William Hurt: movies and TV shows
William Hurt has 125 credits in the archive: 102 films and 23 TV series, from 1944 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2022 · busiest year: 1998 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pantheon | Stephen Holstrom (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 72 |
| 2022 | The King's Daughter | Pere La Chaise | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2021 | Black Widow | Secretary Ross | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Assembled | Self | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2020 | Mythic Quest | Peter Cromwell | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measure | Tulley | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2020 | Disclosure | Luis Molina (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross | Film | 8.2 | 69 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross | Film | 8.2 | 68 |
| 2018 | Condor | Bob Partridge | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Miracle Season | Ernie Found | Film | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2016 | Goliath | Donald Cooperman | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross | Film | 7.4 | 66 |
| 2016 | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | Hrothgar | TV | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2016 | Race | Jeremiah Mahoney | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 2015 | Humans | Dr. George Millican | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 2015 | Men of Granite | Film | 10.0 | 65 | |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale | Isaac Penn | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her | Julian Rigby | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2014 | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them | Julian Rigby | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 2014 | Days and Nights | Herb | Film | 4.5 | 64 |
| 2013 | The Host | Jeb Stryder | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 2013 | Bonnie & Clyde | Frank Hamer | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2013 | The Challenger Disaster | Richard Feynman | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2013 | Fire in the Blood | Self | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2012 | Maddened by His Absence | Jacques | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.5 | 62 |
| 2011 | Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant | Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2011 | Moby Dick | Captain Ahab | TV | 5.7 | 61 |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Henry Paulson | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2011 | Late Bloomers | Adam | Film | 5.2 | 61 |
| 2011 | Hellgate | Warren Mills | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | William Marshal | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2010 | The Real Robin Hood | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 2010 | The River Why | H2O | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 2009 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Brett Hanson | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Countess | György Thurzó | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2009 | Endgame | Professor Will Esterhuyse | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | General 'Thunderbolt' Ross | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2008 | Vantage Point | President Ashton | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2008 | The Making of 'the Incredible Hulk' | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2008 | Alexander Technique | Self | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2008 | Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman | Self | Film | 8.5 | 58 |
| 2007 | Damages | Daniel Purcell | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Walt McCandless | Film | 7.8 | 57 |
| 2007 | Mr. Brooks | Marshall | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2007 | The Legend of Sasquatch | John Davis | Film | 4.7 | 57 |
| 2007 | Noise | Mayor Schneer | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Philip Allen | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Jason Renshaw | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2006 | Beautiful Ohio | Simon Messerman | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 2006 | The King | Pastor David Sandow | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 2006 | Too Commercial for Cannes | Self | Film | 8.5 | 56 |
| 2005 | A History of Violence | Richie Cusack | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 2005 | Syriana | Stan | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2005 | Deconstructing 'The Village' | Self | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2005 | Neverwas | Dr. Peter Reed | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 2005 | Hunt for Justice | General Mortimer | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2004 | The Village | Edward Walker | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2004 | Frankenstein | Professor Waldman | TV | 5.9 | 54 |
| 2004 | The Blue Butterfly | Alan Osborne | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Doyle's Sponsor | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting | Angus Tuck | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Robert P. Hanssen | TV | — | 52 |
| 2002 | Nearest to Heaven | Matt | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story | Robert P. Hanssen | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Prof. Hobby | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2001 | The Simian Line | Edward | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 2001 | Varian's War | Varian Fry | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2001 | Rare Birds | Dave | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 2001 | The Flamingo Rising | Turner Knight | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Duke Leto Atreides | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker | Jairus (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 2000 | Contaminated Man | David R. Whitman | Film | 4.4 | 50 |
| 1999 | Sunshine | Andor Knorr | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1999 | Do Not Disturb | Walter Richmond | Film | 5.1 | 49 |
| 1999 | The 4th Floor | Greg Harrison | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Big Chill: A Reunion | Self | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Big Brass Ring | William Blake Pellarin | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 1998 | The King of Queens | Dr. Taber | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | Dark City | Inspector Frank Bumstead | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | Prof. John Robinson | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1998 | One True Thing | George Gulden | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1998 | Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman | Self | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1998 | The Proposition | Arthur Barret | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | Lost In Space Forever | Self (also archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1997 | Loved | K.D. Dietrickson | Film | 4.4 | 47 |
| 1997 | Elie Wiesel Goes Home | Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Rochester | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1996 | Secrets Shared with a Stranger | The stranger | Film | 3.3 | 46 |
| 1996 | Michael | Frank Quinlan | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1996 | A Couch in New York | Henry Harriston | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1995 | Smoke | Paul Benjamin | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1994 | Second Best | Graham Holt | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | Tommy Vesey | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful | Tom | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1992 | The Plague | Doctor Bernard Rieux | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World | Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1991 | The Doctor | Jack | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - The Boy Who Drew Cats | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 41 |
| 1990 | I Love You to Death | Harlan James | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1990 | Alice | Doug Tate | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1990 | Wim Wenders in Tokyo | Self | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1990 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Steve Mills (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1988 | The Accidental Tourist | Macon Leary | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1988 | A Time of Destiny | Martin Larraneta | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | Tom Grunick | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1986 | Children of a Lesser God | James Leeds | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1985 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Luis Molina | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1985 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Nick Carlton | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | Arkady Renko | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1981 | Body Heat | Ned Racine | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Daryll Deever | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1981 | All the Way Home | Jay Follet | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1980 | Altered States | Professor Eddie Jessup | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1978 | Verna: USO Girl | Walter | Film | — | 28 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Jake | TV | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Walter | TV | 6.1 | 21 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | — | 6 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 6 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 3 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Turner Knight | TV | 8.8 | 1 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 5 |