John Hurt

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John Hurt smiling and dressed in a tuxedo with a black bow tie at the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy premiere in Venice, Italy.

John Hurt stands leaning against a white display with red Cannes Festival text, posing outdoors at the 66th Festival de Cannes.

John Hurt lies on a table in distress, surrounded by Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Skerritt, and Ian Holm in a tense scene from the film Alien (1979).

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John Hurt: Media

British actor

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John Hurt smiling and dressed in a tuxedo with a black bow tie at the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy premiere in Venice, Italy.

John Hurt

John Hurt, 2011.

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John Hurt stands leaning against a white display with red Cannes Festival text, posing outdoors at the 66th Festival de Cannes.

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John Hurt at the Cannes film festival, 2013.

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John Hurt lies on a table in distress, surrounded by Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Skerritt, and Ian Holm in a tense scene from the film Alien (1979).

Alien

John Hurt as engineer Kane lying on a table in a scene from the science-fiction–horror...

© 1979 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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