
John Hurt
Highest Rated: 100% Second Best (1994)
Lowest Rated: 0% Short Order (2005)
Birthday: Jan 22, 1940
Birthplace: Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK
One of Britain's most esteemed and prolific actors, John Hurt fashioned an international career as a consummate screen chameleon, living his parts to the fullest without revealing the man behind the mask. He emerged from the London drama stage to film stardom in the late 1970s with a pair of powerhouse performances in "Midnight Express" (1978) and "Alien" (1979) - roles that established Hurt's strength for playing mental and physical suffering. In addition to his other renowned characters of torment - most famously, "The Elephant Man" (1980) - Hurt's palette grew to include the oppressed Winston Smith in "1984" (1984) and numerous baleful deadbeats, such as in "Night Train" (1998). He also displayed a penchant for playing morally compromised nobleman, as portrayed in "Rob Roy" (1995) and "V for Vendetta" (2006). As he aged, Hurt added an increasing number of academics and authors to his résumé, including roles in "Love and Death on Long Island" (1997) and "Hellboy" (2004). Despite the character actor's naturalistic portraits, there was no denying Hurt also had an eye for the commercial as well, co-starring in "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (2008) and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008). Whether he starred in a high-profile audience pleaser or a critically acclaimed dramatic film, Hurt always brought his talents to the fore. His death on January 27, 2017 at the age of 77 was mourned by fans and peers around the globe.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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50% | 57% | That Good Night | Ralph (Character) | - | 2017 |
14% | 60% | Damascus Cover | Miki (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Final Reel | Narrator | - | 2016 |
13% | 17% | ChickLit | Francis Bonar (Character) | - | 2016 |
87% | 60% | Jackie | The Priest (Character) | $14M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Bare Knuckle | Leslie Salmon (Character) | - | 2016 |
68% | 64% | The Journey | Harry Patterson (Character) | $152.5K | 2016 |
80% | 74% | Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure | Sailor John (Voice) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A.K.A Nadia | 347 (Character) | - | 2015 |
58% | 48% | Hercules | Cotys (Character) | $72.7M | 2014 |
27% | 49% | The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman | Narrator | $8K | 2013 |
85% | 75% | Only Lovers Left Alive | Christopher Marlowe (Character) | $1.9M | 2013 |
43% | No Score Yet | Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muse of Fire | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
94% | 72% | Snowpiercer | Gilliam (Character) | $4.6M | 2013 |
100% | 79% | More Than Honey | Narrator | $71.5K | 2012 |
35% | 40% | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford (Character) | $14.4K | 2012 |
80% | 67% | Melancholia | Dexter (Character) | $3M | 2011 |
96% | 89% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Mr. Ollivander (Character) | $381M | 2011 |
83% | 65% | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control (Character) | $24.1M | 2011 |
46% | 48% | Immortals | Old Zeus (Character) | $83.5M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Confession | Priest (Character) | - | 2011 |
77% | 85% | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Mr. Ollivander (Character) | $295M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Lou | Doyle (Character) | - | 2010 |
51% | 33% | Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery (Character) | $223.9K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love at First Sight | Arthur (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 39% | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Carnak (Voice) | - | 2010 |
42% | 43% | The Limits of Control | Guitar (Character) | $425K | 2009 |
70% | 72% | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp (Character) | - | 2009 |
41% | 36% | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 79% | The Gruffalo | Owl (Voice) | - | 2009 |
37% | 37% | New York, I Love You | Waiter (Character) | $1.6M | 2009 |
38% | 44% | Outlander | Rothgar (Character) | $160.6K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Lesson 21 | Mondrian Kilroy (Character) | - | 2008 |
86% | 71% | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Professor Broom (Character) | $75.8M | 2008 |
17% | 33% | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom (Character) | $3.6K | 2008 |
79% | 81% | Recount | Warren Christopher (Character) | - | 2008 |
78% | 53% | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Prof. Oxley (Character) | $317M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boxes | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Hellboy: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm (Voice) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2006 |
59% | 74% | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Narrator | $2.2M | 2006 |
73% | 90% | V for Vendetta | Sutler (Character) | - | 2006 |
85% | 85% | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb (Character) | $1.9M | 2005 |
84% | 85% | Shooting Dogs | Father Christopher (Character) | $38.3K | 2005 |
0% | 48% | Short Order | Felix (Character) | - | 2005 |
32% | 29% | Valiant | Felix (Voice) | $19.5M | 2005 |
38% | 58% | The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux (Character) | $47.8M | 2005 |
50% | 75% | Manderlay | Narrator | $74.2K | 2005 |
81% | 66% | Hellboy | Professor Bruttenholm (Character) | $59M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Pride | Harry (Voice) | - | 2004 |
70% | 89% | Dogville | Narrator | $1.5M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
79% | 75% | Owning Mahowny | Victor Foss (Character) | $1M | 2003 |
94% | 95% | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry (Character) | - | 2002 |
44% | 35% | Miranda | Christian (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bait | Jack Blake (Character) | - | 2002 |
28% | 50% | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis (Character) | $25.5M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hidden Wars of Desert Storm | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
81% | 82% | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Mr. Ollivander (Character) | $317.6M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tabloid | Vince (Character) | - | 2001 |
62% | 62% | The Tigger Movie | Narrator | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Monkey's Tale | Sebastian (Voice) | - | 2000 |
8% | 22% | Lost Souls | Father Lareaux (Character) | $16.8M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 12% | New Blood | Alan White (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commissioner | James Morton (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 20% | If... Dog... Rabbit | Sean Cooper (Character) | - | 1998 |
65% | 77% | All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers (Character) | $23.3K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're Dead... | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Bandyta (Brute) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Night Train | Michael Poole (Character) | - | 1998 |
66% | 78% | Contact | S.R. Hadden (Character) | $100.9M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 93% | The Climb | Chuck Langer (Character) | - | 1997 |
87% | 57% | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath (Character) | $2.6M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner (Character) | - | 1996 |
44% | 27% | Wild Bill | Charley Prince (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
71% | 88% | Dead Man | John Scholfield (Character) | $1.1M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saigon Baby | Jack Lee (Character) | - | 1995 |
73% | 75% | Rob Roy | John Graham, Marquis of Montrose (Character) | $30.4M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear (Character) | - | 1994 |
100% | 79% | Second Best | Uncle Turpin (Character) | $68.5K | 1994 |
19% | 28% | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess (Character) | $1.7M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Monolith | Villano (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Dreamt I Woke Up | Boorman's Alter Ego (Character) | - | 1991 |
27% | 27% | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves (Character) | $31.3M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romeo-Juliet | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing | Chris Mullin (Character) | - | 1990 |
44% | 33% | Frankenstein Unbound |
Dr. Joe Buchanan/ |
$37K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Windprints | Charles Rutherford (Character) | - | 1990 |
43% | 81% | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell (Character) | $168.2K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey to Knock | Alfred (Character) | - | 1990 |
91% | 59% | Scandal | Stephen Ward (Character) | $7.8M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Bengali Night | Lucien Metz (Character) | - | 1988 |
55% | 83% | Spaceballs | Kane (Character) | $36.7M | 1987 |
22% | 60% | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit (Character) | $7M | 1987 |
80% | 54% | White Mischief | Gilbert Colvile (Character) | $24.5K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Vincent -- The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
54% | 47% | Aria | The Actor (Character) | - | 1987 |
20% | 45% | Jake Speed | Sid (Character) | $1.1M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rocinante | Bill (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford (Character) | - | 1985 |
53% | 48% | The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (Voice) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Champions | Bob Champion (Character) | - | 1984 |
87% | 75% | The Hit | Braddock (Character) | - | 1984 |
74% | 71% | 1984 | Winston Smith (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 62% | King Lear | The Fool (Character) | - | 1983 |
39% | 38% | The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett (Character) | - | 1983 |
57% | 90% | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (Voice) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 34% | Partners | Kerwin (Character) | - | 1982 |
80% | 66% | Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk (Character) | - | 1981 |
59% | 54% | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine (Character) | - | 1980 |
92% | 93% | The Elephant Man | John Merrick, 'The Elephant Man' (Character) | - | 1980 |
98% | 94% | Alien | Engineer G.W. Kane (Character) | $81.1M | 1979 |
93% | 89% | Midnight Express | Max (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East of Elephant Rock | Nash (Character) | - | 1978 |
82% | 86% | Watership Down | Hazel (Voice) | - | 1978 |
52% | 64% | The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn (Voice) | - | 1978 |
87% | 68% | The Shout | Anthony Fielding (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spectre | Mitri Cyon (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 30% | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 92% | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Little Malcolm | Malcolm Scrawdyke (Character) | - | 1974 |
44% | 25% | The Pied Piper | Franz (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cry of the Penguins | Richard Forbush (Character) | - | 1971 |
58% | 85% | 10 Rillington Place | Timothy John Evans (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Dangerous Ladies | Lt. Simmonds (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Search of Gregory | Daniel (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington (Character) | - | 1969 |
43% | 29% | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sailor From Gibraltar | John (Character) | - | 1967 |
83% | 87% | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Is My Street | Charlie (Character) | - | 1964 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Panthers | Tom (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
92% | 69% | Doctor Who | The Doctor (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Planet Dinosaur | Narrator | 2013 2011 |
85% | 87% | The Adventures of Merlin | The Great Dragon (Voice) | 2008-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Rose | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry's Arctic Heroes | Narrator | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Conversation | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen Hawking's Sci Fi Masters | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction | Narrator | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sweeney | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
100% | 90% | I, Claudius | Caligula (Character) | 1976 |
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