Filmography
John Hurt
Doctor Who
2005 · The War Doctor
Saturday Night Live
1975 · March Hare
NOVA
1974 · Narrator
Great Performances
1971 · Narrator
GMTV
1993 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Film '72
1971 · Self
Play for Today
1970 · Alec Cassell
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Mr Ollivander
Natural World
1983 · Narrator
Merlin
2008 · Kilgharrah (voice)
Screen Two
1985 · Rex Goodyear, Jack Lee
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Ollivander
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Ollivander
Alien
1979 · Kane
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Guy Beresford
Parkinson
1998 · Self
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Bob
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
The Sweeney
1975 · Tony Grey
V for Vendetta
2006 · Adam Sutler
Performance
1991 · The Father
ScreenPlay
1986 · Alfred
Contact
1997 · S. R. Hadden
Snowpiercer
2013 · Gilliam
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 · Professor Harold Oxley
Spaceballs
1987 · John Hurt
Hercules
2014 · Cotys
The Hollow Crown
2012 · The Chorus
I, Claudius
1976 · Caligula
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · Control
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Narrator (voice)
Drama 61-67
1961 · Private Briggs, Tom
Watership Down
1999 · General Woundwort (voice)
Playhouse Presents
2012 · The Ministry (voice)
Immortals
2011 · Old Zeus
The Storyteller
1988 · The Storyteller
The Jim Henson Hour
1989 · The Storyteller (archive footage)
White Mischief
1987 · Gilbert Colville
The Lord of the Rings
1978 · Aragorn (voice)
Hellboy
2004 · Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Gideon's Way
1965 · Freddy Tisdale
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · James Parkin
The Elephant Man
1980 · John Merrick
NET Playhouse
1966 · Peter Heywood
Dogville
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · Trevor Bruttenholm
The Black Cauldron
1985 · The Horned King (voice)
The Tigger Movie
2000 · Narrator (voice)
The Hollywood Greats
1977 · Actor
Human Planet
2011 · Narrator (voice)
Melancholia
2011 · Dexter
Outlander
2008 · Rothgar
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010 · Grandpa Sammy (voice)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 · Winston Smith
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013 · Christopher Marlowe
Midnight Express
1978 · Max
The Skeleton Key
2005 · Ben Devereaux
The Sunday Drama
1977 · Dave
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Richard Rich
Masters of Science Fiction
2007 · Samswope
Thumbelina
1994 · Mr. Mole (voice)
Dead Man
1995 · John Scholfield
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Orpheus
The Last Panthers
2015 · Tom
New York, I Love You
2008 · Bellhop
Heaven's Gate
1980 · Billy Irvine
Labyrinth
2012 · Audric Baillard
Planet Dinosaur
2011 · Narrator
Jackie
2016 · The Priest
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001 · Dr. Iannis
The Gruffalo
2009 · Owl (voice)
The Confession
2011 · Priest
Valiant
2005 · Felix (voice)
Watership Down
1978 · Hazel (voice)
Shades of Greene
1975 · Fred
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Joe
The Gruffalo's Child
2011 · The Owl (voice)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013 · The War Doctor
Lost Souls
2000 · Father Lareaux
The Limits of Control
2009 · Guitar
The Osterman Weekend
1983 · Lawrence Fassett
Manderlay
2005 · Narrator (voice)
Picture Windows
1995 · Marquis de Prey
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007 · Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice)
Rob Roy
1995 · John Graham
Wild Bill
1995 · Charley Prince
Owning Mahowny
2003 · Victor Foss
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010 · Carnak
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Jesus - The Roman Empire
HypaSpace
2002 · Self
Scandal
1989 · Stephen Ward
Wessex Tales
1973 · Joshua Harlborough
First Night
1963 · Garry
The Plague Dogs
1982 · Snitter (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015 · Sailor John (voice)
The Proposition
2005 · Jellon Lamb
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Live Aid
1985 · Self
The Shout
1978 · Anthony Fielding
Ten from the Twenties
1975 · Philip Repton
The Hit
1984 · Braddock
10 Rillington Place
1971 · Timothy Evans
Sightseers
2012 · Jerusalem Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004 · Alan Clark
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · The Countess
King Ralph
1991 · Graves
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013 · Kingsley Bedford
Once Upon a Halloween
2005 · The Horned King (voice) (archive sound)
The Oxford Murders
2008 · Arthur Seldom
Monolith
1993 · Villano
Aria
1987 · The Actor
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025 · The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crime and Punishment
1979 · Rodion Raskolnikov
Night Crossing
1982 · Peter Strelzyk
Shooting Dogs
2006 · Christopher
Damascus Cover
2017 · Miki
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Self
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013 · The War Doctor (archive voice)
Crime and Punishment
2002 · Porfiry, chief investigator
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Jake Speed
1986 · Syd
The Naked Civil Servant
1975 · Quentin Crisp
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · The Doctor (War) (archive footage)
Recount
2008 · Warren Christopher
Love and Death on Long Island
1998 · Giles De'Ath
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008 · Actor
The Field
1990 · Bird' O'Donnell
The Pied Piper
1972 · Franz
44 Inch Chest
2009 · Old Man Peanut
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2010 · The Horned King (voice) (archive footage)
All the Little Animals
1999 · Mr. Summers
Miranda
2002 · Christian
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004 · Self
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor
2013 · The War Doctor
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · The Doctor (War) (picture) (uncredited)
Brighton Rock
2010 · Phil Corkery
An Englishman in New York
2009 · Quentin Crisp
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984 · Dino Montecurva
V for Vendetta: Unmasked
2006 · Actor
Hidden Wars of Desert Storm
2001 · Narrator (voice)
Pride
2004 · Harry (voice)
Champions
1984 · Bob Champion
Hiroshima
2005 · Narrator (voice)
Lecture 21
2008 · Mondrian Kilroy
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985 · Narrator (voice)
From the Hip
1987 · Douglas Benoit
Doctor Who at the Proms
2013 · The War Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
2013 · Narrator (voice)
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
2012 · Narrator (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
1994 · The Storyteller (archive footage)
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged
2001 · Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Self
Poison Candy
1989 · Robert Burger
The Alien Saga
2002 · Narrator (voice)
My Name Is Lenny
2017 · Leslie Salmon
Tabloid
2001 · Vince
New Blood
1999 · Alan White
The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988 · The Storyteller
Second Best
1994 · Uncle Turpin
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Self / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989 · Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice)
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974 · Malcolm Scrawdyke
Shaolin: Wheel of Life
2001 · Narrator (voice)
ChickLit
2016 · Francis Bonar
Short Order
2005 · Felix
Partners
1982 · Kerwin
The Bengali Night
1988 · Lucien Metz
Henry Fonda for President
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988 · The Storyteller
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990 · Self
The Ghoul
1975 · Tom Rawlings
Sinful Davey
1969 · Davey Haggart
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 · John
I Dreamt I Woke Up
1991 · Boorman's Alter Ego
Whistle and I'll Come to You
2010 · James Parkin
If... Dog... Rabbit
1999 · Sean Cooper
Frankenstein Unbound
1990 · Dr. Joe Buchanan / Narrator (voice)
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed
2001 · Self
Krapp's Last Tape
2000 · Krapp
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971 · Richard Forbush
Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction
2005 · Narrator
Love at First Sight
2010 · Arthur
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Great Moments in Aviation
1994 · Rex Goodyear
Boxes
2007 · Fanny's father
Spectre
1977 · Mitri Cyon
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002 · Self
Edge of the Universe
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · Self
Before Winter Comes
1969 · Lieutenant Pilkington
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004 · Self
After Darkness
1985 · Peter Hunningford
In Love with Alma Cogan
2011 · MC
Bait
2002 · Jack Blake
This Is My Street
1964 · Charlie
The Confession
2011 · Priest
Red Fox
1991 · Archie Carpenter
The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013 · The War Doctor
More Than Honey
2012 · Narrator (english voice)
The Hunting of the Snark
1987 · The Narrator
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
2003 · Man from Maybury Hill
Ayamé
2018 · Narrator (voice)
The Journey
2017 · Harry Patterson
Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre
2013 · The Voice of the Winter Palace / Self
The Wild and the Willing
1962 · Phil Corbett
Romeo.Juliet
1990 · La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice)
That Good Night
2017 · Ralph
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990 · Chris Mullin
The Disappearance
1977 · Atkinson
Brute
1997 · Babits
You're Dead...
1999 · Maitland
Wimbledon The Official Film 2014
2014 · Narrator
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988 · The Storyteller
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
1988 · The Storyteller
Ballybrando
2009 · Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014 · Self
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
2006 · Narrator (voice)
Dark at Noon
1992 · Anthony / Le Marquis
Shadowing the Third Man
2004 · Narrator (voice)
Monolith
1987 · Narrator (voice)
The Commissioner
1998 · James morton
Lou
2010 · Doyle
A Dinner of Herbs
1988 · Verse Reader
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990 · Narrator (voice)
Deadline
1988 · Granville Jones
Windprints
1990 · Charles Rutherford
The Alchemist's Letter
2015 · The Alchemist (voice)
Night Train
1998 · Michael Poole
The Snipist
2012 · The Ministry
Resident Alien
1990 · Self - Actor
Stream Line
1976 · Chandler
Three Dangerous Ladies
1977 · Lt. George Simmonds
Remembrance
2009 · Bellhop
The Storyteller: Fearnot
1988 · The Storyteller
Whaledreamers
2006 · Self
Tender Loving Care
1996 · Dr. Turner
On Borrowed Time
2011 · Self
The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
2011 · Narrator
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
1988 · The Storyteller
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013 · Self / Stephen Ward
Rocinante
1986 · Bill
King Lear
1983 · The Fool
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
2016 · Siegfried Sassoon
Picture Windows: Two Nudes Bathing
1995 · Marquis de Prey
Iceberg
1987 · Narrator (voice)
Vincent
1987 · Vincent Van Gogh (voice)
The Climb
1998 · Chuck Langer
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010 · Self
Sunset People
1984 · Self
In Search of Gregory
1969 · Daniel
Back to Utopia
2016 · Professor Peter Panludic (voice)
Centenary: The BP Story
2009 · Narrator (voice)
A.K.A Nadia
2015 · 347
The Island
1976 · Captain Simmonds
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
1988 · The Storyteller
23 Degrees, 5 Minutes
2011 · Professor Orit
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces
2015 · Narator
Saigon Baby
1995 · Jack Lee
Journey to Knock
1991 · Alfred
The Peddler
1976 · Alec Cassell
Thames Film
1986 · Narrator
Interview with John Hurt
2007 · Self
Lapse of Memory
1991 · Conrad Farmer
East of Elephant Rock
1977 · Nash
The Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past
2002 · Self
Green Julia
1971 · Bob
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982 · Self
On Jupiter
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
1994 · Narrator (voice)
The Final Reel
2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Playboy of the Western World
1974 · Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon)
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
1980 · Host
Break
2015 · Jack
Sailcloth
2011 · Man
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1992 · The Father
Frightmares
1987 · Actor