John Hurt

John Hurt

1940-01-22 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK 215 Credits

Biography

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 performan...

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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

3.6
Acting

Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still...

Doctor Who at the Proms

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024

as The Doctor (War) (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially sho...

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021

as Self (archive footage)

4.5
Acting

Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him ba...

Ayamé

Ayamé

2018

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Facing total extinction, a military operation turns to the stars in order to relocate the entire human race. During the exodus, one man is sent to res...

Damascus Cover

Damascus Cover

2017

as Miki

5.6
Acting

A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.

That Good Night

That Good Night

2017

as Ralph

6.9
Acting

A moving and memorable family drama about a terminally ill writer who wants to be reconciled with his long-abandoned son.

My Name Is Lenny

My Name Is Lenny

2017

as Leslie Salmon

5.8
Acting

The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "The Guv'nor".

The Journey

The Journey

2017

as Harry Patterson

6.3
Acting

Firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness, two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland, are for...

Jackie

Jackie

2016

as The Priest

6.5
Acting

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets

2016

as Siegfried Sassoon

Acting

The story of the WWI poets Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves, using their diaries and letters to tell the inside story of the war in t...

Back to Utopia

Back to Utopia

2016

as Professor Peter Panludic (voice)

Acting

The 500-year-old book UTOPIA takes us on a journey through the world of today. A quest that will reveal how Thomas More's vision lives on in ordinary,...

The Final Reel

The Final Reel

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

An affectionate and entertaining look at our nation's obsession with cinema from the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the pictur...

ChickLit

ChickLit

2016

as Francis Bonar

5.5
Acting

ChickLit is a comedy drama about four guys trying to save their local pub from closing down. They group write a chick lit, or more specifically a 'mum...

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015

as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)

8.0
Acting

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon...

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

2015

as Sailor John (voice)

6.2
Acting

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 ...

A.K.A Nadia

A.K.A Nadia

2015

as 347

7.7
Acting

Maya is a happily married mother of two. She is a successful choreographer and everything seems to be perfect...but this life is a lie. Unbeknownst to...

Break

Break

2015

as Jack

7.5
Acting

Following an initial misunderstanding between an older couple and a young family, fate takes a hand in bringing both parties closer together. One smal...

The Alchemist's Letter

The Alchemist's Letter

2015

as The Alchemist (voice)

6.8
Acting

Pixel Veil presents “The Alchemist’s Letter,” a richly inventive and visually stunning dark fairly tale. When Veridian, an estranged young man, receiv...

Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces

2015

as Narator

Acting

In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's death in 2015, filmmaker Reiner Moritz produced his documentary Dmitri Shostakovich,...

Wimbledon The Official Film 2014

Wimbledon The Official Film 2014

2014

as Narrator

10.0
Acting

Wimbledon 2014 is the definitive account of the 128th Championships. Coming into the tournament, the top four seeds in the Gentlemen's Singles were Se...

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

as Self

4.8
Acting

The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.

Hercules

Hercules

2014

as Cotys

5.8
Acting

When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.

Only Lovers Left Alive

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

as Christopher Marlowe

7.2
Acting

A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by t...

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

2013

as Self

9.0
Acting

Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity...

The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro

The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro

2013

as The War Doctor

Acting

A two-scene introduction that was shown exclusively in advance of the 50th anniversary theatrical screenings of The Day of the Doctor.

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

2013

as The War Doctor

8.2
Acting

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in spa...

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as The War Doctor (archive voice)

7.9
Acting

With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. B...

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013

as The War Doctor

8.0
Acting

The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear...

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

as Self / Stephen Ward

8.3
Acting

A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's fra...

Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

2013

as Self

6.5
Acting

Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follow...

Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

2013

as Gilliam

6.9
Acting

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 tr...

Jayne Mansfield's Car

Jayne Mansfield's Car

2013

as Kingsley Bedford

5.8
Acting

Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences tha...

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre

Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre

2013

as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self

Acting

A spectacular special event edition of Swan Lake in 3-D starring Ekaterina Kondaurova and Natalia Vodianova, model, actress, and storyteller, was reco...

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict

2013

as Narrator (voice)

5.5
Acting

A feature film about Benjamin Britten, released as part of the 100 year celebrations of his birth. Britten is the most performed British composer worl...

Sightseers

Sightseers

2012

as Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

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.

Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers

Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers

2012

as Narrator (voice)

8.1
Acting

Adapted from the multi-award winning BBC1 series, Planet Dinosaur 3D recreates the lost world of the dinosaurs in a groundbreaking stereoscopic produc...

More Than Honey

More Than Honey

2012

as Narrator (english voice)

7.2
Acting

With dazzling nature photography, Academy Award®–nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat Is Full) takes a global examination of endangered honeybee...

The Snipist

The Snipist

2012

as The Ministry

9.0
Acting

The struggle of a lone sniper in a dystopian future Britain plagued with rabies and ruled over by a sinistrous Ministry of Information.

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo's Child

2011

as The Owl (voice)

6.9
Acting

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 th...

Immortals

Immortals

2011

as Old Zeus

6.0
Acting

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...

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

2011

as Self

5.3
Acting

Auteur filmmaker Paul Cox contemplates his own mortality and his life's work as he wits for a life saving liver transplant.

In Love with Alma Cogan

In Love with Alma Cogan

2011

as MC

7.0
Acting

The film revolves around, Norman, a world-weary manager of a pier theatre in a seaside resort. Norman has worked in the theatre for all of his life, b...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

2011

as Control

6.6
Acting

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 colleague...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

as Ollivander

8.1
Acting

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 wiza...

23 Degrees, 5 Minutes

23 Degrees, 5 Minutes

2011

as Professor Orit

5.5
Acting

An old explorer close to freezing in the Arctic re-lives the events that brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity ...

The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

2011

as Narrator

Acting
Melancholia

Melancholia

2011

as Dexter

7.2
Acting

Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s be...

The Confession

The Confession

2011

as Priest

6.6
Acting

A unique story of redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest.

Sailcloth

Sailcloth

2011

as Man

9.0
Acting

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 pi...

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Whistle and I'll Come to You

2010

as James Parkin

5.6
Acting

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 visi...

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

2010

as Carnak

5.8
Acting

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 an...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Ollivander

7.7
Acting

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 ...

Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

2010

as Arthur

8.0
Acting

A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retirement home.

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

2010

as Phil Corkery

5.7
Acting

Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

Behind Jim Jarmusch

2010

as Self

Acting

"Behind Jim Jarmusch" is an intimate an intriguing portrait of director Jim Jarmusch, at work on the set of his movie "The Limits of Control" (starrin...

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010

as Grandpa Sammy (voice)

6.0
Acting

Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy races across the beach to the ocean while avoiding being caught by seagulls and crabs. T...

Lou

Lou

2010

as Doyle

6.7
Acting

Rhia's relationship with her daughter Lou hits an all-time low when she lets her father-in-law, Doyle, who has Alzheimer's, move in. More problems ari...

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo

2009

as Owl (voice)

7.3
Acting

The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Sn...

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

Ballybrando

Ballybrando

2009

as Self

10.0
Acting

An documentary recounting the story with interviews of cast, crew and production team and including producer Barry Navidi, who had worked for six year...

44 Inch Chest

44 Inch Chest

2009

as Old Man Peanut

5.5
Acting

Colin is in agony, shattered by his wife’s infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.

Remembrance

2009

as Bellhop

Acting

Former singer Isabelle visits a hotel on the Upper East Side. She is not satisfied with the room she has been given and is taken to another room one f...

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

as The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat...

The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009

as Guitar

6.0
Acting

A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlik...

An Englishman in New York

An Englishman in New York

2009

as Quentin Crisp

6.4
Acting

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 un...

Lecture 21

Lecture 21

2008

as Mondrian Kilroy

6.2
Acting

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 Symph...

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You

2008

as Bellhop

6.0
Acting

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 Dist...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

as Trevor Bruttenholm

6.8
Acting

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim E...

Recount

Recount

2008

as Warren Christopher

6.8
Acting

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008

as Professor Harold Oxley

6.0
Acting

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 my...

Outlander

Outlander

2008

as Rothgar

6.4
Acting

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 te...

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

2008

Acting

A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.

The Oxford Murders

The Oxford Murders

2008

as Arthur Seldom

6.0
Acting

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symb...

Boxes

Boxes

2007

as Fanny's father

5.3
Acting

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 ...

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

2007

as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)

6.4
Acting

When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Acting

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...

Interview with John Hurt

Interview with John Hurt

2007

as Self

9.0
Acting

The actor of John Merrick answers questions about the work on "The Elephant Man"

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

as Narrator (voice)

7.4
Acting

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 pe...

Whaledreamers

Whaledreamers

2006

as Self

5.8
Acting

"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incre...

The Plot Against Harold Wilson

The Plot Against Harold Wilson

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

When Harold Wilson suddenly resigned as Labour prime minister resigned in 1976, most assumed there was a scandalous explanation. Eventually, rumours b...

Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

2006

as Christopher

7.4
Acting

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 dan...

V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

2006

as Adam Sutler

7.9
Acting

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 B...

The Proposition

The Proposition

2005

as Jellon Lamb

7.0
Acting

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hun...

Once Upon a Halloween

Once Upon a Halloween

2005

as The Horned King

6.2
Acting

On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you sever...

Hiroshima

Hiroshima

2005

as Narrator (voice)

7.1
Acting

The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test ...

The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

2005

as Ben Devereaux

6.6
Acting

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

Manderlay

Manderlay

2005

as Narrator (voice)

6.9
Acting

In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal...

Valiant

Valiant

2005

as Felix (voice)

5.5
Acting

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...

Short Order

Short Order

2005

4.4
Acting

SHORT ORDER tells a story so vibrantly sumptuous each still could be served as its own meal. Amidst the quaint Parisian street night, Fifi Koko runs a...

Shadowing the Third Man

Shadowing the Third Man

2004

as Narrator (voice)

6.1
Acting

Documentary about the production of The Third Man (1949).

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

2004

as Self

7.2
Acting

A comprehensive look at the history of the Hellboy character from his comic book roots through to his movie debut.

Pride

Pride

2004

as Harry (voice)

6.2
Acting

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.

Hellboy

Hellboy

2004

as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm

6.7
Acting

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 takin...

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

2004

as Self

7.0
Acting

Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".

The Beast Within: Making Alien

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

as Self

8.2
Acting

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 on...

Dogville

Dogville

2003

as Narrator (voice)

7.8
Acting

When beautiful young Grace arrives in the isolated township of Dogville, the small community agrees to hide her from a gang of ruthless gangsters, and...

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

2003

as Man from Maybury Hill

7.0
Acting

Short film combining the true life event of Che Guevara's stopover at Shannon Airport with Science Fiction elements involving the Invisible Man.

Owning Mahowny

Owning Mahowny

2003

as Victor Foss

6.7
Acting

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 Tor...

The Alien Saga

The Alien Saga

2002

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. T...

The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past

2002

as Self

Acting

Since the dawn of history, people have believed in the existence of some form of ghosts. THE TWILIGHT HOUR is an unsettling encounter with the Celtic ...

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

2002

as Self

7.0
Acting

The cast and crew of I, Claudius (1976) discuss the making of the series.

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

2002

as Porfiry, chief investigator

5.0
Acting

A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.

Bait

Bait

2002

as Jack Blake

7.0
Acting

When Jack Blake picks up a woman and her daughter stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck by the daughter's resemblance to his own murdered ...

Miranda

Miranda

2002

as Christian

5.4
Acting

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 s...

Shaolin: Wheel of Life

Shaolin: Wheel of Life

2001

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

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 ...

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed

2001

as Self

6.0
Acting

This collage of interviews with the producers, John Hurt, and the makeup man comes off as both interesting and informative. Hurt's recollections about...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as Mr. Ollivander

7.9
Acting

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 ...

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001

as Dr. Iannis

6.0
Acting

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

2001

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

"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 crusa...

Tabloid

Tabloid

2001

as Vince

4.7
Acting

A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own.

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

2000

as Father Lareaux

5.0
Acting

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected...

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

2000

as Krapp

7.4
Acting

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 ...

The Tigger Movie

The Tigger Movie

2000

as Narrator (voice)

6.6
Acting

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's co...

New Blood

New Blood

1999

as Alan White

5.2
Acting

Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpected visit from his adult son, Danny, a criminal wh...

You're Dead...

You're Dead...

1999

as Maitland

6.4
Acting

A veteran bank robber and his sidekicks plan a heist that goes awry.

If... Dog... Rabbit

If... Dog... Rabbit

1999

as Sean Cooper

3.9
Acting

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...

All the Little Animals

All the Little Animals

1999

as Mr. Summers

6.0
Acting

An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old...

Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

1998

as Giles De'Ath

6.4
Acting

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E....

The Climb

The Climb

1998

as Chuck Langer

6.9
Acting

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 c...

The Commissioner

The Commissioner

1998

as James morton

5.7
Acting

John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for hi...

Night Train

Night Train

1998

as Michael Poole

7.0
Acting

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...

Bandyta

Bandyta

1997

as Babits

5.8
Acting

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.

Contact

Contact

1997

as S. R. Hadden

7.4
Acting

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and ...

Tender Loving Care

Tender Loving Care

1996

as Dr. Turner

2.2
Acting

A worried husband hires a beautiful psychotherapist to nurse his delusional wife and help her deal with the death of their child in a car accident. Ho...

Dead Man

Dead Man

1995

as John Scholfield

7.3
Acting

William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a jou...

Saigon Baby

1995

as Jack Lee

Acting

Desperation for a child prompts a British executive's (Douglas Hodge) wife (Kerry Fox) to submit to an illegal adoption scheme in Vietnam

Wild Bill

Wild Bill

1995

as Charley Prince

5.7
Acting

Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and ...

On Jupiter

1995

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

This 54 minute program - narrated by actor John Hurt - chronicles the story of Jupiter starting with Galileo Galilei's Jupiter observations in the 160...

Rob Roy

Rob Roy

1995

as John Graham

6.7
Acting

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 ...

Two Nudes Bathing

Two Nudes Bathing

1995

as Marquis de Prey

2.0
Acting

Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short speculate...

Divine Rapture

Divine Rapture

1995

Acting

Divine Rapture is an unfinished film starring Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Debra Winger, and John Hurt. In a remote village in Ireland a woman dies onl...

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as The Storyteller (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a...

Second Best

Second Best

1994

as Uncle Turpin

6.7
Acting

The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.

Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

1994

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

This enchanted tale is based on "One Thousand and One Nights" where a young rogue receives wishes from a genie and wins The Sultan's daughter.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994

as The Countess

4.4
Acting

A girl born with enormous thumbs in the repressive era of the 1950s learns to turn her quirks into assets.

Great Moments in Aviation

Great Moments in Aviation

1994

as Rex Goodyear

5.3
Acting

The film follows Gabriel Angel (Rakie Ayola), a young Caribbean aviator who falls in love with the forger Duncan Stewart (Jonathan Pryce) on her journ...

Thumbelina

Thumbelina

1994

as Mr. Mole (voice)

6.4
Acting

Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to ...

Monolith

Monolith

1993

as Villano

4.3
Acting

Two cops investigating the murder of a young boy become involved in a very secret project involving alien life. Needless to say, the authorities don't...

Six Characters in Search of An Author

Six Characters in Search of An Author

1992

as The Father

1.0
Acting

Adaptation of Pirandello's play.

Dark at Noon

Dark at Noon

1992

as Anthony / Le Marquis

6.4
Acting

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 ...

Red Fox

Red Fox

1991

as Archie Carpenter

5.0
Acting

“Red Fox” tells a gripping contemporary tale of kidnapping, terrorism and political intrigue. Based on the book by Gerald Seymour, with a screenplay b...

I Dreamt I Woke Up

I Dreamt I Woke Up

1991

as Boorman's Alter Ego

6.0
Acting

Film about the influences in director John Boorman's life and work, including family and neighbors and the landscape of the Wicklow mountains surround...

Journey to Knock

1991

as Alfred

Acting

Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co. Mayo.

Lapse of Memory

Lapse of Memory

1991

as Conrad Farmer

6.5
Acting

After a terrible accident, a psychatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks we learn that his family had to flee from New York afte...

King Ralph

King Ralph

1991

as Lord Percival Graves

5.4
Acting

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool

Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool

1990

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

This MPL documentary is about Paul McCartney's World Tour '90. It focuses on all the organization which was set up for this tour and also features som...

Frankenstein Unbound

Frankenstein Unbound

1990

as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)

5.7
Acting

The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the p...

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

1990

as Self

5.0
Acting

A 1990 documentary presented by Jonathan Ross, in which he interviewed filmmaker David Lynch.

The Field

The Field

1990

as Bird' O'Donnell

7.1
Acting

"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...

Resident Alien

Resident Alien

1990

as Self - Actor

5.3
Acting

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York. Nossiter's camera follows Crisp a...

Windprints

Windprints

1990

as Charles Rutherford

6.1
Acting

A South African journalist is sent to Namibia to investigate a serial killer.

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

as Chris Mullin

7.0
Acting

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted t...

Romeo.Juliet

Romeo.Juliet

1990

as La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)

5.0
Acting

The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been ...

Little Sweetheart

Little Sweetheart

1989

as Robert Burger

5.4
Acting

A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.

Scandal

Scandal

1989

as Stephen Ward

5.9
Acting

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 ...

David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989

as Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)

Acting

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who ...

The Bengali Night

The Bengali Night

1988

as Lucien Metz

5.8
Acting

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and da...

Deadline

Deadline

1988

as Granville Jones

5.8
Acting

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 poli...

White Mischief

White Mischief

1987

as Gilbert Colville

6.0
Acting

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...

Vincent

Vincent

1987

as (voice)

6.4
Acting

A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.

Spaceballs

Spaceballs

1987

as John Hurt

6.8
Acting

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 side...

Aria

Aria

1987

as The Actor

5.6
Acting

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each s...

The Hunting of the Snark

1987

as The Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

This is a musical by Mike Batt based on Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem. Mike Batt conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.

From the Hip

From the Hip

1987

as Douglas Benoit

5.9
Acting

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a p...

Iceberg

Iceberg

1987

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

With its simple and iconic imagery this was public information film at its most sensational: expensive special effects and high-concept production des...

Monolith

Monolith

1987

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

John Hurt narrates this highly charged and doom-laden public information film from the 1987 AIDS awareness campaign. A cliff-face explodes in slow mot...

Frightmares

1987

Acting

John Hurt, the Master of Suspense, brings you three spine-chilling stories from his Theatre of Terror!

Rocinante

1986

as Bill

Acting

England, mid-1980s: Bill embarks on a dream-like odyssey around rural England, breaking into country houses, taking photos of anything that interests ...

Thames Film

Thames Film

1986

Acting

This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the ...

Jake Speed

Jake Speed

1986

as Syd

4.4
Acting

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 live...

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

1985

as Narrator (voice)

4.3
Acting

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

1985

as The Horned King (voice)

6.4
Acting

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 oracu...

Live Aid

Live Aid

1985

as Self

7.9
Acting

Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United State...

After Darkness

After Darkness

1985

as Peter Hunningford

4.4
Acting

To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to b...

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

as Winston Smith

6.8
Acting

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.

The Hit

The Hit

1984

as Braddock

6.4
Acting

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution...

Success Is the Best Revenge

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984

as Dino Montecurva

6.0
Acting

Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the ...

Champions

Champions

1984

as Bob Champion

6.8
Acting

The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

Sunset People

Sunset People

1984

as Self

Acting

Sunset Boulevard stretches 27 miles from Los Angeles’ Chinatown all the way to the ocean – a ride made famous by Philip Marlowe in the Chandler books....

The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

1983

as Lawrence Fassett

5.7
Acting

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...

King Lear

King Lear

1983

as The Fool

6.5
Acting

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.

The Plague Dogs

The Plague Dogs

1982

as Snitter (voice)

7.9
Acting

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search partie...

Paul McCartney - Take It Away

1982

Acting
Partners

Partners

1982

as Kerwin

5.3
Acting

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 hi...

Night Crossing

Night Crossing

1982

as Peter Strelzyk

6.1
Acting

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...

History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

1981

as Jesus - The Roman Empire

6.8
Acting

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

1980

as Billy Irvine

6.8
Acting

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished imm...

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

1980

as John Merrick

8.1
Acting

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revea...

An Evening with Quentin Crisp

1980

as Host

10.0
Acting

In this witty monologue, Quentin Crisp advises and opines about personal style (with a few digressions).

Alien

Alien

1979

as Kane

8.2
Acting

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...

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

1978

as Aragorn (voice)

6.6
Acting

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

Watership Down

Watership Down

1978

as Hazel (voice)

7.2
Acting

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 ...

Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978

as Max

7.5
Acting

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 y...

The Shout

The Shout

1978

as Anthony Fielding

5.9
Acting

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 learne...

The Disappearance

The Disappearance

1977

as Atkinson

5.6
Acting

The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with he...

East of Elephant Rock

East of Elephant Rock

1977

as Nash

3.5
Acting

In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.

Three Dangerous Ladies

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977

as Lt. George Simmonds

5.0
Acting

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with t...

Spectre

Spectre

1977

as Mitri Cyon

6.2
Acting

An occult criminologist investigates a businessman who dabbles in the black arts while trying to survive against a powerful demon and an evil cult.

Stream Line

Stream Line

1976

as Chandler

Acting

Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrus...

The Peddler

The Peddler

1976

as Alec Cassell

Acting

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can he...

The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant

1975

as Quentin Crisp

6.8
Acting

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.

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

1975

as Tom Rawlings

5.0
Acting

A former clergyman in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

1974

as Malcolm Scrawdyke

6.1
Acting

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 d...

The Playboy of the Western World

1974

as Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)

Acting

A man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and prais...

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper

1972

as Franz

5.9
Acting

Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter...

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

1971

as Richard Forbush

5.5
Acting

Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accep...

10 Rillington Place

10 Rillington Place

1971

as Timothy Evans

7.3
Acting

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 justic...

RHM Mother's Pride Supermarket Raid 87670

1971

as Narrator

Acting

Advertising film for bread.

In Search of Gregory

In Search of Gregory

1969

as Daniel

4.8
Acting

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 ...

Sinful Davey

Sinful Davey

1969

as Davey Haggart

5.5
Acting

A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing daring crimes. However, his childhood friend is equally de...

Before Winter Comes

Before Winter Comes

1969

as Lieutenant Pilkington

5.9
Acting

Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British...

The Sailor from Gibraltar

The Sailor from Gibraltar

1967

as John

5.7
Acting

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...

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

1966

as Richard Rich

7.3
Acting

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy de...

This Is My Street

This Is My Street

1964

as Charlie

6.1
Acting

A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.

The Wild and the Willing

The Wild and the Willing

1962

as Phil Corbett

5.8
Acting

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 '...