He became a leading actor with Body Heat (1981), in which he played a lawyer who kills his lovers husband.In 1986 he won an Academy Award for best actor for his portrayal of a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).Hurt also received Oscar nominations for best actor for his roles in Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987) and a nod for best supporting actor in A History of Violence (2005).
Other notable films included The Accidental Tourist (1988), Smoke (1995), One True Thing (1998), Syriana (2005), Into the Wild (2007), Robin Hood (2010), Winters Tale (2014), Days and Nights (2014), and Race (2016). He portrayed the Marvel comic character Thaddeus (Thunderbolt) Ross in the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Captain America: Civil War (2016), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). On television Hurt appeared in the miniseries Dune (2000), Moby Dick (2011; as Captain Ahab ), Bonnie and Clyde (2013), and Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (2016). He made appearances in the TV movies Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002) and Too Big to Fail (2011; as Henry Paulson ) and had roles in the series Damages, Humans, Trial, Goliath, and Condor. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Through sexual magnetism, Matty coaxes Ned into believing he should kill her husband, Edmund (Richard Crenna), so that they can be together and. ![]() He also starred as Captain Ahab in the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville s novel Moby-Dick. He studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell s science-fiction feature Altered States, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. In 1981 he played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir Body Heat. He played another leading role, as Arkady Renko, in Gorky Park (1983). He received another two Academy Award nominations for his lead performances in Children of a Lesser God (1986) and Broadcast News (1987). Hurt remained an active stage actor throughout the 1980s, appearing in Off-Broadway productions including Henry V, Fifth of July, Richard II and A Midsummer Nights Dream. Hurt received his first Tony Award nomination in 1985 for the Broadway production of Hurlyburly. Hurt attended the Middlesex School, where he was vice president of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several school plays. He graduated in 1968 and his yearbook predicted, you might even see him on Broadway. Hurt attended Tufts University and studied theology, 9 but turned instead to acting and joined the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 5: 19721976). Two of his classmates there were Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams. 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. In 1979, Hurt played Hamlet under the direction of Marshall W. His first major film role was in the science-fiction film Altered States where his performance as an obsessed scientist gained him wide recognition. His performance with Richard Crenna, Ted Danson and newcomer Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan s neo-noir classic Body Heat elevated Hurt to stardom, and he later also co-starred in The Big Chill (1983). He received the Best Male Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985. He has 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). Also in 2005, Hurt played a mysterious government operative in Stephen Gaghan s ensemble drama about the politics of big oil, Syriana. He plays Renshaw, a hitman who receives a package from the widow of a toymaker he had killed, unaware of what is waiting inside for him. He appeared in the cast of Vanya, an adaptation of Chekhovs Uncle Vanya, at the Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon. He appeared as President Henry Ashton in the 2008 action-thriller Vantage Point. Hurt also played Mr. Brookss alter ego in Mr. Brooks starring Kevin Costner. For his role in the series, Hurt earned a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category. Hurts 2009 Sundance film The Yellow Handkerchief was released in theaters on February 26, 2010, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He was in the Thailand-based 2011 thriller Hellgate alongside Cary Elwes and Paula Taylor, directed by John Penney.
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