William Hurt is an American actor. His debut film was the Altered States in 1980. He then went on to be a part of films like Eye Witness (1981), Gorky Park (1983), Kiss of The Spider Woman (1985) and Broadcast News (1987). William starred in the drama film The Accidental Tourist (1988), dark comedy film I Love You To Death (1990), drama film The Plague (1992) and romantic-comedy film Mr. Wonderful (1993). He was critically acclaimed for his roles as Paul Benjamin in Smoke (1995), as Edward Fairfax Rochester in Jane Eyre (1996), as Professor John Robinson in Lost In Space (1998) and as Andor Knorr in Sunshine (1999). William voiced the character of Jairus in The Miracle Maker (2000).

Some of his notable works include A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), A History of Violence (2005) and The Good Sheperd (2006). He has also starred in the biographical drama survival film Into The Wild (2007), superhero film The Incredible Hulk (2008), epic adventure film Robin Hood (2010) and several drama films like Late Bloomers (2011), The Host (2013), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigsby (2013), Days and Nights (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and The Last Full Measure (2021)