Kurt Russell
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-03-17 in 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).
Most Known For
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The View
as Self
What If...?
as Ego (voice)
What If...?
as Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
as Lee Shaw
The Fugitive
as Philip Gerard Jr.
The Fugitive
as Eddie
Hawaii Five-O
as Peter Valchek
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
Forrest Gump
as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
The Virginian
as Toby Shea
The Virginian
as Andy Denning
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
Lost in Space
as Quano
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
as Randy / Narrator