How old was John Hurt in the movie Midnight Express?

John Hurt was 37 in Midnight Express when he played the character 'Max'.

That was over 46 years ago in 1978.

In 2017 he died aged 77, starring in 192 films in his career, 171 of those after Midnight Express was first released. If he were alive today he would be 84.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Midnight Express, I think John Hurt looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Alan Parker has worked with John Hurt just once in his career.
  • John Hurt's first movie was as 'Phil Corbett' in The Wild and the Willing, released in 1962 when he was 21
  • Midnight Express scores 7.55 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Midnight Express

John Hurt's other movies