ACTOR

William Hurt

1950 - 2022

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William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. He is widely known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Hurt studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hurt has received more than 13,619,698 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). William Hurt is the 451st most popular actor (up from 501st in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from United States (up from 934th in 2019) and the 225th most popular American Actor.

William H. Hurt is most famous for his role as a paraplegic in the film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985).

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Hurt ranks 451 out of 13,578. Before him are Renée Zellweger, Bill Nighy, Robert Wagner, Halle Berry, Hugh Laurie, and Gloria Swanson. After him are Charlize Theron, Jean Rochefort, William H. Macy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rade Šerbedžija, and Robert Downey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, William Hurt ranks 30. Before him are Richard Branson, Zhang Yimou, Peter Gabriel, Ron Perlman, Richard Dean Anderson, and Randy Quaid. After him are William H. Macy, Daniel Auteuil, Choe Ryong-hae, Morgan Fairchild, Grzegorz Lato, and Chris Norman. Among people deceased in 2022, William Hurt ranks 39. Before him are Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Bruno Latour, Mylène Demongeot, Ray Liotta, James Caan, and Bill Russell. After him are Angelo Sodano, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kakuichi Mimura, Jacques Perrin, and Ivica Osim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Hurt ranks 813 out of 20,380. Before him are Davy Crockett (1786), Robert Wagner (1930), Halle Berry (1966), Robert E. Howard (1906), George F. Kennan (1904), and Gloria Swanson (1899). After him are Kris Jenner (1955), David Lee (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Carl Barks (1901), William H. Macy (1950), and Philip Glass (1937).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Hurt ranks 225. Before him are Frances McDormand (1957), Pat Morita (1932), Renée Zellweger (1969), Robert Wagner (1930), Halle Berry (1966), and Gloria Swanson (1899). After him are William H. Macy (1950), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Tim Robbins (1958), Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), and Mark Margolis (1939).

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Television and Movie Roles

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