William McChord Hurt was born on March 20, 1950. His parents are Alfred McChord Hurt, a State Department official, and Claire Isabel Mc Gill, an employee of Time Magazine. Because of his fatherβs work, he spent part of his childhood in Lahore (Pakistan), Mogadishu (Somalia) and Khartoum (Sudan).
After high school, he studied theology in London and Boston. He abandoned his studies to take drama classes at the Juillard School.
William Hurt began his career in the theater in the late 1970s. Then ten years later, he performed in various plays. After his theatrical debut, he made his first steps in the cinema, and this, with success, since he was awarded the Oscar for the best actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 for the film Kiss of a spider woman.
In the 1990βs, he started working in science fiction. He turns with Alex Proyas, Stephen Hopkins, Steven Speilberg and many other directors.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, between 2008 and 2021, called on his acting talents to play the role of General, then Secretary of State: Thaddeus βThunderboltβ Ross in legendary films such as The Incredible Hulk (2008), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Black Widow (2021).
Audiences and moviegoers alike will not forget this film figure and his heroic performance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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