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 performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history.
Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013.
Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1979 | 39 | Midnight Express (1978) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1981 | 41 | The Elephant Man (1980) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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The StoryTeller | The Storyteller | |
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2020-01-01 | Bare Knuckle | |
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2017-10-23 | Damascus Cover | Miki |
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2017-06-20 | That Good Night | Ralph |
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2017-06-09 | My Name Is Lenny | Leslie Salmon |
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2017-03-30 | The Journey | Harry Patterson |
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2016-12-02 | Jackie | The Priest |
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2016-11-13 | The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets | Siegfried Sassoon |
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2016-11-06 | Back to Utopia | Professor Peter Panludic (voice) |
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2016-09-02 | ChickLit | Francis Bonar |
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2015-07-17 | Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie | Sailor John (voice) |
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2015-07-01 | A.K.A Nadia | 347 |
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2015-05-01 | Break | Jack |
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2015-04-21 | The Alchemist's Letter | The Alchemist (voice) |
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2015-01-01 | Dmitri Shostakovich: A Man of Many Faces | Narator |
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2014-07-23 | Hercules | Cotys |
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2013-12-12 | Only Lovers Left Alive | Christopher Marlowe |
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2013-11-23 | The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro | The War Doctor |
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2013-11-23 | Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor | The War Doctor |
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2013-11-23 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | The War Doctor (archive voice) |
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2013-11-14 | Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor | The War Doctor |
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2013-08-01 | Snowpiercer | Gilliam |
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2013-07-25 | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Kingsley Bedford |
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2012-05-24 | The Snipist | The Ministry |
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2011-12-25 | The Gruffalo's Child | The Owl (voice) |
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2011-11-10 | Immortals | Old Zeus |
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2011-10-04 | In Love with Alma Cogan | MC |
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2011-09-16 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Control |
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2011-07-12 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Ollivander |
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2011-07-09 | 23 Degrees, 5 Minutes | Professor Orit |
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2011-05-26 | Melancholia | Dexter |
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2011-05-02 | The Confession | Priest |
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2011-01-01 | Sailcloth | Man |
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2010-12-24 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | James Parkin |
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2010-12-10 | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Carnak |
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2010-11-17 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Ollivander |
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2010-11-16 | Love at First Sight | Arthur |
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2010-09-13 | Brighton Rock | Phil Corkery |
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2010-08-04 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | Grandpa Sammy (voice) |
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2010-06-17 | Lou | Doyle |
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2009-12-25 | The Gruffalo | Owl (voice) |
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2009-10-08 | 44 Inch Chest | Old Man Peanut |
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2009-09-06 | Remembrance | Bellhop |
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2009-05-01 | The Limits of Control | Guitar |
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2009-02-07 | An Englishman in New York | Quentin Crisp |
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2008-10-17 | Lecture 21 | Mondrian Kilroy |
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2008-09-06 | New York, I Love You | Bellhop |
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2008-07-11 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Trevor Bruttenholm |
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2008-05-25 | Recount | Warren Christopher |
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2008-05-21 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Professor Harold Oxley |
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2008-04-24 | Outlander | Rothgar |
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2008-01-18 | The Oxford Murders | Arthur Seldom |
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2007-06-06 | Boxes | Le père de Fanny |
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2007-03-10 | Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron | Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm (voice) |
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2006-03-08 | Shooting Dogs | Christopher |
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2006-02-23 | V for Vendetta | Adam Sutler |
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2005-10-06 | The Proposition | Jellon Lamb |
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2005-09-26 | Once Upon a Halloween | The Horned King |
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2005-07-29 | The Skeleton Key | Ben Devereaux |
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2005-03-25 | Valiant | Felix (voice) |
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2005-01-01 | Short Order | |
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2004-06-21 | Pride | Harry (voice) |
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2004-04-02 | Hellboy | Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm |
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2003-05-08 | Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill | Man from Maybury Hill |
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2003-05-02 | Owning Mahowny | Victor Foss |
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2002-06-01 | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry, chief investigator |
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2002-02-20 | Bait | Jack Blake |
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2002-01-18 | Miranda | Christian |
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2001-11-16 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Mr. Ollivander |
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2001-04-18 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Dr. Iannis |
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2001-01-01 | Tabloid | Vince |
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2000-10-13 | Lost Souls | Father Lareaux |
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2000-09-08 | Krapp's Last Tape | Krapp |
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1999-11-15 | New Blood | Alan White |
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1999-10-01 | You're Dead... | Maitland |
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1999-09-29 | One Last Score | Sean Cooper |
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1999-07-09 | All the Little Animals | Mr. Summers |
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1998-07-03 | Love and Death on Long Island | Giles De'Ath |
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1998-03-11 | The Climb | Chuck Langer |
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1998-02-22 | The Commissioner | James morton |
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1998-01-01 | Night Train | Michael Poole |
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1997-11-07 | Bandyta | Babits |
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1997-07-11 | Contact | S. R. Hadden |
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1996-05-16 | Tender Loving Care | Dr. Turner |
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1995-12-23 | Dead Man | John Scholfield |
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1995-12-16 | Saigon Baby | Jack Lee |
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1995-12-01 | Wild Bill | Charley Prince |
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1995-04-13 | Rob Roy | John Graham |
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1995-03-24 | Two Nudes Bathing | Marquis de Prey |
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1994-09-30 | Second Best | Uncle Turpin |
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1994-05-13 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | The Countess |
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1994-05-01 | Great Moments in Aviation | Rex Goodyear |
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1994-03-30 | Thumbelina | Mr. Mole (voice) |
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1993-09-16 | Monolith | Villano |
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1992-12-12 | Six Characters in Search of An Author | The Father |
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1992-10-01 | Dark at Noon | Anthony / Le Marquis |
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1991-12-08 | Red Fox | Archie Carpenter |
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1991-11-16 | I Dreamt I Woke Up | Boorman's Alter Ego |
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1991-09-17 | Journey to Knock | Alfred |
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1991-06-02 | Lapse of Memory | Conrad Farmer |
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1991-02-15 | King Ralph | Lord Percival Graves |
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1990-09-21 | The Field | Bird' O'Donnell |
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1990-09-14 | Resident Alien | Actor |
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1990-06-29 | Windprints | Charles Rutherford |
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1990-04-22 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Chris Mullin |
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1990-01-01 | Romeo.Juliet | La Dame aux Chats / Mercutio (voice) |
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1989-10-19 | Little Sweetheart | Robert Burger |
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1989-03-03 | Scandal | Stephen Ward |
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1989-01-04 | David Macaulay: Pyramid | Khufu / Second French Explorer (voice) |
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1988-10-26 | The Bengali Night | Lucien Metz |
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1988-07-31 | The Storyteller | The Storyteller |
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1988-01-01 | Deadline | Granville Jones |
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1987-11-10 | White Mischief | Gilbert Colville |
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1987-10-08 | Vincent | (voice) |
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1987-09-15 | Aria | The Actor |
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1987-06-24 | Spaceballs | John Hurt |
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1987-02-06 | From the Hip | Douglas Benoit |
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1987-01-01 | Frightmares | |
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1986-11-01 | Rocinante | Bill |
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1986-08-10 | Thames Film | |
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1986-05-30 | Jake Speed | Syd |
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1985-07-24 | The Black Cauldron | The Horned King (voice) |
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1985-02-01 | After Darkness | Peter Hunningford |
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1984-11-09 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith |
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1984-09-07 | The Hit | Braddock |
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1984-05-26 | Success Is the Best Revenge | Dino Montecurva |
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1984-04-20 | Champions | Bob Champion |
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1984-03-03 | Sunset People | |
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1983-10-14 | The Osterman Weekend | Lawrence Fassett |
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1983-04-03 | King Lear | The Fool |
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1982-10-01 | The Plague Dogs | Snitter (voice) |
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1982-06-21 | Paul McCartney - Take It Away | |
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1982-04-30 | Partners | Kerwin |
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1982-02-05 | Night Crossing | Peter Strelzyk |
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1981-06-12 | History of the World: Part I | Jesus - The Roman Empire |
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1980-11-19 | Heaven's Gate | Billy Irvine |
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1980-10-09 | The Elephant Man | John Merrick |
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1980-01-01 | An Evening with Quentin Crisp | Host |
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1979-05-25 | Alien | Kane |
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1978-11-15 | The Lord of the Rings | Aragorn (voice) |
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1978-10-14 | Watership Down | Hazel (voice) |
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1978-08-31 | Midnight Express | Max |
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1978-06-16 | The Shout | Anthony Fielding |
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1977-11-30 | The Disappearance | Atkinson |
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1977-10-22 | East of Elephant Rock | Nash |
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1977-06-05 | Three Dangerous Ladies | Lt. George Simmonds |
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1977-05-21 | Spectre | Mitri Cyon |
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1976-05-06 | Stream Line | Chandler |
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1976-03-23 | The Peddler | Alec Cassell |
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1975-12-17 | The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp |
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1975-07-11 | The Ghoul | Tom Rawlings |
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1974-06-11 | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Malcolm Scrawdyke |
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1974-01-01 | The Playboy of the Western World | Christopher Mahon (Christy Mahon) |
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1972-12-27 | The Pied Piper | Franz |
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1971-07-29 | Mr. Forbush and the Penguins | Richard Forbush |
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1971-02-10 | 10 Rillington Place | Timothy Evans |
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1969-11-01 | In Search of Gregory | Daniel |
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1969-02-10 | Sinful Davey | Davey Haggart |
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1969-01-17 | Before Winter Comes | Lieutenant Pilkington |
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1967-01-01 | The Sailor from Gibraltar | John |
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1966-12-13 | A Man for All Seasons | Richard Rich |
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1964-01-15 | This Is My Street | Charlie |
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1962-10-16 | The Wild and the Willing | Phil Corbett |