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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.
William Hurt
Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross
for Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross in Marvel: Black Widow (2016)
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After the Civil War, Steve, Natasha, Sam, and Pietro have been moving from place to place with the help of Natasha's old S.H.I.E.L.D friend Rick Mason. When Natasha gets a mysterious letter sent to her, she tries to keep it secret but is attacked by the Taskmaster and pulled out of the water by Pietro. She tries to leave on her own, but Steve follows her, meeting her fake sister Yelena Belova. With no other choice, Natasha and Yelena let Steve tag along. They free their fake father Alexi Shostokov, aka the Red Guardian, who is surprised to not only see Steve Rogers helping to save him but that his daughter has married him. They then go to see their fake mother Melina while trying to keep Ross and Taskmaster and the Red Room off their backs to find Dreykov and kill him, once and for all.
