Wiliam McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor.
He made his film debut in 1980. In 1986, he won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman. He earned additional nominations for his work in Children of a Lesser God, Broadcast News, and A History of Violence.
He passed away of prostate cancer in 2022, just one week shy of turning 72.
Works with pages on TV Tropes:
- Altered States (1980) as Prof. Edward Jessup
- Body Heat (1981) as Ned Racine
- The Big Chill (1983) as Nick Carlton
- Gorky Park (1983) as Arkady Renko
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) as Luis Molina
- Children of a Lesser God (1986) as James Leeds
- Broadcast News (1987) as Tom Grunick
- The Accidental Tourist (1988) as Macon Leary
- I Love You to Death (1990) as Harlan James
- Alice (1990) as Doug Tate
- The Doctor (1991) as Dr. Jack MacKee
- Until the End of the World (1991) as Sam Farber, aka Trevor McPhee
- Smoke (1995) as Paul Benjamin
- Jane Eyre (1996) as Edward Fairfax Rochester
- Michael (1996) as Frank Quinlan
- Lost in Space (1998) as Prof. John Robinson
- Dark City (1998) as Insp. Frank Bumstead
- One True Thing (1998) as George Gulden
- Sunshine (1999) as Andor Knorr
- Dune (2000) as Duke Leto Atreides
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) as Prof. Allen Hobby
- The Simian Line (2001) as Edward
- Tuck Everlasting (2002) as Angus Tuck
- Changing Lanes (2002) as Doyle Gipson's AA Sponsor
- The Village (2004) as Edward Walker
- A History of Violence (2005) as Richie Cusack
- Neverwas (2005) as Dr. Peter Reed
- Syriana (2005) as Stan Goff
- The Good Shepherd (2006) as CIA Director Philip Allen
- Mr. Brooks (2007) as Marshall
- Into the Wild (2007) as Walt McCandless
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008 — 2021) as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Black Widow (2021)
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2010) as Brett Hanson
- Robin Hood (2010) as William Marshal
- The Host (2013) as Jeb Stryder
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014) as Julian Rigby
- Winter's Tale (2014) as Isaac Penn
- Race (2016) as Jeremiah Mahoney
- Pantheon (2022) as Stephen Holstrom
