1. Born: January 22, 1940BBC Derby: John Hurt Biography
2. Birthplace: Chesterfield, Darbyshire, EnglandBBC Derby: John Hurt Biography
3. Nominated: Best Supporting Actor in 1978 for Midnight Express; Best Actor in 1980 for Elephant ManYahoo! Movies: John Hurt Biography
4. Provided voice of Aragorn in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of Lord of the RingsYahoo! Movies: John Hurt Biography
5. Spoofs his role from Alien (1979) in Spaceballs (1987)
6. Marriages: 4
7. Divorces: 3
8. Children: 2

In 1975, he appeared in the British teleplay The Naked Civil Servant, which was based on the life and writings of the openly gay writer Quentin Crisp. Hurt received rave reviews for his bold and visionary performance. He soon began garnering a variety of major roles, including the two which would establish him as one of the screen's finest and most versatile actors and for which he would be nominated for Academy Awards.

In 1979, right in between his nominations, he would appear in a relatively minor role which would paradoxically become the one most people would remember him by: as the doomed Kane, the character eaten apart from within by the malevolent title creature in Alien.BBC Derby: John Hurt Biography Yahoo! Movies: John Hurt Biography