Kurt Russell
Acting
🎂 1951-03-17
Kurt Vogel Russell 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).
Cast credits(140)
Ron (voice)
2025
Self
2007
Self
2014
Peter Valchek
1968
Self
1961
Philip Gerard Jr.
1963
Eddie
1963
Toby Shea
1962
Andy Denning
1962
Ego
2017
Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
1994
Ego (voice)
2021
Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
2021
Randy / Narrator
2019
William Craig
1964
Mathew
1964
Jed
1964
Paul Bickford
1964
Nathan Jarrett
1964
Self
1997
Lee Shaw
2023
Dan Winslow
1965
Mr. Nobody
2015
Packy
1955
Buck Henry Woolfe
1955
Self
1998
Self
2003
Self
1992
Dan Rondo
1967
Quano
1965
Johnny
1969
Mr. Nobody
2017
Self
2003
MacReady
1982
Self - Guest
1993
Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
1994
John 'The Hangman' Ruth
2015
Mr. Nobody
2021
Self
1953
Wyatt Earp
1993
Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Stuntman Mike
2007
1965
1969
Snake Plissken
1981
Jack Burton
1986
Curtis McCabe
2001
1973
1964
Christopher Larson
1964
Jimmy Harrell
2016
Robert Ramsey
2006
Steve Stronghold / The Commander
2005
Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
1989
Dean Proffitt
1987
1962
Johnny Jesus
1971
Copper (voice)
1981
1974
Snake Plissken
1996
Sheriff Franklin Hunt
2015
Jeff Taylor
1997
David Grant
1996
Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
2007
Stephen McCaffrey
1991
Santa Claus
2018
Captain Ives
2002
Elick Harte
1965
William P. Lovering
1969
Santa Claus
2020
Michael Zane
2001
Todd 3465
1998
Lieutenant Nick Frescia
1988
Michael Carr
1992
Self - Guest
1996
Morgan Beaudine
1976
Eldon Perry
2002
Ben Crane
2005
Herb Brooks
2004
Crunch Calhoun
2013
Rudy Russo
1980
Drew Stephens
1983
Self
2019
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Coach Hand
2011
Dexter Reilly
1972
Dad
2007
Lucky Lockhart
1984
Captain Ron
1992
Jamie McPheeters
1963
Reno Hightower
1986
Ray Ferris
1973
Martin Sr.
2019
Dexter Riley
1969
(archive footage)
2020
Steven Post
1971
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976
Malcolm Anderson
1985
Larry Koenig
1980
Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
1963
Bobby
1962
Matthias Kane
1972
Dexter Riley
1975
Self
1970
Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
2023
Self (archive footage)
2021
Elvis Presley
1979
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976
Self
2001
Self
2025
Jamie McPheeters
1964
Himself
1979
Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
2004
Kurt Russell
2005
Self - Choir Member
1991
Charles Whitman
1975
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021
Rich Evans
1969
Whitey
1966
2025
Sidney Bower
1968
Self
2020
Bart
1973
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
1976
Pvt. Willie Prentiss
1967
Himself
2014
1996
Wayland Jackson
1989
Ronnie Gardner
1968
Bo Larsen
1974
Self
2020
Jay Baker
1966
Quano (archive footage)
1998
Self
2020
Johnny
1977
Self
1998
Self
1982
Narrator
1970
Self
2004
Shan Mullins
1975
