---
name: "John Hurt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-hurt"
fi1m_id: "john-hurt"
imdb_id: "nm0000457"
tmdb_id: 5049
wikidata_id: "Q200405"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 January 1940"
died: "25 January 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 29
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 28
updated: "2026-10-07T17:17:37.915105+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Hurt

## Identity

John Hurt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-hurt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-hurt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000457
- **TMDB ID:** 5049
- **Wikidata ID:** Q200405
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hurt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000457/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5049

Actor. Born 22 January 1940 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK. Died 25 January 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 January 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 January 2017
- **Active:** 1966–2016
- **Also known as:** John Vincent Hurt, Sir John Hurt, Джон Херт
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 29: 28 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Jim Jarmusch](https://film.one/person/jim-jarmusch.md), [Lars von Trier](https://film.one/person/lars-von-trier.md), [Natalie Portman](https://film.one/person/natalie-portman.md), [Ray Winstone](https://film.one/person/ray-winstone.md), [Tilda Swinton](https://film.one/person/tilda-swinton.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md), [Tom Skerritt](https://film.one/person/tom-skerritt.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 3 BAFTAs (3 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 28 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 81 (1), 1970s 82 (5), 1980s 78 (4), 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 67 (7), 2010s 79 (10)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 69 across 24 titles
- **Score spread:** 15 at 80+, 11 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 4 of 24 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 21, Fantasy 6, Adventure 5, History 5, Science Fiction 5, Action 4
- **Screen time:** 50 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,019m across 23 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hurt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200405, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000457/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5049

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Only Lovers Left Alive*](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md) (81), [*Melancholia*](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md) (80), [*The Proposition*](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md) (79), [*Heaven's Gate*](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md) (79)
- **HBO Max:** [*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2.md) (83), [*Watership Down*](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*Alien*](https://film.one/film/alien.md) (92)
- **Peacock:** [*The Storyteller*](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md) (82)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Dead Man*](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md) (81)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Man for All Seasons*](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Snowpiercer*](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md) (80)
- **MUBI:** [*Dogville*](https://film.one/film/dogville.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on John Hurt

> John Hurt’s rasp could suggest damage without asking for pity. We rate him for the dignity and dry humour he brought to outsiders, though the repeated casting of him as a sufferer could become predictable.

Listen to the rasp in John Hurt’s voice: it suggests someone who has had a difficult time before he has said much at all. He could give a damaged character dignity without making suffering look noble. Ridley Scott’s *Alien* (1979), with Hurt as Kane, puts that quality to use within a crew whose members are not always fully written. We felt tense well before the shocks arrived, because Scott lets the ship’s confinement and the patient build-up do their work. Hurt helps make those people worth worrying about.

The outsider was already there in Quentin Crisp, his television role in *The Naked Civil Servant* (1975). *Midnight Express* (1978), in which he plays an addict, helped bring him an international audience. By *The Elephant Man* (1980), he was giving John Merrick dignity through extensive prosthetics. For Merrick, the physical and vocal transformation was demanding. We value the care he takes to keep the person interesting when the suffering might easily have been enough to secure our sympathy.

He did not need to be the centre of a film to be useful to it. In Jim Jarmusch’s *Dead Man* (1995), he plays John Scholfield in a funny, unsettling Western. Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer supply much of the warmth; Hurt is part of the company rather than the chief reason to watch. The long pauses sometimes ask for more patience than they repay. We recommend it with that reservation, rather than pretending that a good cast can make every pause worthwhile.

The reservation about Hurt is the repeated casting: another outsider, another tormented man, another part that required him to suffer. He varied the performances, but the expectation could become predictable. His narration for Lars von Trier also matters here: that rasp was useful beyond roles that asked him to suffer visibly. There is wit in the voice, and we would not choose only the bruising parts as an introduction. Start with *Alien*, then try *Dead Man* when there is no hurry.

## Biography

John Hurt was an English actor. He played Kane in the science-fiction horror film *Alien* (1979).

Hurt received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role in *Midnight Express* (1978) and earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for *The Elephant Man* (1980). He appeared as Mr Ollivander in the *Harry Potter* films (2001–2011) and as Adam Sutler in *V for Vendetta* (2006).

Hurt was knighted in 2015 for services to drama. He died in 2017.

*Sources: nytimes.com, avp.fandom.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (29)

### Performed in (28) — the average rests on these

- *Jackie* (2016), Fi1m 80, as The Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/jackie.md)
- *The Last Panthers* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Tom — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-panthers.md)
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Christopher Marlowe — [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2013), Fi1m 80, as Gilliam — [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), Fi1m 82, as The Chorus — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2* (2011), Fi1m 83, as Ollivander — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Dexter — [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Control — [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), Fi1m 67, as Ollivander — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008), Fi1m 55, as Professor Harold Oxley — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull.md)
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Adam Sutler — [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *The Proposition* (2005), Fi1m 79, as Jellon Lamb — [page](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md)
- *Hellboy* (2004), Fi1m 71, as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm — [page](https://film.one/film/hellboy.md)
- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, as Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001), Fi1m 48, as Dr. Iannis — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-corellis-mandolin.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), Fi1m 68, as Mr Ollivander — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Fi1m 76, as S. R. Hadden — [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Dead Man* (1995), Fi1m 81, as John Scholfield — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Scandal* (1989), Fi1m 66, as Stephen Ward — [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *The Storyteller* (1988), Fi1m 82, as The Storyteller — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Fi1m 79, as Billy Irvine — [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), Fi1m 84, as John Merrick — [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *Alien* (1979), Fi1m 92, as Kane — [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Fi1m 61, as Max — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *Watership Down* (1978), Fi1m 81, as Hazel (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)
- *I, Claudius* (1976), Fi1m 90, as Caligula — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, as Tony Grey — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Fi1m 81, as Richard Rich — [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Sightseers* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)

## Complete filmography (243)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War* (2025), as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Doctor Who at the Proms* (2024), as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
- *Ayamé* (2018), as Narrator (voice)
- *Damascus Cover* (2017), as Miki
- *That Good Night* (2017), as Ralph
- *My Name Is Lenny* (2017), as Leslie Salmon
- *The Journey* (2017), as Harry Patterson
- *Jackie* (2016), as The Priest — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jackie.md)
- *The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets* (2016), as Siegfried Sassoon
- *Back to Utopia* (2016), as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
- *ChickLit* (2016), as Francis Bonar
- *Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song* (2015), as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
- *The Last Panthers* (2015), series, as Tom — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-panthers.md)
- *Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie* (2015), as Sailor John (voice)
- *A.K.A Nadia* (2015), as 347
- *Break* (2015), as Jack
- *The Alchemist's Letter* (2015), as The Alchemist (voice)
- *Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces* (2015), as Narator
- *Wimbledon The Official Film 2014* (2014), as Narrator
- *Hercules* (2014), as Cotys
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), as Christopher Marlowe — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013), as The War Doctor
- *The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot* (2013), as The War Doctor (archive voice)
- *The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro* (2013), as The War Doctor
- *Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor* (2013), as The War Doctor
- *Snowpiercer* (2013), as Gilliam — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/snowpiercer.md)
- *Jayne Mansfield's Car* (2013), as Kingsley Bedford
- *Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre* (2013), as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
- *Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict* (2013), as Narrator (voice)
- *Sightseers* (2012), as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *Labyrinth* (2012), series, as Audric Baillard
- *Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers* (2012), as Narrator (voice)
- *More Than Honey* (2012), as Narrator (english voice)
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, as The Chorus — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *The Snipist* (2012), as The Ministry
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as The Ministry (voice)
- *The Gruffalo's Child* (2011), as The Owl (voice)
- *Immortals* (2011), as Old Zeus
- *In Love with Alma Cogan* (2011), as MC
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011), as Control — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy.md)
- *Planet Dinosaur* (2011), series, as Narrator
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2* (2011), as Ollivander — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2.md)
- *23 Degrees, 5 Minutes* (2011), as Professor Orit
- *The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa* (2011), as Narrator
- *The Confession* (2011), as Priest
- *The Confession* (2011), series, as Priest
- *Melancholia* (2011), as Dexter — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Human Planet* (2011), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Sailcloth* (2011), as Man
- *Whistle and I'll Come to You* (2010), as James Parkin
- *Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie* (2010), as Carnak
- *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1* (2010), as Ollivander — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1.md)
- *Love at First Sight* (2010), as Arthur
- *Brighton Rock* (2010), as Phil Corkery
- *A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures* (2010), as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
- *Lou* (2010), as Doyle
- *The Gruffalo* (2009), as Owl (voice)
- *44 Inch Chest* (2009), as Old Man Peanut
- *Remembrance* (2009), as Bellhop
- *Waking Sleeping Beauty* (2009), as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
- *The Limits of Control* (2009), as Guitar
- *An Englishman in New York* (2009), as Quentin Crisp
- *Centenary: The BP Story* (2009), as Narrator (voice)
- *Lecture 21* (2008), as Mondrian Kilroy
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Kilgharrah (voice)
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), as Bellhop
- *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008), as Trevor Bruttenholm
- *Recount* (2008), as Warren Christopher
- *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008), as Professor Harold Oxley — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull.md)
- *Outlander* (2008), as Rothgar
- *Verity Lambert: Drama Queen* (2008), Actor
- *The Oxford Murders* (2008), as Arthur Seldom
- *Masters of Science Fiction* (2007), series, as Samswope
- *Boxes* (2007), as Fanny's father
- *Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron* (2007), as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
- *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), as Narrator (voice)
- *V for Vendetta: Unmasked* (2006), as Adam Sutler
- *The Plot Against Harold Wilson* (2006), as Narrator (voice)
- *Shooting Dogs* (2006), as Christopher
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), as Adam Sutler — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *The Proposition* (2005), as Jellon Lamb — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-proposition.md)
- *Once Upon a Halloween* (2005), as The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)
- *Hiroshima* (2005), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), as Ben Devereaux
- *Manderlay* (2005), as Narrator (voice)
- *Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction* (2005), series, as Narrator
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as The Doctor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Valiant* (2005), as Felix (voice)
- *Short Order* (2005), as Felix
- *Shadowing the Third Man* (2004), as Narrator (voice)
- *Pride* (2004), as Harry (voice)
- *Hellboy* (2004), as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/hellboy.md)
- *The Alan Clark Diaries* (2004), series, as Alan Clark
- *Dogville* (2003), as Narrator (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill* (2003), as Man from Maybury Hill
- *Owning Mahowny* (2003), as Victor Foss
- *The Alien Saga* (2002), as Narrator (voice)
- *Crime and Punishment* (2002), as Porfiry, chief investigator
- *Bait* (2002), as Jack Blake
- *Miranda* (2002), as Christian
- *Edge of the Universe* (2002), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Shaolin: Wheel of Life* (2001), as Narrator (voice)
- *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* (2001), as Mr Ollivander — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone.md)
- *Captain Corelli's Mandolin* (2001), as Dr. Iannis — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-corellis-mandolin.md)
- *The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm* (2001), as Narrator (voice)
- *Tabloid* (2001), as Vince
- *Lost Souls* (2000), as Father Lareaux
- *Krapp's Last Tape* (2000), as Krapp
- *The Tigger Movie* (2000), as Narrator (voice)
- *New Blood* (1999), as Alan White
- *You're Dead...* (1999), as Maitland
- *If... Dog... Rabbit* (1999), as Sean Cooper
- *Watership Down* (1999), series, as General Woundwort (voice)
- *All the Little Animals* (1999), as Mr. Summers
- *The Climb* (1998), as Chuck Langer
- *Love and Death on Long Island* (1998), as Giles De'Ath
- *The Commissioner* (1998), as James morton
- *Night Train* (1998), as Michael Poole
- *Brute* (1997), as Babits
- *Contact* (1997), as S. R. Hadden — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Tender Loving Care* (1996), as Dr. Turner
- *Dead Man* (1995), as John Scholfield — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Saigon Baby* (1995), as Jack Lee
- *Wild Bill* (1995), as Charley Prince
- *Picture Windows* (1995), series, as Marquis de Prey
- *On Jupiter* (1995), as Narrator (voice)
- *Rob Roy* (1995), as John Graham
- *Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing* (1995), as Marquis de Prey
- *The World of Jim Henson* (1994), as The Storyteller (archive footage)
- *Second Best* (1994), as Uncle Turpin
- *Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp* (1994), as Narrator (voice)
- *Even Cowgirls Get the Blues* (1994), as The Countess
- *Great Moments in Aviation* (1994), as Rex Goodyear
- *Thumbelina* (1994), as Mr. Mole (voice)
- *Monolith* (1993), as Villano
- *Six Characters in Search of An Author* (1992), as The Father
- *Dark at Noon* (1992), as Anthony / Le Marquis
- *Red Fox* (1991), as Archie Carpenter
- *I Dreamt I Woke Up* (1991), as Boorman's Alter Ego
- *Performance* (1991), series, as The Father
- *Journey to Knock* (1991), as Alfred
- *Lapse of Memory* (1991), as Conrad Farmer
- *King Ralph* (1991), as Graves
- *Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool* (1990), as Narrator (voice)
- *Frankenstein Unbound* (1990), as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
- *The Field* (1990), as Bird' O'Donnell
- *Windprints* (1990), as Charles Rutherford
- *Who Bombed Birmingham?* (1990), as Chris Mullin
- *Romeo.Juliet* (1990), as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
- *Poison Candy* (1989), as Robert Burger
- *The Jim Henson Hour* (1989), series, as The Storyteller (archive footage)
- *Scandal* (1989), as Stephen Ward — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *David Macaulay: Pyramid* (1989), as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
- *The Bengali Night* (1988), as Lucien Metz
- *A Dinner of Herbs* (1988), as Verse Reader
- *The Storyteller: The True Bride* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller: Sapsorrow* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller: A Story Short* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller: The Luck Child* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller: Fearnot* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *The Storyteller* (1988), series, as The Storyteller — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-storyteller.md)
- *The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death* (1988), as The Storyteller
- *Deadline* (1988), as Granville Jones
- *White Mischief* (1987), as Gilbert Colville
- *Vincent* (1987), as (voice)
- *Spaceballs* (1987), as John Hurt
- *Aria* (1987), as The Actor
- *The Hunting of the Snark* (1987), as The Narrator
- *From the Hip* (1987), as Douglas Benoit
- *Monolith* (1987), as Narrator (voice)
- *Iceberg* (1987), as Narrator (voice)
- *Frightmares* (1987), Actor
- *Rocinante* (1986), as Bill
- *Thames Film* (1986), as Narrator
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Alfred
- *Jake Speed* (1986), as Syd
- *The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima* (1985), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Black Cauldron* (1985), as The Horned King (voice)
- *After Darkness* (1985), as Peter Hunningford
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Rex Goodyear, Jack Lee
- *Nineteen Eighty-Four* (1984), as Winston Smith
- *The Hit* (1984), as Braddock
- *Success Is the Best Revenge* (1984), as Dino Montecurva
- *Champions* (1984), as Bob Champion
- *Natural World* (1983), series, as Narrator
- *The Osterman Weekend* (1983), as Lawrence Fassett
- *King Lear* (1983), as The Fool
- *The Plague Dogs* (1982), as Snitter (voice)
- *Partners* (1982), as Kerwin
- *Night Crossing* (1982), as Peter Strelzyk
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), as Jesus - The Roman Empire
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), as Billy Irvine — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *The Elephant Man* (1980), as John Merrick — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-elephant-man.md)
- *An Evening with Quentin Crisp* (1980), as Host
- *Alien* (1979), as Kane — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/alien.md)
- *Crime and Punishment* (1979), series, as Rodion Raskolnikov
- *The Lord of the Rings* (1978), as Aragorn (voice)
- *Watership Down* (1978), as Hazel (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/watership-down.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), as Max — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *The Shout* (1978), as Anthony Fielding
- *The Disappearance* (1977), as Atkinson
- *East of Elephant Rock* (1977), as Nash
- *The Hollywood Greats* (1977), series, Actor
- *Three Dangerous Ladies* (1977), as Lt. George Simmonds
- *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, as Dave
- *Spectre* (1977), as Mitri Cyon
- *I, Claudius* (1976), series, as Caligula — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-claudius.md)
- *The Island* (1976), as Captain Simmonds
- *Stream Line* (1976), as Chandler
- *The Peddler* (1976), as Alec Cassell
- *The Naked Civil Servant* (1975), as Quentin Crisp
- *Shades of Greene* (1975), series, as Fred
- *Ten from the Twenties* (1975), series, as Philip Repton
- *The Ghoul* (1975), as Tom Rawlings
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Tony Grey — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs* (1974), as Malcolm Scrawdyke
- *NOVA* (1974), series, as Narrator
- *The Playboy of the Western World* (1974), as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
- *Wessex Tales* (1973), series, as Joshua Harlborough
- *The Pied Piper* (1972), as Franz
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as James Parkin
- *Green Julia* (1971), as Bob
- *Mr. Forbush and the Penguins* (1971), as Richard Forbush
- *10 Rillington Place* (1971), as Timothy Evans
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Narrator
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Alec Cassell
- *In Search of Gregory* (1969), as Daniel
- *Sinful Davey* (1969), as Davey Haggart
- *Before Winter Comes* (1969), as Lieutenant Pilkington
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Bob
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Guy Beresford
- *The Sailor from Gibraltar* (1967), as John
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), as Richard Rich — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)
- *NET Playhouse* (1966), series, as Peter Heywood
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Freddy Tisdale
- *Thursday Theatre* (1964), series, as Orpheus
- *This Is My Street* (1964), as Charlie
- *First Night* (1963), series, as Garry
- *The Wild and the Willing* (1962), as Phil Corbett
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Private Briggs, Tom
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Joe

## Gallery

- ![John Hurt as Control in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)](https://film.one/media/title/738/still-6bdeaf635feb.jpg) John Hurt as Control in *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (2011) — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt as The Storyteller in The Storyteller (1988)](https://film.one/media/title/8544/still-3bb6e66ff28e.jpg) John Hurt as The Storyteller in *The Storyteller* (1988) — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-3f1c87356d1b.jpg) John Hurt — Walterlan Papetti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/1280px-John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-9507856ecef1.jpg) John Hurt — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-92e03101fedf.jpg) John Hurt — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-b4143832fd01.jpg) John Hurt — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-2583d24d0691.jpg) John Hurt — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-cb3bf0cf2f65.jpg) John Hurt — Image via TMDB
- ![John Hurt](https://film.one/media/person/59542/gallery-28efa139094d.jpg) John Hurt — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1981: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Elephant Man*
- 1979: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Midnight Express*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 3 won, 3 nominated

- 2012: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award (won)
- 1991: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *The Field*
- 1981: Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *The Elephant Man*
- 1980: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *Alien*
- 1979: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *Midnight Express*
- 1972: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *10 Rillington Place*

### BAFTA Television Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2010: Best Actor (nominated), for *An Englishman in New York*
- 1976: Best Actor (won)

### Golden Globes — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1980: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (nominated), for *The Elephant Man*
- 1979: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (won), for *Midnight Express*
- 1978: Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (nominated), for *Midnight Express*

### Other awards — 3 won, 3 nominated

- Knight Bachelor 2014: Knight Bachelor (won)
- Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2012: Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *Melancholia*
- AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2005: AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *The Proposition*
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2004: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- British Independent Film Awards 2003: British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award (won)
- British Independent Film Awards 1998: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (nominated), for *Love and Death on Long Island*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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