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- Hurt acted in repertory companies before making his screen debut in Altered States (1980). He became a leading actor with Body Heat (1981), in which he played a lawyer who kills his lover’s husband.
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Aug 4, 2022 · William Hurt's journey towards becoming an actor was not your typical starry-eyed kid finding their big break in Hollywood. Rather, the classically trained actor came from a prestigious New...
Sep 12, 2024 · He became a leading actor with Body Heat (1981), in which he played a lawyer who kills his lover’s husband. He then appeared in the ensemble drama The Big Chill (1983). In 1986 he won an Academy Award for best actor for his portrayal of a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
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- William Hurt is an Academy Award-winning actor who transitioned from leading man roles to distinctive character roles. He made his screen debut in...
- William Hurt won an Academy Award for best actor in 1986 for his portrayal of a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Hurt also received...
- William Hurt portrayed the Marvel comic character Thaddeus (“Thunderbolt”) Ross in the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Captain America: Civil War...
Actor: A History of Violence. William McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department. He was trained at Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his supporting role in David ...
- March 20, 1950
- March 13, 2022
Mar 15, 2022 · For the third year in a row, Hurt was nominated for a best actor Oscar, but he wouldn’t be nominated again until he turned in a riotously dark performance as a crime boss in David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005).
Mar 14, 2022 · The actor is a walking paradox: the owner of one of the cleanest, clearest, least self-indulgent acting styles in the business, Hurt is legendary for the far-out, labyrinthine, metaphysical...
Mar 18, 2022 · Today we remember actor William Hurt, who died Sunday at the age of 71. The cause was complications from prostate cancer. With his blond, blue-eyed good looks, he found success as a...
Mar 14, 2022 · Hurt was a serious actor. His a-bit-muchness was precisely what made it possible for him to be amusingly self-deprecating as a callow anchorman in “Broadcast News” or the sexy, dim-bulb patsy...
