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William Hurt

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William Hurt

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Also known as William McChord Hurt

American actor (1950–2022)

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William McChord Hurt (1950–2022) was an American film, stage, television, and voice actor. Born in Washington, D.C., he began his professional work period in 1977. He received an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.

Hurt was educated at the Juilliard School, Tufts University, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He spoke English. His personal life included a marriage to Mary Beth Hurt and unmarried partnerships with Sandrine Bonnaire and Marlee Matlin. His acting career spanned the 20th century until his death in 2022.

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Person · Open Library

Works
12

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Film & TV

Acting · Washington, D.C., USA

William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American stage, film and television actor, trained at the Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York, USA. For his leading role in the feature film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", he received an Academy Award in 1986, followed by 3 more nominations for roles in the movies "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and "A History of Violence".

Known for

  • The King's Daughter — Pere La Chaise2022
  • Pantheon — Stephen Holstrom (voice)2022
  • Black Widow — Secretary Ross2021
  • Marvel Studios Assembled — Self2021
  • Disclosure — Luis Molina (archive footage)2020
  • The Last Full Measure — Tulley2020
  • Mythic Quest — Peter Cromwell2020
  • Avengers: Endgame — Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross2019
  • The Miracle Season — Ernie Found2018
  • Avengers: Infinity War — Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross2018

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1950
Active to
2022

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
25
Total plays
180

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Hurt">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,873x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,811x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,511x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,940x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,680x

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Encyclopedic overview

William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Hurt studied at the Juilliard School before his film debut, in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor playing a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Hurt was also Oscar-nominated for Children of a Lesser God (1986), Broadcast News (1987), and A History of Violence (2005). He starred in films such as Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Alice (1990), One True Thing (1998), Syriana (2005), Mr. Brooks (2007), Into the Wild (2007), and The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). Hurt also portrayed Thaddeus Ross in five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films starting with The Incredible Hulk (2008) and concluding with Black Widow (2021).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “William Hurt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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