Kurt Russell
- Acting
- March 17, 1951 · 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).
Known for
Filmography
- The Rivals of Amziah King · Dob McCoy
- Marty, Life Is Short · Self
- The Thing Expanded · Self
- The Madison · Preston Clyburn, Executive producer
- Smurfs · Ron (Voice)
- Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks · Self
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters · Lee Shaw
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Self
- What If...? · Ego (Voice), Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (Voice)
- Val · Self
- F9 · Mr. Nobody
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age · Self
- Marvel Studios Legends · Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · Santa Claus, Producer
- You Cannot Kill David Arquette · Self
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star · Self
- Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives · Self
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault · (archive footage)
- A Love Letter To Making Movies · Self
- QT8: The First Eight · Self
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · Randy / Narrator
- The Hateful Eight · John Ruth
- Crypto · Martin Sr.
- The Christmas Chronicles · Santa Claus
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 · Ego
- The Fate of the Furious · Mr. Nobody
- Deepwater Horizon · Jimmy Harrell
- The Hateful Eight · John 'The Hangman' Ruth
- Bone Tomahawk · Sheriff Franklin Hunt
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Furious 7 · Mr. Nobody
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Battered Bastards of Baseball · Self
- The Art of the Steal · Crunch Calhoun
- Django Unchained · Thanks
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Touchback · Coach Hand
- Conan · Self
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics · Self
- Cutlass · Dad
- Death Proof · Stuntman Mike
- Grindhouse · Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Poseidon · Robert Ramsey
- Made in Hollywood · Self
- Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story · Ben Crane
- Sky High · Steve Stronghold / The Commander
- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood · Kurt Russell
- John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies · Self
- Miracle · Herb Brooks
- Return to 'Escape from New York' · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Dark Blue · Eldon Perry
- Interstate 60 · Captain Ives
- The Making of 'Tombstone' · Self
- Vanilla Sky · Curtis McCabe
- America: A Tribute to Heroes · Self
- 3000 Miles to Graceland · Michael Zane
- Soldier · Todd 3465
- The Thing: Terror Takes Shape · Self
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show · Self
- Lost in Space Forever · Quano (archive footage)
- The View · Self
- Breakdown · Jeff Taylor
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Escape from L.A. · Snake Plissken, Producer
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- Executive Decision · David Grant
- Stargate · Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
- Forrest Gump · Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
- Tombstone · Wyatt Earp
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- Captain Ron · Captain Ron
- Unlawful Entry · Michael Carr
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- Backdraft · Stephen McCaffrey
- Voices That Care · Self