How old was John Hurt in the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?

John Hurt was 60 in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when he played the character 'Garrick Ollivander'.

That was over 22 years ago in 2001.

In 2017 he died aged 77, starring in 192 films in his career, 90 of those after Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first released. If he were alive today he would be 84.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, I think John Hurt looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Chris Columbus 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
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone scores 7.92 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

John Hurt's other movies