
Kurt Russell
Born: 1951-03-17
Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
Known For

Forrest Gump

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Smurfs

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Furious 7

The Hateful Eight

The Thing

The Fate of the Furious

F9

The Christmas Chronicles

Tombstone

The Fox and the Hound

Sky High

Stargate

Fools' Parade

Poseidon

Vanilla Sky

Soldier

Escape from New York

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Tango & Cash

Tequila Sunrise

Death Proof

Miracle

Grindhouse

Deepwater Horizon

The Quest

Big Trouble in Little China

Overboard

Bone Tomahawk

Backdraft

Winter People

Used Cars

Breakdown

Escape from L.A.

Touchback

Cutlass

Charley and the Angel

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

Executive Decision

Swing Shift

Superdad

Silkwood

Elvis

Interstate 60

3000 Miles to Graceland

Disneyland Showtime

Unlawful Entry

The Art of the Steal

The Rivals of Amziah King

Crypto

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Follow Me, Boys!

Captain Ron

Dark Blue

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

The Mean Season

QT8: The First Eight

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

The Strongest Man in the World

It Happened at the World's Fair

Guns of Diablo

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

Los Angeles Plays Itself

The Best of Times

The Deadly Tower

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Voices That Care

The Barefoot Executive

The Quest: The Longest Drive

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

Amber Waves

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

Search for the Gods

Lost In Space Forever

The Making of 'The Thing'

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

Mosby's Marauders

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Guns in the Heather

The Making of 'Tombstone'

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

A Love Letter To Making Movies
