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Kurt Russell

Actor, Producer, WriterBorn March 17, 1951 (74 years)
Kurt Vogel Russell 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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Escape from New York
  • Unlawful Entry
  • The Best of Times
  • Crypto
  • Touchback
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Guns of Diablo
  • The Quest: The Longest Drive

Known For

  • The Thing
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Death Proof
  • Grindhouse
  • Tombstone
  • Escape from New York
  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Bone Tomahawk
  • Stargate
  • Deepwater Horizon
  • Backdraft
  • Escape from L.A.
  • Vanilla Sky
  • Breakdown
  • Executive Decision
  • Miracle
  • Soldier
  • Tango & Cash
  • Poseidon
  • The Fox and the Hound
  • 3000 Miles to Graceland
  • Furious 7
  • The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Smurfs · as Ron (voice)
    2025
    2023
    Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV Series) · as Lee Shaw
    2021
    What If…? (TV Series) · as Ego (voice)
    2021
    F9: The Fast Saga · as Mr. Nobody
    2021
    Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Ego (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2020
    2019
    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood · as Randy / Narrator
    2019
    Sunset Over Mulholland Drive · as Elvis Presley
    2019
    Crypto · as Martin Sr.
    2018
    The Christmas Chronicles · as Santa Claus
    2017
    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
    2013
    The Art of the Steal · as Crunch Calhoun
    2011
    Touchback · as Coach Hand
    2007
    Cutlass · as Dad
    2007
    Death Proof · as Stuntman Mike
    2007
    Grindhouse · as Stuntman Mike (segment "death Proof")
    2006
    Poseidon · as Robert Ramsey
    2005
    Dreamer · as Ben Crane
    2005
    Sky High · as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
    2004
    Empire of Dreams · as Han Solo
    2004
    Miracle · as Herb Brooks
    2003
    Los Angeles Plays Itself · as Snake Plissken In Escape From L.a. (archive Footage)
    2002
    Dark Blue · as Eldon Perry
    2002
    Interstate 60 · as Captain Ives
    2001
    Vanilla Sky · as Curtis Mccabe
    2001
    3000 Miles to Graceland · as Michael Zane
    1998
    Lost in Space Forever · as Quano (archive Footage)
    1998
    Soldier · as Todd 3465
    1997
    Breakdown · as Jeff Taylor
    1996
    Escape from L.A. · as Snake Plissken
    1996
    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
    1992
    Captain Ron · as Captain Ron
    1992
    Unlawful Entry · as Michael Carr
    1991
    Backdraft · as Stephen Mccaffrey
    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
    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
    1976
    The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 · as Morgan 'two Persons' Beaudine
    1976
    The Quest (1976) (TV Series) · as Morgan Beaudine
    1976
    The Quest: The Longest Drive · as Morgan 'two Persons' Beaudine
    1976
    The Quest · as Morgan 'two Persons' Beaudine
    1975
    The Deadly Tower · as Charles Whitman
    1975
    Search for the Gods · as Shan Mullins
    1975
    1973
    Superdad · as Bart
    1973
    Love Story (TV Series) · as Scott
    1973
    Charley and the Angel · as Ray Ferris
    1973
    Police Story (TV Series)
    1973
    Harry O (TV Series)
    1972
    Hec Ramsey (TV Series) · 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
    1970
    Storefront Lawyers/Men At Law (TV Series) · as Jerry Patman
    1969
    1969
    Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Johnny
    1969
    Room 222 (TV Series)
    1969
    Guns in the Heather · as Rich Evans
    1969
    Then Came Bronson (TV Series) · as William P. Lovering
    1968
    1968
    Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Peter Valchek
    1968
    1967
    The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Dan Rondo
    1967
    Mosby's Marauders · as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
    1966
    Follow Me, Boys! · as Whitey
    1966
    The Road West (TV Series) · as Jay Baker
    1965
    Laredo (TV Series)
    1965
    The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Dan Winslow
    1965
    Lost in Space (TV Series) · as Quano
    1965
    The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) · as Elick Harte
    1964
    Guns of Diablo · as Jamie Mcpheeters
    1964
    Gilligan's Island (TV Series)
    1964
    Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Nathan Jarrett
    1964
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Christopher Larson
    1963
    The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Philip Gerard Jr.
    1963
    The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series) · as Jamie Mcpheeters
    1963
    It Happened at the World's Fair · as Child Who Kicks Mike At The Fair (uncredited)
    1962
    The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Peter Hall
    1962
    The Virginian (TV Series) · as Andy Denning
    1962
    Sam Benedict (TV Series)
    1961
    The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Boy
    1959
    Dennis the Menace (TV Series) · as Kevin
    1957
    Sugarfoot (TV Series)
    1955
    Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Packy
    1954
    Disneyland (TV Series) · as Rich Evans

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