Kris Kristofferson
Born: 1936-06-22 in Brownsville, Texas, USA
Died: 2024-09-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of which were hits for other artists. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. As an actor, Kristofferson was known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Stagecoach (1986), Lone Star (1996), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004). In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Kristofferson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies as Self (archive footage)
- Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs as Self (archive footage)
2024
2023
2021
- Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
- A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self
2020
- My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration as Self
2018
- Blaze as Edwin Fuller
2017
- The Star as Old Donkey (voice)
- Hickok as George Knox
- The Red Maple Leaf as President John Francis Marshall
- Wheeler as Himself
- Best Friend from Heaven as Gabriel
2016
- The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris as Self
- Traded as Billy
- The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws as Self
- The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End as Self - Performer
- Road to Austin as Self
2015
- Texas Rising as Andrew Jackson
- Johnny Cash: American Rebel as Self
- Down Dog as Jimmy Wood
- We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited as Self
2014
- Dolphin Tale 2 as Reed Hasket
- 7 Minutes as Mr. B
- I Am Divine as Self (archive)
- Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years as Self - Performer
- The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA as Self
- The Winding Stream as Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film as Self
2013
- Angels Sing as The Colonel
- Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction as Self
- Midnight Stallion as Jack Shephard
- The Motel Life as Earl Hurley
- Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation as Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie as Self
2012
- Deadfall as Chet
- Joyful Noise as Bernard Sparrow
- We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash as Self
- The Johnny Cash Music Festival
2011
- Dolphin Tale as Reed Haskett
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as Self
- Troubadours as Self
- The Greening of Whitney Brown as Dusty Brown
- The King of Luck as Self
- Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Kris
- Country at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2010
- Bloodworth as E. F. Bloodworth
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as Shepherd Graves
- The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- OK Buckaroos
- Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind as Self
- The Child Wanderers as Old Yohan
2009
- He's Just Not That Into You as Ken
- Powder Blue as Randall
- For Sale by Owner as Ferlin Smith
- Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 as Self
- Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy Owen as Singer
- Havana Jam '79 as Self
2008
- Snow Buddies as Talon (voice)
- Wisdom as Self
- Jump Out Boys as Raymond
2007
- I'm Not There as Narrator (voice)
- The Hottest State ... (Thanks)
- Disappearances as Quebec Bill Bonhomme
- The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' as Self
- Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live as Self
- George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert as Self
- Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson as Self
- The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 as Narrator
- Requiem for Billy the Kid as Billy the Kid (voice)
2006
- Fast Food Nation as Rudy Martin
- Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line as Self
- Room 10 as Howard Davis
- Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX as Self
- Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX as Self - Vocals, Guitar
- Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 as Self
- Brats: Our Journey Home as Narrator
- American Revolutions: The Highwaymen as Self
- Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland as Self
2005
- The Colbert Report
- The Jacket as Dr. Thomas Becker
- Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story as Pop Crane
- The Wendell Baker Story as L.R. Nasher
- Trudell as Self - Musician, Friend
- Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity as Self
- I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash as Self
- Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began as self
- The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico as Himself
- Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
- The World's Greatest Gigs as Self
- 14 Hours as Chuck Worthle
2004
- Blade: Trinity as Whistler
- Lives of the Saints as Matthew Bok
- Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession as Self
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Be Here to Love Me as Self - Musician
- Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" as Self / David
- Silver City as Wes Benteen
- Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate as Self
- Johnny Cash: The Last Great American as Self
- Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
- A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets as Himself - Narrator
- Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough as Himself
2003
- Soundstage as Self
- Where the Red Fern Grows as Older Billy Coleman
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- The Highwaymen: On the Road Again as Self
2002
- Blade II as Whistler
- D-Tox as Doc
- John Ford Goes to War as Narrator (voice)
- This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years
2001
- Planet of the Apes as Karubi
- Austin City Limits: Country
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand as self
- Chelsea Walls as Bud
- Wooly Boys as Shuck
2000
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town as Lou Smit
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder as Lou Smit
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack as Self
- Comanche
- The Making of Comanche as Self
1999
- Payback as Bronson
- Outlaw Justice as Jesse Ray Torrance
- Netforce as Steve Day
- NetForce as Steve Day
- Molokai: The Story of Father Damien as Rudolph Meyer
- Limbo as Smilin' Jack
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash as Self - Performer
- The Joyriders as Eddie
1998
- Blade as Whistler
- Dance with Me as John Burnett
- The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock as Doc (voice)
- Girls' Night as Cody
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries as Bill Willis
- Two for Texas as Hugh Allison
1997
- Dead Man's Gun as Narrator
- Fire Down Below as Orin Hanner Sr.
- Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western as Self
1996
- Lone Star as Charlie Wade
- Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival as Self
- Blue Rodeo as Owen Whister
1995
- Pharaoh's Army as Preacher
- Inflammable as Capt. Jack Guthrie
- Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story as Kris Kristofferson
- Tad as Abraham Lincoln
- Brothers' Destiny as Davis
1994
- Sodbusters as Destiny
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Musical Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration as Self
- Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth as Stan Mather
- Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
- Cheatin' Hearts as Tom
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work as Self
- Knights as Gabriel
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- The Larry Sanders Show as Kris Kristofferson
- No Place to Hide as Joe Garvey
- Original Intent as Jack Saunders
- Christmas in Connecticut as Jefferson Jones
- The Panama Deception ... (Thanks)
1991
- Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind as Rip Metcalf
- Miracle in the Wilderness as Jericho Adams
- Night of the Cyclone as Stanley 'Stan'
1990
- Sandino as Tom Holte
- The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum as Self
- Pair of Aces as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf
1989
- Millennium as Bill Smith
- In the Hank Williams Tradition as Self
- Welcome Home as Jake
1988
- Big Top Pee-wee as Mace Montana
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
- Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Kris Kristofferson
- The Tracker as Noble Adams
1987
- Amerika as Devin Milford
- Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
1986
- Blood & Orchids as Curt Maddox
- Stagecoach as Ringo Kid
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James as Jesse James
1985
- Trouble in Mind as Hawk
1984
- Flashpoint as Bobby Logan
- The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck as Ben Cole
- Songwriter as Blackie Buck
1982
- Late Night with David Letterman
- Wogan as Self
- The Last Horror Film as Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)
- Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert as Self
1981
- Rollover as Hubbell Smith
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds as Self
1980
- Heaven's Gate as James Averill
- Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up as Self - Narrator
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- Freedom Road as Abner Lait
1978
- Convoy as Rubber Duck
- The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 as Self
1977
- Semi-Tough as Shake Tiller
1976
- Taxi Driver ... (Thanks)
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- Donny & Marie as Self
- A Star Is Born as John Norman Howard
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea as Jim Cameron
- Vigilante Force as Aaron Arnold
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Cher as Self - Guest
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as David
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as Biker
- Free to Be… You and Me as Self
1973
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Billy the Kid
- Blume in Love as Elmo Cole
- Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus as Vocalist
- George Carlin: The Real George Carlin as Self
1972
- The Midnight Special as Self
- Cisco Pike as Cisco Pike
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- The Last Movie as Minstrel Wrangler
1970
- The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1969
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1968
- Starparade as Self
1967
- CMA Awards as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter