Editing John Hurt

{{Short description|British actor (1940–2017)}}
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| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
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| image              = John Hurt at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
| caption            = Hurt in 2009
| birth_name         = John Vincent Hurt
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1940|1|22|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2017|1|28|1940|1|22|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Cromer]], [[Norfolk]], England
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1961–2017
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'''Sir John Vincent Hurt''' (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|Britain]]",<ref name="ellen">{{cite news |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |date=13 March 2006 |title=Barbara Ellen meets John Hurt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/mar/12/features.magazine |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=[[The Observer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=30 January 2017 |title=John Hurt, 'the most distinctive voice in Britain', falls silent |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/john-hurt-the-most-distinctive-voice-in-britain-falls-silent/news-story/568786b671ac7caf295f9f1615d175e1 |access-date=21 June 2018 |website=[[The Australian]]}}</ref> he was described by [[David Lynch]] as "simply the greatest actor in the world".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/acclaimed-british-actor-sir-john-hurt-dies-from-cancer-aged-77-10745597|title=Acclaimed British actor Sir John Hurt dies from cancer aged 77|last=Sephton|first=Connor|date=29 January 2017|publisher=[[Sky News]]|access-date=17 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/john-hurt-oscar-nominated-elephant-man-actor-dead-at-77-w463518|title=John Hurt, Oscar-Nominated 'Elephant Man' Actor, Dead at 77|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=27 January 2017|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=17 February 2017|archive-date=24 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224193152/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/john-hurt-oscar-nominated-elephant-man-actor-dead-at-77-w463518|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a [[List of John Hurt performances|career]] spanning over five decades, he received numerous awards including four [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTAs]] and a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] in addition to two [[Academy Awards]] nominations. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 2015 for his services to drama.

A graduate of [[RADA]] (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he [[Breakthrough role|came to prominence]] playing [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich|Richard Rich]] in the film ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966) and won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[The Naked Civil Servant (film)|The Naked Civil Servant]]'' (1975). He played [[Caligula]] in the [[BBC]] TV series ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' (1976). Hurt earned [[Academy Award]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' (1978), and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' (1980). Other films include ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979), ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' (1980), ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1984), ''[[White Mischief (film)|White Mischief]]'' (1987), ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]'' (1989), ''[[The Field (1990 film)|The Field]]'' (1990), ''[[King Ralph]]'' (1991), ''[[Rob Roy (1995 film)|Rob Roy]]'' (1995), and ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'' (1997).<ref name="memorable" />

Hurt gained further prominence portraying [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters|Garrick Ollivander]] in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]] (2001–11), as well as appearing in the [[Hellboy (2004 film)|2004]] and [[Hellboy II: The Golden Army|2008]] Hellboy films, ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'' (2005), ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (2008), ''[[Outlander (film)|Outlander]]'' (2008), and ''[[Snowpiercer]]'' (2013). He also acted in the acclaimed films ''[[Melancholia (2011 film)|Melancholia]]'' (2011), ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' (2011), ''[[Only Lovers Left Alive]]'' (2013) and ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]'' (2016).

Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in ''[[An Englishman in New York (film)|An Englishman in New York]]'' (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed an incarnation of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] known as the [[War Doctor]] in ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name="jones1">{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Paul |title=Doctor Who 50th anniversary: John Hurt to play "part of the Doctor" |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-05-09/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-john-hurt-to-play-part-of-the-doctor|work=Radio Times|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="tobin1">{{cite web|last=Tobin|first=Christian|title=John Hurt teases 'Doctor Who' 50th anniversary special role|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a479841/john-hurt-teases-doctor-who-50th-anniversary-special-role.html|work=Digital Spy |date=8 May 2013|access-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> He [[voice acting|voiced]] roles in ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (1978), ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' (1978), ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]'' (1982), ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (1985), ''[[Dogville]]'' (2003), ''[[Valiant (film)|Valiant]]'' (2005), ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' (2008–2012), ''[[The Gruffalo's Child (film)|The Gruffalo's Child]]'' (2011), and ''[[Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure]]'' (2015).

== Early life and education ==
John Vincent Hurt was born on 22 January 1940, in [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire]],<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/john-hurt-9347680|title=John Hurt biography|publisher=Biography.com|access-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016222522/http://www.biography.com/people/john-hurt-9347680|archive-date=16 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=2017-01-28 |title=Sir John Hurt obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/28/john-hurt-obituary |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> the son of Arnould Herbert Hurt (1904–1999) and Phyllis (née Massey; 1907–1975). His father had been a mathematician, but became a [[Church of England]] clergyman and served as [[vicar]] of [[Holy Trinity Church, Shirebrook|Holy Trinity Church]] in [[Shirebrook|Shirebrook, Derbyshire]]; his mother, a one-time actress, became "the first female draughtsman" at [[Metropolitan-Vickers]] in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lipworth |first=Elaine |date=2011-04-01 |title=All about our mothers ... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/02/mothers-day-cher-martin-lawrence-john-hurt-michael-caine-anthony-hopkins |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/John-Hurt.html|title=John Hurt biography|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=28 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="BBC Radio Derby interview 2002">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/realmedia/2002/01/john_hurt.ram|title=BBC Radio Derby|access-date=28 October 2010}}</ref> In 1937, Hurt's father moved his family to Derbyshire, where he became Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity Church. When Hurt was five, his father became the vicar of St Stephen's Church in [[Woodville, Derbyshire]], and remained there until 1953.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woodville and Hartshorne Heritage Trail |url=https://www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/our-services/things-to-do-and-places-to-visit/arts-and-culture/heritage-trails/woodville-and-hartshorne-heritage-trail |access-date=26 February 2021 |agency=South Derbyshire District Council}}</ref>

At the age of eight, Hurt was sent to the Anglican [[St Michael's Preparatory School, Otford|St Michael's Preparatory School]] in [[Otford|Otford, Kent]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/john-hurt-obituary-open-hearted-and-hysterically-funny-1.2955283|title=John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> where he eventually developed his passion for acting. He decided he wanted to become an actor after his first role as a girl in a school production of ''[[The Blue Bird (play)|The Blue Bird]]'' by [[Maurice Maeterlinck]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/27/guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank|title=John Hurt &#124; Film &#124; The Guardian|website=amp.theguardian.com|date=27 April 2000 }}</ref> Hurt stated that a senior master at the school would abuse him and others by removing his two false front teeth and putting his tongue in the boys' mouths, as well as rubbing their faces with his stubble, and that the experience affected him hugely.<ref name="Abused">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-hurt-i-was-abused-too-320009.html|title=John Hurt: I was abused, too|first=Sholto|last=Byrnes|date=16 October 2005|work=Independent on Sunday|access-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131162248/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-hurt-i-was-abused-too-320009.html|archive-date=31 January 2017|location=London, UK}}</ref> Hurt, aged 12, became a boarder at [[Lincoln Christ's Hospital School|Lincoln School]] (then a grammar school) because he had failed the entrance examination for admission to his brother's school. His headmaster at Lincoln School laughed when Hurt told him he wanted to be an actor, telling him, "Well, you may be alright in school plays but you wouldn't stand a chance in the profession."<ref name="HurtInterview">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/27/guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank|title=The Guardian Interview: John Hurt |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=28 October 2010|date=1 July 2000}}</ref>

Hurt's father moved to St Aidan's Church in [[Cleethorpes|Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire]]. In a ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' interview Hurt states the family lived in a vicarage opposite a cinema, but he was not allowed to go there, as films were "frowned upon." However, watching theatre was considered "fine" and encouraged particularly by his mother, who took him regularly to the [[repertory theatre]] in Cleethorpes. His parents disliked his later acting ambitions and encouraged him to become an art teacher instead.<ref name="HurtInterview"/> Aged 17, Hurt enrolled in [[Grimsby]] Art School (now the East Coast School of Art and Design), where he studied art. In 1959, he won a scholarship allowing him to study for an Art Teacher's Diploma at [[Saint Martin's School of Art]] in London.<ref name=sharp>Rob Sharp (19 April 2008). [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/central-saint-martins-the-art-and-soul-of-britain-811786.html Central Saint Martins: The art and soul of Britain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420205720/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/central-saint-martins-the-art-and-soul-of-britain-811786.html |date=20 April 2016 }}. ''The Independent'' (London). Retrieved July 2013.</ref> Despite the scholarship, paying his tuition fees and living expenses was difficult, so he persuaded some of his friends to pose naked and sold the portraits. In 1960, he won a scholarship to [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], where he trained for two years,<ref name="Abused"/> graduating in 1962 with an Acting (RADA Diploma).<ref name="rada">{{cite web |url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/john-hurt/ |title= RADA Student & graduate profiles: John Hurt |work= rada.ac.uk |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>

==Career==
{{See also|List of John Hurt performances}}
=== 1962–1975 ===
[[File:Hans Holbein the Younger - Sir Richard Rich, later 1st Baron Rich RL 12238.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Hurt portrayed Sir Richard Rich in ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966)]]

Hurt's first film role was as Phil Corbett in the [[Ralph Thomas]] directed British romantic drama ''[[The Wild and the Willing]]'' (1962). Hurt starred alongside [[Virginia Maskell]] and [[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]]. In 1963 he acted in the [[Kitchen sink realism|Kitchen sink drama]] ''[[This Is My Street]]''. The following year he appeared in the television series ''[[Gideon's Way]]'' episode: The Tin God (1964) as prison escapee Freddy Tisdale.

Hurt's first major role was as [[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich|Richard Rich]] in the [[Fred Zinnemann]] directed historical drama film ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966).<ref name="IGNobit"/> Hurt acted alongside [[Paul Scofield]], [[Wendy Hiller]], [[Orson Welles]], [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], [[Susannah York]], and [[Vanessa Redgrave]]. The film received critical acclaim and six [[Academy Awards]] including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. Hurt then acted in the British romantic drama ''[[The Sailor from Gibraltar]]'' starring [[Jeanne Moreau]] directed by [[Tony Richardson]]. He then starred in [[John Huston]]'s raunchy adventure comedy ''[[Sinful Davey]]'' (1969) which critics compared to the film ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''. That same year he acted in the British war film ''[[Before Winter Comes]]'' opposite [[David Niven]] and the drama ''[[In Search of Gregory]]'' alongside [[Julie Christie]].

He then played [[Timothy Evans]], who was hanged for murders committed by his landlord [[John Reginald Halliday Christie|John Christie]], in ''[[10 Rillington Place]]'' (1971), earning him his first [[BAFTA]] nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His portrayal of [[Quentin Crisp]] in the TV play ''[[The Naked Civil Servant (film)|The Naked Civil Servant]]'' (1975) gave him prominence and earned him the [[British Academy Television Award]] for Best Actor.<ref name="IGNobit">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/01/28/alien-and-harry-potter-actor-john-hurt-dies|website=IGN|title=Alien and Harry Potter Actor John HurtDies|access-date=27 January 2017|date=27 January 2017|first=Seth G.|last=Macy}}</ref> The following year, Hurt appeared as Anthony John Grey, a crooked computer programming expert in ''[[The Sweeney]]'' episode ''Tomorrow Man.''

=== 1976–1980 ===
[[File:Joseph Merrick carte de visite photo, c. 1889.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Hurt portrayed [[Joseph Merrick]] in ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' (1980)]]
He won further acclaim for his bravura performance as the [[ancient Rome|Roman]] emperor [[Caligula]] in the [[BBC]] drama serial ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' (1976). In a much later documentary about the series, ''I Claudius: A Television Epic'' (2002), Hurt revealed that he had originally declined the role when it was first offered to him, but that series director [[Herbert Wise]] had invited him to a special pre-production party, hoping Hurt would change his mind, and that he was so impressed by meeting the rest of the cast and crew that he reversed his decision and took the role.<ref name="Foxobit">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/actor-john-hurt-dead-at-77|title=Actor John Hurt Is Dead At 77|publisher=Fox|access-date=29 April 2017|date=27 January 2017}}</ref>

Hurt appeared in the 1978 film ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'', for which he won a [[Golden Globe]] and a BAFTA and was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] for Best Supporting Actor (the latter of which he lost to [[Christopher Walken]] for his performance in ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'').<ref name="Foxobit"/> Around the same time, he lent his voice to [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s animated film adaptation of [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''Lord of the Rings'']], playing the role of [[Aragorn]]. Hurt voiced [[Hazel (Watership Down)|Hazel]], the heroic rabbit leader of his warren in the film adaptation of ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' (both 1978) and later played the major villain, [[General Woundwort]], in the [[Watership Down (1999 TV series)|animated television series version]].<ref name="Telegraphobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/28/sir-john-hurt-legendary-british-actor-dies-aged-77-battle-pancreatic/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/28/sir-john-hurt-legendary-british-actor-dies-aged-77-battle-pancreatic/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir John Hurt, legendary British actor, dies aged 77 after battle with pancreatic cancer|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=28 January 2017|date=28 January 2017|first=Chris|last=Graham}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

His other roles in the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s included [[Executive Officer Kane|Kane]], the first victim of the title creature in the [[Ridley Scott]] directed film ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979). He reprised the role as a parody in ''[[Spaceballs]]''. In 1980 he portrayed the deformed [[Joseph Merrick]] in [[David Lynch]]'s biographical drama film ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' (1980). Hurt starred alongside [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[John Gielgud]], and [[Anne Bancroft]]. [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised his performance writing, "John Hurt, in complex and intricate prosthetics, plays Merrick with an unforgettably distinctive, gentle, quavering voice".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/12/the-elephant-man-review-david-lynch|title= The Elephant Man review – David Lynch's tragic tale of compassion|website= The Guardian|date= 12 March 2020|accessdate= August 1, 2023|last1= Bradshaw|first1= Peter}}</ref> He won another the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]. He was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]].<ref name="IGNobit"/>

That same year he starred in [[Michael Cimino]]'s epic Western ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' starring [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Christopher Walken]], and [[Sam Waterston]]. The following year he portrayed [[Jesus Christ]] in the [[Mel Brooks]] comedy film ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' (1981). Also in 1981 he starred in [[Delbert Mann]]'s thriller ''[[Night Crossing]]'' (1981). He earned the [[Evening Standard British Film Award]] for Best Actor for his performances as [[Bob Champion]] in the sports drama ''[[Champions (1984 film)|Champions]]'' (1984), Mitchell Braddock in the crime thriller ''[[The Hit (1984 film)|The Hit]]'' (1984), and [[Winston Smith (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Winston Smith]] in ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1984).  He also played the would-be art school radical Scrawdyke in ''[[Little Malcolm]]'' (1974).

=== 1981–1999 ===
Hurt also had a starring role in [[Sam Peckinpah]]'s critically panned but moderately successful final film, ''[[The Osterman Weekend (film)|The Osterman Weekend]]'' (1983). Also in this period, he starred as the Fool opposite [[Laurence Olivier]]'s King in ''[[King Lear (1983 TV drama)|King Lear]]'' (1983). Hurt also appeared as [[Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov|Raskolnikov]] in a BBC television adaptation of ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3664580/Why-Im-so-furious-with-the-BBC.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3664580/Why-Im-so-furious-with-the-BBC.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Why I'm So Furious with the BBC|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 April 2007|access-date=28 January 2017|first=Jasper|last=Rees}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Hurt voiced Snitter in ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]'', played  Winston Smith in the [[Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)|film adaptation]] of [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1984) and starred in [[Disney]]'s ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'' (1985), voicing the film's main antagonist, the [[Horned King]]. Hurt provided the voiceover for ''[[AIDS: Don't Die of Ignorance|AIDS: Iceberg/Tombstone]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1210462/index.html |title=BFI Screenonline: AIDS: Iceberg / Tombstone |publisher=Screenonline.org.uk|access-date=26 May 2013}}</ref> a 1986 [[public information film]] warning of the dangers of AIDS, and played the title role, the on-screen narrator, in [[Jim Henson]]'s television series ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The StoryTeller]]'' (1988). Hurt appeared in the 1987 [[Bob Clark]]-directed movie ''[[From the Hip (film)|From the Hip]]''.

He had a supporting role as "Bird" O'Donnell in [[Jim Sheridan]]'s film ''[[The Field (1990 film)|The Field]]'' (1990), which garnered him another BAFTA nomination. In this film, Hurt starred alongside [[Richard Harris]] who earned a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. In [[King Ralph]] (1991) Hurt played Lord Percival Graves. Hurt portrayed [[James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose]] in the historical drama ''[[Rob Roy (1995 film)|Rob Roy]]'' opposite [[Liam Neeson]], [[Jessica Lange]] and [[Tim Roth]]. That same year he acted in the [[Jim Jarmusch]] directed Western ''[[Dead Man]]'' starring [[Johnny Depp]], and [[Walter Hill]]'s Western ''[[Wild Bill (1995 film)|Wild Bill]]'' (1995) with [[Jeff Bridges]].

In 1997 he starred in [[Richard Kwietniowski]]'s ''[[Love and Death on Long Island]]'' for which he was nominated for the [[BIFA for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film]]. He was cast as the reclusive tycoon S. R. Hadden in ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'' (1997).<ref name="Telegraphobit"/> During this time, Hurt provided narration on the British musical group [[Art of Noise]]'s concept album ''[[The Seduction of Claude Debussy]]'' and narrated a four-part TV series ''The Universe'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605560/|title=Universe (TV Series 1999) – IMDb|publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>

=== 2000–2017 ===
[[File:Cynthia Nixon John Hurt Swoosie Kurtz 2009 Tribeca.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cynthia Nixon]], Hurt and [[Swoosie Kurtz]] in 2009]]
In the first ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' film, ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001), he played [[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Garrick Ollivander|Mr Ollivander]], the wand-maker. He returned for the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', though his scenes in that film were cut. He also returned for ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|Part 2]]''. In the 2006 film ''[[V for Vendetta (film)|V for Vendetta]]'', he played the role of [[Adam Sutler]], leader of the [[Norsefire]] fascist dictatorship and in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (2008) he appeared as Harold Oxley.<ref>{{cite news|title=IESB First Look: Indy IV Looks Back at the Original Trilogy|publisher=IESB|format=Video|date=1 May 2008|url=http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=227&task=videodirectlink&id=990|access-date=1 May 2008}}</ref>

He voiced the Great Dragon Kilgharrah, who aids the young warlock [[Merlin]] as he protects the future King Arthur, in the BBC television series ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' (also 2008).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/23/bbc.television|title=Michelle Ryan and John Hurt join all-star cast for BBC1 drama Merlin|work=The Guardian|access-date=28 January 2017|date=23 July 2008|first=Leigh|last=Holmwood}}</ref> In 2011, he narrated the BBC documentary ''[[Planet Dinosaur]]'', a dinosaur-centered documentary completely shown through [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roe |first=Annabelle Honess |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-OgQH2pmAoC&q=%22Planet%20Dinosaur%22%20%22John%20Hurt%22 |title=Animated Documentary |date=2013-06-11 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-01746-8 |language=en}}</ref>

More than thirty years after ''The Naked Civil Servant'', Hurt reprised the role of Quentin Crisp in the 2009 film ''[[An Englishman in New York (film)|An Englishman in New York]]''. This television film depicts Crisp's later years in New York.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7373997.stm|work=BBC News|title=Actor Hurt to reprise Crisp role|date=29 April 2008|access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref> He returned to Orwell's ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'', playing the on-screen [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]] for the Paper Zoo Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the novel in June 2009. The theatre production premiered at the [[National Media Museum]], in [[Bradford]] and toured in 2010. Hurt said, "I think Paper Zoo thought it would be quite ironic to have the person who played Winston having risen in the party. From the Chestnut Tree Cafe, he's managed to get his wits together again, now understanding that [[2+2=5|2 and 2 make 5]], and becomes Big Brother. So it tickled my fancy, and of course, I looked up Paper Zoo, and they seem to me to be the sort of company that's essential in the country as we know it, and doing a lot of really good stuff."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apeyo.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/history-of-actor-john-hurts|title=The History of John Hurt|date=3 July 2012|publisher=Apeyo|access-date=28 January 2017}}</ref>
[[File:John Hurt Cannes 2013.JPG |thumb|upright|Hurt at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
At the [[65th British Academy Film Awards]] Hurt won the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2013, Hurt first appeared in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[The Name of the Doctor]]" as an unplaced  incarnation of [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]].<ref name="DarkDoctor"/> His character is named as the [[War Doctor]] in the mini-episode "[[The Night of the Doctor]]"; his character is given focus in the 50th anniversary episode "[[The Day of the Doctor]]",<ref name="DarkDoctor">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10157321/Doctor-Whos-new-adversary-the-Prince-of-Wales.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10157321/Doctor-Whos-new-adversary-the-Prince-of-Wales.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Doctor Who's new adversary|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|last=Rayner|first=Gordon |date=3 July 2013|access-date=4 July 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He reprised the role on audio for [[Big Finish Productions]] in a series of audio stories starting from 2015 to 2017, completing twelve episodes over four box sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-war-doctor|title=Doctor Who: The War Doctor|work=bigfinish.com|access-date=29 April 2017}}</ref> He also played [[Griffin (The Invisible Man)|the title character]] in an audio drama adaptation of ''[[The Invisible Man]]'' for the company, for which he was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/podcasts/v/the-big-finish-podcast---sir-john-hurt-tribute-february-01|title=The Big Finish Podcast: Sir John Hurt Tribute|work=bigfinish.com|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2SlTlmGvz1t6wS31SMCtlGm/the-2018-finalists|title=The BBC Audio Drama Awards – 2018 Finalists|work=BBC|access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>

During [[Terry Gilliam]]'s eighth attempt at making his [[development hell]] project ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'', Hurt was set to star as [[Don Quixote]] alongside [[Adam Driver]]. However, his declining health and eventual death led the project to be cancelled yet again; he was eventually replaced by [[Jonathan Pryce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/john-hurt-says-hell-star-terry-gilliams-don-quixot-209551|title=John Hurt says he'll star in Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote movie, if it ever happens|work=AV Club|date=23 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Jagernauth">{{cite web|title=Terry Gilliam's 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Delayed Again Due To John Hurt's Cancer Diagnosis|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/terry-gilliams-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-delayed-again-due-to-john-hurts-cancer-diagnosis-20150922|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|work=The Playlist|date=22 September 2015|access-date=6 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127123832/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/terry-gilliams-the-man-who-killed-don-quixote-delayed-again-due-to-john-hurts-cancer-diagnosis-20150922|archive-date=27 November 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Hurt was due to appear alongside [[Ben Kingsley]] in a film entitled ''Broken Dream'', to be directed by [[Neil Jordan]].<ref name="Broken Dream">{{cite web|url=http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283808&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Ben Kingsley & John Hurt for Neil Jordan – John Boorman's 'Broken Dream'|publisher=IFTN|access-date=15 April 2011}}</ref> In 2015, Hurt guest stars the voice of [[List of people and animals from Thomas & Friends#Sailor John|Sailor John]], the main antagonist in the ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'' film ''[[Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure]]'' along with [[Eddie Redmayne]] (Ryan) and [[Jamie Campbell Bower]] (Skiff).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/eddie-redmayne-john-hurt-board-thomas-feature/|title=Eddie Redmayne, John Hurt Board 'Thomas' Feature|magazine=[[Animation Magazine]]|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref> At the time of his death he had completed filming ''[[That Good Night (film)|That Good Night]]'', in which he played a terminally ill writer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-02 |title='That Good Night': A charismatic performance caps career of the great John Hurt |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2020/11/2/21544513/that-good-night-review-john-hurt-movie-final-performance-last-charles-dance-film |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref> Hurt was initially cast as [[Neville Chamberlain]] in ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]''. However, according to [[Gary Oldman]], Hurt was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, and dropped the role in pre-production; actor [[Ronald Pickup]] assumed the role of Chamberlain instead.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Hurt won't appear in Darkest Hour, what was thought to be his final film|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a828492/john-hurt-not-in-darkest-hour-final-film/|date=16 May 2017|work=Digital Spy|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:John Hurt 2014.png|thumb|left|upright|Hurt in 2014]]
Hurt had an older brother, Br. Anselm (born Michael), a [[Roman Catholic]] convert who became a [[monk]] and writer at [[Glenstal Abbey]]; Hurt contributed to his brother's books.<ref name="HurtBook">{{cite web|url=http://www.glenstal.org/shop/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=63|title=Br. Alselm's cookbook|publisher=Glenstal.org|date=17 October 2009|access-date=28 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802154336/http://www.glenstal.org/shop/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=63|archive-date=2 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hurt also had an adopted sister, Monica. In 1962, Hurt's father left his parish in [[Cleethorpes]] to become headmaster of St Michael's College in the Central American country of [[British Honduras]]. Hurt's mother died in 1975, and his father died in 1999 at the age of 95.

In 1962, Hurt married actress [[Annette Robertson]]. The marriage ended in 1964. In 1967, he began his longest relationship with Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, a French model. The couple had planned to get married after 15 years together. On 26 January 1983, Hurt and Volpeliere-Pierrot went horse riding early in the morning near their house in [[Ascott-under-Wychwood|Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire]]; Volpeliere-Pierrot was thrown from her horse. She went into a coma and died later that day.<ref>{{cite news|last=Norman|first=Michael|title=John Hurt: Always in Character|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/magazine/john-hurt-always-in-character.html|access-date=15 April 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 December 1990}}</ref>

In September 1984, Hurt married his old friend, Donna Peacock, an American actress, at a local [[General Register Office|Register Office]]. The couple moved to [[Kenya]] but divorced in January 1990.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

On 24 January 1990, Hurt married Joan Dalton, an American production assistant,<ref name="Telegraphobit"/> whom he had met while filming ''Scandal''. With her, he had two sons. This marriage ended in 1996 and was followed by a seven-year relationship with Sarah Owens, a Dublin-born presenter and writer. The couple moved to [[County Wicklow]], where they settled close to their friends, director [[John Boorman]] and [[Claddagh Records]] founder and Guinness heir [[Garech Browne]]. In July 2002, the couple separated. In March 2005, Hurt married his fourth wife, Anwen Rees-Meyers, an advertising film producer. He gave up smoking and drinking during his fourth marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/web/20180613160442mp_/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/never-lose-the-edge-john-hurt-interview-1-1432200|title=Never lose the edge – John Hurt interview|date=8 February 2018 |publisher=The Scotsman}}</ref> He lived in [[Cromer|Cromer, Norfolk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://johnhurt.co.uk/post/17087424686/acting-legend-john-hurt-talks-about-his-upcoming-bafta |title=Acting legend John Hurt talks about his upcoming BAFTA award and life living near Cromer |publisher=Johnhurt.co.uk |access-date=26 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015023/http://johnhurt.co.uk/post/17087424686/acting-legend-john-hurt-talks-about-his-upcoming-bafta |archive-date=3 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2007, Hurt took part in the [[BBC]] [[genealogy|genealogical]] television series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', which investigated part of his family history. Prior to the programme, Hurt had harboured a love of Ireland and was enamoured of a "deeply beguiling" family legend that suggested his great-grandmother had been the illegitimate daughter of a [[Marquess of Sligo]]. The genealogical evidence uncovered seemed to contradict the family legend, rendering the suggestion doubtful. The search revealed that his great-grandmother had previously lived in [[Grimsby]], at a location within a mile of the art college at which Hurt had been a student.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/john-hurt |title=Who Do You Think You Are? – John Hurt |work=BBC Magazine |access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2016, Hurt announced he was in favour of the United Kingdom [[Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom|voting to remain in the EU]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220613/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html |archive-date=13 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The celebrities that support Brexit (and the ones backing Remain)|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Illness and death ==
[[File:John Hurt by Walterlan Papetti.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Hurt in 2015]]
On 16 June 2015, Hurt publicly announced that he had been diagnosed with early-stage [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-hurt-idUSKBN0OW21820150616 | title= Actor John Hurt reveals cancer diagnosis: agency | work = Reuters | date=16 June 2015|access-date=16 June 2015| archive-date= 16 June 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616205146/https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/us-people-hurt-idUSKBN0OW21820150616 | url-status=live}}</ref> He confirmed that he would continue to work while undergoing treatment and said that both he and the medical team treating him were "more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome."<ref>{{cite news | title='John Hurt 'more than optimistic' as he reveals pancreatic cancer diagnosis'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/16/john-hurt-optimistic-reveals-pancreatic-cancer-diagnosis| date=15 June 2015| newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> Following treatment, he stated that his cancer was in [[remission (medicine)|remission]] on 12 October 2015.<ref>{{cite news | title=John Hurt "overjoyed" and "thrilled" at cancer remission news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a673648/john-hurt-overjoyed-and-thrilled-at-cancer-remission-news| date=14 October 2015| newspaper=Digital Spy| access-date=14 October 2015}}</ref> Hurt died at his home in [[Cromer]], [[Norfolk]], on 28 January 2017.<ref name="dd">{{cite news |title=Sir John Hurt: Bafta-winning actor dies aged 77|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38778145|work=BBC News|access-date=28 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/28/john-hurt-obituary|title=Sir John Hurt obituary|first=Michael|last=Coveney|author-link=Michael Coveney|date=28 January 2017|access-date=29 January 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
|[[51st Academy Awards|1978]] || rowspan=2|[[Academy Awards]]|| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[53rd Academy Awards|1980]] || [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[36th Golden Globe Awards|1978]] || rowspan=2|[[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture || ''Midnight Express'' || {{won}} 
|-
|[[38th Golden Globe Awards|1980]] || Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama || ''The Elephant Man'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[25th British Academy Film Awards|1971]] || rowspan=8|[[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]|| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]] || ''[[10 Rillington Place]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|1975 || [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || ''[[The Naked Civil Servant (film)|The Naked Civil Servant]]'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[32nd British Academy Film Awards|1978]] || rowspan="2" | Best Supporting Actor || ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[33rd British Academy Film Awards|1979]] || ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[34th British Academy Film Awards|1980]] || Best Actor || ''The Elephant Man'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[43rd British Academy Film Awards|1989]] || Best Supporting Actor || ''[[The Field (1990 film)|The Field]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[63rd British Academy Film Awards|2009]] || Best Actor || ''[[An Englishman in New York (film)|An Englishman in New York]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[65th British Academy Film Awards|2011]] || colspan=2|BAFTA Special Award || {{won|Received}}
|-
|}

'''Honours'''

In 2004, Hurt was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3798257.stm |title=Actor Hurt earns his CBE |work=BBC News |date=9 December 2004 |access-date=26 May 2013}}</ref> He was created a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[2015 New Year Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61092 |supp=y|page=N2|date=31 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102104907/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|title=2015 New Year Honours List|archive-date=2 January 2015}}</ref> On 17 July 2015, he attended an [[investiture]] ceremony at [[Windsor Castle]] where he received the [[accolade]] from [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Proud' John Hurt Receives Knighthood|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1520819/proud-john-hurt-receives-knighthood|website=Sky News|access-date=17 July 2015|date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2012, he was among the [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British cultural icons]] selected by artist Sir [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of his album cover for the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admired.<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|work=The Guardian|date=5 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sir Peter Blake's new Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album cover|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17583026|agency=BBC|date=9 November 2016}}</ref>

In 2014, he received the Will Award, presented by the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]], along with [[Stacy Keach]] and Dame [[Diana Rigg]]. The John Hurt Centre opened in September 2016 and  is an education and exhibition space located at [[Cinema City, Norwich|Cinema City]], [[Norwich]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The John Hurt Centre|url=http://norfolkatthepictures.org.uk/building-and-design-plans/|website=Norfolk at the Pictures|access-date=26 September 2016|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927131901/http://norfolkatthepictures.org.uk/building-and-design-plans/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''Charity patron'''
[[File:"Bear Necessities" Paddington Bear, Great Russell Street - geograph.org.uk - 4262782.jpg|thumb|upright|Hurt's [[marmalade]]-themed [[Paddington Bear]] statue in London, auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|NSPCC]]]]

Since 2003, Hurt was a patron of the Proteus Syndrome Foundation, both in the United Kingdom and in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.proteus-syndrome.org.uk/sections.php?name=John_Hurt|title=Proteus Syndrome Foundation UK|work=proteus-syndrome.org.uk|access-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231190422/http://www.proteus-syndrome.org.uk/sections.php?name=John_Hurt|archive-date=31 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Proteus syndrome]] is the condition that [[Joseph Merrick]], who Hurt played (renamed as John Merrick) in ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'', is thought to have suffered from, although Merrick's exact condition is still not known with certainty.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Tibbles JA, Cohen MM|title=The Proteus Syndrome: the Elephant Man diagnosed|journal=Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)|volume=293|issue=6548|pages=683–85|year=1986|pmid=3092979|pmc=1341524|doi=10.1136/bmj.293.6548.683}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/record/11399837/full_citation/The_improbable_%22Elephant_Man|title=The improbable Elephant Man|author=Spiring P|journal=Biologist (London, England)|publisher=Biologist (London)|date=June 2001|volume=48|issue=3|page=104|pmid=11399837|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/dhc-ada071803.php|title=Ancient DNA analysis unveils mystery of history's most horribly deformed man – The Elephant Man|website=EurekAlert!|date=21 July 2003|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1436744/Science-uncovers-handsome-side-of-the-Elephant-Man.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1436744/Science-uncovers-handsome-side-of-the-Elephant-Man.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Science uncovers handsome side of the Elephant Man|author=Highfield, Roger|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, UK|date=22 July 2003|access-date=1 January 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

From 2006, Hurt had been a [[patron]] of Project Harar, a UK-based charity working in [[Ethiopia]] for children with facial disfigurements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projectharar.co.uk/john_hurt.html|title=John Hurt|publisher=Project Harar|date=19 July 2006|access-date=28 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119180734/http://www.projectharar.co.uk/john_hurt.html|archive-date=19 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Hurt was announced as patron of [[Norwich Cinema City]] in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/john_hurt_announced_as_new_patron_of_norwich_s_cinema_city_1_1996857|title=John Hurt announced as new patron of Norwich's Cinema City|first=Sabah|last=Meddings|newspaper=EDP24|date=29 March 2013|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-date=2 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302005732/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/john_hurt_announced_as_new_patron_of_norwich_s_cinema_city_1_1996857|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, Hurt designed a [[Paddington Bear]] statue which was placed outside the [[British Museum]]. It was one of fifty statues of Paddington located around London prior to the release of the film ''[[Paddington (film)|Paddington]]'' which were auctioned to raise funds for the [[National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children]] (NSPCC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Paddington Bear Statues Have Taken Over London |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-11-24/paddington-bear-statues-taken-over-london-david-beckham-benedict-cumberbatch |access-date=10 June 2022 |work=Condé Nast}}</ref>

'''University degrees and appointments'''

In January 2002, Hurt received an honorary degree from the [[University of Derby]]. In January 2006 he received an honorary degree of [[Doctor of Letters]] from the [[University of Hull]]. In 2012 he was appointed provost of [[Norwich University of the Arts|Norwich University College of the Arts]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2012-06-29/hollywood-legend-takes-up-norwich-university-post|title=Hollywood legend takes up Norwich University post |work=ITV News|date=29 June 2012|access-date=26 May 2013}}</ref> and became its first [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] when the college became a full university in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-01-31|title=John Hurt appointed Norwich University of the Arts chancellor|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-21281532|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nua.ac.uk/hollywood-glamour-marks-the-official-renaming-of-norwich-university-of-the-arts|title=Hollywood glamour marks the official renaming of Norwich University of the Arts|publisher=Nua.ac.uk|access-date=1 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101162142/http://www.nua.ac.uk/hollywood-glamour-marks-the-official-renaming-of-norwich-university-of-the-arts/|archive-date=1 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 23 January 2013, he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts by the [[University of Lincoln]], at [[Lincoln Cathedral]].<ref>[http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2013/01/627.asp "John Hurt CBE joins honoraries at January graduation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322030205/http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2013/01/627.asp|date=22 March 2014}} ''University of Lincoln'', 21 January 2013; retrieved 21 March 2013.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="memorable">Sources that refer to the final scene of Hurt's character in ''Alien'' as one of the most memorable in cinematic history include these:
*{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6597295.stm |title=Alien named as top 18-rated scene |author=BBC News |author-link=BBC News |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=26 April 2007 |access-date=31 May 2010 }}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/oct/19/features.review|title=All fright on the night|work=The Guardian |location=UK |first= Mark|last= Kermode|access-date=1 February 2010 | date=19 October 2003}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/movies/movieextras/top10s/scariest-scenes.php|title=Scariest movie scenes ever|work=[[Virgin Media]]|access-date=18 January 2010}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/805670-john-hurt-talks-harry-potter-flamenco-and-chestbursters|title=John Hurt talks Harry Potter, flamenco and chestbursters|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|first=Graeme|last=Green|date=10 December 2009|access-date=18 January 2010}}
*{{cite web|title=The 100 Scariest Movie Moments|publisher=Bravo|url=http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030070540/http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml|archive-date=30 October 2007|access-date=29 May 2010}}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/13/making-of-alien-chestburster|title=The making of Alien's chestburster scene|work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=18 January 2010 | date=13 October 2009}}</ref>
}}

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* [https://sirjohnhurtfilmtrust.org.uk/ Sir John Hurt Film Trust]

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