Actor William Damage arrives for the premiere of his film “Winter’s Story” in New York February 11, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
March 13 (Reuters) – William Damage, an Oscar-winning actor identified for his roles in films similar to “Kiss of the Spider Lady” and “Broadcast Information,” died on Sunday on the age of 71, in keeping with Deadline.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that the Damage household mourns the passing of William Damage, beloved father and Oscar profitable actor, on March 13, 2022, one week earlier than his 72nd birthday,” the actor’s son, Will, mentioned in an announcement obtained by Deadline.
“He died peacefully, amongst household, of pure causes. The household requests privateness right now.”
The actor disclosed in 2018 that he had been recognized with terminal prostate most cancers which had unfold to the bone, though on the time he credited an alternate type of chemotherapy with saving his life, in keeping with media stories.
Damage’s demise was additionally confirmed to Selection by his pal, Gerry Byrne.
Damage, who studied on the prestigious Juilliard Faculty in New York Metropolis, emerged as probably the most celebrated main males of the Nineteen Eighties, incomes three Academy Award finest actor nominations for his roles in 1985’s “Kiss of the Spider Lady”, 1986’s “Youngsters of a Lesser God”, and 1987’s “Broadcast Information”.
He received the Oscar for his portrayal of a gay man who shared a jail cell with a political prisoner in Brazil in “Kiss of the Spider Lady”.
Damage obtained his fourth and ultimate Academy Award nomination for Finest Supporting Actor in “A Historical past of Violence”, against the law thriller launched in 2005.
Extra just lately, he performed Basic Thaddeus Ross in 2008’s “The Unimaginable Hulk”, a recurring position he would reprise in later superhero movies based mostly on Marvel Comics together with “Captain America: Civil Warfare,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “Black Widow.”
Reporting by Nathan Layne in West Department, Michigan; Enhancing by Cynthia Osterman and Daniel Wallis
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