Michael Hurst

Personal Info

Birthday

September 20, 1957

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Lancashire, England, UK

Also Known As

Michael Hurst (I)

Michael Eric Hurst

Billy Wagstaff

Edith Sidebottom

Michael Hurst

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

Xena: Warrior Princess

Andromeda

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Power Rangers

Sweet Tooth

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

My Life Is Murder

Legend of the Seeker

Filmography

2025
Birthright
as Richard
2023
Mysterious Ways
as Bishop
2022
Princess of Chaos
as Len Brown
2021
Northspur
as Green
2020
Dead
as Ross
2012
View from Olympus
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Art That Moves: The Work of Len Lye
as Voice
Bitch Slap
as Gage
2008
The Map Reader
as Alison's father
2007
The Tattooist
as Crash
We're Here to Help
as Rodney Hide
The Last Magic Show
as Trevor Norton
2004
Fracture
as Athol Peet
2001
Love Mussel
as Stephen Jessop
1999
I'll Make You Happy
as Lou
1998
Young Hercules
as Jeweler
Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus
as Ioalus
1997
Highwater
as Hugh Chance
A Moment Passing
as Joey
Hercules & Xena: Wizards of the Screen
as Iolaus
1996
Project: Assassin
as Ellis Walker
1994
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
as Iolaus
Hercules in the Underworld
as Charon the Boatman
Hercules and the Amazon Women
as Iolaus
1993
Desperate Remedies
as Willam Poyser
Typhon's People
as Constantine
1992
The Footstep Man
as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec/Barman
1985
Dangerous Orphans
as Moir
1984
Death Warmed Up
as Michael Tucker