Perhaps I instigated it. [21] During this time, Hurt provided narration on the British musical group Art of Noise's concept album The Seduction of Claude Debussy and narrated a four-part TV series The Universe (1999). And though he has always boasted that he has lived his life in public and has 'never hidden behind closed doors', he has never spoken of the actual tragedy. He finally plucked up enough courage to apply for a scholarship and auditioned successfully for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, although he later recalled being so hungry he could hardly deliver his lines. William Hurt in 'Broadcast News' Courtesy of Photofest. In March 2005, Hurt married his fourth wife, Anwen Rees-Meyers, an advertising film producer. [1][2] He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain". [65][66] On 23 January 2013, he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts by the University of Lincoln, at Lincoln Cathedral. ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} The search revealed that his great-grandmother had previously lived in Grimsby, at a location within a mile of the art college at which Hurt had been a student. 'To wile the time away on set, Luca Pasqualino Jamie Bell Tilda Swinton and I would play a crazy card game called s***head. Great mind. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. They had been together for 17 years. "It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday," said a statement by William. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. Afterwards, he continued a life of hedonism that earned him a reputation as a hard-partying Hollywood bad boy, although his exciting lifestyle did not solve his problems. In widely circulated statement given to the AP, the actor's son, Will, wrote, "It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the. Hes not long for this world it seems so I wish him safe travels and a painless journey but he was also a bit of a douche too. 'What was so touching and lovely about John was that this wasn't an actor talking to fans, this was a person talking to a person. No relation to Sir John Hurt ( Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980)), despite a popular misconception. ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{background-color:#fff;box-shadow:0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1),0 2px 3px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.2);transition:left .15s linear;border-radius:57%;width:57%}._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS:after{content:"";padding-top:100%;display:block}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-pack:start;justify-content:flex-start;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-navIconFaded10);border:2px solid transparent;border-radius:100px;cursor:pointer;position:relative;width:35px;transition:border-color .15s linear,background-color .15s linear}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3kUvbpMbR21zJBboDdBH7D{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-navIconFaded10)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3kUvbpMbR21zJBboDdBH7D._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-active)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3kUvbpMbR21zJBboDdBH7D._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-buttonAlpha10)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1asGWL2_XadHoBuUlNArOq{border-width:2.25px;height:24px;width:37.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1asGWL2_XadHoBuUlNArOq ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:19.5px;width:19.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1hku5xiXsbqzLmszstPyR3{border-width:3px;height:32px;width:50px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1hku5xiXsbqzLmszstPyR3 ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:26px;width:26px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._10hZCcuqkss2sf5UbBMCSD{border-width:3.75px;height:40px;width:62.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._10hZCcuqkss2sf5UbBMCSD ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:32.5px;width:32.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1fCdbQCDv6tiX242k80-LO{border-width:4.5px;height:48px;width:75px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1fCdbQCDv6tiX242k80-LO ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:39px;width:39px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._2Jp5Pv4tgpAsTcnUzTsXgO{border-width:5.25px;height:56px;width:87.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._2Jp5Pv4tgpAsTcnUzTsXgO ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{height:45.5px;width:45.5px}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI{-ms-flex-pack:end;justify-content:flex-end;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-active)}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z{cursor:default}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z ._2FKpII1jz0h6xCAw1kQAvS{box-shadow:none}._2e2g485kpErHhJQUiyvvC2._1L5kUnhRYhUJ4TkMbOTKkI._3clF3xRMqSWmoBQpXv8U5z{background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-buttonAlpha10)} Actress Clare Higgins, who worked with Sir John on Doctor Who, said he was 'the perfect actor' and a 'beautiful gentleman'. Starring alongside the likes of Orsen Welles and Robert Shaw in the period piece about Thomas Moore, Hurt made waves in Hollywood. St. John's actor Andy Jones starred alongside Hurt in Rare Birds, a 2001 independent film based on local writer Edward Riche's novel of the same name. [62], In 2014, Hurt designed a Paddington Bear statue which was placed outside the British Museum. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. William E Hurt . Actor William Hurt has died. At one point Justice Silberman expressed her impatience and scolded Mr. Golub, saying, ''Oh, come on now.''. Rowling wrote: 'So very sad to hear that the immensely talented and deeply beloved John Hurt has died. The theatre production premiered at the National Media Museum, in Bradford and toured during 2010. I only had to visit the ER once. He won further acclaim for his bravura performance as the Roman emperor Caligula in the BBC drama serial I, Claudius. His reputation for being difficult has caused every director to pause before professionally jumping into bed with Hurt. When the battering began I sloughed it off. There was something in his own past which made him connect with vulnerable children - I believe it happened when he was in school. According to Deadline, William Hurt died of prostate cancer. He broke the mold in his Oscar-winning role in Kiss of the Spider Woman, broke smiles in Broadcast News, and broke our hearts in The Accidental Tourist. William Hurt was considered one of the most talented and prestigious actors in the 1980's. Hurt provided the voiceover for AIDS: Iceberg/Tombstone,[23] a 1986 public information film warning of the dangers of AIDS, and played the title role, the on-screen narrator, in Jim Henson's television series The StoryTeller (1988). In 1962, Hurt married actress Annette Robertson. Yes, funnily enough, he is. ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}.icon._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;vertical-align:middle;padding-right:8px}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} In fact, Hurts famous temper is often a result of his complex, sometimes close to insane need to inhabit his character. In 1967, he began his longest relationship with Marie-Lise Volpeliere-Pierrot, a French model. He played the lead role in his first film (Altered States). The English actor, born in Derbyshire in 1940, became a critical and commercial success in films like Midnight Express, Alien and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. 3 Copy quote. ._1sDtEhccxFpHDn2RUhxmSq{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-ms-flex-flow:row nowrap;flex-flow:row nowrap}._1d4NeAxWOiy0JPz7aXRI64{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText)}.icon._3tMM22A0evCEmrIk-8z4zO{margin:-2px 8px 0 0} Hurt, professor emeritus of history and former history department chairperson, died Jan. 15, 2022. Luke Evans, who worked with Hurt in The Immortals, wrote: 'We shared a trailer and would sit in our loincloths and would tell me story after story of the good old (crazy!) "[28], At the 65th British Academy Film Awards Hurt won the award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. William Hurt was a theatrically trained actor who valued rehearsal; at times that made him an intense coworker. John Hurt born, John Vincent Hurt, CBE (born 22 January 1940) is an English actor. The name William Hurt has over 312 birth records, 102 death records, 111 criminal/court records, 898 address records, 158 phone records & more. I worked with him many times. However, according to Gary Oldman, Hurt was undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer, and was unable to attend the read-throughs; actor Ronald Pickup assumed the role of Chamberlain instead, and Hurt died from cancer in January 2017.[37]. Campus community remembers professor emeritus, history department chairperson. A great man & great friend of Norfolk & NCFC', the Norwich City Football Club. He had been in five movies before receiving a Best Actor nomination that he didnt win. Mrs Hurt added: 'John was the most sublime of actors and the most gentlemanly of gentlemen with the greatest of hearts and the most generosity of spirit. William Hurt died on March 13. All Rights reserved. " William Hurt's son, Will, posted today that his father has died. "[17], Hurt's father moved to St Aidan's Church in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. With his blond, blue-eyed good looks, he found success as a leading man. In 1960, he won a scholarship to RADA, where he trained for two years. This television film depicts Crisp's later years in New York. Being Happy, Best Work, Committed. The film's director Pablo Larran issued a statement saying: 'John was invincible. Coupled with the fact that he was ageing (look at the hairline) and difficult behind-the-scenes, and it is clear why directors would move onto, The next generation of actors (Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicholas Cage, Sean Penn, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Box office stars (Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Richard Gere, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Samuel L Jackson), Audience favorites (Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall). 'We're all just passing time, and occupy our chair very briefly,' he said. Sir John Hurt, who won Oscar nominations for the Elephant Man and captured the hearts of millions for his roles in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, has died. The character knows his condition is terminal and Hurt will bring a little of his own experience to the role after being diagnosed with cancer in June 2015. In 1959, he won a scholarship allowing him to study for an Art Teacher's Diploma at Saint Martin's School of Art in London. 'He was simply the most brilliant complete actor. I feel lucky that I survived and overcame him. [43], On 16 June 2015, Hurt publicly announced that he had been diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer. He was the son of 16. In 1962, Hurt's father left his parish in Cleethorpes to become headmaster of St Michael's College in the Central American country of British Honduras. In the limo ride home he questioned whether she should have won saying, What makes you think you deserve it?. He was 71 years old. They had three sons, Moses, John and Joel. Probably for being a douchebag and weird career choices. [44] He confirmed that he would continue to work while undergoing treatment and said that both he and the medical team treating him were "more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome. Due to the surname Hurt, some fans have wondered whether William was related to another late famous actor, John Hurt? I think an argument can be made that in terms of critical acclaim he had the most successful acting career in the 1980's. 'John had a real tenderness and gentleness which is quite rare in a male actor.'. William Hurt is just looking to pick up work. Great actor. John Hurt was the father of William Hurt, the elder, who died in Caroline County in 1749. "It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday," Hurt's son said in a statement. Otherwise I wouldn't have the CV I've got, would I?' In a Guardian interview Hurt states the family lived in a vicarage opposite a cinema, but he was not allowed to go there, as films were "frowned upon." Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Despite revealing that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the summer of 2015, Hurt wasmatter-of-fact about his mortality. [33][34], Hurt was due to appear alongside Ben Kingsley in a film entitled Broken Dream, to be directed by Neil Jordan. Unflinching. Have something to tell us about this article? Related Articles 'Good Times' Actor Johnny Brown Dead at 84 'Hardy Boys' and 'My Three Sons . As with Ms. Hurt, Mr. Golub repeatedly challenged the accuracy of Mr. Zinnemann's testimony and suggested that he was trying to provide evidence that would help Mr. Hurt. Hurt and Jennings met in Saratoga Springs, NY, in 1981, where he was about to appear in a play, and Jennings was performing with . And despite his partying and drinking in the previous decades, he was still one of the biggest names in Hollywood, responsible for some of its most acclaimed performances. All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy. Following the sad news of William Hurts passing, fans and friends took to social media to pay tribute. ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} Hurt played a wide range of characters over the course of 60 years, from a mad Roman emperor to a pimp on the road to stardom; a circus freak, to a heroin-addicted prisoner. Most folks know him from ALIEN but I loved him as Sir Richard Rich from A Man for All Seasons.'. It's an question mark how his career went to the tank when he had the prestige and populist appeal at the turn of the nineties. Throughout the exchange, Mr. Hurt sat impassively, his chin resting on an upright arm. Smoke received massive acclaim from viewers and critics alike, with the main praise directed to the way the film connects every character through the . Hopping on a motorcycle, Hurt traveled all the way to the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he played Edmund in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. They had met on the set of Scandal and had two sons, Alexander 'Sasha' John Vincent Hurt and Nick Hurt, but divorced in 1996. Thinking, People, Acting. He had appeared in 1984, a movie about George Orwell's book, the year after the death of his fiancee, which was praised by the critics. 'Mind Your Own Business', ''At one point,'' Mr. Zinnemann said, ''Mary Kay Place said, 'Bill, you should marry Sandy' ''. In 2018, it was revealed William Hurt had terminal prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. ''I told him,'Marry her, Bill,' '' Ms. Hurt testified in a small, hushed courtroom at 111 Centre Street in Manhattan. With her, he had two sons. John HURT and 17. He will be a great loss to the children in this country.'. [3][4] He received numerous awards including the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2012[5] and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. Hurt's mother died in 1975, and his father died in 1999 at the age of 95. [30] He also played the title character in an audio drama adaptation of The Invisible Man for the company, for which he was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award. Any time you see this question it's almost always the same answer: drugs and alcohol. We want to hear it. Mary Beth Hurt testified yesterday that she had urged her ex-husband, the actor William Hurt, to marry the former ballet dancer he was living with in 1982 but that he had refused. However, watching theatre was considered "fine" and encouraged particularly by his mother, who took him regularly to the repertory theatre in Cleethorpes. The Idol: How HBOs Next Euphoria Became Twisted Torture Porn Related to: John C Hurt, John Christopher Hurt, Ivonne Mireya Hurt, +1 more. Yeah, he had a rep as being hard to deal with. 'Maybe it was the way he held his cigarette, or that English accent. John Hurt, in full Sir John Vincent Hurt, (born January 22, 1940, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Englanddied January 25, 2017, Cromer, Norfolk), British actor known for his insightful and sensitive portrayals of damaged or eccentric characters. March 13, 2022 2:16pm. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/IdCard.ea0ac1df4e6491a16d39_.css.map*/._2JU2WQDzn5pAlpxqChbxr7{height:16px;margin-right:8px;width:16px}._3E45je-29yDjfFqFcLCXyH{margin-top:16px}._13YtS_rCnVZG1ns2xaCalg{font-family:Noto Sans,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:400;line-height:18px;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex}._1m5fPZN4q3vKVg9SgU43u2{margin-top:12px}._17A-IdW3j1_fI_pN-8tMV-{display:inline-block;margin-bottom:8px;margin-right:5px}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY{border-radius:20px;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0;line-height:16px;padding:3px 10px;text-transform:none}._5MIPBF8A9vXwwXFumpGqY:focus{outline:unset} 200.80.43.130 Hurt was proud of finally getting sober, and before he died Sunday at age 71, he was so committed to staying away from substances that he long resisted using opioids, which often are used to. Hurts son, Will, confirmed his fathers passing in a statement, reported by Deadline: It is with great sadness the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar-winning actor, on 13 March 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday. 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