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John Hurt

Acting · Born January 22, 1940 · Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history.

Movies with John Hurt

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) — Mr Ollivander
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — Ollivander
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — Ollivander
• Alien (1979) — Kane
• Spaceballs (1987) — John Hurt
• V for Vendetta (2006) — Adam Sutler
• Hercules (2014) — Cotys
• Snowpiercer (2013) — Gilliam
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) — Professor Harold Oxley
• Contact (1997) — S. R. Hadden
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) — Narrator (voice)
• The Skeleton Key (2005) — Ben Devereaux

TV shows with John Hurt

• Merlin (2008) — Kilgharrah (voice)
• I, Claudius (1976) — Caligula
• The Storyteller (1988) — The Storyteller
• The Jim Henson Hour (1989) — The Storyteller (archive footage)
• Human Planet (2011) — Narrator (voice)
• The Confession (2011) — Priest
• The Last Panthers (2015) — Tom
• The Alan Clark Diaries (2004) — Alan Clark