William Hurt Biography

Birthday: 1950-03-20
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia USA
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Wiki Biography: William Hurt 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 Cronenberg's A History of Violence (2005). Hurt received Best Supporting Actor accolades for the role from the Los Angeles Film Critics circle and the New York Film Critics Circle.
Hurt spent the early years of his career on the stage between drama school, summer stock, regional repertory and off-Broadway, appearing in more than fifty productions including "Henry V", "5th of July", "Hamlet", "Uncle Vanya", "Richard II", "Hurlyburly" (for which he was nominated for a Tony Award), "My Life" (winning an Obie Award for Best Actor), "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and "Good". For radio, Hurt read Paul Theroux's "The Grand Railway Bazaar", for the BBC Radio Four and "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx. He has recorded "The Polar Express", "The Boy Who Drew Cats", "The Sun Also Rises" and narrated the documentaries, "Searching for America: The Odyssey of John Dos Passos", "Einstein-How I See the World" and the English narration of Elie Wiesel's "To Speak the Unspeakable", a documentary directed and produced by Pierre Marmiesse. In 1988, Hurt was awarded the first Spencer Tracy Award from UCLA.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Lost in Space | Prof. John Robinson | 1965 - 1968 | Action |
The Incredible Hulk | General 'Thunderbolt' Ross | 1980 - 1981 | Action |
Trial by Jury | 1994 | Thriller | |
Do Not Disturb | 1999 | Action | |
Robin Hood | William Marshal | 2006 | Action |
Endgame | 2011 | Drama | |
The Village | Edward Walker | 2013 | |
73 Seconds: The Challenger Investigation | Richard Feynman | 2013 | Action |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Eyewitness | Daryll Deever | 1956 | Comedy |
Altered States | Eddie Jessup | 1980 | Reality Tv, Sport, Game Show, 0 |
Body Heat | Ned Racine | 1981 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
The Big Chill | Nick Carlton | 1983 | 0 |
Gorky Park | Arkady Renko | 1984 | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
Kiss of the Spider Woman | Luis Molina | 1985 | |
Children of a Lesser God | James Leeds | 1986 | Drama, Romance |
Broadcast News | Tom Grunick | 1987 | 0, 0 |
The Accidental Tourist | Macon Leary | 1988 | Biography, 0 |
A Time of Destiny | Marty Lawrence | 1988 | |
I Love You to Death | Harlan James | 1990 | 0, 0, Comedy |
The Doctor | Jack McKee | 1991 | |
The Plague | Doctor Bernard Rieux | 1992 | Drama |
Mr. Wonderful | 1993 | 0 | |
Trial by Jury | Tommy Vesey | 1994 | Thriller, Crime, Drama |
Second Best | Graham Holt | 1994 | Drama |
Smoke | Paul Benjamin | 1995 | Comedy, Drama |
Ispoved neznakomtsu | The stranger | 1996 | Drama |
Un divan à New York | Henry Harriston | 1996 | Comedy, Romance |
Michael | Frank Quinlan | 1996 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
Loved | K.D. Dietrickson | 1997 | Drama, Thriller |
Lost in Space | Prof. John Robinson | 1998 | 0, Sport, 0 |
Dark City | Inspector Frank Bumstead | 1998 | Mystery, Sci Fi, Thriller |
The Proposition | Arthur Barret | 1998 | Drama, Romance |
One True Thing | George Gulden | 1998 | Drama |
The 4th floor | 1999 | ||
The Big Brass Ring | 1999 | Game Show | |
Do Not Disturb | Walter | 1999 | Action, Thriller, Comedy |
The Simian Line | 2000 | ||
The Miracle Maker | Jairus | 2000 | Animation, Drama |
Contaminated Man | David R. Whitman | 2000 | Drama, Thriller |
Rare Birds | 2001 | Biography, 0, 0 | |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Prof. Hobby | 2001 | 0, 0 |
The Flamingo Rising | 2001 | Drama | |
Verna: U.S.O. Girl | 2002 | ||
Tuck Everlasting | Angus Tuck | 2002 | Drama, Romance, Family |
Au plus près du paradis | Matt | 2002 | Drama, Romance |
The Village | Edward Walker | 2004 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
The Blue Butterfly | 2004 | Drama, Adventure | |
Neverwas | Dr. Peter Reed | 2005 | Game Show, 0 |
A History of Violence | Richie Cusack | 2005 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
The Legend of Sasquatch | John Davis | 2006 | Animation, Family |
The Good Shepherd | Philip Allen | 2006 | 0, Game Show |
Noise | Mayor Rheinhardt Schneer | 2007 | |
Mr. Brooks | Marshall | 2007 | 0, Comedy |
Mr.Brooks | Marshall | 2007 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Into the Wild | Walt McCandless | 2007 | Adventure, Drama |
Vantage Point | President Ashton | 2008 | Comedy, 0, 0 |
The Incredible Hulk | General 'Thunderbolt' Ross | 2008 | Sport, 0 |
Endgame | 2009 | 0, Comedy | |
The Countess | Gyorgy Thurzo | 2009 | 0, Reality Tv |
The Yellow Handkerchief | Brett Hanson | 2010 | |
Robin Hood | William Marshal | 2010 | 0 |
The River Why | H2O | 2010 | |
Late Bloomers | Adam | 2011 | Drama |
Hellgate | Warren Mills | 2011 | Thriller |
J'enrage de son absence | Jacques | 2012 | Drama |
Winter's Tale | Isaac Penn | 2014 | Fantasy |
The Moon and the Sun | Pere La Chaise | 2015 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
By Way of Helena | Governor Ross | 2015 | Drama |
Race | Jeremiah Mahoney | 2016 | Biography, Drama, Sport |