Kurt Russell

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).

Filmography (144 Appearances)

The Rivals of Amziah King

Upcoming (2026)

The Thing Expanded

TBA

The Madison

2026

Smurfs

2025

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

2025

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023

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

2023

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

What If...?

2021

F9

2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021

Marvel Studios Legends

2021

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

2020

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

2020

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

A Love Letter To Making Movies

2020

QT8: The First Eight

2019

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

Crypto

2019

The Christmas Chronicles

2018

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017

The Fate of the Furious

2017

Deepwater Horizon

2016

The Hateful Eight

2015

Bone Tomahawk

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Furious 7

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014

The Art of the Steal

2013

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011

Touchback

2011

Conan

2010

Cutlass

2007

Death Proof

2007

Grindhouse

2007

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Poseidon

2006

Made in Hollywood

2005

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005

Sky High

2005

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2005

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

2004

Miracle

2004

Return to 'Escape from New York'

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Dark Blue

2002

Interstate 60

2002

The Making of 'Tombstone'

2002

Vanilla Sky

2001

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001

3000 Miles to Graceland

2001

Soldier

1998

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

1998

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998

Lost In Space Forever

1998

The View

1997

Breakdown

1997

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Escape from L.A.

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

Executive Decision

1996

Stargate

1994

Forrest Gump

1994

Tombstone

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Captain Ron

1992

Unlawful Entry

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Backdraft

1991

Voices That Care

1991

Tango & Cash

1989

Winter People

1989

Tequila Sunrise

1988

Overboard

1987

Big Trouble in Little China

1986

The Best of Times

1986

The Mean Season

1985

Swing Shift

1984

Silkwood

1983

The Thing

1982

The Making of 'The Thing'

1982

Late Night with David Letterman

1982

The Fox and the Hound

1981

Escape from New York

1981

Used Cars

1980

Amber Waves

1980

Bringing A Legend To Life

1979

Elvis

1979

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

1977

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

1976

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

1976

The Quest

1976

The Quest

1976

The Quest: The Longest Drive

1976

The Deadly Tower

1975

Search for the Gods

1975

The Strongest Man in the World

1975

The New Land

1974

Harry O

1974

Superdad

1973

Charley and the Angel

1973

Police Story

1973

Hec Ramsey

1972

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972

Fools' Parade

1971

The Barefoot Executive

1971

Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?

1970

Disneyland Showtime

1970

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969

Love, American Style

1969

Then Came Bronson

1969

Room 222

1969

Guns in the Heather

1969

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

1968

Hawaii Five-O

1968

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968

The High Chaparral

1967

Mosby's Marauders

1967

Follow Me, Boys!

1966

The Road West

1966

The F.B.I.

1965

Laredo

1965

Lost in Space

1965

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

Guns of Diablo

1964

Gilligan's Island

1964

Daniel Boone

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

1963

The Fugitive

1963

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963 Debut

Our Man Higgins

1962

The Virginian

1962

Sam Benedict

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

Gunsmoke

1955

The Oscars

1953
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