Saturday, January 28, 2017

British actor John Hurt (77) death – NU.nl

Actor John Hurt is Friday, died at the age of 77. The Brit was known for his roles in such classics as Alien and The Elephant Man. Also, he spoke with his deep voice many large animatierollen in.

That report various British media.

Hurt was known for his roles in The Elephant Man, Harry Pottermovies and Midnight Express. For that last film, about an American man in his twenties who, because of drug trafficking are trapped in a Turkish prison, he won a Golden Globe. Also, he played an iconic role in the film Alien; he was the crew member that the first to be attacked by the alien.

The British actor received in 2015 to hear that he has pancreatic cancer but had later said that he fully recovered from the disease.

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In his film career, which extended over six decades, he has twice been nominated for an Oscar. For his role in Midnight Express (1978) and The Elephant Man (1980). In addition to a Golden Globe award he also won several BAFTA Awards, including a prize for his entire oeuvre.

Hurt was in Alien, V for Vendetta and took on the role of Olivander in the Harry Potterseries. In 2015, he was knighted by the queen.

The British actor is the next year in the cinemas to be seen in a number of films. Mid-February is Jackie in the premiere, the week after the murder of John F. Kennedy reconstructs through the eyes of his wife Jackie. Hurt play in the movie a priest.

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The actor was himself the son of a priest in the English county of Derbyshire. In high school, was Hurt said that he would never succeed as an actor. Nevertheless, the boy went to the Drama school in London; he paid the training partly by pictures to create and sell. In the first few years, fell and Hurt so that he has a scholarship.

The actor was by his heavy, distinctive voice, which he also regularly cartoons encourage. As he was to hear as the hero of the Hazel in the classic Watership Down and as the villain the Hoornkoning in the Disney movie Taran and the Toverketel. Also was Hurt, the narrator of the two films Dogville and Manderlay of Lars von Trier.

By: NU.nl

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