Kurt Russell
Acting
Born March 17, 1951 · Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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).
Films (97)
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
The Thing Expanded
2026
Smurfs
2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
F9
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
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
Furious 7
2015
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
The Art of the Steal
2013
Touchback
2011
Cutlass
2007
Death Proof
2007
Grindhouse
2007
Poseidon
2006
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
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
Lost In Space Forever
1998
Breakdown
1997
Escape from L.A.
1996
Executive Decision
1996
Stargate
1994
Forrest Gump
1994
Tombstone
1993
Captain Ron
1992
Unlawful Entry
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
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: The Longest Drive
1976
The Deadly Tower
1975
Search for the Gods
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Superdad
1973
Charley and the Angel
1973
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
Guns in the Heather
1969
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
Mosby's Marauders
1967
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Guns of Diablo
1964
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963