| William Hurt  AKA William M. Hurt
Born: 20-Mar-1950
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Gender: Male
Religion: Lutheran
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Altered States, Broadcast News William Hurt is an Oscar-winning actor, specializing in earnest, usually intelligent characters. His best-known films include Altered States, and Broadcast News.
Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Guam, Somalia, and Sudan. His father worked for the State Department, and when his parents divorced, his mother married Time heir Henry Luce III. Luce soon sent young Hurt to a boarding school, where he found drama classes and drinking eased his isolation. Hurt studied theology before becoming an actor. Hurt found work in regional theater, and early in his career he appeared in a two-part episode of Kojak and a dull PBS miniseries called The Best of Families.
He was still virtually unknown when he starred in Ken Russell's 1980 off-kilter classic Altered States, which was a financial and artistic success. Hurt went on to become one of the 1980s biggest stars, with the sultry Body Heat (1981), the nostalgic The Big Chill (1983), the gayly political Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), the hearing impaired Children of a Lesser God, and the hilarious Broadcast News (1987).
Hurt's star dimmed in the 1990s, with inferior films like Trial by Jury, Loved, and Lost in Space. He is now as likely to play supporting roles as leading men. In the new millennium, he has played a futuristic Geppetto in Artificial Intelligence: AI, Samuel L. Jackson's AA sponsor in Changing Lanes, and an elder in The Village.
Hurt has long battled alcoholism. His second wife, Heidi Henderson, stipulated in their prenuptial agreement that Hurt's alimony payments would increase if he relapsed into his drinking habit. Whether that clause came into effect is known only by Hurt, his ex-wife, and their lawyers. He is fluent in French, has acted in French films, and lives in Paris with French film star Sandrine Bonnaire. Father: Henry Luce III (stepfather, son of Henry R. Luce)
Wife: Mary Beth Hurt (actress, m. 1971, div. Dec-1982)
Girlfriend: Sandra Jennings (cohabited 1981-84, one son)
Son: Alexander Hurt
Girlfriend: Marlee Matlin (actress, cohabited in 1986)
Wife: Heidi Henderson (dau. Skitch Henderson, m. 4-Mar-1989, div. 1993, two sons)
Son: Willie
Son: Sam
Girlfriend: Sandrine Bonnaire (actress, ex-, one daughter)
Daughter: Jeanne Hurt (b. Feb-1994)
High School: Middlesex School, Concord, MA (1968)
University: BA Theology, Tufts University (1972)
Nader for President 2004
Oscar for Best Actor 1986 for Kiss of the Spider Woman
Risk Factors: Alcoholism
TELEVISION
Damages Daniel Purcell (2009)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Avengers: Endgame (22-Apr-2019)
Avengers: Infinity War (23-Apr-2018)
Captain America: Civil War (12-Apr-2016)
Race (19-Feb-2016)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (17-May-2014)
Winter's Tale (13-Feb-2014)
Days and Nights (4-Jan-2014)
Bonnie & Clyde (8-Dec-2013)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (9-Sep-2013)
The Host (22-Mar-2013)
Hellgate (4-Jun-2011)
Too Big to Fail (23-May-2011) · Henry M. Paulson
Late Bloomers (18-Feb-2011) · Adam
Robin Hood (12-May-2010) · William Marshal
The River Why (Apr-2010) · H2O
The Countess (9-Feb-2009)
Endgame (18-Jan-2009) · Prof. Willie Esterhuyse
The Incredible Hulk (12-Jun-2008)
Vantage Point (20-Feb-2008)
The Yellow Handkerchief (18-Jan-2008) · Brett
Noise (22-Oct-2007) · Mayor Rheinhardt Schneer
Into the Wild (1-Sep-2007)
Mr. Brooks (31-May-2007)
The Good Shepherd (11-Dec-2006)
Beautiful Ohio (10-Nov-2006) · Mr. Messerman
Syriana (23-Nov-2005) · Stan
Neverwas (9-Sep-2005) · Dr. Peter Reed
A History of Violence (16-May-2005)
The King (15-May-2005)
The Village (26-Jul-2004)
The Blue Butterfly (20-Feb-2004)
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (10-Nov-2002)
Tuck Everlasting (8-Sep-2002) · Angus Tuck
Nearest to Heaven (30-Aug-2002)
Changing Lanes (7-Apr-2002) · Sponsor
Rare Birds (9-Sep-2001) · Dave
Artificial Intelligence: AI (26-Jun-2001)
Varian's War (22-Apr-2001)
The Flamingo Rising (4-Feb-2001)
Dune (3-Dec-2000)
The Contaminated Man (30-Aug-2000)
The 4th Floor (10-Aug-2000) · Greg Harrison
The Miracle Maker (31-Mar-2000) [VOICE]
The Simian Line (15-Jan-2000)
Do Not Disturb (4-Nov-1999) · Walter
Sunshine (13-Sep-1999)
The Big Brass Ring (20-Apr-1999) · Blake
One True Thing (18-Sep-1998)
Lost in Space (3-Apr-1998)
The Proposition (27-Mar-1998) · Arthur Barret
Dark City (27-Feb-1998) · Insp. Frank Bumstead
Loved (Apr-1997)
Michael (25-Dec-1996)
A Couch in New York (21-Feb-1996)
Jane Eyre (9-Feb-1996) · Rochester
Smoke (9-Jun-1995) · Paul Benjamin
Second Best (11-Sep-1994)
Trial by Jury (9-Sep-1994)
Mr. Wonderful (15-Oct-1993) · Tom
The Plague (26-Aug-1992) · Dr. Bernard Rieux
Until the End of the World (12-Sep-1991)
The Doctor (24-Jul-1991)
Alice (25-Dec-1990) · Doug
I Love You to Death (6-Apr-1990) · Harlan
The Accidental Tourist (23-Dec-1988) · Macon
A Time of Destiny (22-Apr-1988)
Broadcast News (16-Dec-1987) · Tom Grunick
Children of a Lesser God (3-Oct-1986) · James
Kiss of the Spider Woman (6-Jun-1985) · Luis Molina
Gorky Park (15-Dec-1983)
The Big Chill (9-Sep-1983) · Nick
Body Heat (28-Aug-1981) · Ned Racine
Eyewitness (26-Aug-1981) · Daryll Deever
Altered States (12-Dec-1980) · Eddie Jessup
Verna: USO Girl (25-Jan-1978)
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