William Hurt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-03-20 (72 years old)

Deathday

2022-03-13

Place of Birth

Washington, D.C., USA

William Hurt

Biography

William 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".

Acting

2005

A History of Violence

as Richie Cusack

2005

Syriana

as Stan

2006

The Good Shepherd

as Philip Allen

1995

Smoke

as Paul Benjamin

2002

Changing Lanes

as Doyle's Sponsor

1998

Lost in Space

as Prof. John Robinson

2008

The Incredible Hulk

as General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

1990

I Love You to Death

as Harlan James

1986

2007

Mr. Brooks

as Marshall

1991

Until the End of the World

as Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee

1998

Dark City

as Inspector Frank Bumstead

1996

Michael

as Frank Quinlan

2006

The King

as David

2010

Robin Hood

as William Marshal

2000

The Miracle Maker

as Jairus (voice)

2007

Into the Wild

as Walt McCandless

1980

Altered States

as Professor Eddie Jessup

1988

2010

1985

2008

Vantage Point

as President Ashton

2005

Neverwas

as Dr. Peter Reed

2009

2004

The Village

as Edward Walker

1993

1981

Eyewitness

as Daryll Deever

1990

Alice

as Doug Tate

1983

Gorky Park

as Arkady Renko

2009

The Countess

as György Thurzó

2004

The Blue Butterfly

as Alan Osborne

1983

The Big Chill

as Nick Carlton

1987

Broadcast News

as Tom Grunick

1991

The Doctor

as Jack

2002

Tuck Everlasting

as Angus Tuck

1981

Body Heat

as Ned Racine

1994

Trial by Jury

as Tommy Vesey

1992

The Plague

as Doctor Bernard Rieux

2009

Endgame

as Professor Will Esterhuyse

2007

Noise

as Mayor Schneer

1999

Do Not Disturb

as Walter Richmond

1999

The Big Brass Ring

as William Blake Pellarin

2012

Close Up

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Too Big to Fail

as Henry Paulson

1996

Jane Eyre

as Rochester

1996

A Couch in New York

as Henry Harriston

2000

Contaminated Man

as David R. Whitman

1999

Sunshine

as Andor Knorr

2006

Beautiful Ohio

as Simon Messerman

1999

The 4th Floor

as Greg Harrison

1998

One True Thing

as George Gulden

2013

The Host

as Jeb Stryder

1997

Loved

as K.D. Dietrickson

2001

Varian's War

as Varian Fry

2001

Rare Birds

as Dave

2002

2011

Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

as Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (archive footage)

2010

The Real Robin Hood

as Narrator (voice)

1998

Lost In Space Forever

as Self (also archive footage)

2011

1994

Second Best

as Graham Holt

2011

Hellgate

as Warren Mills

2014

Winter's Tale

as Isaac Penn

2013

The Challenger Disaster

as Richard Feynman

2014

1988

A Time of Destiny

as Martin Larraneta

2020

Disclosure

as Luis Molina (archive footage)

2001

2007

2022

The King's Daughter

as Pere La Chaise

1998

The Proposition

as Arthur Barret

2016

Race

as Jeremiah Mahoney

2016

Captain America: Civil War

as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross

2001

The Flamingo Rising

as Turner Knight

1981

All the Way Home

as Jay Follet

1978

1997

Elie Wiesel Goes Home

as Narrator (voice)

2018

The Miracle Season

as Ernie Found

2005

Hunt for Justice

as General Mortimer

2018

Avengers: Infinity War

as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross

2021

Black Widow

as Secretary Ross

2019

Avengers: Endgame

as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross

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