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William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American stage, film and television actor, trained at the Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York, USA. For his leading role in the feature film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", he received an Academy Award in 1986, followed by 3 more nominations for roles in the movies "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and "A History of Violence". He starred in films such as Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Alice (1990), One True Thing (1998), Syriana (2005), Mr. Brooks (2007), Into the Wild (2007), and The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). Hurt also portrayed Thaddeus Ross in five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films starting with The Incredible Hulk (2008) and concluding with Black Widow (2021). On television, Hurt received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series playing a scientist in the FX legal drama Damages (2009) and for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Henry Paulson in the HBO movie Too Big to Fail (2011). He later acted in the legal drama series Goliath (2016–2021) and the thriller series Condor (2018–2020). On stage, Hurt appeared in off-Broadway productions of William Shakespeare's Henry V (1975), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) as well as Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (1978). He made his Broadway debut in David Rabe's dark comedy Hurlyburly (1984) playing a Hollywood casting director, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
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for Thaddeus Ross in Jonathan Hensleigh's Hulk 3: The Last Smash (2007)
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The Hulk 3: The Last Smash is a 2007 American superhero film directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, written by Zak Penn and David Hayter. Based on the Marvel Comics character The Incredible Hulk, it is the final film in Jonathan Hensleigh's Hulk trilogy and the sequel to The Hulk 2: Monster of Rage (2005). Billy Crudup stars as Bruce Banner/The Hulk, alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Edward Furlong, William Hurt, Kevin Sorbo, Brigitte Nielsen, Timothy Dalton, Dolph Lundgren, and Warwick Davis. Set a year after the events of The Hulk 2: Monster of Rage, the film follows Bruce Banner as he prepares for his future with his girlfriend Betty Ross, while facing the Gargoyle, The Abomination and The Leader.
