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Q & A: How Willimon Runs Fincher's 'House ...John Hurt to Receive Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at BAFTAs
Throughout his career, Hurt has played iconic roles such as Winston Smith in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and Rich in "A Man for All Seasons." In 2011, Hurt had supporting roles as Control, the irascible head of the British Secret Intelligence Service in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," the wand-maker Ollivander in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and Dexter in "Melancholia."
Past recipients of the Outstanding Contribution award include Mike Leigh, Ridley and Tony Scott and Kenneth Branagh. This year's BAFTA awards will be hosted by Stephen Fry.
2 Comments
Sevin Okyay | January 28, 2012 3:25 AM
The one and only!
Berni Griffin | January 27, 2012 2:16 PM
About time too.