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John Hurt

Actor

John Hurt

  • Born: 22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
  • Estimated net worth: $30 million

John Hurt was a versatile English actor known for his powerful performances in both film and television. He gained fame for roles in films like 'The Elephant Man' and 'Alien.' Renowned for his distinctive voice and emotive acting style, Hurt's career spanned…

About John Hurt

John Hurt was a versatile English actor known for his powerful performances in both film and television. He gained fame for roles in films like 'The Elephant Man' and 'Alien.' Renowned for his distinctive voice and emotive acting style, Hurt's career spanned over six decades, earning him numerous accolades and a reputation as one of Britain's finest actors.

Born
22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouses
Anwen Rees-Myers (2005-2017)
Children
3 children, including Alexander Hurt
Parents
Hugh Hurt, Phyllis Hurt
Estimated net worth
$30 million

Fun facts about John Hurt

  • John Hurt had a distinctive voice that made him a popular choice for voice-over roles.
  • He played the role of Mr. Ollivander in the 'Harry Potter' series, captivating audiences with his unique portrayal.

Famous John Hurt quotes

“I am not an animal! I am a human being!”
The Elephant Man, 1980
“In the end, we all just want to be loved.”
The Elephant Man, 1980
“I can't breathe!”
Alien, 1979

John Hurt filmography

Cast (279)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2025Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War MovieThe Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)5.1
2025Henry Fonda for President MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2024Doctor Who at the Proms MovieThe Doctor (War) (archive footage)7.4
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony MovieSelf (archive footage)4.7
2018Ayamé MovieNarrator (voice)
2017Damascus Cover MovieMiki5.5
2017That Good Night MovieRalph6.9
2017My Name Is Lenny MovieLeslie Salmon5.8
2017The Journey MovieHarry Patterson6.3
2016Jackie MovieThe Priest6.4
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YearTitleCharacterRating
2016The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets MovieSiegfried Sassoon
2016Back to Utopia MovieProfessor Peter Panludic (voice)
2016The Final Reel MovieSelf - Narrator (voice)6.0
2016ChickLit MovieFrancis Bonar5.4
2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song MovieThe Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)8.0
2015The Last Panthers TVTom5.7
2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie MovieSailor John (voice)6.5
2015A.K.A Nadia Movie3477.7
2015Break MovieJack7.5
2015The Alchemist's Letter MovieThe Alchemist (voice)6.8
2015Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces MovieNarator
2014Wimbledon The Official Film 2014 MovieNarrator10.0
2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film MovieSelf4.8
2014Hercules MovieCotys5.8
2013Only Lovers Left Alive MovieChristopher Marlowe7.2
2013Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor MovieThe War Doctor8.2
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot MovieThe War Doctor (archive voice)7.8
2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty MovieSelf9.0
2013The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro MovieThe War Doctor10.0
2013Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor MovieThe War Doctor8.0
2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips MovieSelf / Stephen Ward8.3
2013Muse of Fire MovieSelf6.5
2013Doctor Who at the Proms MovieThe War Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)8.0
2013Snowpiercer MovieGilliam6.9
2013Jayne Mansfield's Car MovieKingsley Bedford5.7
2013Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre MovieThe Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
2013Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict MovieNarrator (voice)5.5
2012Sightseers MovieJerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)6.3
2012Labyrinth TVAudric Baillard5.5
2012Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers MovieNarrator (voice)7.9
2012More Than Honey MovieNarrator (english voice)7.3
2012The Hollow Crown TVThe Chorus7.4
2012The Snipist MovieThe Ministry9.0
2012Playhouse Presents TVThe Ministry (voice)6.0
2011The Gruffalo's Child MovieThe Owl (voice)6.8
2011Immortals MovieOld Zeus6.1
2011On Borrowed Time MovieSelf5.3
2011In Love with Alma Cogan MovieMC7.0
2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy MovieControl6.6
2011Planet Dinosaur TVNarrator7.9
2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 MovieOllivander8.1
201123 Degrees, 5 Minutes MovieProfessor Orit5.5
2011The Journey - Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa MovieNarrator
2011The Confession MoviePriest6.6
2011The Confession TVPriest7.3
2011Melancholia MovieDexter7.1
2011Human Planet TVNarrator (voice)8.2
2011Sailcloth MovieMan9.0
2010Whistle and I'll Come to You MovieJames Parkin5.7
2010Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie MovieCarnak5.8
2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 MovieOllivander7.7
2010Love at First Sight MovieArthur7.5
2010Brighton Rock MoviePhil Corkery5.7
2010Behind Jim Jarmusch MovieSelf
2010A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures MovieGrandpa Sammy (voice)6.1
2010Lou MovieDoyle6.8
2010Waking Sleeping Beauty MovieThe Horned King (voice) (archive footage)7.2
2009The Gruffalo MovieOwl (voice)7.4
2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World MovieSelf (archive footage)
2009Ballybrando MovieSelf10.0
200944 Inch Chest MovieOld Man Peanut5.5
2009Remembrance MovieBellhop
2009The Limits of Control MovieGuitar6.0
2009An Englishman in New York MovieQuentin Crisp6.4
2009Centenary: The BP Story MovieNarrator (voice)
2008Lecture 21 MovieMondrian Kilroy6.1
2008Merlin TVKilgharrah (voice)7.8
2008New York, I Love You MovieBellhop6.0
2008Hellboy II: The Golden Army MovieTrevor Bruttenholm6.8
2008Recount MovieWarren Christopher6.8
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull MovieProfessor Harold Oxley6.0
2008Outlander MovieRothgar6.5
2008Verity Lambert: Drama Queen MovieUnknown character
2008The Oxford Murders MovieArthur Seldom6.0
2007Masters of Science Fiction TVSamswope6.2
2007Boxes MovieFanny's father5.3
2007Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron MovieProfessor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)6.3
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas MovieSelf
2007Interview with John Hurt MovieSelf9.0
2006Perfume: The Story of a Murderer MovieNarrator (voice)7.4
2006Whaledreamers MovieSelf5.5
2006V for Vendetta: Unmasked MovieAdam Sutler8.0
2006The Plot Against Harold Wilson MovieNarrator (voice)
2006Shooting Dogs MovieChristopher7.5
2006V for Vendetta MovieAdam Sutler7.9
2005The Proposition MovieJellon Lamb7.0
2005Once Upon a Halloween MovieThe Horned King (voice) (archive sound)6.0
2005Hiroshima MovieNarrator (voice)7.2
2005The Skeleton Key MovieBen Devereaux6.6
2005Manderlay MovieNarrator (voice)6.9
2005Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction TVNarrator
2005Doctor Who TVThe Doctor7.6
2005Valiant MovieFelix (voice)5.7
2005Short Order MovieFelix5.1
2004Who Do You Think You Are? TVSelf7.0
2004Shadowing the Third Man MovieNarrator (voice)6.6
2004Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation MovieSelf6.9
2004Pride MovieHarry (voice)6.1
2004Hellboy MovieProf. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm6.7
2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' MovieSelf7.0
2004The Alan Clark Diaries TVAlan Clark7.3
2003The Beast Within: Making Alien MovieSelf8.2
2003Dogville MovieNarrator (voice)7.7
2003Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill MovieMan from Maybury Hill8.0
2003Owning Mahowny MovieVictor Foss6.8
2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film MovieSelf / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")10.0
2002The Alien Saga MovieNarrator (voice)6.3
2002The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past MovieSelf
2002I, Claudius: A Television Epic MovieSelf7.0
2002Crime and Punishment MoviePorfiry, chief investigator5.2
2002HypaSpace TVSelf5.0
2002Bait MovieJack Blake8.0
2002Miranda MovieChristian5.5
2002Edge of the Universe TVNarrator (voice)
2001The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed MovieSelf6.5
2001Shaolin: Wheel of Life MovieNarrator (voice)8.0
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone MovieMr Ollivander7.9
2001Captain Corelli's Mandolin MovieDr. Iannis5.9
2001The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm MovieNarrator (voice)7.3
2001Tabloid MovieVince5.0
2000Lost Souls MovieFather Lareaux5.1
2000Krapp's Last Tape MovieKrapp7.4
2000The Tigger Movie MovieNarrator (voice)6.7
1999New Blood MovieAlan White5.2
1999You're Dead... MovieMaitland6.8
1999If... Dog... Rabbit MovieSean Cooper4.5
1999Watership Down TVGeneral Woundwort (voice)7.3
1999All the Little Animals MovieMr. Summers6.0
1998The Climb MovieChuck Langer7.1
1998Love and Death on Long Island MovieGiles De'Ath6.3
1998The Commissioner MovieJames morton6.0
1998Parkinson TVSelf
1998Night Train MovieMichael Poole7.0
1997Brute MovieBabits5.7
1997Contact MovieS. R. Hadden7.5
1996Tender Loving Care MovieDr. Turner3.4
1995Dead Man MovieJohn Scholfield7.3
1995Saigon Baby MovieJack Lee9.0
1995Wild Bill MovieCharley Prince5.7
1995Picture Windows TVMarquis de Prey10.0
1995On Jupiter MovieNarrator (voice)
1995Rob Roy MovieJohn Graham6.7
1995Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing MovieMarquis de Prey4.0
1994The World of Jim Henson MovieThe Storyteller (archive footage)7.4
1994Second Best MovieUncle Turpin6.7
1994Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp MovieNarrator (voice)8.0
1994Inside the Actors Studio TVSelf
1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues MovieThe Countess4.3
1994Great Moments in Aviation MovieRex Goodyear4.9
1994Thumbelina MovieMr. Mole (voice)6.5
1993Monolith MovieVillano4.6
1993GMTV TVSelf5.8
1992Six Characters in Search of An Author MovieThe Father6.0
1992Dark at Noon MovieAnthony / Le Marquis6.8
1991Red Fox MovieArchie Carpenter6.0
1991I Dreamt I Woke Up MovieBoorman's Alter Ego7.3
1991Performance TVThe Father6.3
1991Journey to Knock MovieAlfred10.0
1991Lapse of Memory MovieConrad Farmer7.3
1991King Ralph MovieGraves5.4
1990Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool MovieNarrator (voice)10.0
1990Frankenstein Unbound MovieDr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)5.9
1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch MovieSelf7.5
1990The Field MovieBird' O'Donnell7.0
1990Resident Alien MovieSelf - Actor5.7
1990Windprints MovieCharles Rutherford6.5
1990Who Bombed Birmingham? MovieChris Mullin8.5
1990Romeo.Juliet MovieLa Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)7.5
1989Poison Candy MovieRobert Burger5.6
1989The Jim Henson Hour TVThe Storyteller (archive footage)9.0
1989Scandal MovieStephen Ward6.0
1989David Macaulay: Pyramid MovieKhufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
1988The Bengali Night MovieLucien Metz6.6
1988A Dinner of Herbs MovieVerse Reader
1988The Storyteller: The True Bride MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller: Sapsorrow MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller: The Three Ravens MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller: A Story Short MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller: The Luck Child MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller: Fearnot MovieThe Storyteller
1988The Storyteller TVThe Storyteller8.2
1988Deadline MovieGranville Jones6.0
1987White Mischief MovieGilbert Colville6.1
1987Vincent MovieVincent Van Gogh (voice)6.5
1987Spaceballs MovieJohn Hurt6.9
1987Aria MovieThe Actor5.4
1987The Hunting of the Snark MovieThe Narrator8.0
1987From the Hip MovieDouglas Benoit5.9
1987Iceberg MovieNarrator (voice)
1987Monolith MovieNarrator (voice)
1987Frightmares MovieUnknown character
1986Rocinante MovieBill9.0
1986Thames Film MovieNarrator
1986ScreenPlay TVAlfred6.0
1986Jake Speed MovieSyd4.6
1985The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima MovieNarrator (voice)3.5
1985The Black Cauldron MovieThe Horned King (voice)6.4
1985Live Aid MovieSelf7.8
1985After Darkness MoviePeter Hunningford4.8
1985Screen Two TVRex Goodyear7.1
1985Screen Two TVJack Lee7.1
1984Nineteen Eighty-Four MovieWinston Smith6.8
1984The Hit MovieBraddock6.5
1984Success Is the Best Revenge MovieDino Montecurva6.5
1984Champions MovieBob Champion6.6
1984Sunset People MovieSelf8.0
1983Natural World TVNarrator7.4
1983The Osterman Weekend MovieLawrence Fassett5.6
1983King Lear MovieThe Fool6.7
1982The Plague Dogs MovieSnitter (voice)7.8
1982Paul McCartney - Take It Away MovieSelf
1982Partners MovieKerwin5.5
1982Night Crossing MoviePeter Strelzyk6.1
1981History of the World: Part I MovieJesus - The Roman Empire6.7
1980Heaven's Gate MovieBilly Irvine6.7
1980The Elephant Man MovieJohn Merrick8.0
1980An Evening with Quentin Crisp MovieHost9.0
1979Alien MovieKane8.2
1979Crime and Punishment TVRodion Raskolnikov8.0
1978The Lord of the Rings MovieAragorn (voice)6.6
1978Watership Down MovieHazel (voice)7.2
1978Midnight Express MovieMax7.4
1978The Shout MovieAnthony Fielding6.0
1977The Disappearance MovieAtkinson5.6
1977East of Elephant Rock MovieNash4.5
1977The Hollywood Greats TVUnknown character4.7
1977Three Dangerous Ladies MovieLt. George Simmonds6.0
1977The Sunday Drama TVDave5.0
1977Spectre MovieMitri Cyon6.0
1976I, Claudius TVCaligula7.8
1976The Island MovieCaptain Simmonds
1976Stream Line MovieChandler7.0
1976The Peddler MovieAlec Cassell
1975The Naked Civil Servant MovieQuentin Crisp6.7
1975Saturday Night Live TVMarch Hare6.9
1975Shades of Greene TVFred8.5
1975Ten from the Twenties TVPhilip Repton
1975The Ghoul MovieTom Rawlings4.9
1975The Sweeney TVTony Grey8.1
1974Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs MovieMalcolm Scrawdyke6.4
1974NOVA TVNarrator7.1
1974The Playboy of the Western World MovieChristopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)7.0
1973Wessex Tales TVJoshua Harlborough7.0
1972The Pied Piper MovieFranz5.9
1971A Ghost Story for Christmas TVJames Parkin7.4
1971Film '72 TVSelf5.1
1971Green Julia MovieBob
1971Mr. Forbush and the Penguins MovieRichard Forbush5.0
197110 Rillington Place MovieTimothy Evans7.3
1971Great Performances TVNarrator6.1
1970Play for Today TVAlec Cassell6.6
1969In Search of Gregory MovieDaniel5.1
1969Sinful Davey MovieDavey Haggart5.2
1969Before Winter Comes MovieLieutenant Pilkington6.0
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre TVBob7.0
1967ITV Playhouse TVGuy Beresford7.0
1967The Sailor from Gibraltar MovieJohn5.8
1966A Man for All Seasons MovieRichard Rich7.3
1966NET Playhouse TVPeter Heywood7.3
1965Gideon's Way TVFreddy Tisdale7.0
1964Thursday Theatre TVOrpheus
1964This Is My Street MovieCharlie5.9
1963First Night TVGarry
1962The Wild and the Willing MoviePhil Corbett5.8
1961Drama 61-67 TVTom
1961Drama 61-67 TVPrivate Briggs
1956Armchair Theatre TVJoe6.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0

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Questions about John Hurt

What are some of John Hurt's career highlights?

John Hurt's career highlights include acclaimed performances in 'The Elephant Man,' 'Alien,' and 'Midnight Express.' His ability to portray complex characters made him a sought-after actor in both film and TV.

Did John Hurt win any major awards?

Yes, John Hurt received numerous awards, including two Academy Award nominations for 'Midnight Express' and 'The Elephant Man.' He also won BAFTA Awards and was honored with a Golden Globe.

What was John Hurt's first film?

John Hurt's first film was 'The Wild and the Willing' released in 1962. This marked the beginning of his extensive and varied film career.

What are some of John Hurt's most successful films?

Some of John Hurt's most successful films include 'The Elephant Man,' 'Alien,' and 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.' His performances in these films are highly regarded.

What can you tell me about John Hurt's personal life?

John Hurt was married twice, first to actress Annette Rycroft and later to Anwen Rees-Myers. He had three children and was known for being private about his personal life.

What is John Hurt's estimated net worth?

John Hurt's estimated net worth was around $30 million at the time of his passing. His successful acting career contributed significantly to this fortune.

What are some milestones in John Hurt's filmography?

Key milestones in John Hurt's filmography include his roles in 'The Elephant Man' (1980), 'Alien' (1979), and 'The Hit' (1984). He also enjoyed a successful stage career.

What legacy did John Hurt leave behind?

John Hurt left behind a legacy of exceptional performances and diverse roles that influenced many actors. His work continues to be celebrated, and he is remembered as a legendary figure in cinema.