John Hurt (1940-2017)
74.9 TOPICAL actor score · #161 of 1,977 actors
John Hurt (1940-2017) has a TOPICAL actor score of 74.9 - ranked 161 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are credits and acting honours. They've won 4 acting honours from 10 nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Their best ten-year run was 1978-1987. Best films: The Elephant Man (1980), Alien (1979), Dogville (2003).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours93
Prime77
Their movies79
Credits96
Career standing89
- Acting honours4 wins, 10 nominations - incl. BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Prime1978-1987
- Credits133 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 26 scored films (3 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 66 languages
“Regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation and described as having the "most distinctive voice in Britain", he was referred to by David Lynch as "simply the greatest actor in the world".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
John Hurt's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Alien | 1979 | 5 |
| 168 | The Elephant Man | 1980 | 2 |
| 623 | A Man for All Seasons | 1966 | 8 |
| 692 | Dogville | 2003 | 3 |
| 766 | Melancholia | 2011 | 7 |
| 780 | Contact | 1997 | 4 |
| 795 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | 2011 | 4 |
| 811 | Midnight Express | 1978 | 8 |
| 816 | V for Vendetta | 2005 | 5 |
| 1,171 | Snowpiercer | 2013 | 4 |
| 1,199 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 2006 | 5 |
| 2,087 | Dead Man | 1995 | 7 |
| 2,099 | Rob Roy | 1995 | 3 |
| 2,131 | Jackie | 2016 | 5 |
| 2,216 | Only Lovers Left Alive | 2013 | 7 |
| 2,749 | Hellboy | 2004 | 4 |
| 2,878 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2008 | 6 |
| 2,997 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | 1984 | 1 |
| 3,344 | Heaven's Gate | 1980 | 3 |
| 3,912 | The Black Cauldron | 1985 | 5 |
| 4,161 | The Skeleton Key | 2005 | 4 |
| 4,190 | The Lord of the Rings | 1978 | 4 |
| 4,500 | The Field | 1990 | 2 |
| 4,912 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | 2001 | 3 |
| 5,164 | Immortals | 2011 | 6 |
| 5,166 | Hercules | 2014 | 3 |