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 Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several...
Known For
Movies
- The Lord of the Rings
1978
- Indiana Jones and the K...
2008
- A Man for All Seasons
1966
- Dead Man
1995
- Spaceballs
1987
- Bandyta
1997
- Perfume: The Story of a...
2006
- Hellboy
2004
- The 50 Greatest Televis...
2007
- History of the World: P...
1981
- Harry Potter and the Ph...
2001
- Contact
1997
- V for Vendetta
2006
- Outlander
2008
- Frankenstein Unbound
1990
- Captain Corelli's Mando...
2001
- Manderlay
2005
- The Elephant Man
1980
- King Ralph
1991
- Heaven's Gate
1980
- You're Dead...
1999
- The Plague Dogs
1982
- Hellboy II: The Golden ...
2008
- From the Hip
1987
- Rob Roy
1995
- Watership Down
1978
- The Field
1990
- Shooting Dogs
2006
- The Limits of Control
2009
- The Alien Saga
2002
- Scandal
1989
- Doctor Who Live: The Af...
2013
- The Osterman Weekend
1983
- 10 Rillington Place
1971
- The Oxford Murders
2008
- Aria
1987
- Harry Potter and the De...
2010
- Harry Potter and the De...
2011
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
- Hellboy Animated: Blood...
2007
- The Commissioner
1998
- Even Cowgirls Get the B...
1994
- The Skeleton Key
2005
- The Gruffalo
2009
- An Englishman in New Yo...
2009
- The Naked Civil Servant
1975
- 44 Inch Chest
2009
- Valiant
2005
- Recount
2008
- White Mischief
1987
- Owning Mahowny
2003
- Once Upon a Halloween
2005
- Brighton Rock
2010
- Making History: Mel Bro...
2009
- Melancholia
2011
- Immortals
2011
- The Proposition
2005
- Love and Death on Long ...
1998
- King Lear
1983
- Wild Bill
1995
- Hiroshima
2005
- All the Little Animals
1999
- Tinker Tailor Soldier S...
2011
- Shaolin: Wheel of Life
2001
- The Hit
1984
- Miranda
2002
- Lezione ventuno
2008
- The Hunting of the Snark
1987
- The Beast Within: Makin...
2003
- Ultramarines: A Warhamm...
2010
- The Ghoul
1975
- Lou
2010
- Krapp's Last Tape
2000
- The Gruffalo's Child
2011
- Partners
1982
- The Hidden Wars of Dese...
2001
- Little Malcolm and His ...
1974
- Hellboy: The Seeds of C...
2004
- Sailcloth
2011
- Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
- Night Crossing
1982
- The Confession
2011
- Windprints
1990
- Second Best
1994
- Monolith
1993
- Vincent
1987
- Crime and Punishment
2002
- Great Moments in Aviati...
1994
- 설국열차
2013
- Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
- Tabloid
2001
- Sinful Davey
1969
- The Climb
1998
- Short Order
2005
- East of Elephant Rock
1977
- Champions
1984
- Benjamin Britten: Peace...
2013
- The Disappearance
1977
- Hercules
2014
- Resident Alien
1990
- Before Winter Comes
1969
- The Pied Piper
1972
- New Blood
1999
- Success Is the Best Rev...
1984
- Planet Dinosaur: Ultima...
2012
- L’œil qui ment
1992
- Boxes
2007
- Mr. Forbush and the Pen...
1971
- On Jupiter
1995
- Hannibal Hopkins et Sir...
2021
- Muse of Fire
2013
- Poison Candy
1989
- This Is My Street
1964
- Six Characters in Searc...
1992
- If... Dog... Rabbit
1999
- In Search of Gregory
1969
- Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
- The Wild and the Willing
1962
- Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
- The Plot Against Harold...
2006
- Lost Souls
2000
- Red Fox
1991
- Shadowing the Third Man
2004
- Deadline
1988
- After Darkness
1985
- The Day of the Doctor: ...
2013
- The Sailor from Gibralt...
1967
- New York, I Love You
2008
- Whistle and I'll Come t...
2010
- Dmitri Shostakovich: A ...
2015
- Night Train
1998
- Meeting Che Guevara & t...
2003
- Jake Speed
1986
- Doctor Who: The Day of ...
2013
- Spectre
1977
- The Alchemist's Letter
2015
- On Borrowed Time
2011
- Iceberg
1987
- Monolith
1987
- נדיה: שם זמני
2015
- Damascus Cover
2017
- Thomas & Friends: Sodor...
2015
- Wimbledon The Official ...
2014
- Remembrance
2009
- Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
- Saigon Baby
1995
- The Tigger Movie
2000
- Alien
1979
- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy'...
2010
- Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
- Richard Attenborough: A...
2014
- An Evening with Quentin...
1980
- Dogville
2003
- Love at First Sight
2010
- Frightmares
1987
- Sunset People
1984
- 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
2011
- Rocinante
1986
- Jonathan Ross Presents ...
1990
- Jackie
2016
- Doctor Who: The Night o...
2013
- Journey to Knock
1991
- The Journey
2017
- ChickLit
2016
- The Black Cauldron
1985
- I Dreamt I Woke Up
1991
- The Pity of War: The Lo...
2016
- The Final Reel
2016
- Pride
2004
- Tender Loving Care
1996
- Paul McCartney: From Ri...
1990
- The Strange Case of Yuk...
1985
- That Good Night
2017
- Picture Windows: Two Nu...
1995
- Lapse of Memory
1991
- My Name Is Lenny
2017
- Sightseers
2012
- The Snipist
2012
- Live Aid
1985
- The Journey – Stories f...
2011
- Romeo.Juliet
1990
- David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
- In Love with Alma Cogan
2011
- Hello: A Portrait Of Le...
2013
- La nuit Bengali
1988
- The Terrible Elephant M...
2001
- Midnight Express
1978
- Break
2015
- Thumbelina
1994
- More Than Honey
2012
- Whaledreamers
2006
- The World of Jim Henson
1994
- The Playboy of the West...
1974
- Paul McCartney - Take I...
1982
- Bait
2002
- I, Claudius: A Televisi...
2002
- Ballybrando
2009
- La linea del fiume
1976
- Interview with John Hurt
2007
- The Shout
1978
- Thames Film
1986
- Alpha to Omega: Exposin...
2004
- The Five(ish) Doctors R...
2013
- Ayamé
2018
- Swan Lake 3D - Live fro...
2013
- The Peddler
1976
- Rabbit Ears - Aladdin a...
1994
- Back to Utopia
2016
- Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
- Verity Lambert: Drama Q...
2008
- Doctor Who: The Husband...
2015
- Doctor Who: Wish World ...
2025
- The Twilight Hour: Visi...
2002
- Centenary: The BP Story
2009
TV Shows
- The Sweeney
1975
- Inside the Actors Studio
1994
- Gideon's Way
1965
- HypaSpace
2002
- I, Claudius
1976
- The Storyteller
1988
- The Jim Henson Hour
1989
- Play for Today
1970
- The Alan Clark Diaries
2004
- Natural World
1983
- The Hollywood Greats
1977
- Crime and Punishment
1979
- GMTV
1993
- Labyrinth
2012
- Human Planet
2011
- The Confession
2011
- Planet Dinosaur
2011
- Edge of the Universe
2002
- Performance
1991
- NOVA
1974
- Who Do You Think You Ar...
2004
- The Last Panthers
2015
- Merlin
2008
- A Ghost Story for Chris...
1971
- Wessex Tales
1973
- Doctor Who
2005
- Armchair Theatre
1956
- Great Performances
1971
- The Hollow Crown
2012
- Picture Windows
1995
- Masters of Science Fict...
2007
- Golden Globe Awards
1944
- Parkinson
1998
- Watership Down
1999
- Hiroshima: The First We...
2005