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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

Thaddeus Ross
for Thaddeus Ross in Captain America: War Budds
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A few months after the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sharon Carter aka the Power Broker rules the criminal underworld in Madripoor and uses her access too government resources to expand her empire to control the world. When Sam finds out the truth about Sharon, he and Bucky must stop their old friend to save the world. But they need help since Sharon's empire is to strong. Sam and Bucky get help from Isaiah Bradley, the Dora Milaje and Joaquin Torres, who becomes the new Falcon. Bucky tracks down two guys he knew when he fought in World War II and can convince them to join them to stop the Power Broker. In a mid credits scene Valentina Allegra de Fontaine formed the Thunderbolts but instead of taking on the Avengers, they must work with them to defend Earth from multiversal threaths since the whole multiverse is messed up after the Sacred Timeline broke. In a post credts scene, Captain America asks Shang-Chi if he wants to become an Avenger.