Who reigns in Geek Pop Culture?: The gutsy geek who is John Hurt

Geek Icon of the Week: John Hurt

Geek Credits: Alien, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hellboy, V for Vendetta
Notable for: Having an alien burst out of his chest not once, but twice!

First off, let's face the facts: John Hurt not only gains geek points but awesomeness points for reprising his world-renown scene with the alien bursting out of his chest in the movie Spaceballs with the added line of "oh no, not again!" It always gutsy (pun intended) to be so brutally killed by an alien, but to spoof it years later is just plain awesome!

But John got an early start with a huge geek character: Aragorn in the cartoon version of Lord of the Rings. His voicing of Aragorn set him on the path of geekiness with later projects of Alien and 1984. After a hiatus from the geek world, he returned in the year 2001 with a vengeance!

He returned with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, then joined in with the Hellboy and Merlin series. Since then, he also appeared in V for Vendetta and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Though with all of his credits, he will still never live down that scene from Alien.

John Hurt is particularly unique in the geek world due to his role in Alien. Ask any film critic and almost every one of them will say that one of the most memorable movie moments in all of history was John's scene. Geek icons don't always have memorable movies and shows, or even memorable scenes, that make an impact on movie history. Even 100 years from now his scene will still be echoing in infamy. For this, he receives a great honor in the geek world and as a geek icon.

Congratulations John on your geek intuition!

Geek Point Scorecard:

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Alien

1984

Spaceballs

Frankenstein Unbound

Contact

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Hellboy

V for Vendetta

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Merlin