List of John Hurt performances
Updated: Wikipedia source
Sir John Hurt, CBE (1940–2017) was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. He had roles in over 130 films with dozens of television roles.
Tables
· Film
1969
1971
Role(s)
Richard Forbush
Notes
Roy Boulting, Arne Sucksdorff, & Alfred Viola
1975
La Linea del fiume
Role(s)
Chandler
Notes
Aldo Scavarda
1977
Paperback
Role(s)
Unknown
Notes
David Bailey
1978
1980
1981
1984
1985
1987
Rocinante
Role(s)
Bill
Notes
Ann Guedes, Eduardo Guedes
1989
Little Sweetheart
Role(s)
Robert Burger
Notes
Anthony Simmons
1990
Windprints
Role(s)
Charles Rutherford
Notes
David Wicht
1991
1992
Lapse of Memory
Role(s)
Conrad Farmer
Notes
Patrick Dewolf
1993
Kölcsönkapott idő
Role(s)
Sean
Notes
István Poór
Monolith
Role(s)
Villano
Notes
John Eyres
1994
Rabbit Ears: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Role(s)
Storyteller
Notes
C.W. Rogers
1995
1997
1998
Night Train
Role(s)
Michael Poole
Notes
John Lynch
1999
2000
2001
Tabloid
Role(s)
Vince
Notes
David Blair
2002
2003
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Role(s)
Man from Maybury Hill
Notes
Anthony Byrne
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Role(s)
Professor Harold 'Ox' Oxley
Notes
Steven Spielberg
2009
2010
2011
Regret Not Speaking
Notes
Richard Kwietniowski
2012
2013
Swan Lake 3D – Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
Role(s)
Winter Palace / Himself
Notes
Ross MacGibbon
More Than Honey
Role(s)
Narrator
Notes
Markus Imhoof
Benjamin Britten – Peace and Conflict
Role(s)
Narrator
Notes
Tony Britten
2015
Break
Role(s)
Jack
Notes
Nicholas Moss
2016
Back to Utopia
Role(s)
Peter Panludic
Notes
Fabio Wuytack
2017
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Phil Corbett | Ralph Thomas | |
| 1963 | The Contact | Max | Philip Wrestler | Short film |
| 1964 | This Is My Street | Charlie | Sidney Hayers | |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich | Fred Zinnemann | |
| 1967 | The Sailor from Gibraltar | John | Tony Richardson | |
| 1969 | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart | John Huston | |
| Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington | J. Lee Thompson | ||
| In Search of Gregory | Daniel | Peter Wood | ||
| 1971 | 10 Rillington Place | Timothy John Evans | Richard Fleischer | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Richard Forbush | Roy Boulting, Arne Sucksdorff, & Alfred Viola | ||
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Franz | Jacques Demy | |
| 1974 | Little Malcolm | Malcolm Scrawdyke | Stuart Cooper | |
| 1975 | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings | Freddie Francis | |
| La Linea del fiume | Chandler | Aldo Scavarda | ||
| 1977 | The Disappearance | Atkinson | Stuart Cooper | |
| Three Dangerous Ladies | Lieutenant Simmonds | Robert Fuest | Segment: "The Island" | |
| Paperback | Unknown | David Bailey | ||
| East of Elephant Rock | Nash | Don Boyd | ||
| 1978 | Midnight Express | Max | Alan Parker | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| The Shout | Anthony Fielding | Jerzy Skolimowski | ||
| Watership Down | Hazel | Martin Rosen | Voice | |
| The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn | Ralph Bakshi | Voice | |
| 1979 | Alien | Gilbert Kane, Executive Officer | Ridley Scott | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | John Merrick | David Lynch | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best ActorNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| Heaven's Gate | William C. Irvine | Michael Cimino | ||
| 1981 | History of the World, Part I | Jesus Christ | Mel Brooks | |
| Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk | Delbert Mann | ||
| 1982 | Partners | Kerwin | James Burrows | |
| The Plague Dogs | Snitter | Martin Rosen | Voice | |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett | Sam Peckinpah | |
| 1984 | Champions | Bob Champion | John Irvin | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor |
| Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva | Jerzy Skolimowski | ||
| The Hit | Mitchell Braddock | Stephen Frears | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor | |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | Michael Radford | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best ActorFantasporto for Best Actor (tied with Eddy Mitchell)Valladolid International Film Festival for Best Actor (tied with Richard Burton) | |
| 1985 | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford | Dominique Othenin-Girard & Sergio Guerraz | |
| The Black Cauldron | The Horned King | Ted Berman & Richard Rich | Voice | |
| 1986 | Jake Speed | Sid | Andrew Lane | |
| 1987 | The Hunting of the Snark | Narrator | Mike Batt | Voice |
| Rocinante | Bill | Ann Guedes, Eduardo Guedes | ||
| White Mischief | Gilbert Colvile | Michael Radford | ||
| From the Hip | Douglas Benoit | Bob Clark | ||
| Aria | The Actor | Bill Bryden | Segment: "Pagliacci" | |
| Spaceballs | Kane | Mel Brooks | Cameo | |
| Vincent | Narrator | Paul Cox | Voice | |
| 1988 | The Bengali Night | Lucien Metz | Nicolas Klotz | |
| 1989 | Scandal | Stephen Ward | Michael Caton-Jones | |
| Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger | Anthony Simmons | ||
| 1990 | Windprints | Charles Rutherford | David Wicht | |
| Romeo.Juliet | La Dame aux ChatsMercutio | Armondo Linus Acosta |
· Television
1964
1964–65
Role(s)
ITV Play of the Week
Notes
Various characters
1975
Role(s)
Quentin Crisp
Notes
Television filmBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actor
1976
1988
Role(s)
Granville Jones
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Role(s)
KhufuSecond French Explorer
Notes
Television filmVoice
1987–88
Role(s)
The Storyteller
Notes
The Storyteller
1990
The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing
Role(s)
Chris Mullin
Notes
Television film
1995
Prisoners in Time
Role(s)
Eric Lomax
Notes
Episode: "Everyman"
1999–2000
Role(s)
Watership Down
Notes
General Woundwort
2002
Bait
Role(s)
Jack Blake
2004
2005
Hiroshima
Role(s)
Narrator
Notes
VoiceDocumentary
2008
2008–2012
Role(s)
Merlin
Notes
The Great Dragon
2009
Role(s)
Quentin Crisp
Notes
Television filmBerlin International Film Festival – Teddy AwardNominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2011
Harry's Arctic Heroes
2012
2016
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
Role(s)
Siegfried Sassoon
Notes
Television film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Private Briggs | Episode: "Drama '61: Local Incident" |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | James Hogan | Episode: "Assault" |
| 1963 | First Night | Garry | Episode: "Menace" |
| 1964 | Armchair Theatre | Unknown | Episode: "A Jug of Bread" |
| Thursday Theatre | Orpheus | Episode: "Point of Departure" | |
| Gideon's Way | Freddy Tinsdale | Episode: "The Tin God" | |
| 1964–65 | ITV Play of the Week | Various characters | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales | Joshua Harlborough | Episode: "A Tragedy of Two Ambitions" |
| 1974 | The Playboy of the Western World | Christopher 'Christy' Mahon | Television film |
| 1975 | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp | Television filmBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actor |
| 1976 | Shades of Greene | Fred | Episode: "A Drive in the Country" |
| Play for Today | Alec Cassell | Episode: "The Peddler" | |
| The Sweeney | Tony Grey | Episode: "Tomorrow Man" | |
| I, Claudius | Caligula | 5 episodes | |
| 1977 | Spectre | Mitri Cyon | Television film |
| 1979 | Crime and Punishment | Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov | 3 episodes |
| 1983 | King Lear | The Fool | Television film |
| 1988 | Deadline | Granville Jones | |
| David Macaulay: Pyramid | KhufuSecond French Explorer | Television filmVoice | |
| 1987–88 | The Storyteller | The Storyteller | 9 episodes |
| 1990 | The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing | Chris Mullin | Television film |
| 1991 | Journey to Knock | Alfred | |
| Red Fox | Archie Carpenter | 2 episodes | |
| 1992 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | The Father | Television film |
| 1993 | Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear | |
| 1994 | Picture Windows | Le Compte | Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing" |
| 1995 | Prisoners in Time | Eric Lomax | Episode: "Everyman" |
| Screen Two | Jack Lee | Episode: "Saigon Baby" | |
| 1999–2000 | Watership Down | General Woundwort | Voice7 episodes |
| 2001 | Beckett on Film – Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp | Television film |
| 2002 | Bait | Jack Blake | |
| 2004 | The Alan Clark Diaries | Alan Clark | 6 episodes |
| Pride | Harry | VoiceTelevision film | |
| 2005 | Hiroshima | Narrator | VoiceDocumentary |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | Samswope | Episode: "The Discarded" |
| 2008 | Recount | Warren Christopher | Television film |
| 2008–2012 | Merlin | The Great Dragon | Voice64 episodes |
| 2009 | The Gruffalo | Owl | VoiceTelevision film |
| An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp | Television filmBerlin International Film Festival – Teddy AwardNominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor | |
| 2010 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | James Parkin | Television film |
| 2011 | Human Planet | Narrator | VoiceDocumentary |
| Harry's Arctic Heroes | |||
| Planet Dinosaur | |||
| The Gruffalo's Child | Owl | VoiceTelevision film | |
| 2012 | Labyrinth | Audric Baillard | 2 episodes |
| The Hollow Crown: Henry V | The Chorus | Television film | |
| Playhouse Presents | The Ministry | VoiceEpisode: "The Snipist" | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who | War Doctor | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | The Strain | Professor Abraham Setrakian | Unaired pilot |
· Audio
2014
2015–2017
Role(s)
Doctor Who: The War Doctor
Notes
War Doctor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | 3 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | Doctor Who: The War Doctor | War Doctor | 12 episodes; last three released posthumously |
| 2015 | War and Peace | Prince Bolkonsky | 10 episodes |
| 2017 | The Invisible Man | Griffin | Posthumous release |
· Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Privateer 2: The Darkening | Joe the Bartender | |
| 1998 | Tender Loving Care | Dr Turner | |
| Cracking the Conspiracy | |||
| 2015 | LEGO Dimensions | War Doctor | Archive audio |
References
- John Hurt filmography, Turner Classic Movieshttps://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/91173%7C86036/John-Hurt#filmography
- "Filmography for John Hurt"https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/91173%7C86036/john-hurt#filmography
- Behind The Voice Actorshttps://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/John-Hurt/
- "Ebiri on Charlie Countryman: A Death Haunted Shia LaBeouf Goes East"https://archive.today/20140923190137/http://www.vulture.com/m/2013/11/movie-review-charlie-countryman.html
- The Hollywood Reporterhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/necessary-death-charlie-countryman/review/414231?mobile_redirect=false
- "Charlie Countryman Blu-ray Review"http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/10326/charlie_countryman.html
- "Sydney Indie film festival Short Films: Break (UK)"http://sydneyindiefilmfestival.com/festival/sydney-indie-film-festival-this-little-piggy-opening-night-event/
- BBC Onehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018nrhm
- The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/11/14/the-pity-of-war-the-loves-and-lives-of-the-war-poets-a-poignant/
- ""On Jupiter" on the Discovery Channel"https://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/news73.html
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/03/tv/cover-story-jupiter-is-a-nice-place-to-visit-but-you-wouldn-t-want-to-live-there.html?pagewanted=2
- "Benjamin Britten – Peace and Conflict" Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, benjaminbrittenfilm.co.uk, accessehttp://www.benjaminbrittenfilm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/BenjaminBrittenPress-packFINAL.pdf
- BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lp57h
- IF...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbcbLbTQmBs
- IF...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXbf0QSiLv4