John Hurt

John Hurt is a legendary British character actor and Academy Award-nominee. At the age of 9, he decided to become an actor. After a stint in art school, Hurt returned his focus to acting as a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He transitioned from stage to television&mdash;a well-received performance in The Naked Civil Servant landed him the memorable role of Caligula in I, Claudius and began his trend of playing unusual or morally ambiguous characters.

Filmography

 * A Man for All Seasons (1966)
 * The Naked Civil Servant (1975) (TV)
 * I, Claudius (1977) (miniseries)
 * Watership Down (1978) (voice)
 * Midnight Express (1978)
 * The Lord of the Rings (1978) (voice)
 * Alien (1979)
 * The Elephant Man (1980)
 * Heaven's Gate (1980)
 * History of the World: Part I (1981)
 * Night Crossing (1981)
 * The Plague Dogs (1982) (voice)
 * Partners (1982)
 * The Osterman Weekend (1983)
 * King Lear (1984) (TV)
 * The Hit (1984)
 * Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
 * Champions (1984)
 * The Black Cauldron (1985) (voice)
 * Aria (1986)
 * White Mischief (1987)
 * Spaceballs (1987)
 * The Jim Henson Hour (1989) (TV series)
 * Scandal (1989)
 * Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
 * The Field (1990)
 * King Ralph (1991)
 * Six Characters in Search of an Author (1992) (TV)
 * Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
 * Thumbelina (1994)
 * Second Best (1994)
 * Rob Roy (1995)
 * Dead Man (1995)
 * Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
 * Contact (1997)
 * All the Little Animals (1998)
 * The Climb (1998)
 * The Tigger Movie (2000) (voice)
 * Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
 * Crime and Punishment (2002)
 * Owning Mahowny (2003)
 * Dogville (2003) (voice)
 * The Alan Clark Diaries (2004)
 * Hellboy (2004)
 * Pride (2004) (TV) (voice)
 * Valiant (2005) (voice)
 * Manderlay (2005) (TV)
 * The Proposition (2005)
 * The Skeleton Key (2005)
 * Shooting Dogs (2005)
 * V for Vendetta (2006)
 * Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
 * The Oxford Murders (2007)
 * Outlander (2007)
 * Indiana Jones 4 (2008)