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William Hurt

1950 - 2022

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William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. For his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Hurt studied at the Juilliard School before his film debut, in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor playing a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hurt is the 432nd most popular actor (up from 451st in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from United States (down from 813th in 2019) and the 220th most popular American Actor.

William H. Hurt is most famous for his role as a paraplegic in the film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985).

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Among actors, William Hurt ranks 432 out of 13,578. Before him are Bibi Andersson, Curd Jürgens, Nathalie Delon, Liam Cunningham, Marina Vlady, and Lola Montez. After him are Mylène Demongeot, Jamie Lee Curtis, Penélope Cruz, Matt Damon, John Gavin, and Jada Pinkett Smith.

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Among people born in 1950, William Hurt ranks 31. Before him are Peter Gabriel, Richard Dean Anderson, Bill Murray, Flavio Briatore, Ron Perlman, and Zhang Yimou. After him are Russell Alan Hulse, William H. Macy, Joe Hisaishi, Suzi Quatro, Daniel Auteuil, and Choe Ryong-hae. Among people deceased in 2022, William Hurt ranks 44. Before him are Ray Liotta, Wolfgang Petersen, Bruno Latour, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Robert Curl, and Sidney Altman. After him are Mylène Demongeot, Louise Fletcher, Kakuichi Mimura, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Issei Sagawa, and Ivica Osim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Hurt ranks 938 out of 20,380. Before him are George Clinton (1941), Robert Altman (1925), Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925), Philip Glass (1937), Laura Branigan (1952), and Jane Addams (1860). After him are Walter Hill (1942), Vera Rubin (1928), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Melanie (1947), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), and Theodore Edgar McCarrick (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Hurt ranks 220. Before him are Ron Perlman (1950), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Tippi Hedren (1930), Farrah Fawcett (1947), George Kennedy (1925), and Lon Chaney Jr. (1906). After him are Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Matt Damon (1970), John Gavin (1931), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Barry Nelson (1917), and Michael Landon (1936).

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