Kurt Russell
Age: N/A | From: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Movie Involvements: 65
TV Involvements: 26
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
What If...?
(2021) Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
(2023) Lee Shaw
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Peter Valchek
The Fugitive
(1963) Eddie
The Virginian
(1962) Andy Denning
Gunsmoke
(1955) Buck Henry Woolfe
Marvel Studios Legends
(2021) Ego (archive footage)
The High Chaparral
(1967) Dan RondoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lee Shaw | |
| 2021 | Ego (voice) | |
| Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Mr. Nobody | ||
| Self - Actor (archive footage) | ||
| Ego (archive footage) | ||
| 2020 | Santa Claus | |
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| self | ||
| 2019 | Self | |
| Randy / Narrator | ||
| Martin Sr. | ||
| 2018 | Santa Claus | |
| 2017 | Ego | |
| Mr. Nobody | ||
| 2016 | Jimmy Harrell | |
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 2015 | John 'The Hangman' Ruth | |
| Sheriff Franklin Hunt | ||
| Mr. Nobody | ||
| 2014 | Himself | |
| 2013 | Crunch Calhoun | |
| 2011 | Coach Hand | |
| 2010 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Dad | |
| Stuntman Mike McKay | ||
| Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof") | ||
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Robert Ramsey | |
| 2005 | Ben Crane | |
| Steve Stronghold / The Commander | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| Herb Brooks | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Eldon Perry | |
| Captain Ives | ||
| 2001 | Curtis McCabe | |
| Self | ||
| Michael Zane | ||
| 1998 | Todd 3465 | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Quano (archive footage) | ||
| 1997 | Self | |
| Jeffrey 'Jeff' Taylor | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Snake Plissken | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| David Grant | ||
| 1994 | Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil | |
| Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| 1993 | Wyatt Earp | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1992 | Captain Ron | |
| Michael Carr | ||
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Stephen McCaffrey | |
| 1990 | Self - Choir Member | |
| 1989 | Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash | |
| Wayland Jackson | ||
| 1988 | Lieutenant Nick Frescia | |
| 1987 | Dean Proffitt | |
| 1986 | Jack Burton | |
| Reno Hightower | ||
| 1985 | Malcolm Anderson | |
| 1984 | Lucky Lockhart | |
| 1983 | Drew Stephens | |
| 1982 | R.J. MacReady | |
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Copper (voice) | |
| Snake Plissken | ||
| 1980 | Rudy Russo | |
| Larry Koenig | ||
| 1979 | Elvis Presley | |
| 1977 | Johnny | |
| 1976 | Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine | |
| Morgan Beaudine | ||
| Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine | ||
| Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine | ||
| 1975 | Charles Whitman | |
| Shan Mullins | ||
| Dexter Riley | ||
| 1974 | Bo Larsen | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Bart | |
| Ray Ferris | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | Matthias Kane | |
| Dexter Reilly | ||
| 1971 | Johnny Jesus | |
| Steven Post | ||
| 1970 | Narrator | |
| 1969 | Dexter Riley | |
| Johnny | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Rich Evans | ||
| 1968 | Ronnie Gardner | |
| Peter Valchek | ||
| Sidney Bower | ||
| 1967 | Dan Rondo | |
| Pvt. Willie Prentiss | ||
| 1966 | Whitey | |
| Jay Baker | ||
| 1965 | Dan Winslow | |
| N/A | ||
| Quano | ||
| Elick Harte | ||
| 1964 | Jamie McPheeters | |
| N/A | ||
| William Craig | ||
| Mathew | ||
| Jed | ||
| Paul Bickford | ||
| Nathan Jarrett | ||
| 1963 | Jamie McPheeters | |
| Philip Gerard Jr. | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited) | ||
| 1962 | Bobby | |
| Toby Shea | ||
| Andy Denning | ||
| N/A | ||
| Jack Ryan | ||
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1955 | Packy | |
| Buck Henry Woolfe | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Producer | |
| 1996 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |