John Hurt stars in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
John Hurt . His later films include the Harry Potter film series ( 2001 -- 11 ) , the Hellboy films ( 2004 and 2008 ) , supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key ( 2005 ) , western The Proposition ( 2005 ) , political thriller V for Vendetta ( 2006 ) , sci-fi adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( 2008 ) , and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( 2011 ) . Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film) . The film , starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley , along with Colin Firth , Tom Hardy , John Hurt , Toby Jones , Mark Strong , Benedict Cumberbatch , and Ciarán Hinds , is set in London in the early 1970s and follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service .