John Hurt
Current Interest
4.3
Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Based on 159 rated titles
Title
Year
Attention
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Mr. Ollivander
2001
59.8
Alien
as Kane
1979
59.2
V for Vendetta
as Adam Sutler
2006
55.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
as Ollivander
2011
55.0
Hercules
as Cotys
2014
55.0
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Ollivander
2010
54.5
Snowpiercer
as Gilliam
2013
54.1
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Professor Harold Oxley
2008
53.8
Contact
as S. R. Hadden
1997
53.5
The Skeleton Key
as Ben Devereaux
2005
53.2
Spaceballs
as John Hurt
1987
53.2
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Control
2011
53.1
The Elephant Man
as John Merrick
1980
52.5
Immortals
as Old Zeus
2011
52.1
Survivor (AU)
as The Horned King (voice)
1985
51.8
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
as Narrator (voice)
2006
51.3
Melancholia
as Dexter
2011
50.9
Hellboy
as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
2004
50.8
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Winston Smith
1984
50.5
Midnight Express
as Max
1978
50.3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Trevor Bruttenholm
2008
50.1
The Lord of the Rings
as Aragorn (voice)
1978
49.7
Dogville
as Narrator (voice)
2003
49.3
Thumbelina
as Mr. Mole (voice)
1994
49.1
New York, I Love You
as Bellhop
2008
49.0
Heaven's Gate
as Billy Irvine
1980
48.3
Outlander
as Rothgar
2008
48.2
Only Lovers Left Alive
as Christopher Marlowe
2013
47.4
Dead Man
as John Scholfield
1995
47.3
Watership Down
as Hazel (voice)
1978
46.3
A Man for All Seasons
as Richard Rich
1966
45.9
The Tigger Movie
as Narrator (voice)
2000
45.7
White Mischief
as Gilbert Colville
1987
45.3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Dr. Iannis
2001
44.1
Rob Roy
as John Graham
1995
43.9
Valiant
as Felix (voice)
2005
43.8
Jackie
as The Priest
2016
41.7
Manderlay
as Narrator (voice)
2005
40.7
The Proposition
as Jellon Lamb
2005
39.4
The Plague Dogs
as Snitter (voice)
1982
38.6
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
as The War Doctor
2013
38.6
The Gruffalo
as Owl (voice)
2009
37.9
Scandal
as Stephen Ward
1989
37.3
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
as Grandpa Sammy (voice)
2010
37.2
Wild Bill
as Charley Prince
1995
35.7
Brighton Rock
as Phil Corkery
2010
32.3
Lost Souls
as Father Lareaux
2000
32.2
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as The Countess
1994
32.2
King Ralph
as Lord Percival Graves
1991
32.0
Owning Mahowny
as Victor Foss
2003
31.8
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Kingsley Bedford
2013
31.2
Night Crossing
as Peter Strelzyk
1982
30.7
The Limits of Control
as Guitar
2009
30.4
The Oxford Murders
as Arthur Seldom
2008
29.0
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
as Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
2007
29.0
The Gruffalo's Child
as The Owl (voice)
2011
28.9
10 Rillington Place
as Timothy Evans
1971
28.7
Frankenstein Unbound
as Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
1990
28.2
The Shout
as Anthony Fielding
1978
27.5
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
as Sailor John (voice)
2015
27.3
Recount
as Warren Christopher
2008
27.2
Shooting Dogs
as Christopher
2006
26.9
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
26.7
The Hit
as Braddock
1984
26.7
The Field
as Bird' O'Donnell
1990
26.4
The Osterman Weekend
as Lawrence Fassett
1983
25.5
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Carnak
2010
24.2
Second Best
as Uncle Turpin
1994
23.5
The Naked Civil Servant
as Quentin Crisp
1975
22.5
Miranda
as Christian
2002
20.9
44 Inch Chest
as Old Man Peanut
2009
20.8
Aria
as The Actor
1987
20.2
Damascus Cover
as Miki
2017
19.7
Merlin
as Kilgharrah (voice)
2008
18.6
The Journey
as Harry Patterson
2017
17.4
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
17.4
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
15.9
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
2021
15.7
Jake Speed
as Syd
1986
15.3
Henry Fonda for President
as Self (archive footage)
2025
13.7
Pride
as Harry (voice)
2004
12.6
Vincent
as (voice)
1987
12.0
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
as The War Doctor
2013
11.2
From the Hip
as Douglas Benoit
1987
11.1
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
as Narrator (voice)
2012
10.7
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
as Self
2013
10.5
Love and Death on Long Island
as Giles De'Ath
1998
10.3
The Confession
as Priest
2011
9.9
Hiroshima
as Narrator (voice)
2005
9.3
Sinful Davey
as Davey Haggart
1969
9.3
Partners
as Kerwin
1982
9.1
All the Little Animals
as Mr. Summers
1999
9.0
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
2003
8.8
Success Is the Best Revenge
as Dino Montecurva
1984
8.7
Monolith
as Villano
1993
8.4
Krapp's Last Tape
as Krapp
2000
8.4
An Englishman in New York
as Quentin Crisp
2009
8.3
The Pied Piper
as Franz
1972
8.3
Champions
as Bob Champion
1984
8.3
Boxes
as Fanny's father
2007
8.1
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
as Self
2004
7.9
Ballybrando
as Self
2009
7.7
The Snipist
as The Ministry
2012
7.7
Short Order
2005
7.6
More Than Honey
as Narrator (english voice)
2012
6.7
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self
2004
6.6
The Ghoul
as Tom Rawlings
1975
6.2
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.2
Spectre
as Mitri Cyon
1977
6.2
The Alien Saga
as Narrator (voice)
2002
6.1
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
6.1
My Name Is Lenny
as Leslie Salmon
2017
5.7
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
2014
5.5
Whistle and I'll Come to You
as James Parkin
2010
5.5
Brute
as Babits
1997
5.2
The Disappearance
as Atkinson
1977
5.1
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
as Richard Forbush
1971
5.0
Before Winter Comes
as Lieutenant Pilkington
1969
5.0
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as John
1967
5.0
That Good Night
as Ralph
2017
4.8
'V for Vendetta' Unmasked
as Adam Sutler
2006
4.5
The Storyteller
as The Storyteller
1988
3.5
Bait
as Jack Blake
2002
3.2
Tabloid
as Vince
2001
3.1
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
as Narrator
2014
3.0
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
2002
2.9
You're Dead...
as Maitland
1999
2.5
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
as The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
2013
2.5
In Love with Alma Cogan
as MC
2011
2.5Remembrance
as Bellhop
2009
2.3
Lecture 21
as Mondrian Kilroy
2008
1.7
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self / Stephen Ward
2013
1.5
King Lear
as The Fool
1983
1.4
Dark at Noon
as Anthony / Le Marquis
1992
1.4
Shadowing the Third Man
as Narrator (voice)
2004
1.3
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
as Narrator (voice)
2013
1.3
ChickLit
as Francis Bonar
2016
1.0
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Lt. George Simmonds
1977
0.9
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as Chris Mullin
1990
0.9
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.6
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
as Narrator (voice)
2001
0.5
After Darkness
as Peter Hunningford
1985
0.5
This Is My Street
as Charlie
1964
0.5
Labyrinth
as Audric Baillard
2012
0.4
Ayamé
as Narrator (voice)
2018
0.4
Lou
as Doyle
2010
0.3Behind Jim Jarmusch
as Self
2010
0.3
Resident Alien
as Self - Actor
1990
0.3
A.K.A Nadia
as 347
2015
0.3
Love at First Sight
as Arthur
2010
0.2
Interview with John Hurt
as Self
2007
0.2
Whaledreamers
as Self
2006
0.2
Centenary: The BP Story
as Narrator (voice)
2009
0.2
Human Planet
as Narrator (voice)
2011
0.2
On Borrowed Time
as Self
2011
0.2
The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
as Narrator (voice)
2001
0.1
Sailcloth
as Man
2011
0.1
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
as Narrator (voice)
2006
0.1The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
as Self
2002
0.1
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
as Man from Maybury Hill
2003
0.1An Evening with Quentin Crisp
as Host
1980
0.1
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
as Professor Orit
2011
0.1
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
as Self
2001
0.1
Break
as Jack
2015
0.1
Planet Dinosaur
as Narrator
2011
0.1Frequently Asked Questions About John Hurt
John Hurt has appeared in 165 titles, including 160 movies and 5 television shows.
The earliest title currently listed in John Hurt's filmography is This Is My Street (1964).
The most recent title featuring John Hurt is Henry Fonda for President (2025).
One of the highest rated titles featuring John Hurt is Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor with an IMDb rating of 9.3.
John Hurt has been active for approximately 61 years, with credits spanning from 1964 to 2025.
Titles featuring John Hurt currently have an average IMDb rating of 6.7.
The busiest years in John Hurt's career include 2011, 2013, 2008.
