What is William Hurt's signature role? (1 Viewer)

[badmojo1006]

Lot of choices but I went with Altered States. First one that came to mind, but I could see it also being Kiss of the SPider Woman, Broadcast News or Body Heat

 

[Don't Noonan]

Hard to answer when I have no idea who he is and I have only seen History of Violence of the films mentioned. 

 

[sbonomo]

I had no idea who he was until i looked him up.  I am pretty sure that is not a good thing for an actor. 

 

[AAABatteries]

Body Heat

 

[-OZ-]

Went with the only role I recognized.  Red hulk

 

[shuke]

Hard to answer when I have no idea who he is and I have only seen History of Violence of the films mentioned. 

I had no idea who he was until i looked him up.  I am pretty sure that is not a good thing for an actor. 

Went with the only role I recognized.  Red hulk

How old are you guys, 14?

 

[El Floppo]

I had no idea who he was until i looked him up.  I am pretty sure that is not a good thing for an actor. 

or for a viewer of movies.

I went with Kiss of the Spider Woman.. but he's been good in a bunch of others- Accidental Tourist and Accidental Tourist at the top for me. 

 

[sbonomo]

How old are you guys, 14?

41 - i recognized him after looking him up but definitely did not know who he was prior.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Least close of any of these. "What do you want?  Stupid? Lazy? Ugly? Horny? I got em all."

 

[Kraft...]

Accidental Tourist, that role is William Hurt IMO 

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Either Accidental Tourist or Broadcast News.  Went with the latter.

 

[Gianni Verscotchie]

I liked him as the Elephant Man and Brian in Taken

 

[urbanhack]

I had no idea who he was until i looked him up. 

OH COME ON

 

[El Floppo]

oh... wow- looking at imdb... Smoke and Until the End of the World good too.

 

[Don't Noonan]

Still not sure who he is.  I see he is Richie in A History of Violence.   Is that the main actor that is the former mob guy?

 

[BobbyLayne]

or for a viewer of movies.

I went with Kiss of the Spider Woman.. but he's been good in a bunch of others- Accidental Tourist and Accidental Tourist at the top for me. 

I went with Children of a Lessor God, but I loved him in Accidental Tourist.

 

[El Floppo]

or for a viewer of movies.

I went with Kiss of the Spider Woman.. but he's been good in a bunch of others- Accidental Tourist and Accidental Tourist at the top for me. 

I went with Children of a Lessor God, but I loved him in Accidental Tourist.

oops- that's what I was going for instead of the second AT

 

[Amused to Death]

Duke Leto Atreides - Dune (2000)

 

[cosjobs]

You could argue KotSW or AT, but my favorite was the Big Chill

 

[KCitons]

Haven't seen any of the movies listed. Vote other. Michael was the only one I can remember that he was in. 

 

[El Floppo]

You could argue KotSW or AT, but my favorite was the Big Chill

that just gave me a big chill. hated that movie.

 

[cosjobs]

that just gave me a big chill. hated that movie.

The movie wasn't great, but he was

 

[Jeremy]

She Bangs?

 

[urbanhack]

The movie wasn't great, but he was

jeff goldblum was better

 

[JoeSteeler]

not to be confused with John Hurt

 

[badmojo1006]

I liked him as the Elephant Man and Brian in Taken

And the guy in Alien that had the alien pop out of his chest?

 

[JoeSteeler]

Not his signature role but he was damn creepy in Goliath 

 

[-OZ-]

41 - i recognized him after looking him up but definitely did not know who he was prior.

Same. 

And I don't watch many movies. 

 

[cosjobs]

jeff goldblum was better

How often has holly Hunter been the third actor mentioned in a movie she was in?

 

[shuke]

Answer for me will always be Altered States.  What a great late night flick.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Answer for me will always be Altered States.  What a great late night flick.

Amen!

John Lilly was out there...

 

[Galileo]

I went with Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman...not my favorite movie on that list, but he did win an Oscar for that role.

 

[Drunken Poster]

I had no idea who he was until i looked him up.  I am pretty sure that is not a good thing for an actor. 

He's a fine actor; He should hire a script reader, or fire the one he's got

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Hard to answer when I have no idea who he is and I have only seen History of Violence of the films mentioned. 

wtf

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Body Heat for me. 

 

[Don't Noonan]

wtf

If the W is for Who great posting!

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

If the W is for Who great posting!

Dude has like 100 tv/movie credits to his name going back to the 1970s.  How do you not know who he is?

 

[Drunken Poster]

Dude has like 100 tv/movie credits to his name going back to the 1970s.  How do you not know who he is?

I've seen him a bunch and I have a hard time remembering who he is

 

[Don't Noonan]

Dude has like 100 tv/movie credits to his name going back to the 1970s.  How do you not know who he is?

Name sounded familiar but I was shuked.

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

Name sounded familiar but I was shuked.

YOU KNOW WHO SHUKE IS BUT NOT WILLIAM HURT!?!

This is what's wrong with America.

 

[Henry Ford]

Could have gone Big Chill or Smoke but ultimately decided on Broadcast News.  

 

[OrtonToOlsen]

I went with Luis Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman...not my favorite movie on that list, but he did win an Oscar for that role.

Super hero movies suck 

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Dude has like 100 tv/movie credits to his name going back to the 1970s.  How do you not know who he is?

Noonan was the guy that had never heard of Mad Max.  Not just had never seen it.  HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT.

 

[El Floppo]

Noonan was the guy that had never heard of Mad Max.  Not just had never seen it.  HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT.

That's some impressive naivete

 

[simey]

Body Heat

 

[Ilov80s]

Shocked that on a board mostly made of middle aged white men that so many don't know who William Hurt is. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Shocked that on a board mostly made of middle aged white men that so many don't know who William Hurt is. 

Bill Hurt was my gen's guy. Nicholson was who we wanted to be, but Hurt was who we were. Not the hottest, brightest, coolest, most glamorous guy in the world, but pretty damn smooth, pretty damn clever, pretty damn sharp and doin' sumn widdit, by God. We're throwing ourselves at life and we'll figure it out. Yeah, ####in' yeah.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I'll go with Richie in HOV.

I have to laugh, I really hate this guy, I mean just his acting style which I find really weird, mannered and distracting, but seeing that list he really has a great body of work. I do respect it. Richie Cusack I did enjoy though, creepy, funny, menacing.

 

[JIslander]

Body Heat. 

And related, I always wondered how Kathleen Turner went from HOT in that movie to Chandlers transsexual dad in Friends?? I know she was obviously older, but ....

 

[ghostguy123]

I forget what it was called, but his character was getting attacked by tiny army guys/planes/tanks.