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).
147 acting credits
Acting · 147
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Conan
2010
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Fugitive
1963
The View
1997
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Love, American Style
1969
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Virginian
1962
Forrest Gump
1994
What If...?
2021
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The F.B.I.
1965
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
Daniel Boone
1964
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Lost in Space
1965
The Oscars
1953
Gunsmoke
1955
The High Chaparral
1967
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
The Madison
2026
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
Furious 7
2015
Room 222
1969
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Gilligan's Island
1964
Harry O
1974
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
Laredo
1965
Police Story
1973
The Thing
1982
Made in Hollywood
2005
The Fate of the Furious
2017
Then Came Bronson
1969
Smurfs
2025
The Hateful Eight
2015
Sam Benedict
1962
F9
2021
Stargate
1994
Tombstone
1993
Death Proof
2007
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Sky High
2005
Vanilla Sky
2001
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
Deepwater Horizon
2016
Escape from New York
1981
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Poseidon
2006
The Fox and the Hound
1981
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
Overboard
1987
Bone Tomahawk
2015
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
Breakdown
1997
Interstate 60
2002
Escape from L.A.
1996
Executive Decision
1996
Backdraft
1991
Tango & Cash
1989
Grindhouse
2007
Hec Ramsey
1972
Soldier
1998
The Christmas Chronicles
2018
The Quest
1976
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
Miracle
2004
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Unlawful Entry
1992
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
QT8: The First Eight
2019
Tequila Sunrise
1988
The Road West
1966
Silkwood
1983
The Hateful Eight
2019
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
The Art of the Steal
2013
Dark Blue
2002
Touchback
2011
The Thing Expanded
2026
Crypto
2019
Used Cars
1980
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Captain Ron
1992
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
The Mean Season
1985
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
Elvis
1979
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
The Barefoot Executive
1971
Swing Shift
1984
Guns of Diablo
1964
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976
The Best of Times
1986
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
The New Land
1974
Our Man Higgins
1962
Superdad
1973
Voices That Care
1991
Cutlass
2007
Charley and the Angel
1973
The Deadly Tower
1975
Search for the Gods
1975
Winter People
1989
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
Fools' Parade
1971
The Quest
1976
Mosby's Marauders
1967
Lost In Space Forever
1998
A Love Letter To Making Movies
2020
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
Amber Waves
1980
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
Disneyland Showtime
1970
Guns in the Heather
1969
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1970
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002
The Making of 'The Thing'
1982
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
1976
Bringing A Legend To Life
1979