![]() Hurt's television credits include The Hallmark Channel's miniseries Frankenstein opposite Donald Sutherland, CBS's The Flamingo Rising, the title role in the CBS mini-series Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story, The Sci-Fi Channel's Dune and Varian's War for Showtime. Hurt's episode entitled Battleground premiered the series. Macy, Samantha Mathis, Claire Forlani and Ron Livingston. The series featured all-star casts including William H. In 2006, Hurt returned to television in the TNT special event series Nightmares and Dreamscapes, based on the stories of Stephen King. Among his other film credits are Body Heat, The Big Chill, Eyewitness, Gorky Park, Alice, I Love You to Death, The Accidental Tourist, The Doctor, The Plague, The Simian Line, Trial by Jury, Second Best, Smoke, Confidences a un Inconnu Jane Eyre, Michael, Dark City, The Proposition The Big Brass Ring and One True Thing. For Kiss of the Spider Woman he was honored with an Academy Award as well as Best Actor Award from the British Academy and the Cannes Festival. He received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Broadcast News and Children of a Lesser God. ![]() In 1980, Hurt appeared in his first film, Altered States. Directed by Istvan Szabo, Sunshine received three Genie Awards, including one for Best Motion Picture. In 2000, Hurt delivered a memorable performance in Sunshine, opposite Ralph Fiennes. He was also seen in a supporting role in Steven Spielberg's A.I. ![]() In 2001, Hurt starred in the independent film Rare Birds which screened at the Toronto Film Festival. In 2002, Hurt appeared in Disney's Tuck Everlasting, directed by Jay Russell, and had a cameo appearance in Paramount's Changing Lanes, starring Samuel L. Night Shayamalan's thriller, The Village, opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Sigourney Weaver as well the independent film Blue Butterfly. The same year he also completed production on the ensemble independent film Neverwas opposite Sir Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming and Aaron Eckhardt. In 2005, Hurt was seen in Syriana, directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring George Clooney, Matt Damon and Amanda Peet. Also in 2006, Hurt appeared in Beautiful Ohio directed by Chad Lowe and Noise, an independent comedy opposite Tim Robbins and Bridget Moynahan. In 2006, Hurt starred in James Marsh's film The King with Gael Garcia Bernal. Hurt was last seen in The Good Shepherd written by Eric Roth and directed by Robert DeNiro. Hurt will next be seen in Vantage Point opposite Dennis Quaid, Sigourney Weaver and Forrest Whitaker and has also wrapped Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn and starring Marcia Gay Harden, Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn. Udayan Prasad ( My Son the Fanatic) is directing the project and production will begin next month in Louisiana. The film will feature Hurt as an ex-convict recently released from prison for the accidental murder of another man. ![]() Hurt recently signed on to star in a remake of Yoji Yamada's 1977 film Yellow Hankerchief opposite Maria Bello. Hurt received Best Supporting Actor accolades for the role from the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle and the New York Film Critics Circle. The film screened at the both the Cannes International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his supporting role in David Cronenberg's The History of Violence. William Hurt trained at Tufts University and New York's Juilliard School of Music and Drama. ![]()
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