Kurt Russell
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).
Filmography (48)
The Rivals of Amziah King
The Christmas Chronicles
Smurfs
F9
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Fate of the Furious
Deepwater Horizon
The Hateful Eight
Furious 7
Bone Tomahawk
The Art of the Steal
Django Unchained
Touchback
Death Proof
Grindhouse
Poseidon
Sky High
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Miracle
Interstate 60
Dark Blue
Vanilla Sky
3000 Miles to Graceland
Soldier
Breakdown
Escape from L.A.
Executive Decision
Stargate
Forrest Gump
Tombstone
Captain Ron
Unlawful Entry
Backdraft
Tango & Cash
Tequila Sunrise
Overboard
Big Trouble in Little China
The Best of Times
The Mean Season
Silkwood
The Thing
Escape from New York
The Fox and the Hound
Used Cars
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
