Kurt Russell

Acting · 5.7 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: March 17, 1951
From: 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).

Works

98 films

Forrest Gump

19948.5

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

20177.6

Furious 7

20157.2

The Thing

19828.1

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

20197.4

The Hateful Eight

20157.8

Smurfs

20255.7

Vanilla Sky

20016.8

Death Proof

20076.8

Stargate

19947.0

The Fate of the Furious

20176.9

Tombstone

19937.6

Sky High

20056.3

20217.0

Big Trouble in Little China

19867.2

Escape from New York

19817.0

Deepwater Horizon

20166.9

Tango & Cash

19896.5

The Fox and the Hound

19817.2

Poseidon

20065.9

Bone Tomahawk

20156.9

Executive Decision

19966.4

Backdraft

19916.7

Escape from L.A.

19965.9

The Christmas Chronicles

20187.2

Overboard

19876.8

Breakdown

19976.9

Grindhouse

20077.0

Marty, Life Is Short

20267.9

Soldier

19986.4

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

20206.5

Interstate 60

20027.4

Dark Blue

20026.3

The Rivals of Amziah King

2026

Used Cars

19806.4

Unlawful Entry

19926.3

Tequila Sunrise

19886.1

Miracle

20047.1

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

20057.1

3000 Miles to Graceland

20015.9

Captain Ron

19925.6

The Art of the Steal

20136.2

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

19696.0

The Strongest Man in the World

19756.2

Silkwood

19836.9

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

20236.4

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

19726.3

Touchback

20116.6

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

20206.7

The Mean Season

19856.2

Elvis

19796.8

QT8: The First Eight

20197.2

Crypto

20195.4

Superdad

19734.8

Swing Shift

19845.6

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

19686.1

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

20217.9

Fools' Parade

19716.7

It Happened at the World's Fair

19635.8

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

20054.3

Guns of Diablo

19645.3

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

20045.5

Winter People

19895.6

The Making of 'Tombstone'

20026.7

Follow Me, Boys!

19666.7

The Barefoot Executive

19715.6

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

The Best of Times

19865.7

The Thing Expanded

20268.5

Search for the Gods

19755.5

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

19686.9

Charley and the Angel

19735.6

The Deadly Tower

19756.7

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

20215.0

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

20087.0

Voices That Care

19917.0

The Quest: The Longest Drive

19765.7

Mosby's Marauders

19676.9

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

19765.0

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

20147.4

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

19776.3

Bringing A Legend To Life

1979

The Quest

19768.5

A Love Letter To Making Movies

2020

Lost In Space Forever

19986.8

Return to 'Escape from New York'

20038.0

The Making of 'The Thing'

19827.3

Guns in the Heather

19695.4

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

19987.4

Cutlass

20076.7

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

20258.0

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

20207.1

Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?

19708.0

Amber Waves

19808.5

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

19768.0

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

20208.0

Disneyland Showtime

1970