Biography
John Hurt
Acting
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 (197…
Career works
271
Movies
226
Series
45
Career average
6.7/10
Birth date
01/22/1940
Place of birth
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Date of death
01/25/2017
Filmography highlights
Movies
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · 5.4
Henry Fonda for President
2025 · 7.0
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · 7.2
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · 4.5
Ayamé
2018
Damascus Cover
2017 · 5.6
That Good Night
2017 · 6.9
My Name Is Lenny
2017 · 5.7
The Journey
2017 · 6.3
Jackie
2016 · 6.5
Back to Utopia
2016
The Final Reel
2016 · 6.0
ChickLit
2016 · 5.4
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · 8.0
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015 · 6.2
Series
The Last Panthers
2015 · 5.8
Labyrinth
2012 · 5.4
The Hollow Crown
2012 · 7.5
Playhouse Presents
2012 · 6.0
Planet Dinosaur
2011 · 7.9
The Confession
2011 · 7.3
Human Planet
2011 · 8.3
Merlin
2008 · 7.8
Masters of Science Fiction
2007 · 6.2
Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · 7.0
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004 · 7.3
Edge of the Universe
2002
Watership Down
1999 · 7.4
Parkinson
1998