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William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American stage, film and television actor, trained at the Juilliard School, Manhattan, New York, USA. For his leading role in the feature film "Kiss of the Spider Woman", he received an Academy Award in 1986, followed by 3 more nominations for roles in the movies "Children of a Lesser God", "Broadcast News", and "A History of Violence". 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 was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.
William Hurt
General "Thunderbolt" Ross
for General "Thunderbolt" Ross in The Incredible Hulk II (2013)
Suggested by autobotsonicfan2007
After the events of The Avengers, Bruce Banner thinks that there are people out there who don't think Hulk is a hero. And he was right. Ross' compatriot Glenn Talbot launched an attack on Banner for grudges not withheld in him. The Hulk attacks his men and disappears. Betty was just trying to get to know Bruce again after what happened in Harlem with Abomination, so she and her father search for Bruce and Betty's ex-boyfriend Leonard is on Talbot's side to protect Betty. Meanwhile, Hulk ended up in Arizona on the porch of an old friend named Rick Jones, who was a nice and compassionate guy. But Banner needs Rick's help to get to a gamma lab in New Mexico so he can take the Hulk out of him, even if it kills Bruce. But on the way, Rick and Banner get attacked by Talbot's men at the gamma lab where there was an electric sabotage made by Talbot and Leonard was the victim and Rick was mortally wounded by Talbot's men, then saved by the Hulk like Betty and Thunderbolt. In the climax, Bruce now sees Leonard transformed into the electric monster Zzzax and sees his purpose on why Hulk is needed.
