William Hurt
William Hurt
William McChord Hurtis 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, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir Body Heat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 March 1950
CountryUnited States of America
The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done
Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character
I'm working on a De Niro film right now called The Good Shepherd and I'm also working on a film directed by Chad Lowe called Beautiful Ohio.
Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure
It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.