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It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

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William Hurt
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 20
Film Actor
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
William McChord Hurt
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