It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.

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).