How old was William Hurt in the movie Into the Wild?

William Hurt was 56 in Into the Wild when he played the character 'Walt McCandless'.

That was over 17 years ago in 2007.

In 2022 he died aged 72, starring in 97 films in his career, 34 of those after Into the Wild was first released. If he were alive today he would be 74.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Into the Wild, I think William Hurt looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Sean Penn has worked with William Hurt a total of 2 times in his career.
  • William Hurt's first movie was as 'Professor Eddie Jessup' in Altered States, released in 1980 when he was 29
  • Into the Wild scores 7.8 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Into the Wild

William Hurt's other movies