Oscar-winning actor William Hurt, star of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Body Heat, has died aged 71.
Hurt’s son Will announced his demise saying: “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. He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes.”
Hurt won the best actor Oscar in 1986 for “Kiss of the Spider Woman”, in which he had played a gay man who shares a cell with a political prisoner in Brazil.
He received further Oscar nomination for best actor for “Children of a Lesser God”. He also earned the award for best supporting actor for “A History of Violence”.
Born in 1950, Hurt studied theology at university but turned to acting and enrolled at the Juilliard School in 1972. After a series of stage roles, he won his first major film role in the Ken Russell body horror film “Altered States”.
This was swiftly followed by the then-sensational erotic thriller “Body Heat”, in which he starred opposite Kathleen Turner. He featured in a prominent role in the ensemble comedy-drama “The Big Chill”, and the spy thriller “Gorky Park”.
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Hurt played a teacher in “Children of a Lesser God”, opposite Marlee Matlin who later became his partner. In 1988 he got three Oscar nominations in a row, for his role as a TV reporter in “Broadcast News”.
In 2005 he played the role of crime boss Richie Cusack in David Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence”, which garnered him another Oscar nomination, for best-supporting actor. Three years later, he made possibly an even more unexpected entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. He reprised the role in “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War”, “Endgame”, and “Black Widow.”
Hurt was married twice, to Mary Beth Hurt from 1971 to 1982 and Heidi Henderson from 1989 to 1992. He also had high-profile relationships with Matlin, Sandra Jennings, and Sandrine Bonnaire.
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