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Acting
Birthday:
March 17, 1951
Place of Birth:
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Kurt Russell
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Rivals of Amziah King | |
| 2025 | Smurfs | (voice) |
| 2025 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | Self |
| 2024 | Making of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Self |
| 2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Self - 'Ego' (archive footage) |
| 2021 | F9 | Mr. Nobody |
| 2021 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Val | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | A Love Letter To Making Movies | self |
| 2020 | The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two | Santa Claus |
| 2020 | AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star | Self |
| 2020 | You Cannot Kill David Arquette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives | Self |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | Randy / Narrator |
| 2019 | Crypto | Martin Sr. |
| 2019 | QT8: The First Eight | Self |
| 2018 | The Christmas Chronicles | Santa Claus |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Ego |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | Mr. Nobody |
| 2016 | Deepwater Horizon | Jimmy Harrell |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Sheriff Franklin Hunt |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | Mr. Nobody |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | John 'The Hangman' Ruth |
| 2014 | The Battered Bastards of Baseball | Himself |
| 2013 | The Art of the Steal | Crunch Calhoun |
| 2011 | Touchback | Coach Hand |
| 2007 | Death Proof | Stuntman Mike |
| 2007 | Cutlass | Dad |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof") |
| 2006 | Poseidon | Robert Ramsey |
| 2005 | Sky High | Steve Stronghold / The Commander |
| 2005 | Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story | Ben Crane |
| 2005 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Kurt Russell |
| 2004 | Miracle | Herb Brooks |
| 2004 | John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies | Self |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Dark Blue | Eldon Perry |
| 2002 | Interstate 60 | Captain Ives |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Curtis McCabe |
| 2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Michael Zane |
| 2001 | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Self |
| 1998 | Soldier | Todd 3465 |
| 1998 | The Thing: Terror Takes Shape | Self |
| 1998 | Lost In Space Forever | Quano (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Breakdown | Jeff Taylor |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Snake Plissken |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | David Grant |
| 1994 | Stargate | Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil |
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Wyatt Earp |
| 1992 | Captain Ron | Captain Ron |
| 1992 | Unlawful Entry | Michael Carr |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Stephen McCaffrey |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member |
| 1989 | Tango & Cash | Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash |
| 1989 | Winter People | Wayland Jackson |
| 1988 | Tequila Sunrise | Lieutenant Nick Frescia |
| 1987 | Overboard | Dean Proffitt |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Reno Hightower |
| 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Jack Burton |
| 1985 | The Mean Season | Malcolm Anderson |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Lucky Lockhart |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Drew Stephens |
| 1982 | The Thing | MacReady |
| 1982 | The Making of 'The Thing' | Self |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Snake Plissken |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound | Copper (voice) |
| 1980 | Used Cars | Rudy Russo |
| 1980 | Amber Waves | Larry Koenig |
| 1979 | Elvis | Elvis Presley |
| 1977 | Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. | Johnny |
| 1976 | The Quest: The Longest Drive | Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine |
| 1976 | The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 | Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine |
| 1976 | The Quest | Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine |
| 1975 | The Strongest Man in the World | Dexter Riley |
| 1975 | The Deadly Tower | Charles Whitman |
| 1975 | Search for the Gods | Shan Mullins |
| 1973 | Superdad | Bart |
| 1973 | Charley and the Angel | Ray Ferris |
| 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Dexter Reilly |
| 1971 | The Barefoot Executive | Steven Post |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade | Johnny Jesus |
| 1970 | Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? | Narrator |
| 1970 | Disneyland Showtime | Self |
| 1969 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | Dexter Riley |
| 1969 | Guns in the Heather | Rich Evans |
| 1968 | The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit | Ronnie Gardner |
| 1968 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band | Sidney Bower |
| 1967 | Mosby's Marauders | Pvt. Willie Prentiss |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Whitey |
| 1964 | Guns of Diablo | Jamie McPheeters |
| 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited) |