Kurt Russell 1951 74
Kurt Russell 1951 74
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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2025 Smurfs as Ron (voice)
2025 The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self
2025 The Rivals of Amziah King
2025 The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self
2023 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters as Lee Shaw
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
2021 Val as Self (archive footage)
2021 F9 as Mr. Nobody
2021 Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020 The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two as Santa Claus Producer
2020 You Cannot Kill David Arquette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star as Self
2020 Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives as Self
2020 A Love Letter To Making Movies as self
2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood as Randy / Narrator
2019 Crypto as Martin Sr.
2018 The Christmas Chronicles as Santa Claus
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Ego
2017 The Fate of the Furious as Mr. Nobody
2016 Deepwater Horizon as Jimmy Harrell
2015 The Hateful Eight as John 'The Hangman' Ruth
2015 Bone Tomahawk as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
2015 Furious 7 as Mr. Nobody
2014 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
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2007 Cutlass as Dad
2007 Death Proof as Stuntman Mike
2007 Grindhouse as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
2006 Poseidon as Robert Ramsey
2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story as Ben Crane
2005 Sky High as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
2005 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Kurt Russell
2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
2004 John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies as Self
2004 Miracle as Herb Brooks
2002 Dark Blue as Eldon Perry
2002 Interstate 60 as Captain Ives
2001 Vanilla Sky as Curtis McCabe
2001 America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
2001 3000 Miles to Graceland as Michael Zane
1998 Soldier as Todd 3465
1998 The Thing: Terror Takes Shape as Self
1998 Lost In Space Forever as Quano (archive footage)
1997 Breakdown as Jeff Taylor
1996 Escape from L.A. as Snake Plissken Producer, Screenplay
1996 Executive Decision as David Grant
1994 Stargate as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
1994 Forrest Gump as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
1993 Tombstone as Wyatt Earp
1992 Captain Ron as Captain Ron
1992 Unlawful Entry as Michael Carr
1991 Backdraft as Stephen McCaffrey
1991 Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1989 Tango & Cash as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
1989 Winter People as Wayland Jackson
1988 Tequila Sunrise as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
1987 Overboard as Dean Proffitt
1986 Big Trouble in Little China as Jack Burton
1986 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
1982 The Making of 'The Thing' as Self
1981 The Fox and the Hound as Copper (voice)
1981 Escape from New York as Snake Plissken
1980 Used Cars as Rudy Russo
1980 Amber Waves as Larry Koenig
1979 Elvis as Elvis Presley
1977 Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. as Johnny
1976 The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976 The Quest as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976 The Quest: The Longest Drive as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1975 The Deadly Tower as Charles Whitman
1975 Search for the Gods as Shan Mullins
1975 The Strongest Man in the World as Dexter Riley
1973 Superdad as Bart
1973 Charley and the Angel as Ray Ferris
1972 Now You See Him, Now You Don't as Dexter Reilly
1971 Fools' Parade as Johnny Jesus
1971 The Barefoot Executive as Steven Post
1970 Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? as Narrator
1970 Disneyland Showtime as Self
1969 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes as Dexter Riley
1969 Guns in the Heather as Rich Evans
1968 The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit as Ronnie Gardner
1968 The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Sidney Bower
1967 Mosby's Marauders as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
1966 Follow Me, Boys! as Whitey
1964 Guns of Diablo as Jamie McPheeters
1963 It Happened at the World's Fair as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
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6.72 TV Movie 11
6.69 Drama 32
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6.49 Thriller 20
6.48 Fantasy 9
6.46 Western 8
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6.39 Family 18
6.38 Comedy 26
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