Kurt Russell
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1951-03-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Kurt Russell
Biography
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western 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). According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, he 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' Silkwood (1983). In the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in 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). 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. 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, having starred in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021), portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...? (2021), and subsequently portrayed Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
Known For
Actor
as (voice)
as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
as Lee Shaw
as Self (archive footage)
as Mr. Nobody
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Ego (voice)
as Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Santa Claus
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as self
as Self
as Randy / Narrator
as Martin Sr.
as Santa Claus
as Mr. Nobody
as Jimmy Harrell
as John 'The Hangman' Ruth
as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
as Mr. Nobody
as Himself
as Self
as Crunch Calhoun
as Coach Hand
as Self (archive footage)
as Dad
as Stuntman Mike
as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
as Self
as Robert Ramsey
as Ben Crane
as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
as Kurt Russell
as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
as Herb Brooks
as Self
as Self
as Eldon Perry
as Captain Ives
as Curtis McCabe
as Self
as Michael Zane
as Todd 3465
as Self
as Quano (archive footage)
as Self
as Jeff Taylor
as Self
as Snake Plissken
as David Grant
as Self - Guest
as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
as Wyatt Earp
as Self - Guest
as Captain Ron
as Michael Carr
as Self
as Stephen McCaffrey
as Self - Choir Member
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
as Wayland Jackson
as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
as Dean Proffitt
as Jack Burton
as Reno Hightower
as Malcolm Anderson
as Lucky Lockhart
as Drew Stephens
as MacReady
as Self
as Copper (voice)
as Snake Plissken
as Rudy Russo
as Larry Koenig
as Elvis Presley
as Johnny
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
as Morgan Beaudine
as Charles Whitman
as Shan Mullins
as Dexter Riley
as Bo Larsen
as Bart
as Ray Ferris
as Dexter Reilly
as Matthias Kane
as Johnny Jesus
as Steven Post
as Narrator
as Self
as Dexter Riley
as Rich Evans
as Johnny
as Ronnie Gardner
as Sidney Bower
as Peter Valchek
as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
as Dan Rondo
as Whitey
as Jay Baker
as Dan Winslow
as Quano
as Elick Harte
as Jamie McPheeters
as William Craig
as Mathew
as Jed
as Paul Bickford
as Nathan Jarrett
as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
as Jamie McPheeters
as Philip Gerard Jr.
as Eddie
as Jack Ryan
as Bobby
as Toby Shea
as Andy Denning
as Self
as Packy
as Buck Henry Woolfe
as Self
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Writer
as Screenplay
Crew
as Thanks