The two-time Oscar nominee was knighted in 2015. — -- Two-time Oscar nominee John Hurt is dead, ABC News has confirmed. The British actor, who appeared in films including "Midnight Express," "The ...

John Hurt, a prolific British actor whose decades in Hollywood included roles in the Harry Potter series and "Alien," has died at age 77. The two-time Oscar nominee disclosed in 2015 that he had been ...

Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All ...

Tim Roth as Myron and John Hurt as Mitchell Braddock looking at a map in The Hit Image via Palace Pictures While it might be easy to associate British cinema with highly ornate period pieces and ...