Question: What Golden Globe nominated American actor from Juilliard School played a role in the 1986 romantic drama film, Children of a Lesser God, directed by Randa Haines?

full_context: Document 1: Richard Gere: Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and humanitarian activist. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977) and a starring role in "Days of Heaven" (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film "American Gigolo" (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in many well-received films, including "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "The Cotton Club" (1984), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Primal Fear" (1996), "Runaway Bride" (1999), "I'm Not There" (2007), "Arbitrage" (2012) and "" (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the Academy Award-winning musical "Chicago" (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.
Document 2: An Officer and a Gentleman: An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American romantic drama film starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger and Louis Gossett, Jr., who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film. It tells the story of Zack (Gere), a U.S. Navy Aviation Officer Candidate who is beginning his training at Aviation Officer Candidate School. While Zack meets his first true girlfriend during his training, a local young woman named Paula (Winger), he also comes into conflict with the hard-driving Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant (Gossett, Jr.), the drill instructor training his class.
Document 3: Randa Haines: Randa Jo Haines (born February 20, 1945 in Los Angeles) is a film and television director and producer. Haines started her career as a script supervisor on several low-budget features in the 1970s, including "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" and "The Groove Tube". She is perhaps most famous for directing the critically acclaimed feature film "Children of a Lesser God" (1986), which starred William Hurt and Marlee Matlin, for which Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award as Best Actress. Haines also won the Silver Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 she was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2002 she was a member of the jury at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.
Document 4: Marlee Matlin: Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for "Children of a Lesser God" (1986) and to date is the only deaf performer to have won the award. Her work in film and television has resulted in a Golden Globe award, with two additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. Deaf since she was 18 months old, due to illness and high fevers, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf. Her longtime interpreter is Jack Jason.
Document 5: Nick Nolte: Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is an American actor and former model. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film "The Prince of Tides". He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for "Affliction" (1998) and "Warrior" (2011). His other film appearances include "The Deep" (1977), "48 Hrs." (1982), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986), "Another 48 Hrs." (1990), "Everybody Wins" (1990), "Cape Fear" (1991), "Lorenzo's Oil" (1992), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), "The Good Thief" (2002), "Hulk" (2003), "Hotel Rwanda" (2004), "Tropic Thunder" (2008), "A Walk in the Woods" (2015) and "The Ridiculous 6" (2015). He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role in the TV series "Graves" (2016–present).
Document 6: John Malkovich filmography: American actor, director, and producer John Malkovich has appeared in more than 70 motion pictures. He started acting in the 1980s, appearing in the films "Places in the Heart" (1984) with Sally Field, "Death of a Salesman" (1985), "The Glass Menagerie" (1987), "Empire of the Sun" (1987), and "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988) with Glenn Close. His role in "Places in the Heart" earned him an Academy Award nomination. During the 1990s, he starred in the films "Of Mice and Men" (1992) as Lennie Small, "In the Line of Fire" (1993) as Mitch Leary, "Beyond the Clouds" (1995) as The Director, "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996) Gilbert Osmond, "Con Air" (1997) as Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1998) as Athos, "Being John Malkovich" (1999) as John Horatio Malkovich, and "" (1999) as Charles VII. His role as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire" earned him his second Academy Award nomination.
Document 7: Children of a Lesser God: Children of a Lesser God is a 1986 American romantic drama film directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff. An adaptation of Medoff's Tony Award–winning stage play of the same name, the film stars Marlee Matlin (in an Oscar-winning performance) and William Hurt as employees at a school for the deaf: a deaf custodian and a hearing speech teacher, whose conflicting ideologies on speech and deafness create tension and discord in their developing romantic relationship.
Document 8: American Gigolo: American Gigolo is a 1980 American romantic crime film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt and Bill Duke. It tells the story of Julian Kaye, a high-price male escort in Los Angeles who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case.
Document 9: Music Within: Music Within is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Steven Sawalich and starring Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Rebecca De Mornay and Marion Ross. The film tells the true story of Richard Pimentel, a respected public speaker whose hearing disability attained in the Vietnam War drove him to become an activist for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Document 10: William Hurt: William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature "Altered States", for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir "Body Heat" (1981), and, as Arkady Renko, in Gorky Park (1983).
Document 11: Mark Medoff: Mark Medoff (born March 18, 1940) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director, actor, and professor. His play "Children of a Lesser God" received both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the film script of "Children of a Lesser God" and for a Cable ACE Award for his HBO Premiere movie, "Apology". He also received an Obie Award for his play "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?" Medoff's feature film "Refuge" was released in 2010.
Document 12: Doubt (2008 film): Doubt is a 2008 American period drama film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play "". Produced by Scott Rudin, the film takes place in a St. Nicholas school led by Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep). Sister James (Amy Adams) tells Aloysius that Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) might have too much personal attention with the school's only black student Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), thus leading to Aloysius starting a crusade against Flynn. The film also stars Viola Davis as Donald Miller's mother, Mrs. Miller.
Document 13: Body Heat: Body Heat is a 1981 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner and Richard Crenna, and features Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. The film was inspired by "Double Indemnity" and "Out of the Past".
Document 14: Marlee Matlin filmography: The following is a list of the film and television appearances of American actress Marlee Matlin. Matlin, who had previously acted in stage productions, made her screen debut as the female lead in the 1986 film "Children of a Lesser God", for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award.
Document 15: John Hurt: Sir John Vincent Hurt, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world".
ground_truth: William Hurt