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William M. Hurt (born
March 20,
1950) is an
Academy Award-winning
American actor.
Biography
Early life
Hurt was born in
Washington, D.C., the son of Claire Isabel (
née McGill), who worked at
Time, Inc., and Alfred McCord Hurt, who worked for the U.S. State Department. His mother re-married
Henry Luce III (the son of the founder of
Time Magazine) during Hurt's childhood. Hurt graduated from
Middlesex School in 1968 where he was the Vice President of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several of the school plays. His high school yearbook predicted, "With characteristics such as these, you might even see him on Broadway." Hurt attended
Tufts University and studied
theology, but turned instead to acting and joined the
Juilliard Drama School studying alongside
Christopher Reeve.
Career
Hurt appeared first on stage, only later turning to film. His first major role was in the sci-fi hit
Altered States (1980) which gave him wide recognition for playing an emotionally obsessed scientist. He received the
Best Male Performance Prize at the
Cannes Film Festival and the
Academy Award for Best Actor for
Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985. He received three additional Oscar nominations; one for
Children of a Lesser God (1986), one for
Broadcast News (1987) and one (for Best Supporting Actor) in
A History Of Violence (2005).
Often cast as an intellectual, Hurt has put this to good use in many films like
Lost in Space and
The Big Chill, but he's also effective in other kinds of roles like
I Love You to Death, and David Cronenberg's psychological drama
A History of Violence (2005), wherein, with less than 10 minutes of screen time, he plays the creepy mob boss Richie Cusack. That same year, Hurt could be seen as a mysterious government operative in Stephen Gaghan's ensemble drama about the politics of
Big Oil,
Syriana.
Hurt has been seen in the mini-series adaptation of
Stephen King's, in a piece entitled
Battleground; he plays "Renshaw", a hitman who receives a package from the widow of a toymaker he killed, unaware of what is waiting inside for him. He is currently in the cast of "Vanya", an adaptation of Chekhov's
Uncle Vanya playing in the Artist Repertoire Theatre in
Portland, Oregon.
He recently appeared in
Sean Penn's critically acclaimed film
Into the Wild, the true story of
Christopher McCandless and his life changing adventures.
Hurt will next appear as
General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in
The Incredible Hulk alongside
Edward Norton,
Liv Tyler and
Tim Roth.
William isn't to be confused with fellow actor
John Hurt.
Personal life
Fluent in
French, Hurt maintains a home outside
Paris. He has a daughter with actress
Sandrine Bonnaire and a son, Alex, with Sandra Jennings, who sued Hurt in the late 1980s claiming she was his common-law wife. Hurt won the case. He was previously married to
Mary Beth Hurt from 1971 to 1982 and lived with
Marlee Matlin for a period of time in
1986. Hurt has two sons, named Sam and William Hurt, from his 1989-92 marriage to
Heidi Henderson.
Filmography
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