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William McChord Hurt (1950 – 2022) was an American actor. He studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt's film debut was in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States, released in 1980. In 1981 he played a leading role in the neo-noir Body Heat, with Kathleen Turner.

Hurt garnered three consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987), winning for the first of these.

Hurt remained an active stage actor throughout the 1980s, appearing in Off-Broadway productions including Henry V, Fifth of July, Richard II and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

After playing character roles in the following decade, Hurt earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in David Cronenberg's crime thriller A History of Violence (2005). His later career films roles include turns in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), The Village (2004), Syriana (2005), The Good Shepherd (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), Into the Wild (2007), Robin Hood (2010), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, in which he portrayed Thaddeus Ross.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1980 Altered States Template:Sortname Ken Russell Nominated – Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor
1981 Eyewitness Daryll Deever Peter Yates
1981 Body Heat Ned Racine Lawrence Kasdan
1983 The Big Chill (film) Nick Carlton Lawrence Kasdan
1983 Gorky Park Arkady Renko Michael Apted
1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman Luis Alberto Molina Héctor Babenco Academy Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor Award
David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Raul Julia)
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1986 Children of a Lesser God James Leeds Randa Haines Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1987 Broadcast News Tom Grunick James L. Brooks Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1988 Template:Sortname Martin Larraneta Gregory Nava
1988 Template:Sortname Macon Leary Lawrence Kasdan Golden Horse Award for Best Foreign Actor
1990 I Love You to Death Harlan James Lawrence Kasdan
1990 Alice Doug Tate Woody Allen
1991 Until the End of the World Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee Wim Wenders
1991 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Randa Haines Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
1992 The Plague Template:Sortname Luis Puenzo
1993 Mr. Wonderful Tom Anthony Minghella
1994 Second Best Graham Holt Chris Menges
1994 Trial by Jury Tommy Vesey Heywood Gould
1995 Smoke Paul Benjamin Wayne Wang
1996 Template:Sortname Henry Harriston Chantal Akerman
1996 Michael Frank Quinlan Nora Ephron
1996 Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester Franco Zeffirelli
1997 Loved K.D. Dietrickson Erin Dignam
1998 Lost in Space Template:Sortname Stephen Hopkins
1998 Dark City Template:Sortname Alex Proyas
1998 One True Thing George Gulden Carl Franklin
1999 The 4th Floor Greg Harrison Josh Klausner
1999 Sunshine Andor Knorr István Szabó Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1999 Template:Sortname William Blake Pellarin George Hickenlooper
1999 Do Not Disturb Walter Richmond Dick Maas a.k.a. Silent Witness
2000 Contaminated Man David R. Whitman Anthony Hickox
2000 Template:Sortname Jairus Derek W. Hayes & Stanislav Sokolov Voice only
2001 Rare Birds Restaurateur Sturla Gunnarsson
2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Template:Sortname Steven Spielberg
2001 Template:Sortname Edward Linda Yellen
2002 Tuck Everlasting Angus Tuck Jay Russell
2002 Changing Lanes Doyle Gipson's AA Sponsor Roger Michell
2002 Nearest to Heaven Matt
2004 Template:Sortname Alan Osborne Léa Pool
2004 Template:Sortname Edward Walker M. Night Shyamalan
2005 Template:Sortname David Sandow James Marsh
2005 Template:Sortname Richie Cusack David Cronenberg Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
2005 Neverwas Template:Sortname Joshua Michael Stern
2005 Syriana Stan Goff Stephen Gaghan
2006 Template:Sortname Template:Sortname Robert De Niro
2006 Template:Sortname John Davis Thomas Callicoat Voice only
Co-producer
2007 Mr. Brooks Marshall Bruce A. Evans
2007 Beautiful Ohio Simon Messerman Chad Lowe
2007 Noise Template:Sortname Henry Bean
2007 Into the Wild Walt McCandless Sean Penn Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2008 Vantage Point Template:Sortname Pete Travis
2008 Template:Sortname Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross Louis Leterrier
2009 Template:Sortname György Thurzó Julie Delpy
2010 Template:Sortname Brett Hanson Udayan Prasad
2010 Robin Hood William Marshal Ridley Scott
2011 Template:Sortname Gus's Father Matthew Leutwyler
2011 Late Bloomers Adam Julie Gavras
2011 Hellgate Warren Mills John Penney
2013 The Host Jeb Stryder Andrew Niccol
2013 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Julian Rigby Ned Benson
2013 Fire in the Blood Narrator Dylan Mohan Gray Documentary
2013 Days and Nights Herb Christian Camargo
2014 Winter's Tale Isaac Penn Akiva Goldsman
2016 Race Jeremiah Mahoney Stephen Hopkins
2016 Captain America: Civil War Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross Anthony Russo
Joe Russo
2016 The Duel Governor Ross Kieran Darcy-Smith Completed
2016 The King's Daughter Père La Chaise Sean McNamara Post-production




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