Kurt Russell
Born: 1951-03-17 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Smurfs as Ron (voice)
- The Rivals of Amziah King
- Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks as Self
2023
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Lee Shaw
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
2021
- What If...? as Ego (voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
- F9 as Mr. Nobody
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
- The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two as Santa Claus
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
- You Cannot Kill David Arquette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star as Self
- A Love Letter To Making Movies as Self
- Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives as Self
2019
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Randy / Narrator
- Crypto as Martin Sr.
- QT8: The First Eight as Self
2018
- The Christmas Chronicles as Santa Claus
2017
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Ego
- The Fate of the Furious as Mr. Nobody
2016
- Deepwater Horizon as Jimmy Harrell
2015
- Furious 7 as Mr. Nobody
- The Hateful Eight as John 'The Hangman' Ruth
- Bone Tomahawk as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Battered Bastards of Baseball as Himself
2013
- The Art of the Steal as Crunch Calhoun
2012
- Django Unchained ... (Thanks)
2011
- Touchback as Coach Hand
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Death Proof as Stuntman Mike
- Cutlass as Dad
- Grindhouse as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
2006
- Poseidon as Robert Ramsey
2005
- Sky High as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
- Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story as Ben Crane
- Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Kurt Russell
2004
- Miracle as Herb Brooks
- Los Angeles Plays Itself as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
- John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2002
- Interstate 60 as Captain Ives
- Dark Blue as Eldon Perry
2001
- 3000 Miles to Graceland as Michael Zane
- Vanilla Sky as Curtis McCabe
- America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
1998
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- Soldier as Todd 3465
- Lost In Space Forever as Quano (archive footage)
- The Thing: Terror Takes Shape as Self
1996
- Executive Decision as David Grant
- Escape from L.A. as Snake Plissken
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- E! True Hollywood Story
1994
- Forrest Gump as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
- Stargate as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Tombstone as Wyatt Earp
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Captain Ron as Captain Ron
- Unlawful Entry as Michael Carr
1991
- Backdraft as Stephen McCaffrey
- Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1989
- Winter People as Wayland Jackson
- Tango & Cash as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
1988
- Tequila Sunrise as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
1987
- Overboard as Dean Proffitt
1986
- Big Trouble in Little China as Jack Burton
- The Best of Times as Reno Hightower
1985
- The Mean Season as Malcolm Anderson
1984
- Swing Shift as Lucky Lockhart
1983
- Silkwood as Drew Stephens
1982
- The Thing as MacReady
- The Making of 'The Thing' as Self
1981
- Escape from New York as Snake Plissken
- The Fox and the Hound as Copper (voice)
1980
- Amber Waves as Larry Koenig
- Used Cars as Rudy Russo
1979
- Elvis as Elvis Presley
- Bringing A Legend To Life as Himself
1977
- Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Johnny
1976
- The Quest: The Longest Drive as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
- The Quest as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
- The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
- The Quest as Morgan Beaudine
- Disney's Greatest Dog Stars as Copper (voice) (uncredited)
1975
- The Strongest Man in the World as Dexter Riley
- The Deadly Tower as Charles Whitman
- Search for the Gods as Shan Mullins
1974
- Harry O
- The New Land as Bo Larsen
1973
- Superdad as Bart
- Police Story
- Charley and the Angel as Ray Ferris
1972
- Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Dexter Reilly
- Hec Ramsey as Matthias Kane
1971
- Fools' Parade as Johnny Jesus
- The Barefoot Executive as Steven Post
1970
- Disneyland Showtime as Self
- Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? as Narrator
1969
- Love, American Style as Johnny
- Room 222
- Then Came Bronson as William P. Lovering
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Dexter Riley
- Guns in the Heather as Rich Evans
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Peter Valchek
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Sidney Bower
- The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit as Ronnie Gardner
1967
- The High Chaparral as Dan Rondo
- Mosby's Marauders as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
1966
- The Road West as Jay Baker
- Follow Me, Boys! as Whitey
1965
- Lost in Space as Quano
- The F.B.I. as Dan Winslow
- Laredo
- The Legend of Jesse James as Elick Harte
1964
- Daniel Boone as William Craig
- Gilligan's Island as Jungle Boy
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Christopher Larson
- Guns of Diablo as Jamie McPheeters
1963
- The Fugitive as Philip Gerard Jr.
- It Happened at the World's Fair as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Jamie McPheeters
1962
- The Virginian as Toby Shea
- Sam Benedict
- Our Man Higgins as Bobby
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1955
- Gunsmoke as Packy
1953
- The Oscars as Self