Birthday: January 22, 2040
Considered one of Great Britain's most consistently brilliant players, John Hurt is at his best when playing victims forced to suffer mental, physical, or spiritual anguish. A small man with a slightly sinister countenance and a tenor voice that never completed the transition between early adolescence and manhood, Hurt is generally cast in supporting or leading roles as eccentric ...more- 1980
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Actor
- The Elephant Man
- win
- 1980
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- The Elephant Man
- nom
- 1980
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Actor
- The Elephant Man
- nom
- 1978
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Supporting Actor
- Midnight Express
- win
- 1978
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- Midnight Express
- win
- 2009
- The Limits of Control
- Guitar
- 2008
- An Englishman in New York
- Quentin Crisp
- 2008
- New York, I Love You
- Bellhop (Shekhar Kapur segment)
- 2008
- Recount
- Warren Christopher
- 2008
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Professor Oxley











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