Profile
William Hurt
Actor + Headliner
Male
Born
Mar 20, 1950
Age
63
Hometown
United States
Other Names
William McChord Hurt
William McChord Hurt is an American stage and film actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School, and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States … Read More
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William Hurt
Age 63
parents
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Alfred McCord HurtFather -
Claire Isabel HurtMother
children
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William Hurt, Jr.Son -
Sam HurtSon
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of William Hurt.
CHILDHOOD
1950
Birth
Born on March 20, 1950.
TEENAGE
1968
18 Years Old
Hurt graduated from Middlesex School in 1968 where he was vice president of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several school plays.
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TWENTIES
THIRTIES

1981
31 Years Old
While he was still married, Hurt and Jennings began a relationship in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1981.

1982
32 Years Old
Jennings became pregnant in the spring of 1982 which precipitated Hurt's divorce from Mary Beth Hurt, after which Hurt and Jennings relocated to South Carolina, a state that recognized common-law marriages.
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In 1985, Hurt garnered substantial critical acclaim and multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, for portraying an effeminate gay man in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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1989
39 Years Old
Hurt has four children: Jeanne with actress Sandrine Bonnaire, Alex with Sandra Jennings, and two sons, Sam Hurt and William Hurt, from his 1989–92 marriage to Heidi Henderson.
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FIFTIES

2005
55 Years Old
In 2005 Hurt was also seen as a mysterious government operative in Stephen Gaghan's ensemble drama about the politics of big oil, Syriana.
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2008
58 Years Old
He appeared as President Henry Ashton in the 2008 action-thriller Vantage Point.
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In 2009, Hurt became a series regular on the FX series Damages playing a corporate whistleblower opposite Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden.
LATE ADULTHOOD

He was in the Thailand-based 2010 thriller Shadows alongside Cary Elwes and Paula Taylor, directed by John Penney.

2011
61 Years Old
He also starred as Captain Ahab in the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
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