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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 20, 1957
Place of Birth
Lancashire, England
Also Known As
- Michael Hurst (I)
- Michael Eric Hurst
- Billy Wagstaff
- Edith Sidebottom
Michael Hurst
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
Credits
Birthright
as Richard
2025
0.0
Mysterious Ways
as Bishop
2023
10.0
🎬
Princess of Chaos
as Len Brown
2022
0.0
Northspur
as Green
2021
6.3
Sweet Tooth
as Walt
2021
7.8
Dead
as Ross
2020
6.3
My Life Is Murder
as Otto Klein
2019
7.1
Terry Teo
as Cornelius Jones
2016
0.0
Our Big Blue Backyard
as Narrator (voice)
2014
7.0
🎬
View from Olympus
as Narrator (voice)
2012
0.0
Auckland Daze
as Michael
2011
0.0
Femme Fatales
as FBI Technician
2011
6.4
The Almighty Johnsons
as Kvasir
2011
7.5
🎬
Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye
as Voice
2009
0.0
Bitch Slap
as Gage
2009
4.8
Legend of the Seeker
as Amfortas
2008
7.4
The Map Reader
as Alison's father
2008
5.3
The Tattooist
as Crash
2007
4.9
We're Here to Help
as Rodney Hide
2007
6.0
The Last Magic Show
as Trevor Norton
2007
6.5
Maddigan's Quest
2006
6.7
Treasure Island Kids: The Monster of Treasure Island
2006
5.8
Fracture
as Athol Peet
2004
7.2
Mataku
as Dr. Forbes
2002
0.0
🎬
Love Mussel
as Stephen Jessop
2001
0.0
Andromeda
as Ryan
2000
7.1
Jack of All Trades
2000
7.5
I'll Make You Happy
as Lou
1999
7.0
Young Hercules
as Jeweler
1998
5.7
Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
as Ioalus
1998
5.7
🎬
Highwater
as Hugh Chance
1997
0.0
🎬
Duggan
as Michael Taylor
1997
0.0
🎬
A Moment Passing
as Joey
1997
0.0
Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen
as Iolaus
1997
6.0
🎬
Project: Assassin
as Ellis Walker
1996
0.0
The Hardy Boys
as Barman
1995
7.5
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Charon
1995
7.5
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Lolaus
1995
7.5
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Iolaus
1995
7.0
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Charon
1995
7.0
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Iolaus / Charon
1995
7.0
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
as Iolaus / Orestes
1995
7.0
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
as Iolaus
1994
5.7
Hercules in the Underworld
as Charon the Boatman
1994
5.5
Hercules and the Amazon Women
as Iolaus
1994
5.9
Desperate Remedies
as Willam Poyser
1993
5.7
Power Rangers
as Vexacus (voice)
1993
7.1
Power Rangers
as Nibyro Guardian (voice)
1993
7.1
Typhon's People
as Constantine
1993
0.0
The Footstep Man
as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Barman
1992
4.2
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
1990
8.0
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Roger Shumway
1985
6.9
Dangerous Orphans
as Moir
1985
5.0
Death Warmed Up
as Michael Tucker
1984
4.4
🎬
The Bar
as Man Discussing Break-Up
N/A
0.0