Yeah, you bump up against other people, but you have to learn a craft, technique. After initially pursuing theology at Tufts University, William switched to acting in the 1970s. Its not right that my privacy is invaded to the extent that it is, Hurt said at the time. The duo develop a complicated, and eventually romantic, relationship while struggling to survive the mental and spiritual toll of prison. Hollywood Life On stage, Hurt appeared in off-Broadway productions including Henry V, Fifth of July, Richard II and A Midsummer Night's Dream; and made his Broadway debut in David Rabe's dark comedy Hurlyburly, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, who appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross, dies at the age of 71. His spokesperson denied that Hurt ever beat Jennings. He was 71. A Warner Bros. 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His portrayal as a gay prisoner in South America in the 1985 movie Kiss of the Spider Woman earned him as Oscar as well as a BAFTA Film Award for best actor. He was educated at Columbia University, then moved to London, England, where he studied drama and began acting in theatre. [2] He grew up with two sisters, Lise and Cordis (an actress), and a brother, the late Matthew Heard, who predeceased his mother and brother. Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Artificial Intelligence (2001), The Village (2004), Syriana (2005), The Good Shepherd (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), Into the Wild (2007), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008), and Robin Hood (2010). Mr . He broke the mold in his Oscar-winning role in Kiss of the Spider Woman, broke smiles in Broadcast News, and broke our hearts in The Accidental Tourist. He briefly attended Tufts University to study theology, soon after transferring to Juilliard School to pursue acting. "[32], In a 2022 essay for Variety, author Donna Kaz wrote about dating Hurt in their twenties, from 1977 to 1980. William Hurt. Albert Brooks, Hurts "Broadcast News" co-star, was among the many who responded to Hurts passing Sunday. 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. Great mind. William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s' foremost leading men in movies such as "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill," has died. "Acting is a very intimate and private thing," Hurt told The New York Times in 1983. Hurt earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in David Cronenberg's crime thriller A History of Violence (2005). He also developed a reputation for not always being an easy collaborator. In a twist on his Dorian role, his character starts as an old man who, upon entering a house inhabited by the ghost of his mother, is turned back into a youthful Confederate soldier. He received three additional Oscar nominations: Best Actor for Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987; he was thus nominated for Best Actor for three consecutive years) and Best Supporting Actor for A History of Violence (2005). Nobody knew I had a sense of humour, and people wouldn't even have lunch with me. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Kelsea Ballerini, Chase Stokes Get Cozy at Rangers Game, Celebrity Deaths in 2022: Stars Weve Lost, Oscar 2022 Nominations: See the Complete List, Marvel Moms and Dads! Join our commenting forum. [citation needed]. I had the privilege of directing him in The Village. Several of Hurts colleagues took to Twitter to share tributes to the actor. For his role in the series, he earned a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" category. (AP Photo/Frazier Moore, File), Hurt, always a intelligent screen presence, gradually morphed into a character actor. A keen collector of antiques and art, he referred to Ballinterry House as a painting which he never would finish. Heard appeared at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in 1977 in a series of new plays. Hatfield's second film, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), made him a star. For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews Subscribe on YouTube! "Working with him on 'Broadcast News' was amazing. The 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' star was 71 years old. He appeared off-Broadway in 1974 in Mark Medoff's play The Wager and in 1975 as Guildenstern in Hamlet at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, where he also understudied Sam Waterston as Hamlet. He said Hurt died peacefully, among family. 23 View All. 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"It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. Shortly after came "Kiss of the Spider Woman," which won Hurt the best actor Oscar for his performance as a gay prisoner in a repressive South American dictatorship. Best Actor winner William Hurt and Best Actress winner Geraldine Page smile while holding their Oscars, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Key points: William Hurt's family said he died of natural causes. This story has been shared 106,535 times. [26], Hurt and Jennings never held a marriage ceremony and later separated. He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes. [5] With his father, he lived in Lahore, Mogadishu, and Khartoum. I mean, I don't have any regrets. Among Williams esteemed classmates? He received his college education. The family requests privacy at this time.. ", In those years, Hurt also struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, and attended rehabilitation clinics. No sour grapes. Hurt was born on March 20, 1950, in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (ne McGill; 19231971),[3] who worked for Time Inc., and Alfred McChord Hurt (19101996), who worked for the United States Agency for International Development and the State Department. Though many of Williams most iconic dramatic roles happened decades ago, younger fans will recognize the actor from his role as General Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ozzy & Sharon Osbournes Grandkids: Meet Their Grandchildren. Heard also had roles on The Sopranos as the troubled corrupt detective Vin Makazian for which he received an Emmy nomination as outstanding guest actor; as well as Mr. Detrolio, father of Finn Detrolio, one of Meadows' boyfriends, and later on Battlestar Galactica as Commander Barry Garner. Hurt had four children: one with Sandra Jennings; two with Henderson; and one with French actress, film director, and screenwriter Sandrine Bonnaire. But that's OK, that's all right, that's the way it is. William Hurt passed away from natural causes. "Acting is a very intimate and private thing," Hurt told The New York Times in 1983. William McChord Hurt[1][2] (March 20, 1950 March 13, 2022) was an American actor. The Body Heat star was a three-time Academy Award nominee for best actor, and the nods came in three consecutive years. He has recorded "The Polar Express", "The Boy Who Drew Cats", "The Sun Also Rises" and narrated the documentaries, "Searching for America: The Odyssey of John Dos Passos", "Einstein-How I See the World" and the English narration of Elie Wiesel's "To Speak the Unspeakable", a documentary directed and produced by Pierre Marmiesse. This story has been shared 138,942 times. In 2009, Hurt was nominated for an Emmy Award for playing scientist Daniel Purcell on the second season of FXs Damages, and received another nomination two years later for portraying former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in Curtis Hansons HBO telefilm Too Big to Fail., He also was famous for his roles in movies such as Body Heat and Gorky Park., More recently, Hurt appeared as Marvel Comics character General Thaddeus Ross in The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Black Widow., Born in Washington, DC, Hurt attended Tufts University and eventually the Juilliard School. The family requests privacy at this time.. At the time of his death, Hatfield was writing his autobiography. 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Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much [6], Having been introduced to Ireland by actress and former co-star Angela Lansbury, Hatfield lived at Ballinterry House, Rathcormac, County Cork from the early 1970s. Leslie William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. Having started in New York theater, Hurt then returned to the stage to star on Broadway in David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," for which he was nominated for a Tony. ", First published on March 13, 2022 / 7:14 PM. His interest ran so deep that on his deathbed, a Russian Orthodox priest attended him and officiated at his funeral. AILSA CHANG, HOST: William Hurt, the star of such popular 1980s films as "Children Of A Lesser God" and "Broadcast News," has died of complications from prostate cancer. [8], In 1987, he had a son, John Matthew Heard, with actress and former girlfriend Melissa Leo. Hurt's son, Will, said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday of natural causes. Hurt seemed to . Williams long career has seen him nominated for multiple Academy Awards, and evening bringing home a win for 1985s Kiss Of The Spider Woman. In Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 steamy neo noir "Body Heat," Hurt starred alongside Kathleen Turner as a lawyer coaxed into murder. 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. The family requests privacy at this time., In the 1980s, the handsome, lanky blond star was nominated three years in a row for an Academy Award for best actor. Hurt won an Oscar in 1985 for the film Kiss of the Spider Woman. Hatfield's film career began to lose momentum very quickly in the 1950s, and he returned to the stage. Hurt's film debut was in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States, released in 1980, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. [7], Hurt attended the Middlesex School, where he was vice-president of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several school plays. "Success is isolating," he told The Telegraph in 2004. In 2008, Heard was asked about his career and he replied, I guess I went from being a young leading man to being just kind of a hack actor. He graduated in 1968 and his yearbook predicted, "you might even see him on Broadway." He was 71. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, 1984) alongside future Home Alone co-star Daniel Stern and in The Trip to Bountiful (1985). "So sad to hear this news," wrote Brooks on Twitter. It worked. His starring roles in a series of critically acclaimed films garnered three consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor: Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), which he won; Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987). Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says. Wow, another Major loss to the acting community. Every take was new and revealing., Wow, another Major loss to the acting community, Mark Ruffalo, who plays Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the MCU, shared in a tweet. He also starred as Captain Ahab in the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. He was a master of his acting craft. 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I didnt want some big target on my chest saying: Hes an Oscar-winner, hes the one to be. I wanted to be an actor, so I was very confused about it. This was a rare commercial network staging of a 14th-century mystery play, adapted from the York and Chester plays. [11] Broadcast News, a romantic comedy directed by James L. Brooks, is possibly Hurt's most acclaimed film and is included at the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.[12]. Hoda Kotb Makes Pre-Taped Appearance on 'Today' Amid Continued Absence, Formula 1 Driver Max Verstappen and GF Kelly Piquet's Relationship Timeline, PDA in the Rink! Along with three additional Oscar nominations, Hurt who made his film debut in 1980 with Ken Russells Altered States was nominated for two Emmys and six Golden Globes throughout his career, according to IMDb. The family requests privacy at this time. Learn more about Williams long and illustrious career, here. He was trained at Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his supporting role in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence (2005). He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes, the actors son, 31, shared on Sunday, according to Deadline. He is best known for having played characters of handsome, narcissistic young men, most notably Dorian Gray in the film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). You cant., The late film critic Roger Ebert wrote about Hurt in 1988 after the release of The Accidental Tourist, calling the actor at the time one of the two or three best actors in American movies., To almost all of his roles, he brings along a sense of the ordinary, the sense that this is simply a person who happens to find himself in this place at this time, Ebert said. Except that I could have played some bigger parts. Hurt, whose father worked for the State Department, was born in Washington D.C. and traveled widely as a child while attending boarding school in Massachusetts. William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s foremost leading men in movies such as "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill,". I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good. In After Hours (also 1985), Heard was bartender Tom Schorr. Fellow iconic actors Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams, who passed away in 2004 and 2014, respectively. There was always something unnerving about William Hurt onscreen. He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991). Heard featured in a television production of The Scarlet Letter (1979) as Arthur Dimmesdale. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File). 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). Among Hurt's greatest performances was James L. Brooks' 1987 comedy "Broadcast News," as a slick but lightweight anchorman who symbolized the emerging fusion of entertainment and journalism. In 1986's "Children of a Lesser God," it was his co-star, Marlee Matlin, who took the Oscar for her performance as a custodian at a school for the deaf. William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s' foremost leading men in movies such as "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill,". He portrayed General Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross, a key player in 2008s The Incredible Hulk. She accused Hurt of domestic violence, published in a 2016 memoir. [citation needed], In 1966, he appeared on the television series The Wild Wild West in an episode titled "The Night of the Man-Eating House". Jennings sued him in New York, seeking recognition of their relationship as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law. [6] The film was one of the biggest hits of 1990, and Heard reprised the role of McCallister in the sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. [25], During Jennings' lawsuit against Hurt, she alleged that Hurt subjected her to physical and verbal abuse and "smashed her across the face" five days after the birth of their son. Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, known for his leading dramatic roles on both the stage and screen, has died at the age of 71. Beyond that it is my only obligation to solve the truth of the piece. Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big Chill," has died. After this run of particularly prominent roles in the 1980s, Hurt began to appear more frequently in supporting roles. [27] He was fluent in French and maintained a home outside Paris. Articulus. In some ways, it was antithetical to what I was aiming at. In the comedy-drama film Heaven Help Us (aka, Catholic Boys, 1985), Heard played a monk named Brother Timothy. 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. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. The house was sold in late 2006, and the entire contents of the Hurd Hatfield Collection were sold at an auction on the premises by Country House Antique & Fine Art Auction in March 2007. Hurt revived his career and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Richie Cusack in David Cronenbergs 2005 film A History of Violence, despite only appearing for a few minutes of screen time. Market data provided by Factset. "[4], His follow-up films, The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946), The Beginning or the End (1947), and The Unsuspected (1947), were successful, but Joan of Arc (1948) was a critical and financial failure. The star continued his work on stage, also earning his first Tony Award nomination in 1985. 2023 Cable News Network. We worked together on this film that shot in Amsterdam. Heard chose to characterize the role with a combination of concerned dramatic acting of a father missing his son along with more classical comedic tropes. It's work. She maintained the historic Irish country home exactly as it was at the time of Hatfield's death. [37][38], Matlin, Marlee. His acting is consistently excellent. 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