Kurt Russell
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Smurfs Movie as (voice)
- 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 · What If...? as Ego (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
- 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 · Marvel Studios Legends as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two as Santa Claus
- 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 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Battered Bastards of Baseball as Himself
- 2013 · The Art of the Steal as Crunch Calhoun
- 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")
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 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
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 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 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1998 · Lost In Space Forever as Quano (archive footage)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Breakdown as Jeff Taylor
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Escape from L.A. as Snake Plissken
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 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
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Captain Ron as Captain Ron
- 1992 · Unlawful Entry as Michael Carr
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 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 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
- 1974 · The New Land as Bo Larsen
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1973 · Superdad as Bart
- 1973 · Charley and the Angel as Ray Ferris
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Hec Ramsey as Matthias Kane
- 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 · Love, American Style as Johnny
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as
- 1969 · Room 222 as
- 1969 · Guns in the Heather as Rich Evans
- 1968 · The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit as Ronnie Gardner
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Peter Valchek
- 1968 · The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band as Sidney Bower
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Dan Rondo
- 1967 · Mosby's Marauders as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
- 1966 · Follow Me, Boys! as Whitey
- 1966 · The Road West as Jay Baker
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Dan Winslow
- 1965 · Laredo as
- 1965 · Lost in Space as Quano
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Elick Harte
- 1964 · Guns of Diablo as Jamie McPheeters
- 1964 · Gilligan's Island as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as William Craig
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Mathew
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Jed
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Paul Bickford
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Nathan Jarrett
- 1963 · The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Jamie McPheeters
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Philip Gerard Jr.
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Eddie
- 1963 · It Happened at the World's Fair as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
- 1962 · Our Man Higgins as Bobby
- 1962 · The Virginian as Toby Shea
- 1962 · The Virginian as Andy Denning
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- Future · The Rivals of Amziah King as
- 1962 · Pericles on 31st Street as Jack Ryan
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Packy
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Buck Henry Woolfe
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self