William Hurt

William Hurt

1950-03-20 Washington, D.C., USA 101 Credits

Biography

William Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American stage, film and television actor, trained at the Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York, USA. For his leading role in the feature film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", he received an Academy Award in 1986, followed by 3 more nominations for roles in the movies "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and "A History of Violence".

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The King's Daughter

The King's Daughter

2022

as Pere La Chaise

7.1
Acting

King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate d...

Black Widow

Black Widow

2021

as Secretary Ross

7.2
Acting

Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursue...

Disclosure

Disclosure

2020

as Luis Molina (archive footage)

7.9
Acting

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have...

The Last Full Measure

The Last Full Measure

2020

as Tulley

7.3
Acting

The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirt...

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross

8.2
Acting

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaini...

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War

2018

as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross

8.2
Acting

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from ...

The Miracle Season

The Miracle Season

2018

as Ernie Found

7.2
Acting

After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance o...

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War

2016

as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross

7.4
Acting

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarize...

Race

Race

2016

as Jeremiah Mahoney

7.2
Acting

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage ...

Men of Granite

2015

10.0
Acting

A group of poor immigrant high school boys in Granite, Illinois defy all odds and go on to win the 1940 state championship in basketball.

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

2014

as Julian Rigby

6.7
Acting

Told from the woman's perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may ...

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

2014

as Herb

4.5
Acting

Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chek...

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

2014

as Julian Rigby

6.2
Acting

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her...

Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale

2014

as Isaac Penn

6.3
Acting

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

Fire in the Blood

Fire in the Blood

2013

as Self

7.5
Acting

An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocke...

The Host

The Host

2013

as Jeb Stryder

6.3
Acting

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as ...

The Challenger Disaster

The Challenger Disaster

2013

as Richard Feynman

7.2
Acting

When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven astronau...

Maddened by His Absence

Maddened by His Absence

2012

as Jacques

5.9
Acting

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he sha...

Close Up

Close Up

2012

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and ...

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

2011

as Henry Paulson

7.0
Acting

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a f...

Hellgate

Hellgate

2011

as Warren Mills

4.7
Acting

A western businessman, his Thai wife and son experience a horrible accident while visiting Bangkok. In the aftermath, they find there is a shadow worl...

Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant

2011

as Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (archive footage)

6.3
Acting

Agent Coulson informs Agent Sitwell that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky to be released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative. As...

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

2011

as Adam

5.2
Acting

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the threat of old age. Each reacts in a different way: Hu...

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

2010

as William Marshal

6.4
Acting

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Rober...

The Real Robin Hood

The Real Robin Hood

2010

as Narrator (voice)

5.7
Acting

Was there really a Robin Hood? Did he steal from the rich and give to the poor? This History Channel program revisits the popular legend of the valian...

The River Why

The River Why

2010

as H2O

5.3
Acting

A young man abandons his family for a solitary life of fly-fishing. His goal was to find his own way in the fishing world and thereby find himself and...

The Yellow Handkerchief

The Yellow Handkerchief

2009

as Brett Hanson

6.3
Acting

A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.

The Countess

The Countess

2009

as György Thurzó

5.9
Acting

Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a young...

Endgame

Endgame

2009

as Professor Will Esterhuyse

5.8
Acting

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African Nat...

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

2008

as Self

8.5
Acting

Rare documents and details of the film's story. From its initial option to its critical reception and legacy. Director David Weisman, who also produce...

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

2008

as General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

6.2
Acting

Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dr...

Alexander Technique

2008

as Self

5.0
Acting

Feature film.

Vantage Point

Vantage Point

2008

as President Ashton

6.4
Acting

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have ...

Noise

Noise

2007

as Mayor Schneer

5.8
Acting

A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.

Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007

as Walt McCandless

7.8
Acting

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savi...

Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks

2007

as Marshall

6.9
Acting

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

The Legend of Sasquatch

The Legend of Sasquatch

2007

as John Davis

4.7
Acting

The Davis Family - John, Khristy and Maggie - move in to a secluded log cabin in the mountains above Seattle. They soon discover a family of Bigfoot h...

The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

2006

as Philip Allen

6.3
Acting

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young ...

Beautiful Ohio

Beautiful Ohio

2006

as Simon Messerman

5.1
Acting

A quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers — Clive and William — growing up in the unconventional household of progressive parents i...

The King

The King

2006

as David

6.1
Acting

A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian commun...

Too Commercial for Cannes

Too Commercial for Cannes

2006

as Self

8.5
Acting

A day in a life tour diary with David Cronenberg, as he brings his film "A History of Violence" to the Cannes Film Festival (2005) for its first publi...

Syriana

Syriana

2005

as Stan

6.4
Acting

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer...

A History of Violence

A History of Violence

2005

as Richie Cusack

7.2
Acting

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Neverwas

Neverwas

2005

as Dr. Peter Reed

6.4
Acting

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What h...

Hunt for Justice

Hunt for Justice

2005

as General Mortimer

6.0
Acting

The heroic struggle of Canadian Louise Arbour, Chief War Crimes Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as she ba...

Deconstructing 'The Village'

Deconstructing 'The Village'

2005

as Self

4.7
Acting

In this making-of documentary, we see movie snippets, shots from the set, and interviews. We get notes from the crew and cast. We learn about the movi...

The Village

The Village

2004

as Edward Walker

6.5
Acting

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alte...

The Blue Butterfly

The Blue Butterfly

2004

as Alan Osborne

6.9
Acting

Based on a true story, The Blue Butterfly tells the story of a terminally ill 10-year-old boy whose dream is to catch the most beautiful butterfly on ...

Nearest to Heaven

Nearest to Heaven

2002

as Matt

5.3
Acting

People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, sh...

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story

2002

as Robert P. Hanssen

4.7
Acting

True story about the cat and mouse game between the FBI trying to find a Soviet mole in their ranks and Robert Hanssen, one of the top FBI agents and ...

Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting

2002

as Angus Tuck

6.6
Acting

Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotective parents, but Winnie longs for a life of greater ...

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

2002

as Doyle's Sponsor

6.3
Acting

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two pe...

The Simian Line

The Simian Line

2001

as Edward

5.0
Acting

The Simian Line is an American improvisational film, released in 2001. When Katharine throws a party on Halloween, a psychic called Arnita predicts th...

Rare Birds

Rare Birds

2001

as Dave

5.4
Acting

A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase tourism by announcing th...

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

as Prof. Hobby

7.0
Acting

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually b...

Varian's War

Varian's War

2001

as Varian Fry

6.1
Acting

Varian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.

The Flamingo Rising

The Flamingo Rising

2001

as Turner Knight

4.4
Acting

When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turn...

Contaminated Man

Contaminated Man

2000

as David R. Whitman

4.3
Acting

In this science fiction thriller, David Whitman (William Hurt) is a chemist who lost his wife and child in a freak accident and is trying to rebuild h...

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker

2000

as Jairus (voice)

5.9
Acting

A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spr...

Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

1999

as Walter Richmond

4.9
Acting

Combining a family vacation with business, Walter Richmond takes his wife and their 10-year-old, mute daughter, Melissa , to the Netherlands -- where ...

Sunshine

Sunshine

1999

as Andor Knorr

6.5
Acting

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

The 4th Floor

The 4th Floor

1999

as Greg Harrison

5.7
Acting

A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.

The Big Brass Ring

The Big Brass Ring

1999

as William Blake Pellarin

4.4
Acting

Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past...

The Big Chill: A Reunion

The Big Chill: A Reunion

1999

as Self

4.5
Acting

A look back at the making of the film "The Big Chill" (1983) with cast and crew.

One True Thing

One True Thing

1998

as George Gulden

6.5
Acting

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Lost in Space

Lost in Space

1998

as Prof. John Robinson

5.4
Acting

The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other...

The Proposition

The Proposition

1998

as Arthur Barret

6.2
Acting

Father Michael McKinnon goes from the UK to Boston circa 1935. For unknown reasons, he avoids at all costs the most prominent parishioners, Arthur and...

Dark City

Dark City

1998

as Inspector Frank Bumstead

7.3
Acting

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic ...

Lost In Space Forever

Lost In Space Forever

1998

as Self (also archive footage)

6.8
Acting

Host John Larroquette takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through the 1965-1968 sci-fi comedy series. The disc's rare footage include Guy Williams's scr...

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

1998

as Self

Acting

John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up a friendship. Shortly afterwards they ...

Loved

Loved

1997

as K.D. Dietrickson

4.2
Acting

After a man is accused of driving his third wife to suicide, his first wife Hedda, a troubled woman who can't hate or hurt others even if they had wro...

Elie Wiesel Goes Home

Elie Wiesel Goes Home

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

A documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his...

Michael

Michael

1996

as Frank Quinlan

5.7
Acting

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.

Secrets Shared with a Stranger

Secrets Shared with a Stranger

1996

as The stranger

1.0
Acting

In Russia, in 1907, a rich lenient husband of a loose unfaithful woman is brutally murdered. She and her two lovers are suspects, but what about the s...

A Couch in New York

A Couch in New York

1996

as Henry Harriston

5.8
Acting

Dr. Henry Harriston is a successful psychoanalyst in New York City. When he is near a nervous breakdown, he arranges to change his flat with Beatrice ...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1996

as Rochester

6.9
Acting

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

Smoke

Smoke

1995

as Paul Benjamin

7.2
Acting

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...

Second Best

Second Best

1994

as Graham Holt

6.7
Acting

The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.

Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury

1994

as Tommy Vesey

5.4
Acting

Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.

Mr. Wonderful

Mr. Wonderful

1993

as Tom

5.7
Acting

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wif...

The Plague

The Plague

1992

as Doctor Bernard Rieux

5.8
Acting

In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decide...

Rabbit Ears - The Boy Who Drew Cats

1991

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

This is the story of a small Japanese boy whose only interest is drawing pictures of cats...even while everyone else in the village is struggling to d...

Until the End of the World

Until the End of the World

1991

as Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee

6.8
Acting

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Pa...

The Doctor

The Doctor

1991

as Jack

6.4
Acting

Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has s...

Wim Wenders in Tokyo

Wim Wenders in Tokyo

1990

as Self

Acting

A documentary which follows director Wim Wenders and Sean Naughton, the high-definition-video designer on UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, in Tokyo, and d...

Alice

Alice

1990

as Doug Tate

6.4
Acting

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults h...

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School

1990

as Steve Mills (voice)

Acting

Worse than having your glove stolen, worse than Chinese water torture, even worse than the earth spinning off its axis and careening into Mars, your m...

I Love You to Death

I Love You to Death

1990

as Harlan James

6.4
Acting

Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been che...

The Accidental Tourist

The Accidental Tourist

1988

as Macon Leary

6.2
Acting

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, ...

A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny

1988

as Martin Larraneta

4.8
Acting

World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.

Broadcast News

Broadcast News

1987

as Tom Grunick

6.7
Acting

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she...

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

1986

as James Leeds

6.9
Acting

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1985

as Oberon

6.0
Acting

Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest ...

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985

as Luis Molina

7.1
Acting

The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his politic...

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983

as Arkady Renko

6.3
Acting

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his s...

The Big Chill

The Big Chill

1983

as Nick Carlton

6.9
Acting

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

All the Way Home

All the Way Home

1981

as Jay Follet

7.0
Acting

A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.

Body Heat

Body Heat

1981

as Ned Racine

7.0
Acting

In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

Eyewitness

Eyewitness

1981

as Daryll Deever

5.6
Acting

NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. ...

Altered States

Altered States

1980

as Professor Eddie Jessup

6.7
Acting

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native America...

Verna: USO Girl

Verna: USO Girl

1978

as Walter

Acting

An untalented singer-dancer, Verna Vane, fervently believes that a U.S.O. tour overseas will put her on the road to superstardom. Although she's more ...