Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 17, 1951
Place of Birth
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
147 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
The Rivals of Amziah King
Marty, Life Is Short
Self (archive footage)
The Thing Expanded
Self
The Madison
Preston Clyburn
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 - 'Ego' (archive footage)
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Self (Archives)
What If...?
Ego (voice)
F9
Mr. Nobody
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends
Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Santa Claus
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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 - Guest
Furious 7
Mr. Nobody
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself
The Art of the Steal
Crunch Calhoun
Django Unchained
Thanks
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
Touchback
Coach Hand
Conan
Self - Guest
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