John Hurt: Movies, Awards & Box Office
- films
- 137
- on screen
- 1962–2025
- box office
- $899M
- award wins
- 3
- average score
- 60
- Born
- January 22, 1940
- Birthplace
- Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
- Full name
- John Vincent Hurt
- Citizenship
- British
- Occupations
- Actor
- Years active
- 1961-2017
- Spouses
- Annette Robertson, Donna Peacock, Joan Dalton, Anwen Rees-Myers
- Children
- 2
The Best John Hurt Movies
The films of John Hurt that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: Hercules (2014) leads with $245M. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
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Worldwide box office: $245M Hercules 2014 · Action -
Worldwide box office: $227M Immortals 2011 · Action -
Worldwide box office: $109M Alien 1979 · Horror -
Worldwide box office: $70.6M A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures 2010 · Animation -
Worldwide box office: $52.5M King Ralph 1991 · Comedy -
Worldwide box office: $35M Midnight Express 1978 · Biography
John Hurt's Career in Numbers
John Hurt's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres John Hurt works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from The Wild and the Willing (1962) to Damascus Cover (2018), and the 2010s were the busiest decade.
John Hurt Movies by Decade
- 1960s 7
- 1970s 15
- 1980s 27
- 1990s 21
- 2000s 20
- 2010s 30
The 2010s were John Hurt's busiest decade, with 30 films.
John Hurt Movies by Genre
- Drama 34
- Documentary 11
- Thriller 9
- Action 8
- Romance 8
- Comedy 7
- Sci-Fi 6
- Adventure 5
- Fantasy 4
- Horror 4
Drama is the genre John Hurt has worked in most, with 34 films, ahead of documentary (11).
John Hurt Career Milestones
- First film
- The Wild and the Willing 1962
- Biggest box office hit
- Hercules $245M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- The Journey Movie Echo Score 63
- Newest film
- Damascus Cover 2018
John Hurt Filmography: Every Movie
Every film John Hurt is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 60. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
John Hurt Movies as an Actor
120- 2018
Ayamé as Narrator (voice) · Sci-Fi - 2018
Damascus Cover as Miki · Action Worldwide box office: $19.5K Movie Echo Score: 41 - 2017
That Good Night as Ralph · Drama Worldwide box office: $79.7K - 2017
The Journey Drama Worldwide box office: $482K Movie Echo Score: 63 - 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited) · Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $28.4K - 2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor’s Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Sailor John (voice) · Family Worldwide box office: $3.62M - 2015
A.K.A Nadia as 347 · Drama - 2015
Break as Jack · Drama - 2015
The Alchemist’s Letter as The Alchemist (voice) · Animation - 2015
The Last Panthers as Tom · Drama - 2014
Hercules Action Worldwide box office: $245M - 2014
Only Lovers Left Alive Drama Worldwide box office: $8.2M - 2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as The War Doctor (archive voice) · Comedy Worldwide box office: $4.28M - 2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The War Doctor · Adventure - 2013
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro as The War Doctor Worldwide box office: $5.07M - 2013
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor as The War Doctor · Sci-Fi - 2013
Jayne Mansfield's Car Drama Worldwide box office: $79.2K - 2012
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2012
The Snipist as The Ministry · Sci-Fi - 2012
The Hollow Crown: Henry V Drama - 2012
Labyrinth as Audric Baillard · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.49M - 2011
The Gruffalo’s Child as The Owl (voice) · Fantasy Worldwide box office: $383K - 2011
Immortals Action Worldwide box office: $227M - 2011
Human Planet as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2011
Planet Dinosaur as Narrator · Documentary Worldwide box office: $297K - 2010
Whistle and I’ll Come to You as James Parkin · Horror - 2010
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie as Carnak · Animation - 2010
The Oxford Murders Thriller Worldwide box office: $1.35M - 2010
A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures as Grandpa Sammy (voice) · Animation Worldwide box office: $70.6M - 2010
Lou as Doyle · Drama - 2009
The Gruffalo as Owl (voice) · Family Worldwide box office: $159K - 2009
An Englishman in New York as Quentin Crisp · Drama - 2008
Lecture 21 as Mondrian Kilroy · Fantasy Worldwide box office: $339K - 2008
Recount as Warren Christopher · History - 2008
The Oxford Murders as Arthur Seldom · Mystery Worldwide box office: $17.6M - 2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice) · Thriller - 2007
Beyond the Gates Drama - 2007
Boxes as Fanny's father · Drama Worldwide box office: $84.4K - 2006
The Plot Against Harold Wilson as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2005
Once Upon a Halloween as The Horned King · Family - 2005
Shooting Dogs as Christopher · History Worldwide box office: $559K - 2005
Hiroshima as Narrator (voice) · Drama - 2005
Short Order Comedy - 2004
Shadowing the Third Man as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2004
The Alan Clark Diaries as Alan Clark · Drama - 2003
Owning Mahowny Drama Worldwide box office: $1.27M - 2002
The Alien Saga as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2002
Crime and Punishment as Porfiry, chief investigator · Drama - 2002
Miranda as Christian · Thriller - 2000
Krapp’s Last Tape as Krapp · Tv movie - 1999
New Blood as Alan White · Action - 1999
You’re Dead… as Maitland · Crime - 1998
The Climb as Chuck Langer · Drama - 1998
Love and Death on Long Island Drama Worldwide box office: $2.58M - 1998
The Commissioner as James morton · Drama - 1998
Night Train as Michael Poole · Drama - 1997
Bandyta as Babits · Drama - 1996
Tender Loving Care as Dr. Turner · Thriller - 1995
Wild Bill Action Worldwide box office: $2.19M - 1995
Two Nudes Bathing as Marquis de Prey · Comedy - 1994
The World of Jim Henson as The Storyteller (archive footage) · Documentary - 1994
Second Best as Uncle Turpin · Drama Worldwide box office: $86.1K - 1994
Great Moments in Aviation as Rex Goodyear · Romance - 1993
Monolith as Villano · Action - 1991
I Dreamt I Woke Up as Boorman's Alter Ego · Documentary - 1991
Lapse of Memory as Conrad Farmer · Romance - 1991
King Ralph as Lord Percival Graves · Comedy Worldwide box office: $52.5M - 1990
Frankenstein Unbound as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice) · Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $335K - 1990
The Field as Bird' O'Donnell · Drama - 1990
Windprints as Charles Rutherford · Thriller - 1990
Who Bombed Birmingham? as Chris Mullin · Tv movie - 1989
Little Sweetheart as Robert Burger · Thriller - 1989
Scandal as Stephen Ward · Romance Worldwide box office: $8.8M - 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice) · Documentary - 1988
The Bengali Night as Lucien Metz · Drama - 1988
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens as The Storyteller · Fantasy - 1987
White Mischief as Gilbert Colville · Romance Worldwide box office: $3.11M - 1987
Vincent as (voice) · History Worldwide box office: $1.58M - 1987
Aria as The Actor · Music Worldwide box office: $1.03M - 1987
From the Hip as Douglas Benoit · Comedy Worldwide box office: $9.52M - 1987
Monolith as Narrator (voice) - 1987
Iceberg as Narrator (voice) - 1986
Thames Film - 1986
Jake Speed Action Worldwide box office: $1.94M - 1985
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima as Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 1985
1984 Sci-Fi Worldwide box office: $8.43M - 1985
After Darkness as Peter Hunningford · Thriller - 1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith · Drama - 1984
Success Is the Best Revenge as Dino Montecurva · Drama - 1984
Champions as Bob Champion · Romance Worldwide box office: $200K - 1983
The Osterman Weekend as Lawrence Fassett · Action Worldwide box office: $6.49M - 1983
King Lear as The Fool · Drama - 1982
The Plague Dogs as Snitter (voice) · Drama - 1982
Night Crossing as Peter Strelzyk · Drama Worldwide box office: $8M - 1981
The Disappearance Drama - 1980
Heaven's Gate Adventure Worldwide box office: $3.48M - 1980
The Elephant Man Biography Worldwide box office: $26M - 1980
An Evening with Quentin Crisp as Host · Documentary - 1979
Alien Horror Worldwide box office: $109M - 1979
Crime and Punishment as Raskolnikov · Crime - 1978
The Lord of the Rings as Aragorn (voice) · Fantasy Worldwide box office: $30.5M - 1978
Watership Down Adventure Worldwide box office: $21.9K - 1978
Midnight Express Biography Worldwide box office: $35M - 1978
The Shout as Anthony Fielding · Mystery - 1977
The Disappearance as Atkinson · Thriller - 1977
East of Elephant Rock as Nash · Drama - 1977
Three Dangerous Ladies as Lt. George Simmonds · Horror - 1977
Spectre as Mitri Cyon · Horror - 1976
I, Claudius as Caligula · Drama - 1975
The Naked Civil Servant as Quentin Crisp · Comedy - 1975
The Ghoul as Tom Rawlings · Mystery - 1971
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins as Richard Forbush · Adventure - 1971
10 Rillington Place as Timothy Evans · Thriller - 1969
In Search of Gregory as Daniel · Romance - 1969
Sinful Davey as Davey Haggart · Adventure - 1969
Before Winter Comes as Lieutenant Pilkington · Comedy - 1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar as John · Romance - 1966
A Man for All Seasons Biography Worldwide box office: $756 - 1964
This Is My Street as Charlie · Drama - 1962
The Wild and the Willing as Phil Corbett · Romance
John Hurt in Documentaries & Specials
17- 2025
Henry Fonda for President as Self · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 75 - 2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self · Documentary - 2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self · Documentary - 2013
Muse of Fire as Self · Documentary - 2010
Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self · Documentary - 2009
Ballybrando as Self · Documentary - 2009
Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 2: Characters as Self · Documentary - 2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self · Documentary - 2004
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self · Documentary - 2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’ as Self · Documentary - 2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self · Documentary - 2002
I, Claudius: A Television Epic as Self · Documentary - 2001
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed as Self · Documentary - 1990
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self · Documentary - 1990
Resident Alien as Self - Actor · Documentary Worldwide box office: $7.87K - 1985
Live Aid as Self · Documentary
John Hurt: Awards & Nominations
3 wins from 7 nominations across 3 award bodies, from 1979 to 1991. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.
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BAFTA 2 wins from 3 nominations -
Golden Globes 1 win from 2 nominations -
Oscars 2 nominations
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44th British Academy Film Awards- John Hurt: Nominated Best Supporting Actor Field of Dreams
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The 53rd Academy Awards- John Hurt: Nominated Best Actor The Elephant Man
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34th British Academy Film Awards- John Hurt: Win Best Actor The Elephant Man
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38th Golden Globe Awards- John Hurt: Nominated Best Actor – Drama The Elephant Man
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51st Academy Awards- John Hurt: Nominated Best Supporting Actor Midnight Express
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32nd British Academy Film Awards- John Hurt: Win Best Supporting Actor Midnight Express
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36th Golden Globe Awards- John Hurt: Win Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor) Midnight Express
Who Is John Hurt?
John Hurt was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England in 1940. Credited on films since 1962, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
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.
Who John Hurt Makes Movies With
The actors and directors John Hurt shares the most films with. David Tennant comes first, with 6 films together, followed by Matt Smith (5).
John Hurt: Questions & Answers
How many movies John Hurt has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has John Hurt been in?
John Hurt is credited on 137 films, from 1962 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is John Hurt's highest-grossing movie?
Hercules (2014) is John Hurt's biggest box office hit, with $245M worldwide, ahead of Immortals (2011) ($227M). Across every film with box office figures, John Hurt's movies have made $899M.
John Hurt's biggest hits What is the best John Hurt movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, John Hurt's best-rated film is Henry Fonda for President (2025) with a score of 75, followed by The Journey (2017) (63).
Best John Hurt movies, ranked Has John Hurt won an Oscar?
John Hurt has been nominated for 2 Oscars but has not won one yet. Across every ceremony in the awards database, John Hurt has 3 wins from 7 nominations.
What is John Hurt's newest movie?
The most recent film on John Hurt's filmography is Henry Fonda for President (2025), in the role of Self.
Who does John Hurt work with most often?
John Hurt shares the most films with David Tennant (6 films), Matt Smith (5 films) and Siân Phillips (5 films).
The Best John Hurt Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 137 credits.
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