Kurt Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 17, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At 12, he began acting in the Western TV series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in Elvis (1979), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, Russell became the studio's top star of the 1970s. Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Mike Nichols's Silkwood (1983). Also in the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter in which he played anti-hero roles: the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981), its sequel Escape from L.A.(1996), the horror film The Thing (1982), and the kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Russell starred in various other films, including Used Cars (1980), The Best of Times (1986), Overboard (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991), Tombstone (1993), Stargate (1994), Executive Decision (1996), Breakdown (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001), Miracle (2004), Sky High (2005), Death Proof (2007), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He also appeared in the Fast & Furious franchise as Mr. Nobody (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)). He also portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) instalments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...?(2021), and played the role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
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Filmography
Clang
Movie
The Rivals of Amziah King
Movie · as Dob McCoy
The Thing Expanded
Movie · as Self
The Madison
TV · as Preston Clyburn · 6 eps
Smurfs
Movie · as Ron (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie · as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV · as Lee Shaw · 20 eps
F9
Movie · as Mr. Nobody
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Val
Movie · as Self (archive)
What If...?
TV · as Ego (voice), Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice) · 2 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited) · 3 eps
A Love Letter To Making Movies
Movie · as Self
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Movie · as Santa Claus
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Movie · as Self
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Movie · as Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie · as (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Movie · as Randy / Narrator
Crypto
Movie · as Martin Sr.
QT8: The First Eight
Movie · as Self
The Hateful Eight
TV · as John Ruth · 4 eps
The Christmas Chronicles
Movie · as Santa Claus
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Movie · as Ego
The Fate of the Furious
Movie · as Mr. Nobody
Deepwater Horizon
Movie · as Jimmy Harrell
Bone Tomahawk
Movie · as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
Furious 7
Movie · as Mr. Nobody
The Hateful Eight
Movie · as John 'The Hangman' Ruth
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Movie · as Himself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Art of the Steal
Movie · as Crunch Calhoun
Touchback
Movie · as Coach Hand
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Movie · as Self
Death Proof
Movie · as Stuntman Mike
Cutlass
Movie · as Dad
Grindhouse
Movie · as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Poseidon
Movie · as Robert Ramsey
Sky High
Movie · as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Movie · as Ben Crane
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Movie · as Kurt Russell
Made in Hollywood
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Miracle
Movie · as Herb Brooks
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Movie · as Self
Return to 'Escape from New York'
Movie · as Himself
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Dark Blue
Movie · as Eldon Perry
Interstate 60
Movie · as Captain Ives
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Movie · as Self
Vanilla Sky
Movie · as Curtis McCabe
3000 Miles to Graceland
Movie · as Michael Zane
Soldier
Movie · as Todd 3465
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Movie · as Self
Lost in Space Forever
Movie · as Quano (archive footage)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Breakdown
Movie · as Jeff Taylor
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Escape from L.A.
Movie · as Snake Plissken
Executive Decision
Movie · as David Grant
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Stargate
Movie · as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
Forrest Gump
Movie · as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
Tombstone
Movie · as Wyatt Earp
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Captain Ron
Movie · as Captain Ron
Unlawful Entry
Movie · as Michael Carr
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Backdraft
Movie · as Stephen McCaffrey
Voices That Care
Movie · as Self - Choir Member
Tango & Cash
Movie · as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
Winter People
Movie · as Wayland Jackson
Tequila Sunrise
Movie · as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
Overboard
Movie · as Dean Proffitt
The Best of Times
Movie · as Reno Hightower
Big Trouble in Little China
Movie · as Jack Burton
The Mean Season
Movie · as Malcolm Anderson
Swing Shift
Movie · as Lucky Lockhart
Silkwood
Movie · as Drew Stephens
The Thing
Movie · as MacReady
The Making of 'The Thing'
Movie · as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Escape from New York
Movie · as Snake Plissken
The Fox and the Hound
Movie · as Copper (voice)
Used Cars
Movie · as Rudy Russo
Amber Waves
Movie · as Larry Koenig
Elvis
Movie · as Elvis Presley
Bringing A Legend To Life
Movie · as Himself
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Movie · as Johnny
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Movie · as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
Movie · as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest
Movie · as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
Movie · as Copper (voice) (uncredited)
The Quest
TV · as Morgan Beaudine · 16 eps
The Strongest Man in the World
Movie · as Dexter Riley
The Deadly Tower
Movie · as Charles Whitman
Search for the Gods
Movie · as Shan Mullins
Harry O
TV · 1 ep
The New Land
TV · as Bo Larsen · 13 eps
Superdad
Movie · as Bart
Charley and the Angel
Movie · as Ray Ferris
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Movie · as Dexter Riley
Hec Ramsey
TV · as Matthias Kane · 11 eps
The Barefoot Executive
Movie · as Steven Post
Fools' Parade
Movie · as Johnny Jesus
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
Movie · as Narrator
Disneyland Showtime
Movie · as Self
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie · as Dexter Riley
Guns in the Heather
Movie · as Rich Evans
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Peter Valchek · 1 ep
Room 222
TV · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep
Then Came Bronson
TV · as William P. Lovering · 1 ep
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie · as Ronnie Gardner
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Movie · as Sidney Bower
Mosby's Marauders
Movie · as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
The High Chaparral
TV · as Dan Rondo · 1 ep
Follow Me, Boys!
Movie · as Whitey
The Road West
TV · as Jay Baker · 29 eps
The F.B.I.
TV · as Dan Winslow · 1 ep
Lost in Space
TV · as Quano · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Elick Harte · 1 ep
Guns of Diablo
Movie · as Jamie McPheeters
Gilligan's Island
TV · as Jungle Boy · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as William Craig, Mathew, Jed, Paul Bickford, Nathan Jarrett · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Christopher Larson · 1 ep
It Happened at the World's Fair
Movie · as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TV · as Jamie McPheeters · 26 eps
The Fugitive
TV · as Philip Gerard Jr., Eddie · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · 1 ep
Our Man Higgins
TV · as Bobby · 31 eps
The Virginian
TV · as Toby Shea, Andy Denning · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Packy, Buck Henry Woolfe · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps