John Hurt

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Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his generation and described as having the "most distinctive voice in Britain", he was referred to by David Lynch as "simply the greatest actor in the world". John Hurt's career spanned more than five decades. During that time, he was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four BAFTAs and a Golden Globe, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. John Hurt was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama. John Hurt graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1962. He appeared in a handful of movies before obtaining his breakthrough role, as Richard Rich in the Academy Award winning film A Man for All Seasons (1966), a few years later. It was in the mid-1970s that his career really took off. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for The Naked Civil Servant (1975), and played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). John...

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