Michael Hurst

Acting · Directing

Born September 20, 1957, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• 2026Birthright — Richard
• 2026Evil Dead Burn — Benjamin Price (voice)
• Good Bones — Mick / Colin
• 2025Our Party
• 2023Mysterious Ways — Bishop
• 2023Northspur — Green
• 2022Princess of Chaos — Len Brown
• Sweet Tooth — Walt
• Between Two Worlds — Director
• 2020Dead — Ross
• My Life Is Murder — Otto Klein, Director
• 2018Vermilion — Smoking Man
• Terry Teo — Cornelius Jones
• 800 Words — Director
• Ash vs Evil Dead — Director
• Tatau — Director
• Westside — Director
• Our Big Blue Backyard — Narrator (voice)
• Step Dave — Director
• The Adventures of Suzy Boon — Michael
• The Brokenwood Mysteries — Director
• 2012View from Olympus — Narrator (voice)
• Auckland Daze — Michael
• Femme Fatales — FBI Technician, Director, Writer
• The Almighty Johnsons — Kvasir, Director
• Spartacus — Director
• 2009Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye — Voice
• 2009Bitch Slap — Gage
• Legend of the Seeker — Amfortas, Director
• 2008The Map Reader — Alison's father
• 2007The Last Magic Show — Trevor Norton
• 2007The Tattooist — Crash
• 2007We're Here to Help — Rodney Hide
• Maddigan's Quest
• 2006Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island — Director
• 2006Treasure Island Kids: The Mystery of Treasure Island — Director
• 2004Fracture — Athol Peet
• Mataku — Dr. Forbes
• 2001Love Mussel — Stephen Jessop, Director
• Andromeda — Ryan
• Jack of All Trades — Director
• 2000Jubilee — Director
• 1999I'll Make You Happy — Lou
• 1998Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus — Ioalus (voice)
• 1998Young Hercules — Jeweler
• Young Hercules — Charon
• 1997A Moment Passing — Joey
• 1997Amazon High — Director
• Duggan — Michael Taylor
• 1997Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen — Iolaus
• 1997Highwater — Hugh Chance
• 1996Project: Assassin — Ellis Walker
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys — Iolaus, Charon, Iolaus / Charon, Iolaus / Orestes, Director
• The Hardy Boys — Barman
• Xena: Warrior Princess — Charon, Iolaus, Director
• 1994Hercules and the Amazon Women — Iolaus
• 1994Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur — Iolaus
• 1994Hercules in the Underworld — Charon the Boatman
• 1994I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry — Director, Screenplay
• 1993Desperate Remedies — Willam Poyser
• Power Rangers — Vexacus (voice), Nibyro Guardian (voice), Director
• 1993Typhon's People — Constantine
• 1992The Footstep Man — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Barman
• The New Adventures of Black Beauty
• 1985Constance — Photographer
• 1985Dangerous Orphans — Moir
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — Roger Shumway
• 1984Death Warmed Up — Michael Tucker
• Shearing the Love
• The Bar — Man Discussing Break-Up