Damages

William Hurt
Things have come full circle for William Hurt, who first worked with Ted Danson early in his career on the film "Body Heat," and who again shared the screen with him in Season 2 of "Damages." Since then, Hurt's won an Oscar (and been nominated for several more), but his ... more work as Daniel Purcell, a brilliant scientist with a dark past, is on par with anything is his filmography. In 2009, Hurt told the New York Times what inspired his taking the role: "There was something about the first season that really was a wonderful mesh of character and this extraordinary plot template ... And it was not just a detective story. There was character." Close