William McChord Hurt was an American actor, best known for his roles in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Children of a Lesser God, and Broadcast News. He was also set to Star in Midnight Rider as Gregg Allman, but pulled out of the project 2 months after the death of Camera assistant Sarah Jones from involuntary manslaughter.
For Disney, he played Angus Tuck in Tuck Everlasting and Thaddeus Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which compromises of The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Widow. He also played Dr. Jack McKee in The Doctor, Paul Benjamin in Smoke, Rochester in Jane Eyre, David R. Whitman in Contaminated Man, Dr. Peter Reed in Neverwas, and Edward Walker in The Village.
On March 13, 2022, Hurt passed away from prostate cancer at the age of 71, a week before his 72nd birthday. He will be replaced by Harrison Ford for the role as Thaddeus Ross in Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*.[1]
