John Hurt
Actor
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (22 January 1940 - 25 January 2017) was an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal and Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant, Caligula in the television series, I, Claudius (TV series), and An Englishman in New York. Recognizable for his distinctive rich voice, he has also enjoyed a successful voice acting career, starring in films such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings and Dogville, as well as BBC television series Merlin. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, and has since appeared in such popular motion pictures as: Alien, Midnight Express, Rob Roy, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Harry Potter film series and the Hellboy film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and ... Show more...
John Vincent Hurt, CBE (22 January 1940 - 25 January 2017) was an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal and Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant, Caligula in the television series, I, Claudius (TV series), and An Englishman in New York. Recognizable for his distinctive rich voice, he has also enjoyed a successful voice acting career, starring in films such as Watership Down, The Lord of the Rings and Dogville, as well as BBC television series Merlin. Hurt initially came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the 1966 film A Man for All Seasons, and has since appeared in such popular motion pictures as: Alien, Midnight Express, Rob Roy, V for Vendetta, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Harry Potter film series and the Hellboy film series. Hurt is one of England's best-known, most prolific and sought-after actors, and has had a versatile film career spanning six decades. He is also known for his many Shakespearean roles. Hurt has received multiple awards and honours throughout his career including three BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, with six and two nominations respectively, as well as two Academy Award nominations. His character's final scene in Alien is consistently named as one of the most memorable in cinematic history. Show less...
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That Good Night (2017)
As: Ralph
A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Eric Styles
Stars: John Hurt | Charles Dance | Sofia Helin | Max Brown | Erin Richards
My Name Is Lenny (2017)
As: Leslie Salmon
The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "the Guv'nor."
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Ron Scalpello
Stars: Nick Moran | John Hurt | Josh Helman | Michael Bisping | Chanel Cresswell
Damascus Cover (2017)
As: Miki
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Daniel Zelik Berk
Stars: John Hurt | Jürgen Prochnow | Olivia Thirlby | Navid Negahban | Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jackie (2016)
As: The Priest
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Pablo Larraín
Stars: Natalie Portman | John Hurt | Peter Sarsgaard | Billy Crudup | Greta Gerwig
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015)
As: Sailor John
Shiver me timbers. Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure yet. Unearthing an old pirate ship, Thomas is on the hunt for Sodor's lost treasure. When Thomas rocks the boat with some new friends, trouble soon rushes in. Will Thomas track down the treasure in time, or will Sailor John set sail with it? Join Thomas and Friends in this explosive movie adventure.
Runtime: 63 min.
Directed by: David Stoten
Stars: Jamie Campbell Bower | John Hurt | Olivia Colman | Eddie Redmayne | Steven Kynman
Sailcloth (2015)
As: Man
An elderly widower sets in motion series of events to veil his disappearance from a nursing home. After gathering necessities he heads to the local pier where a beloved companion awaits him, ready for their last great journey.
Runtime: 18 min.
Directed by: Elfar Adalsteins
Stars: John Hurt
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
As: Himself
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
Directed by: Sally Norris
Stars: Candice Bergen | Anthony Hopkins | Michael Douglas | Richard Attenborough | Julian Fellowes
Hercules (2014)
As: Cotys
Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Stars: John Hurt | Dwayne Johnson | Ian McShane | Rufus Sewell | Aksel Hennie
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
As: Marlowe
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: John Hurt | Anton Yelchin | Tilda Swinton | Mia Wasikowska | Tom Hiddleston
Muse of Fire (2013)
As: Himself
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Dan Poole | Giles Terera
Stars: Ian McKellen | John Hurt | Ralph Fiennes | Judi Dench | Mark Rylance
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)
As: Kingsley Bedford
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. Do the scars of the past hide differences that will tear them apart, or expose truths that could lead to unexpected collisions?
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Billy Bob Thornton
Stars: John Hurt | Kevin Bacon | Ray Stevenson | Tippi Hedren | Shawnee Smith
Snowpiercer (2013)
As: Gilliam
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Bong Joon-ho
Stars: Ed Harris | John Hurt | Chris Evans | Tilda Swinton | Song Kang-ho
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013)
As: Narrator
A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worldwide. This film premiered at Gresham's School, which he attended, and focuses on how his life-long pacifism influenced his life and music. Written and directed by Tony Britten (In Love With Alama Cogan), narrated by John Hurt and with a superb cast ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Tony Van Bridge
Stars: John Hurt | Alex Lawther
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013)
As: Narrator
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Fredrik Bond
Stars: Mads Mikkelsen | Evan Rachel Wood | Shia LaBeouf | Rupert Grint | Til Schweiger
Sightseers (2012)
As: Jerusalem Narrator
Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Stars: Tony Way | Eileen Davies | Alice Lowe | Steve Oram | Roger Michael
Planet Dinosaur in 3D: Ultimate Killers (2012)
As: Narrator (voice)
Adapted from the multi-award winning BBC1 series, Planet Dinosaur 3D recreates the lost world of the dinosaurs in a groundbreaking stereoscopic production. This is one of the most ambitious animated programmes ever attempted for broadcast TV, recreating every detail of these extraordinary animals in an entirely digital production that stretches the boundaries of broadcast 3D with a scale and ambition ...
Runtime: 50 min.
Directed by: Nigel Paterson
Stars: John Hurt
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
As: The Owl (Voice)
A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake, Owl and Fox in the process. She eventually finds the mouse, who manages to outwit her like the Gruffalo before!
Runtime: 27 min.
Directed by: Uwe Heidschötter | Johannes Weiland
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Rob Brydon | John Hurt | Tom Wilkinson | Robbie Coltrane
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
As: Control
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Stars: Gary Oldman | John Hurt | Colin Firth | Kathy Burke | Benedict Cumberbatch
Immortals (2011)
As: Old Zeus
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Tarsem Singh
Stars: Kellan Lutz | Mickey Rourke | Luke Evans | Isabel Lucas | Henry Cavill
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
As: Mr. Ollivander
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort's formidable skills.
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Rupert Grint | Alan Rickman | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
The Confession (2011)
As: Priest
A unique story of redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest.
Runtime: 63 min.
Directed by: Brad Mirman
Stars: Michael Badalucco | John Hurt | Kiefer Sutherland | Max Casella
Melancholia (2011)
As: Dexter
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Stars: John Hurt | Kiefer Sutherland | Charlotte Rampling | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Kirsten Dunst
Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010)
As: James Parkin
After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. Walking on a deserted beach he finds a ring with a Latin inscription,which translates as Who Is This Who Is Coming. He takes the ring back to the hotel but at night he hears loud banging on his door,even though he is the sole guest,as well as ...
Runtime: 52 min.
Directed by: Andy de Emmony
Stars: John Hurt | Gemma Jones | Sophie Thompson | Lesley Sharp
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010)
As: Carnak
A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Martyn Pick
Stars: John Hurt | Terence Stamp | Sean Pertwee | Steven Waddington | Donald Sumpter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
As: Mr. Ollivander
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Runtime: 146 min.
Directed by: David Yates
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Ralph Fiennes | Rupert Grint | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
Brighton Rock (2010)
As: Phil Corkery
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Rowan Joffe
Stars: Andy Serkis | John Hurt | Helen Mirren | Andrea Riseborough | Sam Riley
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
As: Grandpa Sammy (voice)
A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming. Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy must do what his fellow newborn sea turtles are doing: race across the beach to the ocean before they are captured by a seagull or crab. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey. Along the way he meets his ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Ben Stassen
Stars: Gemma Arterton | Yuri Lowenthal | Tim Curry | Melanie Griffith | Isabelle Fuhrman
Lou (2010)
As: Doyle
Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 months ago and hasn't been seen since. Mother-daughter relations hit bottom when Rhia takes in Doyle, her father in-law, who is in the beginning stages ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Belinda Chayko
Stars: John Hurt | Emily Barclay | Lily Bell Tindley | Jay Ryan
The Gruffalo (2009)
As: Owl (voice)
The magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut.
Runtime: 27 min.
Directed by: Max Lang | Jakob Schuh
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Rob Brydon | John Hurt | Robbie Coltrane | James Corden
44 Inch Chest (2009)
As: Old Man Peanut
Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Malcolm Venville
Stars: Ray Winstone | John Hurt | Tom Wilkinson | Ian McShane | Joanne Whalley
The Limits of Control (2009)
As: Guitar
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: John Hurt | Bill Murray | Gael García Bernal | Tilda Swinton | Isaach De Bankolé
An Englishman in New York (2009)
As: Quentin Crisp
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Richard Laxton
Stars: John Hurt | Jonathan Tucker | Cynthia Nixon | Denis O'Hare | Swoosie Kurtz
New York, I Love You (2008)
As: Bellhop (segment "Shekhar Kapur")
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Natalie Portman | Fatih Akin | Mira Nair | Allen Hughes | Yvan Attal | Shunji Iwai | Brett Ratner | Joshua Marston | Shekhar Kapur | Randall Balsmeyer | Jiang Wen
Stars: Natalie Portman | Irrfan Khan | Hayden Christensen | Rachel Bilson | Andy García
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
As: Trevor Bruttenholm
In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: John Hurt | Jeffrey Tambor | Doug Jones | Ron Perlman | Selma Blair
Recount (2008)
As: Warren Christopher
A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Jay Roach
Stars: Kevin Spacey | John Hurt | Ed Begley Jr. | Bob Balaban | Laura Dern
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
As: Professor Oxley
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend – and Indy's colleague – Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's ...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Cate Blanchett | Ray Winstone | Harrison Ford | Shia LaBeouf | Karen Allen
Outlander (2008)
As: Rothgar
During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Howard McCain
Stars: Jim Caviezel | John Hurt | Jack Huston | Ron Perlman | Sophia Myles
The Oxford Murders (2008)
As: Arthur Seldom
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Álex de la Iglesia
Stars: Elijah Wood | Leonor Watling | John Hurt | Jim Carter | Julie Cox
Lezione ventuno (2008)
A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Alessandro Baricco
Stars: Leonor Watling | John Hurt | Noah Taylor | Clive Russell
Boxes (2007)
As: Le père de Fanny
Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives and her past comes out of these boxes. Her parents surely, but also her children and their fathers, the living and the dead. In this breakneck period of her life, time is running faster and faster and Anna takes a run-up to face the past and try to go towards ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Jane Birkin
Stars: Natacha Régnier | Geraldine Chaplin | Jane Birkin | Michel Piccoli | Lou Doillon
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
As: Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm’s past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Victor Cook | Tad Stones
Stars: John Hurt | Doug Jones | Ron Perlman | Selma Blair | Peri Gilpin
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
As: Narrator (voice)
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Simon Chandler | Ben Whishaw | Birgit Minichmayr | David Calder | Richard Felix
The Plot Against Harold Wilson (2006)
As: Narrator
This compelling drama/documentary details the events leading up to, and surrounding the resignation of Harold Wilson as Prime Minister in 1976.
Runtime: 90 min.
Stars: John Hurt | Elizabeth McKechnie | David Bark-Jones | James Bolam | Peter Hamilton Dyer
V for Vendetta (2006)
As: Chancellor Adam Sutler
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: James McTeigue
Stars: Hugo Weaving | Natalie Portman | John Hurt | Stephen Rea | Stephen Fry
The Proposition (2005)
As: Jellon Lamb
Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns and gives him 9 days to kill his older dangerous psychopathic brother, or else they'll hang his younger mentally slow brother on Christmas Day.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Stars: David Wenham | Ray Winstone | Danny Huston | Emily Watson | Guy Pearce
Hiroshima (2005)
As: Narrator (voice)
The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Paul Wilmshurst
Stars: John Hurt | George Anton | Robert Austin | Shuntaro Hida
The Skeleton Key (2005)
As: Ben Devereaux
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Iain Softley
Stars: John Hurt | Kate Hudson | Peter Sarsgaard | Gena Rowlands | Joy Bryant
Manderlay (2005)
As: Narrator (Voice)
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the owners of the farm. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Danny Glover | Bryce Dallas Howard | Michaël Abiteboul | Isaach De Bankolé
Shooting Dogs (2005)
As: Christopher
Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: John Hurt | Hugh Dancy | Nicola Walker | Dominique Horwitz | David Gyasi
Valiant (2005)
As: Felix (voice)
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Gary Chapman
Stars: Ewan McGregor | Tim Curry | Jim Broadbent | Hugh Laurie | Ricky Gervais
Shadowing the Third Man (2004)
As: Narrator
Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Frederick Baker
Stars: John Hurt | Guy Hamilton | Angela Allen | Daniel Selznick | Karl Hermann Spitzy
Pride (2004)
As: Harry (voice)
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: John Downer
Stars: Sean Bean | Kate Winslet | Helen Mirren | Rupert Graves | Jim Broadbent
Hellboy (2004)
As: Prof. Bruttenholm
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: John Hurt | Jeffrey Tambor | Ron Perlman | Rupert Evans | Selma Blair
The Alan Clark Diaries (2004)
Alan Clark is the member of parliament for Plymouth Sutton, where he longs for a "proper" role as a Minister in Thatcher's government. When he gets the call he joins government but is totally unprepared for the commitment involved and is totally unable (and unwilling) to manage the rigours of bill reading and committees. Despite this he rises up the ranks, still proving his apparent ...
Runtime: 173 min.
Directed by: Jon Jones
Stars: John Hurt | John Hurt | Jenny Agutter | Jenny Agutter
Tabloid (2004)
As: Vince
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Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: David Blair
Stars: John Hurt | Matthew Rhys | Danny Dyer | David Soul | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
The Beast Within: Making 'Alien' (2003)
As: Himself
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one.
Runtime: 178 min.
Directed by: Charles de Lauzirika
Stars: John Hurt | Harry Dean Stanton | Tom Skerritt | Sigourney Weaver | Ridley Scott
Dogville (2003)
As: Narrator (voice)
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider ...
Runtime: 178 min.
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Stars: Nicole Kidman | Paul Bettany | Lauren Bacall | Harriet Andersson | Jean-Marc Barr
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill (2003)
As: Man from Maybury Hill
Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.
Runtime: 18 min.
Directed by: Anthony Byrne
Stars: John Hurt | Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Owning Mahowny (2003)
As: Victor Foss
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Richard Kwietniowski
Stars: John Hurt | Maury Chaykin | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Ian Tracey | Minnie Driver
Crime and Punishment (2002)
As: Porfiry, chief investigator
A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Menahem Golan
Stars: John Hurt | Vanessa Redgrave | Crispin Glover | Margot Kidder | John Neville
Miranda (2002)
As: Christian
A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears he travels down to London to search for her only to discover that she has three identities - dancer, dominatrix and con-woman. But which one is the real Miranda?
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Marc Munden
Stars: John Hurt | Julian Rhind-Tutt | Christina Ricci | Kyle MacLachlan | John Simm
The Alien Saga (2002)
As: narrator
In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. The brilliant and terrifying result reinvented the horror and science fiction genres, creating one of the most successful and celebrated film franchises in Hollywood history. This award-winning, feature-length documentary explores the series.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Brent Zacky
Stars: John Hurt
Shaolin: Wheel of Life (2001)
As: Narrator
Have you ever done a handstand... on the tips of your index fingers? How about snapping iron bars over your head as if they were bread-sticks? You'll witness these amazing feats and much more in this astonishing London performance of China's legendary Shaolin monks. In perfecting their martial arts prowess, these devoted Buddhists have honed their physical and mental disciplines to such an uncommon ...
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Nick Morris
Stars: Jason Ninh Cao | John Hurt | Tom Yang | Cecil Cheng | Zhigang Wang
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
As: Garrick Ollivander
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to ...
Runtime: 152 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Richard Harris | Tom Felton | Rupert Grint | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
As: Dr. Iannis
When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel about an Italian soldier's experiences during the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), but Hollywood made it into a pure love story by removing much of the "unpleasant" stuff.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Christian Bale | Nicolas Cage | John Hurt | Penélope Cruz | Irene Papas
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm (2001)
As: Narrator
"Hidden Wars of Desert Storm" looks at the origins of the Gulf War crisis and challenges the official Western "party-line" view of a spontaneous crusade for "Freedom & Democracy". Instead, the documentary exposes the White House and US State Department's hidden agenda in the Gulf as well as the Pentagon's use of radioactive ammunitions made of uranium 238.
Runtime: 64 min.
Directed by: Audrey Brohy | Gerard Ungerman
Stars: John Hurt | Norman Schwarzkopf | Ramsey Clark
Lost Souls (2000)
As: Father Lareaux
A small group of Catholics led by an ailing priest believe that Satan intends to become man, just as God did in the person of Jesus. The writings of a possessed mental patient lead them to Peter Kelson, a writer who studies serial killers. They think it's his body Satan will occupy. The youngest in the group, a teacher named Maya Larkin, goes to Peter to investigate further and to convince him to believe ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Janusz Kamiński
Stars: Philip Baker Hall | Ben Chaplin | John Hurt | Winona Ryder | Sarah Wynter
Krapp's Last Tape (2000)
As: Krapp
In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. On the 'awful occasion' of his birthday, Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and 'separating the grain from the husks'. He ...
Runtime: 58 min.
Directed by: Atom Egoyan
Stars: John Hurt
New Blood (2000)
One morning, the cops find eight dead bodies, gunshot victims, near a farmhouse. They also find a wounded man who tells the story of what happened. He is Alan White, the father of a young woman awaiting a heart transplant. The night before, his wounded son Danny has come to him with a tale of a kidnapping gone wrong. Danny, whom Alan hasn't seen for eight years, offers a deal: if Alan will pose ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Michael Hurst
Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss | Joe Pantoliano | Nick Moran | John Hurt | Shawn Wayans
The Tigger Movie (2000)
As: Narrator
As it happens, everybody - Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Roo, Rabbit, Owl - is busy preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore. When everything they do seems to get undone by Tigger's exuberant bouncing, Rabbit suggest Tigger go outside and find other tiggers to bounce with - a notion Tigger finds ridiculous because, after all, he's "the onliest one" Or is he?
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Jun Falkenstein
Stars: Jim Cummings | John Fiedler | Ken Sansom | Peter Cullen | Nikita Hopkins
You're Dead (1999)
As: Maitland
A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Andy Hurst
Stars: John Hurt | Rhys Ifans | Roger Ashton-Griffiths | John Benfield | Claire Skinner
If... Dog... Rabbit (1999)
As: Sean Cooper
Johnnie Cooper served time for an armed robbery that also his father and brother participated in. When he's released from jail he's determined to live a normal life and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Matthew Modine
Stars: John Hurt | Matthew Modine | David Keith | Bruce Dern | Lisa Marie
All the Little Animals (1999)
As: Mr. Summers
An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby (Christian Bale) runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers (John Hurt), who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Jeremy Thomas
Stars: Christian Bale | John Hurt | John O'Toole | James Faulkner | Daniel Benzali
The Climb (1998)
As: Chuck Langer
Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who's dying of cancer and wants Danny ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Bob Swaim
Stars: John Hurt | Stephen McHattie | David Strathairn | Seth Smith | Gregory Smith
The Commissioner (1998)
As: James morton
John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: George Sluizer
Stars: John Hurt | Alice Krige | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Rosana Pastor
Night Train (1998)
As: Michael Poole
A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into a Dublin boarding house run by a woman and her timid daughter. The timid woman immediately takes a shine to the new boarder and to his train sets, which they each use as an escape from reality.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: John Lynch
Stars: John Hurt | Rynagh O'Grady | Brenda Blethyn | Peter Caffrey | Pauline Flanagan
Contact (1997)
As: S. R. Hadden
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: John Hurt | Tom Skerritt | James Woods | Matthew McConaughey | Jodie Foster
Bandyta (1997)
As: Babits
Bastard depicts the distress of needy children and the love of a nurse and a hard boiled criminal. A film from Polish director Maciej Dejczer and actor Til Schweiger’s first international film.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Maciej Dejczer
Stars: Til Schweiger | Polly Walker | Ida Jablonska | Bartek Pieniazek | Wojciech Brzezinski
Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
As: Giles De'Ath
Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star, Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that he travels to Long Island city where Ronnie lives and meets him, pretending that Ronnie is a great actor and that's why Giles admires him.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Richard Kwietniowski
Stars: John Hurt | Jason Priestley | Maury Chaykin | Sheila Hancock | Fiona Loewi
Wild Bill (1995)
As: Charley Prince
Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Walter Hill
Stars: John Hurt | Ellen Barkin | Keith Carradine | Diane Lane | Jeff Bridges
Dead Man (1995)
As: John Scholfield
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Crispin Glover | Lance Henriksen | Johnny Depp | Michael Wincott | Gary Farmer
Rob Roy (1995)
As: John Graham (Marquis of Montrose)
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Runtime: 139 min.
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: John Hurt | Tim Roth | Liam Neeson | Jessica Lange | Eric Stoltz
Second Best (1994)
As: Uncle Turpin
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Chris Menges
Stars: William Hurt | Alan Cumming | Jane Horrocks | Keith Allen | Nathan Yapp
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
As: The Countess
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Angie Dickinson | Uma Thurman | Lorraine Bracco | Pat Morita
Great Moments in Aviation (1994)
As: Rex Goodyear
The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journey to England. Stewart is pursued by his nemesis Rex Goodyear (John Hurt), and the group are supported by Dr Angela Bead (Vanessa Redgrave) and Miss Gwendolyn Quim (Dorothy Tutin), retired missionaries who become lovers during the voyage.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Stars: John Hurt | Vanessa Redgrave | Jonathan Pryce | Dorothy Tutin | Rakie Ayola
Monolith (1993)
As: Villano
Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become invloved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't want them to stick their noses into this
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: John Eyres
Stars: John Hurt | Musetta Vander | Bill Paxton | Lindsay Frost | Louis Gossett, Jr.
L'oeil qui ment (1992)
In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the real situation in the town when the man driving his coach refuses to go any further and leaves him on a section ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Raúl Ruiz
Stars: John Hurt | Didier Bourdon | Daniel Prévost | David Warner | Lorraine Evanoff
King Ralph (1991)
As: Lord Percival Graves
As the only relative to take over the Royal throne, a down on his luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: David S. Ward
Stars: John Hurt | John Goodman | Richard Griffiths | Peter O'Toole | Camille Coduri
The Field (1990)
As: Bird' O'Donnell
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Sean Bean | Richard Harris | Brenda Fricker | John Hurt | Frances Tomelty
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
As: Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Roger Corman
Stars: John Hurt | Jason Patric | Bridget Fonda | Nick Brimble | Raúl Juliá
Resident Alien (1990)
As: Himself
At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Rossiter's camera follows Crisp about the streets of Manhattan, where Crisp seems very much at home, wearing eye shadow, appearing on a makeshift stage, making and repeating wry observations, talking to John Hurt (who played Crisp in the autobiographical TV movie, "The Naked Civil Servant"), ...
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Nossiter
Stars: Sting | John Hurt | Quentin Crisp
Windprints (1990)
As: Charles Rutherford
A South African journalist is send to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David Wicht
Stars: Sean Bean | John Hurt | Lesley Fong | Eric Nobbs | Marius Weyers
Little Sweetheart (1989)
As: Robert Burger
A criminal couple, hiding out in a remote property become the unwitting victims of a plot to blackmail them by the most unlikely of conspirators.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Anthony Simmons
Stars: John Hurt | Karen Young | Ellie Raab | Barbara Bosson | Cassie Barasch
Scandal (1989)
As: Stephen Ward
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Stars: Ian McKellen | John Hurt | Joanne Whalley | Jeroen Krabbé | Bridget Fonda
Deadline (1988)
As: Granville Jones
In a small (fictional) emirate of the Persian Gulf a world-weary journalist is caught up in a coup where the Emir's son, under the influence of a political renegade, attempts to depose his father - the ruling monarch. Flashbacks of the journalist's life show us how his relationships with the Emir and a beautiful young woman develop and flourish.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Richard Stroud
Stars: John Hurt | Imogen Stubbs | Robert McBain | Greg Hicks | Bargach Abdelrahim
White Mischief (1987)
As: Gilbert Colville
A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Michael Radford
Stars: Geraldine Chaplin | Greta Scacchi | Joss Ackland | Charles Dance | Sarah Miles
Vincent (1987)
As: (voice)
A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Paul Cox
Stars: John Hurt | Marika Rivera | Gabriella Trsek
Spaceballs (1987)
As: Kane
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Stars: Bill Pullman | Daphne Zuniga | Rick Moranis | Mel Brooks | John Candy
Aria (1987)
As: The Actor
Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman | Bill Bryden | Jean-Luc Godard | Derek Jarman | Franc Roddam | Nicolas Roeg | Ken Russell | Charles Sturridge | Julien Temple | Bruce Beresford
Stars: John Hurt | Elizabeth Hurley | Theresa Russell | Bridget Fonda | Buck Henry
The Hunting of the Snark (1987)
As: The Narrator
This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Mike Batt
Stars: John Hurt | Roger Daltrey | Billy Connolly | Julian Lennon | Captain Sensible
From the Hip (1987)
As: Douglas Benoit
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Bob Clark
Stars: John Hurt | Judd Nelson | Elizabeth Perkins | Darren McGavin | Dan Monahan
Jake Speed (1986)
As: Syd
Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Andrew Lane
Stars: John Hurt | Dennis Christopher | Leon Ames | Wayne Crawford | Karen Kopins
The Black Cauldron (1985)
As: The Horned King (voice)
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Richard Rich | Ted Berman
Stars: John Hurt | John Byner | Nigel Hawthorne | Grant Bardsley | Susan Sheridan
After Darkness (1985)
As: Peter Hunningford
To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Sergio Guerraz | Dominique Othenin-Girard
Stars: John Hurt | Julian Sands | Victoria Abril | Pamela Salem | Gerd Heinz
1984 (1984)
As: Winston Smith
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Michael Radford
Stars: John Hurt | Cyril Cusack | Richard Burton | Suzanna Hamilton | Gregor Fisher
The Hit (1984)
As: Braddock
Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: John Hurt | Terence Stamp | Tim Roth | Bill Hunter | Laura del Sol
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
Alex Rodak (Michael York) is a Polish director in exile in London with his family, which includes an older teenage son Adam (Michael Lyndon) who is struggling with an identity crisis, his wife (Joanna Szerzerbic), and another son. Rodak is in the throes of putting together a major show about Poland and the politics of exile at a West End theater. His single-minded determination to succeed causes him to ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski
Stars: John Hurt | Michael York | Anouk Aimée | Michel Piccoli | Michal Skolimowski
Champions (1984)
As: Bob Champion
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: John Irvin
Stars: John Hurt | Edward Woodward | Ben Johnson | Kirstie Alley | Jan Francis
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
As: Lawrence Fassett
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Stars: John Hurt | Chris Sarandon | Craig T. Nelson | Dennis Hopper | Rutger Hauer
King Lear (1983)
As: The Fool
An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
Runtime: 158 min.
Directed by: Michael Elliott
Stars: Brian Cox | John Hurt | Laurence Olivier | Dorothy Tutin | Anna Calder-Marshall
The Plague Dogs (1982)
As: Snitter (voice)
The Plague Dogs is a 1982 animated film based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Richard Adams. The story is centred on two dogs named Rowf and Snitter, who escape from a research laboratory in Great Britain. In the process of telling the story, the film highlights the cruelty of performing vivisection and animal research for its own sake.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Stars: John Hurt | Nigel Hawthorne | James Bolam | Warren Mitchell | Christopher Benjamin
Partners (1982)
As: Kerwin
Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: James Burrows
Stars: John Hurt | Jay Robinson | Kenneth McMillan | Ryan O'Neal | Robyn Douglass
Night Crossing (1982)
As: Peter Strelzyk
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Delbert Mann
Stars: John Hurt | Beau Bridges | Klaus Löwitsch | Glynnis O'Connor | Jane Alexander
History of the World: Part I (1981)
As: Jesus - The Roman Empire
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Stars: Cloris Leachman | Madeline Kahn | Harvey Korman | Dom DeLuise | Mel Brooks
Heaven's Gate (1980)
As: Billy Irvine
Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners fight the immigrants with the help of Nathan Champion (Christopher Walken), a mercenary competing with Averill for the love of local madam Ella ...
Runtime: 325 min.
Directed by: Michael Cimino
Stars: John Hurt | Isabelle Huppert | Kris Kristofferson | Christopher Walken | Sam Waterston
The Elephant Man (1980)
As: John Merrick
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: David Lynch
Stars: John Hurt | Anthony Hopkins | Anne Bancroft | John Gielgud | Wendy Hiller
Alien (1979)
As: Gilbert Ward Kane
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate ...
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: John Hurt | Harry Dean Stanton | Tom Skerritt | Sigourney Weaver | Veronica Cartwright
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
As: Aragorn (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Ralph Bakshi
Stars: John Hurt | Simon Chandler | William Squire | Christopher Guard | Michael Scholes
Watership Down (1978)
As: Hazel (voice)
When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Martin Rosen
Stars: John Hurt | Richard Briers | John Bennett | Michael Graham Cox | Simon Cadell
Midnight Express (1978)
As: Max
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Alan Parker
Stars: John Hurt | Randy Quaid | Bo Hopkins | Brad Davis | Irene Miracle
The Shout (1978)
As: Anthony Fielding
A traveller by the name of Crossley, forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski
Stars: John Hurt | Tim Curry | Robert Stephens | Alan Bates | Susannah York
The Disappearance (1977)
Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Stuart Cooper
Stars: David Hemmings | John Hurt | Donald Sutherland | Francine Racette | Paul Mayersberg
East of Elephant Rock (1977)
As: Nash
In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Don Boyd
Stars: John Hurt | Christopher Cazenove | Jeremy Kemp | Anton Rodgers | Judy Bowker
Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)
As: Lt. George Simmonds
Obscure horror anthology featuring three tales surrounding three dangerous ladies.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff | Don Thompson | Robert Fuest
Stars: John Hurt | Glynis Johns | Keir Dullea | Graham Crowden | Ronee Blakley
Spectre (1977)
As: Mitri Cyon
Renowned criminologist and occult investigator William Sebastian (Culp) recruits his old friend Dr. Hamilton (Young) to aid him in his current case. Anitra Cyon (Bell), the sister of prominent British businessman Geoffrey Cyon (Villiers), believes her brother is dabbling in the black arts. In turn, Geoffrey claims that she is mentally unfit. Sebastian and Hamilton travel to the Cyon estate to investigate ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Clive Donner
Stars: John Hurt | Gordon Jackson | Gig Young | Robert Culp | Ann Bell
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
As: Quentin Crisp
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Jack Gold
Stars: John Rhys-Davies | John Hurt | Patricia Hodge | Colin Higgins | Liz Gebhardt
The Ghoul (1975)
As: Tom Rawlings
A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Stars: John Hurt | Peter Cushing | Alexandra Bastedo | Gwen Watford | Veronica Carlson
Little Malcolm (1974)
As: Malcolm Scrawdyke
An art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection, a near fascist "party" that promotes male sexual dominance and which attracts a couple of other unsavoury confused characters.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Stuart Cooper
Stars: John Hurt | John McEnery | Rosalind Ayres | David Warner | Raymond Platt
The Pied Piper (1972)
As: Franz
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Stars: John Hurt | Donald Pleasence | Roy Kinnear | Diana Dors | Donovan
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
As: Richard Forbush
Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that... Living in Shackleton’s derelict hut, Forbush is alone at the frozen edge of the world, his only links to civilisation a two-way radio and ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Alfred Viola
Stars: John Hurt | Hayley Mills | Dudley Sutton | Thorley Walters | Tony Britton
10 Rillington Place (1971)
As: Timothy Evans
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Stars: John Hurt | Richard Attenborough | Judy Geeson | Pat Heywood | Isobel Black
In Search Of Gregory (1969)
As: Daniel
Young Catherine Morelli, who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a near nymphomaniac pursuit of a mystery man called Gregory.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Peter Wood
Stars: John Hurt | Michael Sarrazin | Julie Christie | Adolfo Celi | Paola Pitagora
Before Winter Comes (1969)
As: Lieutenant Pilkington
Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Stars: John Hurt | Anna Karina | David Niven | Anthony Quayle | Chaim Topol
Sinful Davey (1969)
As: Davey Haggart
Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats. Unfortunately, he is handicapped by the fact that his childhood playmate Annie is equally determined to track him down and save his ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Huston
Stars: John Hurt | Ronald Fraser | Nigel Davenport | Robert Morley | Pamela Franklin
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a stop in Africa, Louis de Mozambique joins the party and suggests that the sailor may never have existed other than in Anna's mind.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Stars: John Hurt | Vanessa Redgrave | Jeanne Moreau | Orson Welles | David Ross
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
As: Richard Rich
A Man for All Seasons is the filmed version of the life of Thomas More. An English man comes to Sir Thomas More to ask if he can divorce his wife since King Henry VIII has made it illegal. Sir Thomas More stands up in opposition to the King even though he knows he’s risking his own life. An award winning film from 1966.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Stars: Paul Scofield | Leo McKern | Wendy Hiller | Orson Welles | Robert Shaw
This Is My Street (1964)
As: Charlie
A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
Stars: John Hurt | Ian Hendry | Annette Andre | Avice Landone | June Ritchie
The Wild and the Willing (1962)
As: Phil Corbett
Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Ralph Thomas
Stars: Ian McShane | Paul Rogers | Samantha Eggar | Katherine Woodville | Virginia Maskell