Michael Hurst
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 14.084 |
| Birthday | 1957-09-20 |
| Place of Birth | Lancashire, England |
| Also Known As | Michael Hurst (I), Michael Eric Hurst, Billy Wagstaff, Edith Sidebottom, |
2008
The Map Reader
5.3/3
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...
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The Map Reader
2009
Bitch Slap
4.748/280
Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal...
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Bitch Slap
2007
The Tattooist
4.9/54
American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he...
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The Tattooist
1994
Hercules and the Amazon Women
6/107
Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their des...
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Hercules and the Amazon Women
1994
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
5.799/77
Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days traveling around having exciting adventures. Then one day he is per...
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Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
1994
Hercules in the Underworld
5.648/91
When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades. Hercules once again...
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Hercules in the Underworld
1985
Death Warmed Up
4.4/32
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.
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Death Warmed Up
1993
Desperate Remedies
5.7/10
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...
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Desperate Remedies
1998
Young Hercules
5.9/23
At an academy for mythological warriors, 17-year-old Hercules meets Jason, the next in line to rule Corinth. When Jason discovers that his father is i...
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Young Hercules
2004
Fracture
7.2/4
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 fundamentali...
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Fracture
1998
Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
6/37
Mighty Zeus brings Hercules' mother, Alcmene, to Mount Olympus, and Hercules, believing she has been kidnapped, leads a rescue mission to save her. Ze...
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Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
2007
We're Here to Help
6/1
A Kafkaesque docudrama of an actual case involving a Christchurch small businessman and the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Most people can rel...
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We're Here to Help
1985
Dangerous Orphans
5/1
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 shootin...
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Dangerous Orphans
1999
I'll Make You Happy
7/1
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 stree...
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I'll Make You Happy
2007
The Last Magic Show
6.5/2
An emotionally traumatized stage magician has "escaped" into a fantasy world where he has real magical powers, but his career has taken him to perfor...
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The Last Magic Show
1992
The Footstep Man
4.2/2
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...
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The Footstep Man
2012
View from Olympus
0/0
Documentary from Geoffrey Cawthorn
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View from Olympus
1996
Project: Assassin
0/0
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...
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Project: Assassin
1997
Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen
8.5/2
Members of the audience fight against stage performers set to a specially created Xena/Hercules movie.
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Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen
1993
Typhon's People
0/0
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 t...
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Typhon's People
2020
Dead
5.9/43
Dane ‘Marbles’ Marbeck can see ghosts, thanks to a homemade drug: his late father’s neurological medication mixed with marijuana. Officer Jayson Tagg...
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Dead
1997
Highwater
0/0
A big-city director working in advertising discovers a better life in small-town New Zealand.
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Highwater
2001
Love Mussel
0/0
In this mockumentary, Kevin Smith plays himself covering the story of a New Zealand town after the discovery that a local shellfish, the geoduck (pron...
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Love Mussel
2021
Northspur
7/5
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 mus...
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Northspur
1997
A Moment Passing
0/0
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.
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A Moment Passing
2022
Princess of Chaos
0/0
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'...
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Princess of Chaos
2006
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
5.8/4
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...
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Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
2023
Mysterious Ways
10/1
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 interrupt...
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Mysterious Ways
2009
Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye
0/0
Len Lye (1901-1980) was a pioneer of experimental animation, and also of kinetic sculpture. This short film dramatically presents 18 minutes inside th...
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