John Hurt

John Hurt

Acting

Born January 22, 1940 · Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

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 Se…

Known for

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

NOVA

NOVA

1974

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971

GMTV

GMTV

1993

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Play for Today

Acting(276)

2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025Henry Fonda for PresidentSelf (archive footage)

2024Doctor Who at the PromsThe Doctor (War) (archive footage)

Play for Today

1970

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)

2018AyaméNarrator (voice)

2017Damascus CoverMiki

2017That Good NightRalph

2017My Name Is LennyLeslie Salmon

2017The JourneyHarry Patterson

2016JackieThe Priest

2016The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War PoetsSiegfried Sassoon

2016Back to UtopiaProfessor Peter Panludic (voice)

2016The Final ReelSelf - Narrator (voice)

2016ChickLitFrancis Bonar

2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)

2015The Last PanthersTom

2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The MovieSailor John (voice)

2015A.K.A Nadia347

2015The Alchemist's LetterThe Alchemist (voice)

2015Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many FacesNarator

2014Wimbledon The Official Film 2014Narrator

2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmSelf

2014HerculesCotys

2013Only Lovers Left AliveChristopher Marlowe

2013Doctor Who Live: The AfterpartySelf

2013The Day of the Doctor: Cinema IntroThe War Doctor

2013Doctor Who: The Day of the DoctorThe War Doctor

2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootThe War Doctor (archive voice)

2013Doctor Who: The Night of the DoctorThe War Doctor

2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsSelf / Stephen Ward

2013Muse of FireSelf

2013SnowpiercerGilliam

2013Jayne Mansfield's CarKingsley Bedford

2013Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky TheatreThe Voice of the Winter Palace / Self

2013Benjamin Britten: Peace and ConflictNarrator (voice)

2012SightseersJerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2012LabyrinthAudric Baillard

2012Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate KillersNarrator (voice)

2012More Than HoneyNarrator (english voice)

2012The Hollow CrownThe Chorus

2012The SnipistThe Ministry

2012Playhouse PresentsThe Ministry (voice)

2011The Gruffalo's ChildThe Owl (voice)

2011ImmortalsOld Zeus

2011On Borrowed TimeSelf

2011In Love with Alma CoganMC

2011Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyControl

2011Planet DinosaurNarrator

2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Ollivander

201123 Degrees, 5 MinutesProfessor Orit

2011The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South AfricaNarrator

2011MelancholiaDexter

2011The ConfessionPriest

2011The ConfessionPriest

2011Human PlanetNarrator (voice)

2011SailclothMan

2010Whistle and I'll Come to YouJames Parkin

2010Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 MovieCarnak

2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Ollivander

2010Love at First SightArthur

2010Brighton RockPhil Corkery

2010Behind Jim JarmuschSelf

2010A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's AdventuresGrandpa Sammy (voice)

2009The GruffaloOwl (voice)

2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldSelf (archive footage)

2009BallybrandoSelf

200944 Inch ChestOld Man Peanut

2009RemembranceBellhop

2009Waking Sleeping BeautyThe Horned King (voice) (archive footage)

2009The Limits of ControlGuitar

2009An Englishman in New YorkQuentin Crisp

2009Centenary: The BP StoryNarrator (voice)

2008Lecture 21Mondrian Kilroy

2008MerlinKilgharrah (voice)

2008New York, I Love YouBellhop

2008Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyTrevor Bruttenholm

2008RecountWarren Christopher

2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullProfessor Harold Oxley

2008OutlanderRothgar

2008Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2008The Oxford MurdersArthur Seldom

2007Masters of Science FictionSamswope

2007BoxesFanny's father

2007Hellboy Animated: Blood and IronProfessor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)

2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf

2007Interview with John HurtSelf

2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererNarrator (voice)

2006WhaledreamersSelf

2006The Plot Against Harold WilsonNarrator (voice)

2006'V for Vendetta' UnmaskedAdam Sutler

2006Shooting DogsChristopher

2006V for VendettaAdam Sutler

2005The PropositionJellon Lamb

2005Once Upon a HalloweenThe Horned King (voice) (archive sound)

2005HiroshimaNarrator (voice)

2005The Skeleton KeyBen Devereaux

2005ManderlayNarrator (voice)

2005Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass DestructionNarrator

2005Doctor WhoThe Doctor

2005ValiantFelix (voice)

2005Short OrderFelix

2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self

2004Shadowing the Third ManNarrator (voice)

2004Hellboy: The Seeds of CreationSelf

2004PrideHarry (voice)

2004HellboyProf. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'Self

2004The Alan Clark DiariesAlan Clark

2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf

2003DogvilleNarrator (voice)

2003Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury HillMan from Maybury Hill

2003Owning MahownyVictor Foss

2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmSelf / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")

2002The Alien SagaNarrator (voice)

2002The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted PastSelf

2002I, Claudius: A Television EpicSelf

2002Crime and PunishmentPorfiry, chief investigator

2002HypaSpaceSelf

2002BaitJack Blake

2002MirandaChristian

2002Edge of the UniverseNarrator (voice)

2001Shaolin: Wheel of LifeNarrator (voice)

2001The Terrible Elephant Man RevealedSelf

2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneMr. Ollivander

2001Captain Corelli's MandolinDr. Iannis

2001The Hidden Wars of Desert StormNarrator (voice)

2001TabloidVince

2000Lost SoulsFather Lareaux

2000Krapp's Last TapeKrapp

2000The Tigger MovieNarrator (voice)

1999New BloodAlan White

1999You're Dead...Maitland

1999If... Dog... RabbitSean Cooper

1999Watership DownGeneral Woundwort (voice)

1999All the Little AnimalsMr. Summers

1998Love and Death on Long IslandGiles De'Ath

1998The ClimbChuck Langer

1998The CommissionerJames morton

1998ParkinsonSelf

1998Night TrainMichael Poole

1997BruteBabits

1997ContactS. R. Hadden

1996Tender Loving CareDr. Turner

1995Dead ManJohn Scholfield

1995Saigon BabyJack Lee

1995Wild BillCharley Prince

1995Picture WindowsMarquis de Prey

1995On JupiterNarrator (voice)

1995Rob RoyJohn Graham

1995Picture Windows: Two Nudes BathingMarquis de Prey

1994The World of Jim HensonThe Storyteller (archive footage)

1994Second BestUncle Turpin

1994Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic LampNarrator (voice)

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesThe Countess

1994Great Moments in AviationRex Goodyear

1994ThumbelinaMr. Mole (voice)

1993MonolithVillano

1992Six Characters in Search of An AuthorThe Father

1992Dark at NoonAnthony / Le Marquis

1991Red FoxArchie Carpenter

1991I Dreamt I Woke UpBoorman's Alter Ego

1991PerformanceThe Father

1991Journey to KnockAlfred

1991Lapse of MemoryConrad Farmer

1991King RalphLord Percival Graves

1990Paul McCartney: From Rio to LiverpoolNarrator (voice)

1990Frankenstein UnboundDr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)

1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David LynchSelf

1990The FieldBird' O'Donnell

1990Resident AlienSelf - Actor

1990WindprintsCharles Rutherford

1990Who Bombed Birmingham?Chris Mullin

1990Romeo.JulietLa Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)

1989Poison CandyRobert Burger

1989The Jim Henson HourThe Storyteller (archive footage)

1989ScandalStephen Ward

1989David Macaulay: PyramidKhufu / Second French Explorer (voice)

1988The Bengali NightLucien Metz

1988A Dinner of HerbsVerse Reader

1988The Storyteller: The True BrideThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: The Heartless GiantThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: SapsorrowThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: Hans My HedgehogThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: A Story ShortThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: The Luck ChildThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: FearnotThe Storyteller

1988The Storyteller: The Soldier and DeathThe Storyteller

1988The StorytellerThe Storyteller

1988DeadlineGranville Jones

1987White MischiefGilbert Colville

1987Vincent(voice)

1987SpaceballsJohn Hurt

1987AriaThe Actor

1987The Hunting of the SnarkThe Narrator (voice)

1987From the HipDouglas Benoit

1987IcebergNarrator (voice)

1987MonolithNarrator (voice)

1987Frightmares

1986RocinanteBill

1986Thames FilmNarrator

1986ScreenPlayAlfred

1986Jake SpeedSyd

1985The Strange Case of Yukio MishimaNarrator (voice)

1985The Black CauldronThe Horned King (voice)

1985Live AidSelf

1985After DarknessPeter Hunningford

1985Screen TwoRex Goodyear

1984Nineteen Eighty-FourWinston Smith

1984The HitBraddock

1984Success Is the Best RevengeDino Montecurva

1984ChampionsBob Champion

1984Sunset PeopleSelf

1983Natural WorldNarrator

1983The Osterman WeekendLawrence Fassett

1983King LearThe Fool

1982The Plague DogsSnitter (voice)

1982Paul McCartney - Take It AwaySelf

1982PartnersKerwin

1982Night CrossingPeter Strelzyk

1981History of the World: Part IJesus - The Roman Empire

1980Heaven's GateBilly Irvine

1980The Elephant ManJohn Merrick

1980An Evening with Quentin CrispHost

1979Crime and PunishmentRodion Raskolnikov

1978The Lord of the RingsAragorn (voice)

1978Watership DownHazel (voice)

1978Midnight ExpressMax

1978The ShoutAnthony Fielding

1977The DisappearanceAtkinson

1977East of Elephant RockNash

1977The Hollywood Greats

1977Three Dangerous LadiesLt. George Simmonds

1977The Sunday DramaDave

1977SpectreMitri Cyon

1976I, ClaudiusCaligula

1976Stream LineChandler

1976The PeddlerAlec Cassell

1975The Naked Civil ServantQuentin Crisp

1975Saturday Night LiveMarch Hare

1975Shades of GreeneFred

1975Ten from the TwentiesPhilip

1975The GhoulTom Rawlings

1975The SweeneyTony Grey

1974Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the EunuchsMalcolm Scrawdyke

1974NOVANarrator

1974The Playboy of the Western WorldChristopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

1973Wessex TalesJoshua Harlborough

1972The Pied PiperFranz

1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasJames Parkin

1971Film '72Self

1971Green JuliaBob

1971Mr. Forbush and the PenguinsRichard Forbush

197110 Rillington PlaceTimothy Evans

1971Great PerformancesNarrator

1970Play for TodayAlec Cassell

1969In Search of GregoryDaniel

1969Sinful DaveyDavey Haggart

1969Before Winter ComesLieutenant Pilkington

1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreBob

1967ITV PlayhouseGuy Beresford

1967The Sailor from GibraltarJohn

1966A Man for All SeasonsRichard Rich

1966NET PlayhousePeter Heywood

1965Gideon's WayFreddy Tisdale

1964Thursday TheatreOrpheus

1964This Is My StreetCharlie

1963First NightGarry

1962The Wild and the WillingPhil Corbett

1961Drama 61-67Private Briggs

1956Armchair TheatreJoe

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

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