In Search of Gregory	Daniel	1969
Sinful Davey	Davey Haggart	1969
Before Winter Comes	Lieutenant Pilkington	1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Bob	1969
The Sailor from Gibraltar	John	1967
A Man For All Seasons	Rich	1966
Gideon C.I.D.	Freddy Tisdale	1964
This Is My Street	Charlie	1964
Young and Willing	Phil Corbett	1962
Armchair Theatre	Joe	1956

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1981	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1981	Golden Globe	Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	Nominated
1979	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated
1979	Golden Globe	Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture	Won