Kurt Russell
Born 1951
Known for The Thing, The Hateful Eight, Death Proof.
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).
Movie Credits
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
The Art of the Steal (2013)
Death Proof (2007)
Grindhouse (2007)
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)
Sky High (2005)
Miracle (2004)
Dark Blue (2002)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Soldier (1998)
Breakdown (1997)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
Executive Decision (1996)
Tombstone (1993)
Captain Ron (1992)
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Backdraft (1991)
Winter People (1989)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
The Mean Season (1985)
The Thing (1982)
Escape from New York (1981)
Used Cars (1980)
Elvis (1979)
The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976)
The Deadly Tower (1975)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
The Thing Expanded (2026)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Touchback (2011)
Poseidon (2006)
Stargate (1994)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Overboard (1987)
The Best of Times (1986)
Swing Shift (1984)
Silkwood (1983)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Superdad (1973)
The Rivals of Amziah King (2026)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Guns of Diablo (1964)
Crypto (2019)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Fools' Parade (1971)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Furious 7 (2015)
F9 (2021)
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives (2020)
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Smurfs (2025)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
Interstate 60 (2002)
Marty, Life Is Short (2026)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
