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John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose illustrious career has spanned over five decades, firmly establishing him as one of Britain's finest actors. Trained at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he first shot to prominence starring as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) followed by him winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Naked Civil Servant (1975). He demonstrated his versatility by taking on diverse roles such as Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976), and earning Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Midnight Express (1978), and Best Actor for The Elephant Man (1980). Hurt's voice, described as the most distinctive in Britain, landed him significant roles in films like Alien (1979), Heaven's Gate (1980), Champions (1984), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), The Hit (1984), Rob Roy (1995), and Contact (1997). He won the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2012, and Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 2015 for his services to drama.
Hurt continued to demonstrate his immense talent into the 21st century with prominent roles in the Harry Potter film series, the Hellboy films, V for Vendetta (2005), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). He reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), earning his seventh BAFTA nomination. Hurt displayed his voice acting skills in numerous animated films and TV series such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings, and BBC's Merlin. In 2009, Hurt had the honor of portraying an incarnation of the Doctor known as the War Doctor in Doctor Who. Despite being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015, Hurt continued to work until his death in 2017.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: John Vincent Hurt
Born: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: January 22, 1940
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1961-2017
Children: 2
Spouses: Annette Robertson, Donna Peacock, Joan Dalton, Anwen Rees-Myers
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Awards and Nominations Received by John Hurt
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
Midnight ExpressMovies Featuring John Hurt
Heaven's Gate
Love and Death on Long Island
Immortals
Only Lovers Left Alive
Hercules
The Disappearance
A Man for All Seasons
The Oxford Murders
Beyond the Gates
Watership Down
Owning Mahowny
1984
The Journey
The Elephant Man
Midnight Express
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Damascus Cover
Wild Bill
Jake Speed
Alien
Henry Fonda for President
Lou
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Whistle and I’ll Come to You
The Gruffalo’s Child
The Snipist
The Hollow Crown: Henry V
Labyrinth
Human Planet
Muse of Fire
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Planet Dinosaur
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
The Alchemist’s Letter
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Break
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
That Good Night
A.K.A Nadia
Ayamé
Krapp’s Last Tape
Crime and Punishment
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
The Last Panthers
Thomas & Friends: Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Miranda
The Alien Saga
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Shadowing the Third Man
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
Hiroshima
Shooting Dogs
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
Boxes
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Once Upon a Halloween
The Alan Clark Diaries
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Resident Alien
The Field
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Frankenstein Unbound
King Ralph
Night Crossing
The Plague Dogs
Short Order
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
King Lear
Nineteen Eighty-Four
After Darkness
Live Aid
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Windprints
I Dreamt I Woke Up
The Osterman Weekend
Success Is the Best Revenge
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Monolith
From the Hip
Aria
Vincent
White Mischief
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Scandal
Lapse of Memory
The Bengali Night
Champions
Thames Film
Little Sweetheart
Iceberg
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
Two Nudes Bathing
The Shout
East of Elephant Rock
Crime and Punishment
Second Best
The Ghoul
The World of Jim Henson
Three Dangerous Ladies
Great Moments in Aviation
This Is My Street
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Before Winter Comes
The Commissioner
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Bandyta
The Wild and the Willing
The Climb
In Search of Gregory
Spectre
Tender Loving Care
The Disappearance
The Oxford Murders
The Naked Civil Servant
New Blood
Lecture 21
Ballybrando
Sinful Davey
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters
You’re Dead…
Recount
10 Rillington Place
Monolith
Night Train
I, Claudius
An Englishman in New York
The Lord of the Rings
The Gruffalo
Career Timeline
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2015
The Alchemist’s Letter
The Alchemist (voice)
Break
Jack
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
A.K.A Nadia
347
Thomas & Friends: Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Sailor John (voice)
2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Muse of Fire
Self
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
The War Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
The War Doctor (archive voice)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The War Doctor
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
The War Doctor
2010
The Oxford Murders
Lou
Doyle
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures
Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
Whistle and I’ll Come to You
James Parkin
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Carnak
2007
Beyond the Gates
Boxes
Fanny's father
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
2005
Hiroshima
Narrator (voice)
Shooting Dogs
Christopher
Once Upon a Halloween
The Horned King
Short Order
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’
Self
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
Shadowing the Third Man
Narrator (voice)
2002
Crime and Punishment
Porfiry, chief investigator
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Miranda
Christian
The Alien Saga
Narrator (voice)
1998
Love and Death on Long Island
The Commissioner
James morton
The Climb
Chuck Langer
Night Train
Michael Poole
1994
Second Best
Uncle Turpin
The World of Jim Henson
The Storyteller (archive footage)
Great Moments in Aviation
Rex Goodyear
1991
King Ralph
Lord Percival Graves
I Dreamt I Woke Up
Boorman's Alter Ego
Lapse of Memory
Conrad Farmer
1990
Resident Alien
Self - Actor
The Field
Bird' O'Donnell
Frankenstein Unbound
Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Chris Mullin
Windprints
Charles Rutherford
1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
Scandal
Stephen Ward
Little Sweetheart
Robert Burger
1987
Monolith
Narrator (voice)
From the Hip
Douglas Benoit
Aria
The Actor
Vincent
(voice)
White Mischief
Gilbert Colville
Iceberg
Narrator (voice)
1985
1984
After Darkness
Peter Hunningford
Live Aid
Self
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Narrator (voice)
1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith
Success Is the Best Revenge
Dino Montecurva
Champions
Bob Champion
1978
Watership Down
Midnight Express
The Shout
Anthony Fielding
The Lord of the Rings
Aragorn (voice)
1977
East of Elephant Rock
Nash
Three Dangerous Ladies
Lt. George Simmonds
Spectre
Mitri Cyon
The Disappearance
Atkinson
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