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Kurt Russell
8 FOLLOWERS • 65 CREDITS • MAR 17, 1951 • 73
Biography
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western 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). According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, he 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' Silkwood (1983). In the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in 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). 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.
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, having starred in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021), portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...? (2021), and subsequently portrayed Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
Known For
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Gunsmoke
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Fugitive
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The Graham Norton Show
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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E! True Hollywood Story
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Hawaii Five-O
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Daniel Boone
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The F.B.I.
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Stargate SG-1
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The High Chaparral
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What If...?
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Then Came Bronson
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Laredo
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Sam Benedict
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Lost in Space
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Marvel Studios Legends
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Forrest Gump
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The Oscars
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Elvis
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
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Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
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Fast X
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F9
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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Furious 7
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
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Val
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The Fate of the Furious
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The Road West
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The Smurfs Musical
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Hec Ramsey
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Vanilla Sky
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The Virginian
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Sky High
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The Christmas Chronicles
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Overboard
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The Hateful Eight
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The Fox and the Hound
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Tango & Cash
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Deepwater Horizon
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The Imagineering Story
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Death Proof
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The Battered Bastards of Baseball
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Backdraft
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Escape from New York
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Tombstone
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Escape from L.A.
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Breakdown
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The Quest
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Miracle
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Bone Tomahawk
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Big Trouble in Little China
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Soldier
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The Thing
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Stargate
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Elvis
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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
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The Barefoot Executive
Production Credits
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