Michael Hurst

Michael Hurst

Nascimento : 1957-09-20, Lancashire, England

História

Michael Eric Hurst, ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand actor, director and writer, mostly on stage and television. He is probably best known internationally for playing Iolaus in the television programs Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and companion series Xena: Warrior Princess. Most recently, he is known for directing Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Ash vs. Evil Dead, 800 Words, and Westside. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hurst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Michael Hurst

Filmes

Mysterious Ways
Choosing between the love of a good man and the love of God is a tough call especially for vicar Peter Simmons. His tranquil life is rudely interrupted when he rashly proposes marriage to Jason his Samoan boyfriend, in church. As the news breaks globally of their forbidden sexual relationship, Peter’s place in the church is threatened and his belief in God is challenged to breaking point. The only thing that can save Peter is a miracle.
Princess of Chaos
Len Brown
Days after Auckland's mayor wins re-election, a blogger reveals an affair between Len Brown and Bevan Chuang. When everyone expects the 'Other Woman' to stay silent, Bevan tells the media her story.
Northspur
Green
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife - but to get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers.
Dead
Ross
Dane 'Marbles' Marbeck pode ver fantasmas, graças a uma droga caseira: a medicação neurológica de seu falecido pai misturada com maconha. O policial Jayson Tagg, um aspirante a super-policial na trilha de um assassino em série, acaba assassinado. Então, quando a mãe de Marbles planeja vender a fazenda da família, e a única maneira de comprar a casa dela é pegando o dinheiro oferecido por Tagg em troca de sua ajuda, Marbles aceita. A improvável dupla de policiais de meio-branco e fantasma luta para conciliar suas diferenças enquanto eles navegam através de ghouls, pervertidos, uma misteriosa figura encapuzada, e um tiro inesperado no amor. Fica claro que a única maneira de Marbles e Tagg resolverem o caso com suas almas intactas é enfrentar seus mais profundos arrependimentos e superar seus preconceitos.
View from Olympus
Narrator (voice)
Documentary from Geoffrey Cawthorn
Perigosas
Gage
Três mercenárias: Trixie (Julia Voth), Hel (Erin Cummings) e Camero (America Olivo), estão no meio de um remoto deserto tentando extorquir Gage (Michael Hurst), um impiedoso chefão do submundo, mas as coisas saem rapidamente de controle, fazendo com que verdades sejam reveladas e fidelidades quebradas. Com o destino do mundo na balança será que elas serão forçadas a confrontar um perigo maior do que o imaginado?
The Map Reader
Alison's father
Small-town New Zealand comedy-drama about Michael (Jordan Selwyn) - a 16-year-old whose passion for maps helps him escape his ordinary life and enjoy a state of isolation from those around him. But there are three women he can’t shut out – his single mother Amelia, a blind 20-year-old called Mary and Alison , a friend whose ‘grace betrays darker secrets’ apparently.
O Tatuador
Crash
O Tatuador é a história de um artista que faz tatuagens (Jason Behr) e que se torna fascinado e obcecado por aprender a técnica de tatuagem das ilhas de Samoa. Este desejo acaba por o colocar em perigo com o misticismo presente na ilha e onde um perigoso espírito acaba por ser solto.
We're Here to Help
Rodney Hide
A Kafkaesque docudrama of an actual case involving a Christchurch small businessman and the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Most people can relate to running up against a bureaucrat (especially the tax man), who knows he can cause you trouble if you say something he doesn't like and then proceeds to use his power to hurt you. In this case, the businessman, Dave Henderson refuses to give in and, for the most part, kept his sense of humour.
The Last Magic Show
Trevor Norton
An emotionally traumatized stage magician has "escaped" into a fantasy world where he has real magical powers, but his career has taken him to performing at childrens' birthday parties. However, if he can find another stage assistant, his sleezy manager will give him another stage opportunity. Mostly he needs to find his way out of his mental state and that path is guided by some unexpected people he meets.
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
Part two of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer camp, this is the real Island.
Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island
Director
Part three of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer camp, this is the real Island.
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
Director
Part two of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer camp, this is the real Island.
Fracture
Athol Peet
A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentalist mother rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.
Love Mussel
Director
In this mockumentary, Kevin Smith plays himself covering the story of a New Zealand town after the discovery that a local shellfish, the geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck") has the properties of Viagra.
Love Mussel
Stephen Jessop
In this mockumentary, Kevin Smith plays himself covering the story of a New Zealand town after the discovery that a local shellfish, the geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck") has the properties of Viagra.
Jubilee
Director
Billy (Cliff Curtis) is trying to organize the biggest celebration the town of Waimatua has even seen - the 75th Jubilee of their school. In doing this, feckless Billy is trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his family, especially his frustrated wife Pauline (Theresa Healey). However trouble arrives with the return of a local former All Blacks Captain, an old flame of Pauline's.
I'll Make You Happy
Lou
Siggy (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) is a teenage "bad girl" who lives and works in a red-light district of Auckland, New Zealand. Just like her fellow streetwalkers, Siggy constantly dreams of leaving "the life" behind. When she learns one day that her pimp is planning a big drug score, Siggy decides to seize the day -- and her future -- by grabbing the loot.
O Jovem Hércules
Jeweler
This film directed by T.J. Scott is a prequel to the popular television series. At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules (Ian Bohen) meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is ill, Hercules decides to seek out the Golden Fleece that could cure him. But limitations to his powers, as well as his half-brother Ares, stand in his way. Filmed against the breathtaking scenery of New Zealand.
Hércules e Xena: A Batalha Pelo Monte Olimpo
Ioalus
Mighty Zeus brings Hercules' mother, Alcmene, to Mount Olympus, and Hercules, believing she has been kidnapped, leads a rescue mission to save her. Zeus' jealous wife, Hera, decides that it should now be her time to rule the universe. Hera steals the Chronos Stone, source of the God's power, and unleashes the four Titans from their eons of imprisonment. With these angry behemoths on the loose, only the combined forces of Hercules and Xena, together with their trusty sidekicks Iolaus and Gabrielle, can save Mount Olympus.
Highwater
Hugh Chance
A big-city director working in advertising discovers a better life in small-town New Zealand.
A Moment Passing
Joey
A fisherman is swept into the sea by a freak wave. He desperately fights for his life only to find his apparent survival is not what it seems.
Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen
Iolaus
Members of the audience fight against stage performers set to a specially created Xena/Hercules movie.
Amazon High
Director
A high school teenager wakes up in a time of Amazons and Gods.
Project: Assassin
Ellis Walker
Big brother is watching you out of the dark. He might be in your room, he might be in your head, he might be your friend - but do never expect him to be friendly.
Hércules e o Labirinto do Minotauro
Iolaus
Hércules se estabeleceu com sua esposa e filhos, mas sente saudades dos bons e velhos tempos, tendo aventuras emocionantes. Então, um dia, ele é persuadido a sair de sua "aposentadoria" agrícola para ajudar uma aldeia distante que está sendo atacada por um monstro invisível.
Hércules no Mundo dos Mortos
Charon the Boatman
Hércules é chamado por uma garota para salvar uma aldeia inteira, que está quase caindo em um precipício, mas quando Iolaus caí nesse abismo, Hércules se atira para salvá-lo, e logo eles vão parar no submundo de Hades.
Hércules e as Amazonas
Iolaus
O filho de Zeus mata a serpente Hydra, depois conhece uma rainha e sua banda selvagem.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Director
After Jane leaves Bill, they each meet unusual strangers as they travel on their own.
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Writer
After Jane leaves Bill, they each meet unusual strangers as they travel on their own.
Desperate Remedies
Willam Poyser
In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook is desperate to free her pregnant sister Rose from the clutches of Fraser, a fortune hunter. A local politician, William Poyner, is desperate for cash and thinks marriage to Dorothea will save him. Dorothea hires Lawrence Hayes, a rough but handsome Argonaut, to bribe Fraser with jewels and to marry Rose; Hayes desperately loves Dorothea and may marry Rose to stay close to her. But Dorothea has a lover, the ravishing Anne Cooper, who encourages the match with Poyser to give the lovers cover. Are these remedies, each desperate in its turn, going to make anyone happy?
The Footstep Man
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Barman
Sam is a sound technician, who must literally walk in the footsteps of the characters on the screen. A "film within a film" that connects the world of modern film-making to the Paris of painter Toulouse-Lautrec and his model/lover Mireille.
Dangerous Orphans
Moir
Three orphaned boys - O'Malley, Rossi and Moir - become blood brothers. When they grow up, they plot revenge on the crooks who got away with shooting O'Malley's father. The crooks are doing very nicely importing heroin and laundering money. The boys begin by killing one of the crooks, stealing his indentification and cleaning out the guy's Swiss bank account. But their revenge does not stop here... And the American end of the operation is getting very curious.
Death Warmed Up
Michael Tucker
A kid is hypnotized by a scientist to kill his parents and ends in a mental institution. As a grown up he returns to seek revenge over the scientist.
Typhon's People
Constantine
A scientist in New Zealand has a secret lab where experiments are performed on humans. When he is assassinated, opposing forces rush to his hideaway to suppress or expose his secrets.