John Hurt Biography
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He lived with Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot from 1967-83, when she was killed in a riding accident.

Son of a clergyman.

Trained to become a painter at Grimsby Art School.

Studied at RADA.

He is an Associate of RADA.

He did the film
History of the World: Part I because he had just gotten through doing two seriously dramatic films and said that he wanted to have fun and do a comedy.

Awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004
Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honours List for services to Drama.

Has two sons with Dalton: Nicolas and Alexander.

Has worked with two Boromirs. In
Ralph Bakshi's film
The Lord of the Rings, he played the voice of "Aragorn", opposite
Michael Graham Cox (as "Boromir") who went on to reprise the role for BBC radio. He later appeared in
The Field with Sean Bean, who played the role in
Peter Jackson's adaptation.

His mother opened a school at his father's vicarage when he was five.

Is the youngest of three sons.

Father was a vicar in Derbyshire.

Spoofs his role from
Alien in
Spaceballs.

26th January 2006, received an honorary Doctorate in Letters from the University of Hull, Yorkshire.

Was not the first choice for the role of "Kane" in
Alien. He was brought in on the second day of filming after
Jon Finch, the original actor cast for the role, was diagnosed with a severe case of diabetes and taken to hospital.

One of his two brothers became a monk.

As Winston Smith in
Nineteen Eighty-Four he portrays a victim of a totalitarian society, with Big Brother as its head. In
V for Vendetta, he portrays the "Big Brother"-type leader "Chancellor Sutler".
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