:William Hurt
{{Short description|American actor (1950–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name =
| image = William Hurt in 1981 (The Cincinnati Enquirer).jpg
| caption = Hurt in 1981
| birth_name = William McChord Hurt
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|3|20}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|13|1950|3|20}}
| death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| other_names = Bill Hurt
| alma_mater = Tufts University (BA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
| years_active = 1975–2022
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Mary Beth Supinger
|1971|1982|end=divorced}} - {{marriage|Heidi Henderson
|1989|1993|end=divorced}}}}
| children = 4
}}
William McChord Hurt{{Cite web |title=FindACase™ - SANDRA JENNINGS v. WILLIAM MCCHORD HURT (02/14/91) |url=http://ny.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19910214_0041832.NY.htm/qx |access-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707090843/http://ny.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19910214_0041832.NY.htm/qx |url-status=dead }} (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. For his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.
Hurt studied at the Juilliard School before his film debut, in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor playing a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Hurt was Oscar-nominated for Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987), and A History of Violence (2005). He starred in films such as Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Alice (1990), One True Thing (1998), Syriana (2005), Mr. Brooks (2007) Into the Wild (2007), and The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). Hurt also portrayed Thaddeus Ross in five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films starting with The Incredible Hulk (2008) and concluding with Black Widow (2021).
On television, Hurt received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series playing a scientist in the FX legal drama Damages (2009) and for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Henry Paulson in the HBO movie Too Big to Fail (2011). He later acted in the legal drama series Goliath (2016–2021) and the thriller series Condor (2018–2020).
On stage, Hurt appeared in off-Broadway productions of William Shakespeare's Henry V (1975), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) as well as Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (1978). He made his Broadway debut in David Rabe's dark comedy Hurlyburly (1984) playing a Hollywood casting director, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Early life and education
Hurt was born on March 20, 1950, in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (née McGill; 1923–1971),{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Claire Isabelle McGill Luce (1923–1971) |encyclopedia=Oregon Encyclopedia |publisher=Oregon Historical Society |url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/luce_claire_mcgill_1923-1971 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127144110/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/luce_claire_mcgill_1923-1971/ }} who worked for Time Inc., and Alfred McChord Hurt (1910–1996), who worked for the United States Agency for International Development and the State Department.{{Cite news |date=August 27, 1996 |title=Juliette Kitts Dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/08/27/juliette-kitts-dies/e1ef2fa7-4295-4091-92b6-f9f34e0a4a7c/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |quote=Survivors include two sons from his first marriage, the actor William McChord Hurt and James Harlan Hurt, both of New York; and five grandchildren }}{{Cite web |title=William Hurt |url=http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/?uuid=41787253-6d25-4ca5-9789-bbc28a17c5d6 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 30, 2011 |publisher=E! |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729230051/http://uk.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/?uuid=41787253-6d25-4ca5-9789-bbc28a17c5d6 }} He had two brothers.{{Cite news |date=June 24, 1971 |title=Mrs. Henry Luce 3d, Investment Analyst, Is Dead |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/24/archives/mrs-henry-lute-3d-nvestrnent-analyst-is-deadl-wife-of-time-pnbliher.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314084322/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/24/archives/mrs-henry-lute-3d-nvestrnent-analyst-is-deadl-wife-of-time-pnbliher.html }} With his father, he lived in Lahore, Mogadishu, and Khartoum.{{Cite news |title=William Hurt: In Every Role, A New Life To Inhabit |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124043013 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218164812/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124043013 |url-status=live }} His parents divorced and, in 1960, his mother married Henry Luce III (1925–2005), a son of publisher Henry Luce.{{Cite news |last=Hinson |first=Hal |date=January 25, 1989 |title=The Intensity of Being William Hurt |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/01/25/the-intensity-of-being-william-hurt/7208586c-27b8-4e9f-8c25-79e30cd5d525/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315025731/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/01/25/the-intensity-of-being-william-hurt/7208586c-27b8-4e9f-8c25-79e30cd5d525/ |url-status=live }}
Hurt attended the Middlesex School, where he was vice-president of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several school plays. He graduated in 1968 and his yearbook predicted, "you might even see him on Broadway." Hurt attended Tufts University and studied theology,{{Cite news |last=Sandra Brennan |date=2013 |title=William Hurt |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/34104/William-Hurt/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220044509/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/34104/William-Hurt/biography |archive-date=December 20, 2013}}{{cite web | last=Brennan | first=Sandra | title=William Hurt - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | website=AllMovie | date=March 20, 1950 | url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/william-hurt-p34104 | access-date=March 14, 2022}} but turned instead to acting and joined the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 5: 1972–1976).{{Cite web |title=Alumni News: September 2007 |url=http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111121334/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php |archive-date=November 11, 2011 |website=Juilliard |quote=William Hurt (Group 5)}}
Career
= 1977–1989: Early roles and stardom =
Hurt began his career in stage productions. From 1977 to 1989, he was a member of the acting company at Circle Repertory Company. He won an Obie Award for his debut appearance there in Corinne Jacker's My Life, and won a 1978 Theatre World Award for his performances in Fifth of July, Ulysses in Traction, and Lulu. In 1979, Hurt played Hamlet under the direction of Marshall W. Mason opposite Lindsay Crouse and Beatrice Straight. His first major film role was in the science-fiction film Altered States (1980), where his performance as an obsessed scientist gained him wide recognition. His performance opposite newcomer Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan's neo-noir film Body Heat (1981) elevated Hurt to stardom. Kasdan and he became frequent collaborators: Hurt co-starred in Kasdan's acclaimed comedy-dramas The Big Chill (1983) and The Accidental Tourist (1988), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and he later had a supporting role in the ensemble comedy I Love You to Death (1990).
In the 1980s, Hurt received three consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, beginning with an Oscar win for his turn as a prisoner in Hector Babenco's drama Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985. He also received the Best Male Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for this role. The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Hurt won a well-deserved best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for a performance that is crafty at first, carefully nurtured and finally stirring in profound, unanticipated ways... What starts out as a campy, facetious catalog of Hollywood trivia becomes an extraordinarily moving film about manhood, heroism and love."{{Cite news |title=William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Leading Man of the 1980s, Dies at 71 | work=The New York Times | date=March 13, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/arts/william-hurt-dead.html | last1=Serviss | first1=Lew | last2=Genzlinger | first2=Neil }}
Hurt subsequently received Best Actor Oscar nominations for playing a speech teacher at a school for the deaf who falls for a deaf custodian in Children of a Lesser God (1986) and for playing a dim-witted television news anchor in Broadcast News the following year. Broadcast News, a romantic comedy directed by James L. Brooks, would come to be Hurt's most acclaimed film, with an inclusion to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/675384976/jurassic-park-the-shining-and-23-other-movies-added-to-national-film-registry|title='Jurassic Park,' 'The Shining,' And 23 Other Movies Added To National Film Registry|website=NPR.org|date=December 12, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-14|last1=Kimmelman |first1=Ruben }} After this run of prominent roles in the 1980s he appeared in the thriller Gorky Park (1983) opposite Lee Marvin.
= 1990–2007: Career fluctuations =
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Hurt began to appear more frequently in supporting roles. Some of his notable roles include performances in Dark City (1998), Lost in Space (1998), Sunshine (1999), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Tuck Everlasting (2002),{{Cite journal |date=January 23, 2013 |title='Tuck Everlasting' is adapted into a musical |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0123/Tuck-Everlasting-is-adapted-into-a-musical |journal=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730030110/https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0123/Tuck-Everlasting-is-adapted-into-a-musical |url-status=live }} The Village (2004), A History of Violence (2005), and Syriana (2005).{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Oscar-winning actor William Hurt dies aged 71 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/13/oscar-winning-actor-william-hurt-dies-aged-71 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314010749/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/13/oscar-winning-actor-william-hurt-dies-aged-71 |url-status=live }} Hurt's fourth career Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, would come in 2006 for playing a powerful crime boss in A History of Violence (2005), despite less than 10 minutes of screen time, he received an Academy Award nomination.{{Cite web |title=The Nominees: William Hurt |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-nominees-william-hurt/ |website=CBS News |date=February 21, 2006 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313225216/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-nominees-william-hurt/ |url-status=live }}
Other later film roles included Into the Wild (2007), Mr. Brooks (2007),{{Cite web |date=June 2007 |title=A creepy Costner in "Mr. Brooks?" William Hurt made him do it |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/a-creepy-costner-in-mr-brooks-william-hurt-made-him-do-it/ |newspaper=Seattle Times|access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313225152/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/a-creepy-costner-in-mr-brooks-william-hurt-made-him-do-it/ |url-status=live }} Hurt had several roles in television and theater. Hurt starred in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries adaptation Frank Herbert's Dune in 2000, playing Duke Leto Atreides; it was one of Syfy's highest-rated series ever. He was in the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes, in a piece titled Battleground (known for its complete lack of dialogue). He appeared in the cast of Vanya, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, at the Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon.{{Cite news |title=William Hurt returns to Portland for 'Vanya' |work=Portland Tribune |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=116180399236906300 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207200409/http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=116180399236906300 |url-status=dead }}
= 2008–2021: MCU films and television work =
In June 2007, Marvel Studios announced that Hurt would portray General Thaddeus Ross in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk alongside Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, and Tim Roth.{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2007 |title=William Hurt Joins Incredible Hulk Cast as General Thunderbolt Ross |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/268/william_hurt_joins_incredible_hulk_cast_as_general_thunderbolt_ross |access-date=May 7, 2015 |publisher=Marvel |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914124933/http://marvel.com/news/movies/268/william_hurt_joins_incredible_hulk_cast_as_general_thunderbolt_ross |url-status=live }} Hurt reprised his role in four additional Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films: Captain America: Civil War (2016),{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2007 |title=Marvel Studios Begins Production on Marvel's 'Captain America: Civil War' |url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war |access-date=May 7, 2015 |publisher=Marvel |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508130749/http://marvel.com/news/movies/24586/marvel_studios_begins_production_on_marvels_captain_america_civil_war |url-status=live }} Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Widow (2021). Harrison Ford would then take over the role of Ross after Hurt's death in Captain America: Brave New World (2025).{{Cite web |last=Newton |first=Jacob |date=March 13, 2022 |title=William Hurt dead at 71: Oscar-winning actor and "Gen. Thaddeus Ross" from Marvel Cinematic Universe |url=https://myfox8.com/news/william-hurt-oscar-winning-actor-and-5-time-marvel-star-dead-at-71/ |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=Myfox8.com |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313232839/https://myfox8.com/news/william-hurt-oscar-winning-actor-and-5-time-marvel-star-dead-at-71/ |url-status=live }} During this time he acted in Vantage Point (2008), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008), and Robin Hood (2010).
In 2009, Hurt became a series regular on the FX series Damages playing a corporate whistleblower opposite Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden. For his role in the series, he earned a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In September 2010, Hurt played United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson in the HBO film Too Big to Fail, an adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin's book. He also starred as Captain Ahab in the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.{{Cite news |last=Stanley |first=Alessandra |date=July 31, 2011 |title=Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/arts/television/william-hurt-in-moby-dick-on-encore-review.html |access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108182702/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/arts/television/william-hurt-in-moby-dick-on-encore-review.html |url-status=live }} Hurt was set to play Gregg Allman in the film Midnight Rider, but he left the production after an on-set accident.{{cite news|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title=William Hurt to Play Gregg Allman in Biopic 'Midnight Rider'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/william-hurt-play-gregg-allman-biopic-midnight-rider/|accessdate=February 21, 2014|newspaper=TheWrap|date=January 6, 2014|archive-date=February 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219114543/http://www.thewrap.com/william-hurt-play-gregg-allman-biopic-midnight-rider/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-hurt-midnight-rider-20140423,0,1747436.story|title=William Hurt pulls out of 'Midnight Rider'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 23, 2014|accessdate=November 4, 2014|archive-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506062143/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-hurt-midnight-rider-20140423,0,1747436.story|url-status=live}}
In 2018, Hurt was cast as the lead in The Coldest Game (2019), but after he was injured in an off-set accident, he was replaced by Bill Pullman.{{Cite web |title=Bill Pullman replaces William Hurt in "The Coldest Game" |url=http://filmcommissionpoland.pl/film-industry/in-production/bill-pullman-replaces-william-hurt-in-the-coldest-game--rCDryp |website=filmcommissionpoland.pl |access-date=March 18, 2020 |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030214635/http://filmcommissionpoland.pl/film-industry/in-production/bill-pullman-replaces-william-hurt-in-the-coldest-game--rCDryp |url-status=live }} In one of his final roles, Hurt played opposite F. Murray Abraham in a standalone episode of Mythic Quest in 2021. Hurt had been set to appear in the series Pantheon and films The Fence, Men of Granite, and Edward Enderby before his death in March 2022, though he ultimately only appeared in Pantheon.{{Cite news |title=William Hurt: Oscar-winning actor dies aged 71 |last=Harrison |first=Ellie |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/william-hurt-death-age-cause-b2034973.html |date=March 13, 2022|access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313215509/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/william-hurt-death-age-cause-b2034973.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.thethings.com/william-hurt-final-show-before-death-pantheon-amc/ | title=This is the Final Show William Hurt Worked on Before His Death | date=March 14, 2022 }}
Personal life
= Marriages and relationships =
Hurt was married to actress Mary Beth Hurt ({{née|Supinger}}) from 1971 to 1982,{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Ronald |title=Hurt's Ex-Wife Testifies for Him In Marital Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/28/nyregion/hurt-s-ex-wife-testifies-for-him-in-marital-case.html |access-date=21 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=28 June 1989}} and to Heidi Henderson from 1989 to 1993. Hurt had four children: one with Sandra Jennings; two with Henderson; and one with French actress, film director, and screenwriter Sandrine Bonnaire.{{Cite web |title=Overview for William Hurt |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/91178%7C0/William-Hurt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140422/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/91178%7C0/William-Hurt/ |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |access-date=May 3, 2011 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}
In 1981, while he was still married, Hurt and Sandra Jennings began a relationship in Saratoga Springs, New York. Jennings became pregnant in the spring of 1982, which was followed by Hurt's divorce from Mary Beth, after which Hurt and Jennings relocated to South Carolina, a state that recognized non-ceremonial common-law marriages.Jennings v. Hurt, N.Y.L.J., October 4, 1989, at 24 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County), aff'd, 554 N.Y.S.2d 220 (App. Div. 1990), appeal denied, 568 N.Y.S.2d 347 (N.Y. 1991) Hurt and Jennings never held a marriage ceremony and later separated.
Hurt was a private pilot and owner of a Beechcraft Bonanza.{{Cite journal |title=A Plane-crazy America |journal=AOPA Pilot |page=79}} He was fluent in French and maintained a home outside Paris.
Hurt and Marlee Matlin had a relationship for two years, which included living together.{{cite web|author=William Hurt|date=April 14, 2009|title=William Hurt to Marlee Matlin: "I Apologize for Any Pain I Caused"|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b118626_william_hurt_marlee_matlin_i_apologize.html|access-date=October 29, 2011|website=E!|archive-date=April 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417124826/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b118626_william_hurt_marlee_matlin_i_apologize.html|url-status=live}}
= Domestic violence allegations =
Hurt's girlfriend Sandra Jennings sued Hurt in New York, seeking recognition of their relationship as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law. The New York court held that the relationship between Hurt and Jennings did not qualify as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law and found in Hurt's favor that no marriage existed. During Jennings' lawsuit against Hurt, she alleged that Hurt subjected her to physical and verbal abuse. His spokesperson denied that Hurt ever beat Jennings.{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Lisa |date=June 24, 1989 |title=The Accidental Husband |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-25-8902120684-story.html |access-date=March 21, 2022 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en}}
In her 2009 autobiography I'll Scream Later, Marlee Matlin said that their relationship involved drug use and physical violence from Hurt,{{cite web |date=April 14, 2009 |title=Marlee Matlin: Baby sitter's abuse led to life of drugs, violence |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/14/lkl.marlee.matlin/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232050/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/14/lkl.marlee.matlin/index.html |archive-date=August 14, 2018 |website=CNN}} including a rape.{{cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Amy |date=November 9, 2017 |title=When Marlee Matlin Accused William Hurt of Sexual Assault |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-marlee-matlin-accused-william-hurt-of-rape |accessdate=March 16, 2022 |website=The Daily Beast}} In response to the accusations aired on CNN on April 13, 2009, Hurt's agent declined to respond, but Hurt issued a statement the following day that his "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."{{cite web |last=Grossberg |first=Josh |date=April 14, 2009 |title=William Hurt to Marlee Matlin: "I Apologize for Any Pain I Caused". |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/118626/william_hurt_marlee_matlin_i_apologize |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629155657/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b118626_william_hurt_marlee_matlin_i_apologize.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |accessdate=March 13, 2022 |website=E!}}
In a 2022 essay for Variety, after Hurt had died, author Donna Kaz wrote about dating Hurt in their twenties, from 1977 to 1980. She accused Hurt of domestic abuse in the article.{{Cite web |last=Kaz |first=Donna |date=March 18, 2022 |title=William Hurt's Former Partner Donna Kaz on Surviving Abuse and Speaking Her Truth |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/donna-kaz-william-hurt-former-partner-surviving-abuse-1235208312/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Death and tributes
Hurt died at the age of 71 on March 13, 2022, at his Portland, Oregon, home{{cite news|work=The Oregonian|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2022/03/actor-william-hurt-who-died-in-portland-had-longtime-oregon-connections.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240922040240/https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2022/03/actor-william-hurt-who-died-in-portland-had-longtime-oregon-connections.html|archive-date=September 22, 2024|url-status=live|date=March 22, 2022|last=Turnquist|first=Kristi|title=Actor William Hurt, who died in Portland, had longtime Oregon connections}} from bone-metastasized terminal prostate cancer,{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=March 13, 2022 |title=William Hurt Dies: Oscar-Winning Actor For 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' Was 71 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/william-hurt-dead-body-heat-broadcast-news-1235110394/ |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313235432/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/william-hurt-dead-body-heat-broadcast-news-1235110394/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Serviss |first1=Lew |last2=Genzlinger |first2=Neil |date=March 13, 2022 |title=William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Actor, Dies of Natural Causes at 71 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/arts/william-hurt-dead.html |access-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313234450/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/arts/william-hurt-dead.html |url-status=live }} with which he was diagnosed in May 2018.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Mary |date=May 16, 2018 |title=Actor William Hurt vouches for side effect-free cancer therapy at unveiling |url=https://www.winknews.com/2018/05/16/actor-william-hurt-vouches-for-side-effect-free-cancer-therapy-at-unveiling/ |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=Wink News |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314023616/https://www.winknews.com/2018/05/16/actor-william-hurt-vouches-for-side-effect-free-cancer-therapy-at-unveiling/ |url-status=live }}
Many actors paid tribute to Hurt, including Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Dennis Quaid, Marg Helgenberger, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, John Goodman, Patton Oswalt, Albert Brooks, Bryce Dallas Howard, Maria Bello, Jonathan Frakes, Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Jeremy Renner, and Topher Grace.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=Ben Stiller and Mark Ruffalo lead tributes to William Hurt after his death at age 71 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/william-hurt-death-tributes-b2035138.html |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Colarossi |first=Natalie |date=2022-03-13 |title=William Hurt tributes pour in after actor dies at age 71 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/william-hurt-tributes-pour-after-actor-dies-age-71-1687566 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}
Acting credits
= Film =
= Television =
= Theater =
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| Year
! Project ! Role ! Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Henry V | Lord Scroop / Interpreter / Bates | Delacorte Theatre, The Public Theatre |
| 1978 | Fifth of July | Kenneth Talley Jr. | Sheridan Square Playhouse, Off-Broadway |
| 1981 | Childe Byron | Byron | Circle Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Delacorte Theatre, The Public Theatre |
| 1984-85 | Hurlyburly | Eddie | Goodman Theatre, Chicago Broadway debut |
| 1989 | Beside Herself | Augie-Jake | Circle Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1990 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd III | Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 1990 | Ivanov (play) | Nikolai Alexeyevich Ivanov | Yale Repertory Theatre, CT |
| 1992 | Good | John Halder | American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco{{cite web | url=https://www.act-sf.org/about-us/a-c-t-production-history/1991-2000-seasons/ | title=1991–2000 Seasons | work = American Conservatory Theater | date= 2021 }} |
| 2010 | Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone | Sydney Theatre Company |
= Video games =
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! Game ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| Thaddeus Ross |Voice only |
= Audiobooks =
Awards and nominations
References
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- [http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1437:william-hurt-interview&Itemid=80 Comprehensive career-overview interview with William Hurt]
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