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Full Name:	William Hurt
Birth Name:	William Hurt
Famous As:	Actor
Date of Birth:	March 20, 1950
Place of Birth:	Washington, DC, USA
Height:	6' 2
Nationality:	American

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William Hurt
Signing autographs at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival
Born	William M. Hurt March 20, 1950 (1950-03-20) (age 59) Washington, D.C
Spouse(s)	Mary Beth Hurt (1971-1982) Heidi Henderson (1989-1992)
Domestic partner(s)	Sandra Jennings (1981-1984) Marlee Matlin (1985-1986) Sandrine Bonnaire (1992-1997)

William M. Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He won both the Academy and BAFTA Awards for his work in Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Claire Isabel (née McGill), who worked at Time, Inc.,¹ and Alfred McCord Hurt, who worked for the U.S. State Department. His parents divorced, and his mother 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 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. He has received the nickname "bojangles" from several of his classmates at Juilliard.

Career

Hurt appeared first on stage, only later turning to film. His first major role was in the sci-fi hit Altered States which gave him wide recognition for playing an obsessed scientist. His performance with Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, and newcomer Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan's neo-noir classic Body Heat elevated Hurt to stardom. 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 for 1985. He has received three additional Oscar nominations; one for Children of a Lesser God, one for Broadcast News and one (for Best Supporting Actor) in A History Of Violence .Hurt also starred in tuck everlasting as Angus Tuck.

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 is also effective in other kinds of roles, such as those in 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 Nightmares and Dreamscapes, 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. [also notable for its complete lack of dialogue] He appeared in the cast of "Vanya", an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya playing in the Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon.²

He appeared in Sean Penn's film Into the Wild, the true story of Christopher McCandless. Hurt next starred as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in The Incredible Hulk alongside Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and Tim Roth. He also appeared as President Henry Ashton in the 2008 action-thriller Vantage Point. Hurt also played Mr Brooks' alter-ego in Mr. Brooks starring Kevin Costner.

In 2009, Hurt began appearing as a series regular on the critically-acclaimed FX series Damages playing a corporate whistleblower opposite Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden. For his role in the series, Hurt earned a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category. He stars also 2010 in the Thriller Shadows alongside Cary Elwes and Paula Taylor, directed is the movie by John Penney.³

Personal life

Hurt is fluent in French and maintains a home outside Paris. He was previously married to Mary Beth Hurt from 1971 to 1982.

In the 1980s, Hurt was involved in a lawsuit with Sandra Jennings which alleged that the two shared a common law marriage.⁴ While he was still married, Hurt and Jennings began a relationship in Saratoga, New York in the summer of 1981.⁴ Jennings became pregnant in the Spring of 1982 which precipitated Hurt's divorce from Mary Beth Hurt, after which Hurt and Jennings relocated to South Carolina, which recognized common law marriages.⁴ Hurt and Jennings, never officially married, later separated, and Jennings sued in New York, seeking a court order recognizing their purported common law marriage under South Carolina law.⁴ The New York court, which did not recognize common law marriage and was reluctant to recognize a common law marriage originating in South Carolina, found in Hurt's favor that no common law marriage existed.⁴

Additionally, Hurt dated Marlee Matlin for two years, and they lived together during 1986. In her 2009 autobiographical book, I'll Scream Later, Matlin claimed their relationship involved considerable drug abuse and physical abuse by Hurt.⁵ In response to the accusations aired on CNN on April 13, 2009, Hurt's agent declined to respond. Hurt issued a statement on April 14, 2009, responding to Matlin's remarks. He stated "My own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives. Of course, I did and do apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we have both grown. I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good."⁶

Hurt has four children: Jeanne with actress Sandrine Bonnaire, Alex with Sandra Jennings and two sons, Sam and William Hurt, from his 1989-92 marriage to Heidi Henderson.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1978	Verna: U.S.O. Girl	Walter
1980	Altered States	Professor Edward Jessup	Nominated Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor
1981	Eyewitness	Daryll Deever
	Body Heat	Ned Racine
1983	The Big Chill	Nick
	Gorky Park	Arkady Renko
1985	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Luis Alberto Molina	Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role LAFCA Award for Best Actor Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival) NBR Award for Best Actor (tied with Raul Julia for the same film) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1986	Children of a Lesser God	James Leeds	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1987	Broadcast News	Tom Grunick	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1988	A Time of Destiny	Martin Larraneta
	The Accidental Tourist	Macon Leary
1990	I Love You to Death	Harlan James
	Alice	Doug Tate
1991	Until the End of the World	Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee
	The Doctor	Dr. Jack MacKee
1993	The Plague	Doctor Bernard Rieux
1994	Second Best	Graham Holt
1995	Smoke	Paul Benjamin
1996	A Couch in New York	Henry Harriston
	Michael	Frank Quinlan
	Jane Eyre	Rochester
1998	Lost in Space	Professor John Robinson
	Dark City	Inspector Frank Bumstead
	One True Thing	George Guldon
1999	The 4th Floor	Greg Harrison
	Sunshine	Andor Knorr	Nominated - Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2000	Contaminated Man	David R. Whitman
	Frank Herbert's Dune	Duke Leto Atreides
2001	Rare Birds	Restaurateur
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Professor Allen Hobby
	The Simian Line	Edward
	Varian's War	Varian Fry
2002	King of Queens, episode 120: Shrink Wrap	Dr. Taber	TV
	Tuck Everlasting	Angus Tuck
	Changing Lanes	Doyle Gipson's AA Sponsor
	Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story	Robert Hanssen	TV
	Nearest to Heaven (Au Plus Près du Paradis)	Matt
2004	The Blue Butterfly	Alan Osborne
	The Village	Edward Walker
	Frankenstein	Professor Waldman	TV
2005	The King	David
	A History of Violence	Richie Cusack	AFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor LAFCA Award for Best Supporting Actor NYFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - OFCS Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Neverwas	Dr. Peter Reed
	Syriana	Stan Goff
2006	The Good Shepherd	CIA Director Philip Allen
	The Legend of Sasquatch	John Davis (voice)	producer
	Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Jason Renshaw	TV miniseries (segment "Battleground")
2007	Mr. Brooks	Marshall
	Beautiful Ohio	Simon Messerman
	Noise	Mayor Schneer
	Into the Wild	Walt McCandless	Nominated - SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2008	Vantage Point	President Ashton
	The Yellow Handkerchief	TBA
	The Incredible Hulk	General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
2009	Damages	Daniel Purcell	TV
	Endgame	Willie Esterhuyse
	The Countess	Gyorgy Thurzo
	The River Why	H2O	in post-production
2010	Robin Hood	William Marshal	post-production

References

External links

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