- Date of Birth: 20 March, 1950
- Place of Birth: Washington, D.C
- Biography: William M. Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School, and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a... Read more
Filmography
- Robin Hood (2010)
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)
- The Countess (2009)
- The River Why (2009)
- Endgame (2009)
- Damages London, of Course (2009)
- Damages Look What I Dug Up This Time (2009)
- Damages Season Finale (2009)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Vantage Point (2008)
- Into the Wild (2007)
- Mr. Brooks (2007)
News
William Hurt to play former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in new film: report
nypost.com –
2010-08-27
William Hurt, meet Henry Paulson. The entertainment website Deadline reported Friday that the balding, bespectacled actor - who won an Oscar for "Kiss of the Spiderwoman" - will play balding former Treasury Secretary Paulson in "Too Big to Fail," an... ... Full Article
Meditations on Noise
nytimes.com –
2010-05-17
There is dignity in quiet things and quiet people, and gravity accrues to those activities we mostly perform in silence: reading, praying, looking at paintings, standing in the woods. ... Full Article
PHILADELPHIA - "I was thrilled to be able to play a guy of few words who says a lot, and who figures out a lot," says William Hurt. ... Full Article
Reviewed in brief
startribune.com –
2010-03-11
Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, some violence, language. ? Where: Edina. This modest but moving indie ensemble piece puts three estimable actors in a convertible, sets them on a long drive to post-Katrina Louisiana and lets the character dynamics do... ... Full Article
LOS ANGELES -- William Hurt was virtually unrecognizable on the recent Golden Globes telecast when the cameras panned to the "Damages" nominee. The 59-year-old actor was sporting a beard of such massively bushy dimensions, he looked as if he had... ... Full Article


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