William Hurt

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person William McChord Hurt<ref name="KittsObit" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. For his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award.

Hurt studied at the Juilliard School before his film debut, in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States (1980), for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor playing a gay prisoner in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985). Hurt was Oscar-nominated for Children of a Lesser God (1986), and Broadcast News (1987), and A History of Violence (2005). He starred in films such as Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Alice (1990), One True Thing (1998), Syriana (2005), Mr. Brooks (2007) Into the Wild (2007), and The Yellow Handkerchief (2008). Hurt also portrayed Thaddeus Ross in five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films starting with The Incredible Hulk (2008) and concluding with Black Widow (2021).

On television, Hurt received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series playing a scientist in the FX legal drama Damages (2009) and for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Henry Paulson in the HBO movie Too Big to Fail (2011). He later acted in the legal drama series Goliath (2016–2021) and the thriller series Condor (2018–2020).

On stage, Hurt appeared in off-Broadway productions of William Shakespeare's Henry V (1975), and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) as well as Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (1978). He made his Broadway debut in David Rabe's dark comedy Hurlyburly (1984) playing a Hollywood casting director, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

Early life and education

Hurt was born on March 20, 1950, in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (née McGill; 1923–1971),<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> who worked for Time Inc., and Alfred McChord Hurt (1910–1996), who worked for the United States Agency for International Development and the State Department.<ref name="KittsObit">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had two brothers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> With his father, he lived in Lahore, Mogadishu, and Khartoum.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His parents divorced and, in 1960, his mother married Henry Luce III (1925–2005), a son of publisher Henry Luce.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Hurt attended the Middlesex School, where he was vice-president of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several school plays. He graduated in 1968 and his yearbook predicted, "you might even see him on Broadway." Hurt attended Tufts University and studied theology,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but turned instead to acting and joined the Juilliard School (Drama Division Group 5: 1972–1976).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

1977–1989: Early roles and stardom

Hurt began his career in stage productions. From 1977 to 1989, he was a member of the acting company at Circle Repertory Company. He won an Obie Award for his debut appearance there in Corinne Jacker's My Life, and won a 1978 Theatre World Award for his performances in Fifth of July, Ulysses in Traction, and Lulu. In 1979, Hurt played Hamlet under the direction of Marshall W. Mason opposite Lindsay Crouse and Beatrice Straight. His first major film role was in the science-fiction film Altered States (1980), where his performance as an obsessed scientist gained him wide recognition. His performance opposite newcomer Kathleen Turner in Lawrence Kasdan's neo-noir film Body Heat (1981) elevated Hurt to stardom. Kasdan and he became frequent collaborators: Hurt co-starred in Kasdan's acclaimed comedy-dramas The Big Chill (1983) and The Accidental Tourist (1988), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and he later had a supporting role in the ensemble comedy I Love You to Death (1990).

In the 1980s, Hurt received three consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, beginning with an Oscar win for his turn as a prisoner in Hector Babenco's drama Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1985. He also received the Best Male Performance Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for this role. The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Hurt won a well-deserved best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for a performance that is crafty at first, carefully nurtured and finally stirring in profound, unanticipated ways... What starts out as a campy, facetious catalog of Hollywood trivia becomes an extraordinarily moving film about manhood, heroism and love."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Hurt subsequently received Best Actor Oscar nominations for playing a speech teacher at a school for the deaf who falls for a deaf custodian in Children of a Lesser God (1986) and for playing a dim-witted television news anchor in Broadcast News the following year. Broadcast News, a romantic comedy directed by James L. Brooks, would come to be Hurt's most acclaimed film, with an inclusion to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After this run of prominent roles in the 1980s he appeared in the thriller Gorky Park (1983) opposite Lee Marvin.

1990–2007: Career fluctuations

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Hurt at the premiere for A History of Violence, 2005.

Hurt began to appear more frequently in supporting roles. Some of his notable roles include performances in Dark City (1998), Lost in Space (1998), Sunshine (1999), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Tuck Everlasting (2002),<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The Village (2004), A History of Violence (2005), and Syriana (2005).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hurt's fourth career Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, would come in 2006 for playing a powerful crime boss in A History of Violence (2005), despite less than 10 minutes of screen time, he received an Academy Award nomination.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other later film roles included Into the Wild (2007), Mr. Brooks (2007),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hurt had several roles in television and theater. Hurt starred in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries adaptation Frank Herbert's Dune in 2000, playing Duke Leto Atreides; it was one of Syfy's highest-rated series ever. He was in the miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes, in a piece titled Battleground (known for its complete lack of dialogue). He appeared in the cast of Vanya, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, at the Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2008–2021: MCU films and television work

In June 2007, Marvel Studios announced that Hurt would portray General Thaddeus Ross in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk alongside Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, and Tim Roth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hurt reprised his role in four additional Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films: Captain America: Civil War (2016),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Black Widow (2021). Harrison Ford would then take over the role of Ross after Hurt's death in Captain America: Brave New World (2025).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During this time he acted in Vantage Point (2008), The Yellow Handkerchief (2008), and Robin Hood (2010).

In 2009, Hurt became a series regular on the FX series Damages playing a corporate whistleblower opposite Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden. For his role in the series, he earned a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In September 2010, Hurt played United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson in the HBO film Too Big to Fail, an adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin's book. He also starred as Captain Ahab in the 2011 television adaptation of Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hurt was set to play Gregg Allman in the film Midnight Rider, but he left the production after an on-set accident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LA Times April 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018, Hurt was cast as the lead in The Coldest Game (2019), but after he was injured in an off-set accident, he was replaced by Bill Pullman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In one of his final roles, Hurt played opposite F. Murray Abraham in a standalone episode of Mythic Quest in 2021. Hurt had been set to appear in the series Pantheon and films The Fence, Men of Granite, and Edward Enderby before his death in March 2022, though he ultimately only appeared in Pantheon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Marriages and relationships

Hurt was married to actress Mary Beth Hurt (Template:Née) from 1971 to 1982,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and to Heidi Henderson from 1989 to 1993. Hurt had four children: one with Sandra Jennings; two with Henderson; and one with French actress, film director, and screenwriter Sandrine Bonnaire.<ref name="tcm">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1981, while he was still married, Hurt and Sandra Jennings began a relationship in Saratoga Springs, New York. Jennings became pregnant in the spring of 1982, which was followed by Hurt's divorce from Mary Beth, after which Hurt and Jennings relocated to South Carolina, a state that recognized non-ceremonial common-law marriages.<ref name="jennings">Jennings v. Hurt, N.Y.L.J., October 4, 1989, at 24 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County), aff'd, 554 N.Y.S.2d 220 (App. Div. 1990), appeal denied, 568 N.Y.S.2d 347 (N.Y. 1991)</ref> Hurt and Jennings never held a marriage ceremony and later separated.

Hurt was a private pilot and owner of a Beechcraft Bonanza.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> He was fluent in French and maintained a home outside Paris.<ref name="tcm" />

Hurt and Marlee Matlin had a relationship for two years, which included living together.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Domestic violence allegations

Hurt's girlfriend Sandra Jennings sued Hurt in New York, seeking recognition of their relationship as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law. The New York court held that the relationship between Hurt and Jennings did not qualify as a common-law marriage under South Carolina law and found in Hurt's favor that no marriage existed.<ref name="jennings" /> During Jennings' lawsuit against Hurt, she alleged that Hurt subjected her to physical and verbal abuse. His spokesperson denied that Hurt ever beat Jennings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In her 2009 autobiography I'll Scream Later, Marlee Matlin said that their relationship involved drug use and physical violence from Hurt,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including a rape.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In response to the accusations aired on CNN on April 13, 2009, Hurt's agent declined to respond, but Hurt issued a statement the following day that his "own recollection is that we both apologized and both did a great deal to heal our lives. Of course, I did and do apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we have both grown. I wish Marlee and her family nothing but good."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In a 2022 essay for Variety, after Hurt had died, author Donna Kaz wrote about dating Hurt in their twenties, from 1977 to 1980. She accused Hurt of domestic abuse in the article.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Death and tributes

Hurt died at the age of 71 on March 13, 2022, at his Portland, Oregon, home<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> from bone-metastasized terminal prostate cancer,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with which he was diagnosed in May 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Many actors paid tribute to Hurt, including Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Dennis Quaid, Marg Helgenberger, Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe, John Goodman, Patton Oswalt, Albert Brooks, Bryce Dallas Howard, Maria Bello, Jonathan Frakes, Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Jeremy Renner, and Topher Grace.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1978	Verna: USO Girl	Walter	Television movie	<ref name=":0" />
1980	Altered States	Eddie Jessup		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Eyewitness	Daryll Deever		<ref name=":0" />
	Body Heat	Ned Racine		<ref name=":0" />
	All the Way Home	Jay Follet	Television movie	<ref name=":0" />
1982	A Midsummer's Night Dream	Oberon		<ref name=":0" />
1983	The Big Chill	Nick		<ref name=":0" />
	Gorky Park	Arkady Renko		<ref name=":0" />
1985	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Luis Molina		<ref name=":0" />
1986	Children of a Lesser God	James		<ref name=":0" />
1987	Broadcast News	Tom Grunick		<ref name=":0" />
1988	A Time of Destiny	Martin Larraneta		<ref name=":0" />
	The Accidental Tourist	Macon Leary		<ref name=":0" />
1990	I Love You to Death	Harlan		<ref name=":0" />
	Alice	Doug		<ref name=":0" />
1991	The Doctor	Template:Sortname		<ref name=":0" />
	Until the End of the World	Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee		<ref name=":0" />
1992	The Plague	Dr. Bernard Rieux		<ref name=":0" />
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Tom		<ref name=":0" />
1994	Trial by Jury	Tommy Vesey		<ref name=":0" />
	Second Best	Graham Holt		<ref name=":0" />
1995	Smoke	Paul Benjamin		<ref name=":0" />
1996	Template:Sortname	Henry Harriston		<ref name=":0" />
	Michael	Frank Quinlan		<ref name=":0" />
	Jane Eyre	Rochester		<ref name=":0" />
1997	Loved	K.D. Dietrickson		<ref name=":0" />
1998	Lost in Space	John Robinson		<ref name=":0" />
	Dark City	Inspector Frank Bumstead		<ref name=":0" />
	One True Thing	George Gulden		<ref name=":0" />
1999	The 4th Floor	Greg Harrison		<ref name=":0" />
	Sunshine	Andor Knorr		<ref name=":0" />
	The Big Brass Ring	Blake		<ref name=":0" />
	Do Not Disturb	Walter	a.k.a. Silent Witness	<ref name=":0" />
	The Alexander Technique	Himself	Instructional film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Contaminated Man	David R. Whitman		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	Jairus (voice)		<ref name=":0" />
2001	Rare Birds	Restaurateur		<ref name=":0" />
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Template:Sortname		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	Edward		<ref name=":0" />
	The Flamingo Rising	Turner Knight	Television movie	<ref name=":0" />
	Varian's War	Varian Fry		<ref name=":0" />
2002	Tuck Everlasting	Angus Tuck		<ref name=":0" />
	Changing Lanes	Doyle's Sponsor		<ref name=":0" />
	Nearest to Heaven	Matt		<ref name=":0" />
	Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story	Robert Hanssen	Television movie	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	The Blue Butterfly	Alan Osbourne		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	Edward Walker		<ref name=":0" />
	Frankenstein	Template:Sortname	Television movie	<ref name=":0" />
2005	Hunt for Justice	General Montimer		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	David		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	Richie Cusack		<ref name=":0" />
	Neverwas	Template:Sortname		<ref name=":0" />
	Syriana	Stan		<ref name=":0" />
2006	Template:Sortname	Template:Sortname		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	John Davis (voice)	Also co-producer	<ref name=":2" />
2007	Mr. Brooks	Marshall		<ref name=":0" />
	Beautiful Ohio	Simon Messerman		<ref name=":0" />
	Noise	Template:Sortname		<ref name=":0" />
	Into the Wild	Walt McCandless		<ref name=":0" />
2008	Vantage Point	President Ashton		<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	General Thaddeus Ross		<ref name=":0" />
2009	Endgame	Professor Willie Esterhuyse	Television movie	<ref name=":0" />
	Template:Sortname	Gyorgy Thurzo		<ref name=":0" />
2010	Template:Sortname	Brett		<ref name=":0" />
	Robin Hood	William Marshal		<ref name=":0" />
2011	Template:Sortname	H2O		<ref name=":0" />
	Late Bloomers	Adam		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Hellgate	Warren Mills		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Too Big to Fail	Henry Paulson	Television movie	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	J'enrage de son absence	Jacques		<ref name=":0" />
2013	The Host	Jeb		<ref name=":0" />
	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby	Julian Rigby		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Fire in the Blood	Narrator (voice)	Documentary	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Days and Nights	Herb		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	The Challenger Disaster	Richard Feynman	Television movie	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Winter's Tale	Isaac Penn		<ref name=":0" />
	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them	Julian Rigby		<ref name=":0" />
2016	Race	Jeremiah Mahoney		<ref name=":0" />
	Captain America: Civil War	Secretary Thaddeus Ross		<ref name=":0" />
2018	The Miracle Season	Ernie Found		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Avengers: Infinity War	Secretary Thaddeus Ross		<ref name=":0" />
2019	Avengers: Endgame		Cameo	<ref name=":0" />
	The Last Full Measure	Tom Tulley		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Black Widow	Secretary Thaddeus Ross		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	The King's Daughter	Père La Chaise	Filmed in 2014	<ref name=":1">Template:Cite news</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1977	The Best of Families	James Lathrop	Miniseries	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Kojak	Jake	2 episodes	<ref name=":2" />
1989	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Episode: "Glenn Close/Gipsy Kings"	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1998	Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman	Himself	Documentary	<ref name=":0" />
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Template:Sortname<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3 episodes	<ref name=":0" />
2002	The King of Queens	Template:Sortname	Episode: "Shrink Wrap"	<ref name=":2" />
2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes	Jason Renshaw	Episode: "Battleground"	<ref name=":0" />
2009	Damages	Daniel Purcell	10 episodes	<ref name=":0" />
2011	Moby Dick	Captain Ahab	2 episodes	<ref name=":0" />
2013	Bonnie & Clyde	Frank Hamer	2 episodes	<ref name=":2" />
2015	Humans	George Millican	7 episodes	<ref name=":0" />
2016	Beowulf	Hrothgar	5 episodes	<ref name=":0" />
2016–21	Goliath<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Donald Cooperman	14 episodes	<ref name=":1" />
2018–20	Condor	Bob Partridge<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	11 episodes	<ref name=":1" />
2021	Mythic Quest	Peter Cromwell	Episode: "Peter"	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022–23	Pantheon	Stephen Holstrom (voice)	Posthumous release	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Theater

Year	Project	Role	Venue
1975	Henry V	Lord Scroop / Interpreter / Bates	Delacorte Theatre, The Public Theatre
1978	Fifth of July	Kenneth Talley Jr.	Sheridan Square Playhouse, Off-Broadway
1981	Childe Byron	Byron	Circle Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway
1982	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Oberon	Delacorte Theatre, The Public Theatre
1984-85	Hurlyburly	Eddie	Goodman Theatre, Chicago Broadway debut
1989	Beside Herself	Augie-Jake	Circle Repertory Theatre, Off-Broadway
1990	Love Letters	Andrew Makepeace Ladd III	Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway
1990	Ivanov (play)	Nikolai Alexeyevich Ivanov	Yale Repertory Theatre, CT
1992	Good	John Halder	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Long Day's Journey into Night	James Tyrone	Sydney Theatre Company

Video games

Year	Game	Role	Notes
2008	The Incredible Hulk	Thaddeus Ross	Voice only

Audiobooks

Year	Book	Author	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1989	The Polar Express	Chris Van Allsburg	Narrator	Cassette tape only	<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2001	Hearts in Atlantis	Stephen King			<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2006	The Sun Also Rises	Ernest Hemingway			<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2006	Selected Shorts: Falling in Love	Various			<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2009	Selected Shorts: The William Hurt Collection	Various			<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2014	Consumed	David Cronenberg			<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2016	The Boy Who Drew Cats	Translated by Lafcadio Hearn		Japanese fairy tale	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Template:Abbr
1980	Golden Globe Award	Best New Actor – Motion Picture	Altered States	Template:Nom
1985	Academy Award	Best Actor	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Template:Won
	BAFTA Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role		Template:Won
	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama		Template:Nom
	Cannes Film Festival	Best Actor		Template:Won
	David di Donatello Award	Best Foreign Actor		Template:Won
	London Film Critics Circle Award	Actor of the Year		Template:Won
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award	Best Actor		Template:Won
	National Board of Review	Best Actor (tied with Raul Julia)		Template:Won
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Actor		Template:Nom
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Actor		Template:Nom
1986	Academy Award	Best Actor	Children of a Lesser God	Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama		Template:Nom
1987	Academy Award	Best Actor	Broadcast News	Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy		Template:Nom
	New York Film Critics Circle Award	Best Actor		Template:Nom
1988	Golden Horse Award	Best Foreign Actor	Template:Sortname	Template:Won
1991	Chicago Film Critics Association Award	Best Actor	Template:Sortname	Template:Nom
1999	Genie Award	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Sunshine	Template:Nom
2001	Satellite Award	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Varian's War	Template:Nom
2005	Academy Award	Best Supporting Actor	Template:Sortname	Template:Nom
	Austin Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
	New York Film Critics Circle Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
	North Texas Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
	Utah Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Nom
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture	Into the Wild	Template:Nom
2009	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Damages	Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor – Television		Template:Nom
2009	Satellite Award	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Endgame	Template:Nom
2011	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Too Big to Fail	Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film		Template:Nom
	Satellite Award	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film		Template:Nom
2013	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actor – Television	Bonnie & Clyde	Template:Nom

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