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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 Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.
John Hurt
"Ben" kenobi
for "Ben" kenobi in Alternate star wars saga (2002-2018)
Suggested by xavierlennie
This is basically how I would have written star wars, I would have made them as books beforehand. It would a little different since these movies would be released in timeline order and I would sort of rewrite a chunk of it. For instance I would have anakin be 16 in the first movie not 10 and Qui gon would not exist at all instead focusing more Obi Wan Kenobi and his jedi friend Mace Windu and Obi would be a little bit older, and mace would die at the end of the first movie, killed by Count Dooku not Darth maul, have Dooku be a recurring villain for Obi Wan to have a score to settle with in ep 2 when they meet years later. the third movie is not about anakin's turn, 2 is about the start of the clone wars and 3 Is during the clone wars and then 4 jumps 20 years so you're still be surprised when the truth is revealed. And movies 4 and 5 would be mostly similar to og movies plot wise except for a few changes here and there, for 6 I would actually make it 2 movies cause I feel there is to much to cram into one movie so 2 it is, 6 would be about luke learning about Obi and Vader's past with the B plot of the gang, minus luke trying get intell about the second death star and ending with a big action scene at Jaba's palace, would end with Yoda's death and, through force flashbacks, luke learns leia is his sister. 7 would start right after 6 and would be similar to return of the jedi exept they would be wookies instead of ewokes, and it ends the same with luke turning Vader back to the light, killing the emperor and restoring peace and freedom to the galaxy.
