Two-time Academy Award winner William Hurt (A History of Violence, The Good Shepherd) has joined the all-star cast of Marvel Studios' The Incredible Hulk, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Zak Penn wrote the latest big-screen adventure of the green goliath, which Universal Pictures is distributing.

The movie, which Louis Leterrier is directing, sees Bruce Banner/Hulk on the run, trying to avoid capture long enough to cure the condition that turns him into a monster. Hurt will play Gen. Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, the man who has dedicated his life to capturing the Hulk -- and who also is the father of Banner's love interest, Betty Ross.

Hurt joins The Incredible Hulk which already has an impressive cast of two-time Oscar nominee Edward Norton, who is playing Banner, Liv Tyler as Betty and Tim Roth as villain Emil Blonsky/the Abomination.

The Incredible Hulk was released June 13th, 2008 and stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, Christina Cabot, Peter Mensah. The film is directed by Louis Leterrier.