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Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Acting

March 17, 1951 (75 years old)
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Male
102 Movies
58 TV Shows

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).

The Thing
The Thing

The Thing

1982 8.1

as MacReady

Age 31 (now 75)
The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight

2015 7.8

as John 'The Hangman' Ruth

Age 64 (now 75)
Death Proof
Death Proof

Death Proof

2007 6.8

as Stuntman Mike

Age 56 (now 75)
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China

Big Trouble in Little China

1986 7.2

as Jack Burton

Age 35 (now 75)
Escape from New York
Escape from New York

Escape from New York

1981 7.0

as Snake Plissken

Age 30 (now 75)
Tombstone
Tombstone

Tombstone

1993 7.6

as Wyatt Earp

Age 42 (now 75)
Bone Tomahawk
Bone Tomahawk

Bone Tomahawk

2015 6.9

as Sheriff Franklin Hunt

Age 64 (now 75)
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon

Deepwater Horizon

2016 6.9

as Jimmy Harrell

Age 65 (now 75)
Grindhouse
Grindhouse

Grindhouse

2007 7.0

as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")

Age 56 (now 75)
Stargate
Stargate

Stargate

1994 7.0

as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil

Age 43 (now 75)
The Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound

The Fox and the Hound

1981 7.1

as Copper (voice)

Age 30 (now 75)
Sky High
Sky High

Sky High

2005 6.3

as Steve Stronghold / The Commander

Age 54 (now 75)
Backdraft
Backdraft

Backdraft

1991 6.7

as Stephen McCaffrey

Age 40 (now 75)
Breakdown
Breakdown

Breakdown

1997 6.9

as Jeff Taylor

Age 46 (now 75)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017 7.6

as Ego

Age 66 (now 75)
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.

1996 5.9

as Snake Plissken

Age 45 (now 75)