I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging.

Other notable films in recent years have included A. His high school yearbook predicted "With characteristics such as these you might even see him on Broadway. After playing a diversity of character roles in the following decade Hurt earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in David Cronenberg's crime thriller A History of Violence (2005).

Hurt made his film debut as a troubled scientist in the science-fiction feature Altered States (1980) for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. After playing a diversity of character roles in the following decade Hurt earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in David Cronenberg's crime thriller A History of Violence (2005).