Kurt Russell
Born
March 17, 1951 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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).
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Known For
Smurfs
Ron (voice)
2025
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Self
2025
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Self
2025
The Rivals of Amziah King
2025
Making of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Self
2024
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Lee Shaw · (10 episodes)
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
2023
What If...?
Ego (voice) · (2 episodes)
2021
What If...?
Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Val
Self (archive footage)
2021
F9
Mr. Nobody
2021
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Ego (archive footage) (uncredited) · (3 episodes)
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Santa Claus
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Self
2020
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Self
2020
A Love Letter To Making Movies
self
2020
QT8: The First Eight
Self
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Randy / Narrator
2019
Crypto
Martin Sr.
2019
The Christmas Chronicles
Santa Claus
2018
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ego
2017
The Fate of the Furious
Mr. Nobody
2017
Deepwater Horizon
Jimmy Harrell
2016
The Hateful Eight
John 'The Hangman' Ruth
2015
Bone Tomahawk
Sheriff Franklin Hunt
2015
Furious 7
Mr. Nobody
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself
2014
The Art of the Steal
Crunch Calhoun
2013
Touchback
Coach Hand
2011
Cutlass
Dad
2007
Death Proof
Stuntman Mike
2007
Grindhouse
Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2007
Poseidon
Robert Ramsey
2006
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Ben Crane
2005
Sky High
Steve Stronghold / The Commander
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Kurt Russell
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
2004
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
2004
Miracle
Herb Brooks
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
Dark Blue
Eldon Perry
2002
Interstate 60
Captain Ives
2002
Vanilla Sky
Curtis McCabe
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
3000 Miles to Graceland
Michael Zane
2001
Soldier
Todd 3465
1998
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Self
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Lost In Space Forever
Quano (archive footage)
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
Breakdown
Jeff Taylor
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
Escape from L.A.
Snake Plissken
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1996
Executive Decision
David Grant
1996
Stargate
Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
1994
Forrest Gump
Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
1994
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Captain Ron
Captain Ron
1992
Unlawful Entry
Michael Carr
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (2 episodes)
1992
Backdraft
Stephen McCaffrey
1991
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
1991
Tango & Cash
Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
1989
Winter People
Wayland Jackson
1989
Tequila Sunrise
Lieutenant Nick Frescia
1988
Overboard
Dean Proffitt
1987
Big Trouble in Little China
Jack Burton
1986
The Best of Times
Reno Hightower
1986
The Mean Season
Malcolm Anderson
1985
Swing Shift
Lucky Lockhart
1984
Silkwood
Drew Stephens
1983
The Thing
MacReady
1982
The Making of 'The Thing'
Self
1982
The Fox and the Hound
Copper (voice)
1981
Escape from New York
Snake Plissken
1981
Used Cars
Rudy Russo
1980
Amber Waves
Larry Koenig
1980
Elvis
Elvis Presley
1979
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Johnny
1977
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976
The Quest
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976
The Quest
Morgan Beaudine · (16 episodes)
1976
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976
The Deadly Tower
Charles Whitman
1975
Search for the Gods
Shan Mullins
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
Dexter Riley
1975
The New Land
Bo Larsen · (13 episodes)
1974
Harry O
(1 episode)
1974
Superdad
Bart
1973
Charley and the Angel
Ray Ferris
1973
Police Story
(1 episode)
1973
Hec Ramsey
Matthias Kane · (11 episodes)
1972
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Dexter Reilly
1972
Fools' Parade
Johnny Jesus
1971
The Barefoot Executive
Steven Post
1971
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
Narrator
1970
Disneyland Showtime
Self
1970
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Dexter Riley
1969
Love, American Style
Johnny · (1 episode)
1969
Then Came Bronson
(1 episode)
1969
Room 222
(1 episode)
1969
Guns in the Heather
Rich Evans
1969
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Ronnie Gardner
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Peter Valchek · (1 episode)
1968
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Sidney Bower
1968
The High Chaparral
Dan Rondo · (1 episode)
1967
Mosby's Marauders
Pvt. Willie Prentiss
1967
Follow Me, Boys!
Whitey
1966
The Road West
Jay Baker · (29 episodes)
1966
The F.B.I.
Dan Winslow · (1 episode)
1965
Laredo
(1 episode)
1965
Lost in Space
Quano · (1 episode)
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
Elick Harte · (1 episode)
1965
Guns of Diablo
Jamie McPheeters
1964
Gilligan's Island
(1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
William Craig · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Mathew · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Jed · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Paul Bickford · (1 episode)
1964
Daniel Boone
Nathan Jarrett · (1 episode)
1964
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Jamie McPheeters · (26 episodes)
1963
The Fugitive
Philip Gerard Jr. · (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive
Eddie · (1 episode)
1963
It Happened at the World's Fair
Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
1963
Our Man Higgins
Bobby · (31 episodes)
1962
The Virginian
Toby Shea · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Andy Denning · (1 episode)
1962
Sam Benedict
(1 episode)
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
Gunsmoke
Packy · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Buck Henry Woolfe · (1 episode)
1955
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953