Tribute to William Hurt, the late Oscar-winning actor

He played in numerous acclaimed movies and series, his face being one of the most recognizable of the past decades. William Hurt passed away on March 13, 2022.

"It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the death of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winner... one week shy of his 72nd birthday."

It was unexpected and painful news, two weeks before the Oscar ceremony in which the actor has often featured.

William Hurt died "calmly and of natural causes," according to the family. The statement shocked Hollywood.

Hurt always rejected the lack of privacy that Hollywood life caused him, but he continued to be a dignified actor who sublimated the actor's craft.

He may have gone, but his legacy is always present. There's nothing like remembering some of his best films and an important TV series in his career.

This famous thriller of Lawrence Kasdan featured William Hurt and Kathleen Turner as the perfect couple to set movie theaters around the world on fire.

His first nomination earned William Hurt his only Oscar for Best Actor. He played to Luis Molina, a prisoner who shared his memories with the sublime Raúl Julia. His stories revealed the true nature of each of the protagonists.

The impossible love story between James Leeds, a diction teacher, and Sarah, one of his students, only 21 years old and deaf, earned William Hurt his second Oscar nomination.

An elegant comedy that crowned William Hurt with his third consecutive Oscar nomination. He didn't get it, but his ensemble together with Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks is 80s' movie history.

Putting together Harvey Keitel and William Hurt just had to turn out well. Doing it with a small tobacco store in the Bronx as a setting and a collection of photographs as the thread of the story, was a Wayne Wang masterpiece.

This sci-fi marvel by Alex Proyas starred Rufus Sewell as the forgetful protagonist and William Hurt as the unexpected scene-stealing protagonist.

A social and political journey through 20th-century Hungary, with Ralph Fiennes playing three different characters in the story, and William Hurt appearing in the last act as Andor Knorr.

M. Night Shyamalan saw in William Hurt the villain with the necessary charisma to bring to fruition the deception on which the plot of this film revolves. His Edward Walker was overwhelming and hypnotic in his speech.

It was not easy to equal the excellence of of Viggo Mortensen in this film by David Cronenberg. However, William Hurt not only lived up to it but was celebrated with his fourth Oscar nomination, this time for Supporting Actor.

If there is a role that William Hurt fits very well, it is that of a reasonable adult who does not understand the follies or delusions of others. In this case, he's concerned about his son who decides to leave everything and go live in the wild Alaska.

The Russo Brothers turned to William Hurt to play the ruthless Thaddeus Ross, a military man whose only goal is that the government controls the superheroes. He nailed it.

While the Avengers are waiting for Thanos to collect all the Infinity Stones, General Thaddeus Ross arrives to make the near-impossible task even harder.

After half of humanity had disappeared, perhaps unsurprisingly, General Thaddeus Ross was one of the 50% that remained alive.

William Hurt would only appear in the first season of this series. He gave life to the enigmatic Donald Cooperman, president of a powerful law firm, against whom Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) had to fight. The interpretive duel between Hurt and Thornton is absolutely huge.