Sir John Hurt, CBE (1940–2017) was an English actor and voice actor, whose career spanned six decades. He had roles in over 130 films, with dozens of television roles.John Hurt filmography, Turner Classic Movies
Film Year Title Role Director Notes 1962 Phil Corbett Ralph Thomas 1963 Max Philip Wrestler Short film 1964 This Is My Street Charlie Sidney Hayers 1966 Richard Rich Fred Zinnemann 1967 John Tony Richardson 1969 Sinful Davey Davey Haggart John Huston Before Winter Comes Lieutenant Pilkington J. Lee Thompson In Search of Gregory Daniel Peter Wood 1971 10 Rillington Place Timothy John Evans Richard Fleischer Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Richard Forbush Roy Boulting, Arne Sucksdorff & Alfred Viola 1972 Franz Jacques Demy 1974 Little Malcolm Malcolm Scrawdyke Stuart Cooper 1975 Tom Rawlings Freddie Francis Chandler Aldo Scavarda 1977 The Disappearance Atkinson Stuart Cooper Three Dangerous Ladies Lieutenant Simmonds Robert Fuest Segment: "The Island" Paperback Unknown David Bailey East of Elephant Rock Nash Don Boyd 1978 Midnight Express Max Alan Parker Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Anthony Fielding Jerzy Skolimowski Watership Down Hazel Martin Rosen Voice Aragorn Ralph Bakshi 1979 Alien Gilbert Kane, Executive Officer Ridley Scott Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1980 John Merrick David Lynch BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Heaven's Gate William C. Irvine Michael Cimino 1981 History of the World, Part I Jesus Christ Mel Brooks Night Crossing Peter Strelzyk Delbert Mann 1982 Partners Kerwin James Burrows Snitter Martin Rosen Voice 1983 Lawrence Fassett Sam Peckinpah 1984 Champions Bob Champion John Irvin Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Success Is the Best Revenge Dino Montecurva Jerzy Skolimowski Mitchell Braddock Stephen Frears Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nineteen Eighty-Four Winston Smith Michael Radford Evening Standard British Film Award for Best ActorFantasporto for Best Actor Valladolid International Film Festival for Best Actor 1985 After Darkness Peter Hunningford Dominique Othenin-Girard & Sergio Guerraz The Horned King Ted Berman & Richard Rich Voice 1986 Jake Speed Sid Andrew Lane 1987 Narrator Mike Batt Voice Rocinante Bill Ann Guedes, Eduardo Guedes White Mischief Gilbert Colvile Michael Radford From the Hip Douglas Benoit Bob Clark Aria The Actor Bill Bryden Segment: "Pagliacci" Spaceballs Kane Mel Brooks Cameo Vincent Narrator Paul Cox Voice 1988 Lucien Metz Nicolas Klotz 1989 Scandal Stephen Ward Michael Caton-Jones Little Sweetheart Robert Burger Anthony Simmons 1990 Windprints Charles Rutherford David Wicht Romeo.Juliet La Dame aux ChatsMercutio Armondo Linus Acosta The Field Bird O'Donnell Jim Sheridan Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Frankenstein Unbound Joe Buchanan The Narrator Roger Corman 1991 King Ralph Lord Percival Graves David S. Ward I Dreamt I Woke Up John Boorman's Alter Ego John Boorman 1992 Lapse of Memory Conrad Farmer Patrick Dewolf 1993 L'Oeil qui ment Anthony / Le Marquis Raúl Ruiz Kölcsönkapott idő Sean István Poór Monolith Villano John Eyres Even Cowgirls Get the Blues The Countess Gus Van Sant 1994 Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp Storyteller C.W. Rogers VoiceDirect-to-video Thumbelina Mr. Mole Don Bluth & Gary Goldman Voice Great Moments in Aviation Rex Goodyear Beeban Kidron Second Best Uncle Turpin Chris Menges 1995 Rob Roy John Graham, Marquis of Montrose Michael Caton-Jones Dead Man John Scholfield Jim Jarmusch Wild Bill Charley Prince Walter Hill Two Nudes Bathing Marquis de Prey John Boorman Short filmEpisode of Picture Windows miniseries 1997 Love and Death on Long Island Giles De'Ath Richard KwietniowskiFIPRESCI Prize – Special Mention of Chicago International Film Festival Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by a British Actor in an Independent Film Contact S.R. Hadden Robert Zemeckis Chuck Langer Bob Swaim Bandyta Babits Maciej Dejczer Tender Loving Care Dr Turner David Wheeler Direct-to-video 1998 The Commissioner James Morton George Sluizer Night Train Michael Poole John Lynch All the Little Animals Mr Summers Jeremy Thomas 1999 Sebastian Jean-François Laguionie English dub If... Dog... 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Sean Cooper Matthew Modine You're Dead Maitland Andy Hurst 2000 Narrator Jun Falkenstein Voice New Blood Alan White Michael Hurst Lost Souls Father Lareaux Janusz Kamiński 2001 Tabloid Vince David Blair Captain Corelli's Mandolin Dr Yiannis John Madden Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Garrick Ollivander Chris Columbus 2002 Miranda Christian Marc Munden Crime and Punishment Porfiry Menahem Golan 2003 Owning Mahowny Victor Foss Richard Kwietniowski Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill Man from Maybury Hill Anthony Byrne Short film Dogville Narrator Lars Von Trier Voice 2004 Hellboy Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm Guillermo del Toro Pride Harry John Downer Voice 2005 Short Order Felix Anthony Byrne Valiant Gary Chapman Voice Manderlay Narrator Lars Von Trier Voice Ben Devereaux Iain Softley Shooting Dogs Christopher Michael Caton-Jones Jellon Lamb John Hillcoat Nominated – Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2006 V for Vendetta Adam Sutler"Fake Sutler" actors James McTeigue Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Narrator Tom Tykwer Voice 2007 Boxes Le père de Fanny Jane Birkin Hellboy: Blood and Iron Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm Victor Cook & Tad Stones VoiceDirect-to-DVD 2008 Arthur Seldom Álex de la Iglesia Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Professor Harold 'Ox' Oxley Steven Spielberg Hellboy II: The Golden Army Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm Guillermo del Toro Cameo Outlander Hrothgar Howard McCain Lecture 21 Mondrian Kilroy Alessandro Baricco New York, I Love You Bellhop Shekhar Kapur Segment "Shekhar Kapur" 2009 An Englishman in New York Quentin Crisp Richard Laxton Guitar Jim Jarmusch 44 Inch Chest Old Man Peanut Malcolm Venville Nominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actor of the Year 2010 Lou Doyle Belinda Chayko A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures Grandpa Sammy Ben Stassen Voice Brighton Rock Phil Corkery Rowan Joffé Ultramarines: The Movie Carnak Martyn Pick Voice Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Garrick Ollivander David Yates 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Regret Not Speaking Richard Kwietniowski Melancholia Dexter Lars Von Trier Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Control Tomas Alfredson Immortals Old Man / Narrator Tarsem Singh 2012 Jayne Mansfield's Car Kingsley Bedford Billy Bob Thornton In Love with Alma Cogan Master of Ceremonies Tony Britten Sightseers Narrator – Blake's "Jerusalem" Ben Wheatley Uncredited voice 2013 Charlie Countryman Narrator Fredrik Bond VoiceDeleted scenes Only Lovers Left Alive Christopher Marlowe Jim Jarmusch Swan Lake 3D – Live from the Mariinsky Theatre Winter Palace / Himself Ross MacGibbon Voice Snowpiercer Gilliam Bong Joon-ho More Than Honey Narrator Markus Imhoof VoiceDocumentary Benjamin Britten – Peace and ConflictTony Britten 2014 Hercules Cotys Brett Ratner 2015 A.K.A Nadia 347 The Absinthe Drinkers Antonio Argenti John Jopson Break Jack Nicholas Moss Short film Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Sailor John David Stoten Voice 2016 ChickLit Francis BonarTony Britten The Journey Harry Patterson Nick Hamm Jackie The Priest Pablo Larraín Back to Utopia Peter Panludic Fabio Wuytack Voice; posthumous international release 2017 My Name Is Lenny Leslie Salmon Ron Scalpello Posthumous release That Good Night Ralph Eric Styles Damascus Cover Miki Daniel Zelik Berk
Television Year Title Role Notes 1961 Drama 61-67 Private Briggs Episode: "Drama '61: Local Incident" 1962 Z-Cars James Hogan Episode: "Assault" 1963 First Night Garry Episode: "Menace" 1964 Armchair Theatre Unknown Episode: "A Jug of Bread" Thursday Theatre Orpheus Episode: "Point of Departure" Gideon's Way Freddy Tinsdale Episode: "The Tin God" 1964–65 ITV Play of the Week Various characters 3 episodes 1973 Wessex Tales Joshua Harlborough Episode: "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions" 1974 Christopher 'Christy' Mahon Television film 1975 Quentin Crisp Television filmBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actor 1976 Shades of Greene Fred Episode: "A Drive in the Country" Play for Today Alec Cassell Episode: "The Peddler" Tony Grey Episode: "Tomorrow Man" I, Claudius Caligula 5 episodes 1977 Spectre Mitri Cyon Television film 1979 Crime and Punishment Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov 3 episodes 1983 King Lear The Fool Television film 1988 Deadline Granville Jones David Macaulay: Pyramid KhufuSecond French Explorer Television filmVoice 1987–88 The Storyteller 9 episodes 1990 Chris Mullin Television film 1991 Journey to Knock Alfred Red Fox Archie Carpenter 2 episodes 1992 Six Characters in Search of an Author The Father Television film 1993 Great Moments in Aviation Rex Goodyear 1994 Picture Windows Le Compte Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing" 1995 Prisoners in Time Eric Lomax Episode: "Everyman" Screen Two Jack Lee Episode: "Saigon Baby" 1999–2000 Watership Down General Woundwort Voice7 episodes 2001 Beckett on Film – Krapp's Last Tape Krapp Television film 2002 Bait Jack Blake 2004 Alan Clark 6 episodes Pride Harry VoiceTelevision film 2005 Hiroshima Narrator VoiceDocumentary 2007 Masters of Science Fiction Samswope Episode: "The Discarded" 2008 Recount Warren Christopher Television film 2008–2012 Merlin The Great Dragon Voice64 episodes 2009 Owl VoiceTelevision film Quentin Crisp Television filmBerlin International Film Festival – Teddy AwardNominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor 2010 Whistle and I'll Come to You James Parkin Television film 2011 Human Planet Narrator VoiceDocumentary Harry's Arctic Heroes Planet Dinosaur Owl VoiceTelevision film 2012 Labyrinth Audric Baillard 2 episodes The Chorus Television film Playhouse Presents The Ministry VoiceEpisode: "The Snipist" 2013 Doctor Who War Doctor Episodes: "The Name of the Doctor" (cameo) and "The Day of the Doctor"Minisode: "The Night of the Doctor" (cameo) 2014 The Strain Professor Abraham Setrakian Unaired pilot 2015 The Last Panthers Tom Kendle 6 episodes 2016 The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets Siegfried Sassoon Television film
Audio +YearTitleRoleNotes 2014 The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri 3 episodes 2015–2017 Doctor Who: The War Doctor War Doctor 12 episodes; last three released posthumously 2015 War and Peace Prince Bolkonsky 10 episodes 2017 The Invisible Man Griffin Posthumous release
Video games +YearTitleRoleNotes1996Privateer 2: The DarkeningJoe the Bartender1997Tender Loving CareDr. Turner2015LEGO DimensionsWar DoctorArchive audio
Other projects and contributions When Love Speaks (2002, EMI Classics) – "Sonnet 145"("Those lips that Love's own hand did make") Hurt performs in drag for the promotional video for Attitude by the music group Suede. Hurt is seen as the 'Brian Epstein' esque mogul in Paul McCartney's 1982 video for his song "Take It Away". McCartney explains in the video commentary section of The McCartney Years DVD (for the song 'Take it Away') that Hurt himself was a friend of the Beatles and Brian Epstein, and that the Beatles had watched Hurt act in the mid-'60s and thought him a fine actor. Hurt is the narrator of the 1995 Discovery Channel documentary On Jupiter. Narrator on the album The Seduction of Claude Debussy by the band Art of Noise (1999). Hurt is the narrator of the 4 part series The Universe for Channel 4 International, released in 1999 and available on DVD.