John Hurt

Biography

Born 01/22/1940

One of Britain's most esteemed and prolific actors, John Hurt fashioned an international career as a consummate screen chameleon, living his parts to the fullest without revealing the man behind the mask. He emerged from the London drama stage to film stardom in the late 1970s with a pair of...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1999, received London Film Critics Circle Award for Lifetime Achievement
In 1985, received Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
In 1981, received British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Actor

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Highlights

In 2008, Appeared in Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" as Harold Oxley
In 2006, Cast as the villainous Bishop Lilliman in the Wachowski brothers' "V for Vendetta"
In 2005, Starred opposite Kate Hudson in the supernatural thriller, "Skeleton Key"

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Family & Companions

Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot: together from c. 1970 until her death from a riding accident on January 26, 1983; often featured in VOGUE magazine
Sara Owens: born c. 1960; living together in County Wicklow (Ireland) as of January 2000
grandmother: Paternal grandmother was from County Galway, Ireland; Hurt has described himself as "nearly half-Irish"

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