James Hunt
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James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976. After retiring from racing in 1979, Hunt became a media commentator and businessman.
Beginning his racing career in touring car racing, Hunt progressed into Formula Three where he attracted the attention of the Hesketh Racing team and was soon taken under their wing. Hunt's often action-packed exploits on track earned him the nickname "Hunt the Shunt." Hunt entered Formula One in 1973, driving a March 731 entered by the Hesketh Racing team. He went on to win for Hesketh, driving their own Hesketh 308 car, in both World Championship and non-Championship races, before joining the McLaren team at the end of 1975. In his first year with McLaren, Hunt won the 1976 World Drivers' Championship, and he remained with the team for a further two years, although with less success, before moving to the Wolf team in early 1979. Following a string of races in which he failed to finish, Hunt retired from driving halfway through the 1979 season.
After retiring from motor racing, he established a career commentating on Grands Prix for the BBC. He was known for his knowledge, insights, dry sense of humour and his criticism of drivers who, he believed, were not trying hard enough, which in the process brought him a whole new fanbase. Hunt died from a heart attack aged 45. He was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame on January 29, 2014.
Acting
Movie
Rush
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Movie
Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Movie
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Movie
Lauda - The Untold Story
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Movie
The Plank
as One-Eyed Truck Driver
1979
TV
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
1982
TV
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as The Footmen
1982
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
1978
Movie
Mr. H Is Late
1988
TV
Three of a Kind
as Self
1981
Movie
Hunt vs Lauda: The Next Generation
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Movie
When Playboys Ruled the World
as Himself
2010
Movie
1976 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as himself
1976
Movie
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
as Footman
1985
TV
The Boot Street Band
1993
TV
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Movie
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)
as Self
1974
Movie
Ayrton Senna: Chequered Flag to Green Light
as Self
1991
Movie
Frankly... Jacky Ickx
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Movie
1973 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review
as Self
1973
Movie
Hunt For The Title: Formula One 1976 - A Review Of The 1976 Grand Prix Season
2004
Movie
Lauda's Comeback: Formula One 1977 - A Review Of The 1977 Grand Prix Season
2004
TV
Echoes of The Past
as Self (archive footage)
2012