Kurt Russell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-03-17 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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 Movie...

Acting

2006

Poseidon

as Robert Ramsey

1981

Escape from New York

as Snake Plissken

1982

The Thing

as MacReady

1994

Stargate

as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil

1997

Breakdown

as Jeff Taylor

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Snake Plissken

1996

Executive Decision

as David Grant

2001

Vanilla Sky

as Curtis McCabe

2007

Death Proof

as Stuntman Mike

1988

Tequila Sunrise

as Lieutenant Nick Frescia

1991

Backdraft

as Stephen McCaffrey

1987

Overboard

as Dean Proffitt

2007

Cutlass

as Dad

1981

The Fox and the Hound

as Copper (voice)

1971

2002

Dark Blue

as Eldon Perry

1986

The Best of Times

as Reno Hightower

2005

Sky High

as Steve Stronghold / The Commander

1972

1986

1985

The Mean Season

as Malcolm Anderson

1993

Tombstone

as Wyatt Earp

1963

It Happened at the World's Fair

as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)

2001

1998

Soldier

as Todd 3465

1989

Tango & Cash

as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash

1983

Silkwood

as Drew Stephens

1979

Elvis

as Elvis Presley

1966

1980

Used Cars

as Rudy Russo

2004

Miracle

as Herb Brooks

1992

Captain Ron

as Captain Ron

1991

Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1992

Unlawful Entry

as Michael Carr

1973

Superdad

as Bart

1984

Swing Shift

as Lucky Lockhart

1967

Mosby's Marauders

as Pvt. Willie Prentiss

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

2011

Touchback

as Coach Hand

1975

The Deadly Tower

as Charles Whitman

1964

Guns of Diablo

as Jamie McPheeters

1998

Lost In Space Forever

as Quano (archive footage)

1973

1989

Winter People

as Wayland Jackson

2013

The Art of the Steal

as Crunch Calhoun

1976

The Quest: The Longest Drive

as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine

1975

Search for the Gods

as Shan Mullins

1980

Amber Waves

as Larry Koenig

1969

Guns in the Heather

as Rich Evans

1976

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine

2015

Bone Tomahawk

as Sheriff Franklin Hunt

2007

Grindhouse

as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")

2015

Furious 7

as Mr. Nobody

1971

Fools' Parade

as Johnny Jesus

2002

Interstate 60

as Captain Ives

2016

Deepwater Horizon

as Jimmy Harrell

2015

The Hateful Eight

as John 'The Hangman' Ruth

2025

Smurfs

as Ron (voice)

1976

The Quest

as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine

2017

1994

Forrest Gump

as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)

2018

2019

2019

Crypto

as Martin Sr.

2005

2020

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

F9

as Mr. Nobody

2021

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2021

Val

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Producer

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Screenplay

2012

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