Acting
Kurt Russell
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).
Movies with Kurt Russell
The Thing
1982
Forrest Gump
1994
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Furious 7
2015
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
Tombstone
1993
Vanilla Sky
2001
Bone Tomahawk
2015
Poseidon
2006
The Hateful Eight
2015
Smurfs
2025
The Fate of the Furious
2017
Breakdown
1997
Executive Decision
1996
Backdraft
1991
Death Proof
2007
F9
2021
Stargate
1994
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Sky High
2005
Deepwater Horizon
2016
Tango & Cash
1989
Escape from New York
1981
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Soldier
1998
Overboard
1987
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
Interstate 60
2002
The Christmas Chronicles
2018
Grindhouse
2007
Escape from L.A.
1996
Tequila Sunrise
1988
Unlawful Entry
1992
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
Miracle
2004
Used Cars
1980
Dark Blue
2002
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001
Silkwood
1983
Winter People
1989
Captain Ron
1992
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
The Art of the Steal
2013
QT8: The First Eight
2019
Fools' Parade
1971
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
Swing Shift
1984
The Mean Season
1985
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
Crypto
2019
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Superdad
1973
The Best of Times
1986
Voices That Care
1991
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Mosby's Marauders
1967
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
Guns of Diablo
1964
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Elvis
1979
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
The Deadly Tower
1975
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
The Barefoot Executive
1971
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008
The Thing Expanded
2026
Touchback
2011
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
Lost In Space Forever
1998
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
Amber Waves
1980
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
Search for the Gods
1975
Cutlass
2007
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
The Quest
1976
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
1976
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
Charley and the Angel
1973
Guns in the Heather
1969
A Love Letter To Making Movies
2020
The Making of 'The Thing'
1982
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
Disneyland Showtime
1970
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1970
Bringing A Legend To Life
1979
Dreamer
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
TV Shows with Kurt Russell
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Conan
2010
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Fugitive
1963
The View
1997
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
What If...?
2021
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Love, American Style
1969
Daniel Boone
1964
The Virginian
1962
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Lost in Space
1965
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
The F.B.I.
1965
Gunsmoke
1955
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
The Oscars
1953
The High Chaparral
1967
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Room 222
1969
The Madison
2026
Gilligan's Island
1964
Sam Benedict
1962
Made in Hollywood
2005
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Harry O
1974
Police Story
1973
Laredo
1965
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Quest
1976
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Hateful Eight
2019
The Road West
1966
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
Hec Ramsey
1972
Our Man Higgins
1962
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The New Land
1974