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).
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Movies (100)
Los rivales de Amziah King
2026 · Dob McCoy
The Thing Expanded
2026 · Self
Smurfs
2025 · Ron (voice)
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
2025 · Self
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023 · Lee Shaw
UNIDOS: Creando Guardianes de la Galaxia Volumen 3
2023 · Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
Val
2021 · Self (archive)
Rápidos y furiosos 9
2021 · Mr. Nobody
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Las Crónicas de Navidad 2
2020 · Santa Claus, Producer
El regreso de David Arquette
2020 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020 · Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020 · Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · (archive footage)
A Love Letter To Making Movies
2020 · Self
QT8: The First Eight
2019 · Self
Había una vez en Hollywood
2019 · Randy / Narrator
Crypto
2019 · Martin Sr.
Las Crónicas de Navidad
2018 · Santa Claus
Guardianes de la Galaxia Vol. 2
2017 · Ego
Rápidos y furiosos 8
2017 · Mr. Nobody
Horizonte profundo
2016 · Jimmy Harrell
Los 8 Más Odiados
2015 · John 'The Hangman' Ruth
Frontera caníbal (Bone Tomahawk)
2015 · Sheriff Franklin Hunt
Rápidos y Furiosos 7
2015 · Mr. Nobody
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014 · Himself
El arte de robar
2013 · Crunch Calhoun
Django sin Cadenas
2012 · Thanks
Una visita al pasado
2011 · Coach Hand
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008 · Self
Cutlass
2007 · Dad
A prueba de muerte
2007 · Stuntman Mike
Grindhouse
2007 · Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
Poseidón
2006 · Robert Ramsey
Persiguiendo un sueño: Basada en una historia real
2005 · Ben Crane
Súper Escuela de Héroes
2005 · Steve Stronghold / The Commander
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005 · Kurt Russell
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004 · Self
Milagro
2004 · Herb Brooks
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003 · Himself
Dark Blue
2002 · Eldon Perry
Interstate 60
2002 · Captain Ives
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002 · Self
Vanilla Sky
2001 · Curtis McCabe
3000 millas al infierno
2001 · Michael Zane
Soldier
1998 · Todd 3465
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998 · Self
Lost in Space Forever
1998 · Quano (archive footage)
Breakdown
1997 · Jeff Taylor
Escape from L.A.
1996 · Snake Plissken, Screenplay, Producer
Executive Decision
1996 · David Grant
Stargate
1994 · Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
Forrest Gump
1994 · Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
Tombstone
1993 · Wyatt Earp
Captain Ron
1992 · Captain Ron
Unlawful Entry
1992 · Michael Carr
Backdraft
1991 · Stephen McCaffrey
Voices That Care
1991 · Self - Choir Member
Tango & Cash
1989 · Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
Winter People
1989 · Wayland Jackson
Tequila Sunrise
1988 · Lieutenant Nick Frescia
Overboard
1987 · Dean Proffitt
Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Jack Burton
The Best of Times
1986 · Reno Hightower
The Mean Season
1985 · Malcolm Anderson
Swing Shift
1984 · Lucky Lockhart
Silkwood
1983 · Drew Stephens
The Thing
1982 · MacReady
The Making of 'The Thing'
1982 · Self
The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Copper (voice)
Escape from New York
1981 · Snake Plissken
Used Cars
1980 · Rudy Russo
Amber Waves
1980 · Larry Koenig
Bringing A Legend To Life
1979 · Himself
Elvis
1979 · Elvis Presley
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977 · Johnny
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
1976 · Copper (voice) (uncredited)
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976 · Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest
1976 · Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976 · Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Deadly Tower
1975 · Charles Whitman
Search for the Gods
1975 · Shan Mullins
The Strongest Man in the World
1975 · Dexter Riley
Superdad
1973 · Bart
Charley and the Angel
1973 · Ray Ferris
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972 · Dexter Riley
Fools' Parade
1971 · Johnny Jesus
The Barefoot Executive
1971 · Steven Post
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1970 · Narrator
Disneyland Showtime
1970 · Self
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 · Dexter Riley
Guns in the Heather
1969 · Rich Evans
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968 · Ronnie Gardner
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968 · Sidney Bower
Mosby's Marauders
1967 · Pvt. Willie Prentiss
Follow Me, Boys!
1966 · Whitey
Guns of Diablo
1964 · Jamie McPheeters
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963 · Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
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TV shows (47)
The Madison
2026 · Preston Clyburn, Executive Producer
Monarch: Legado de monstruos
2023 · Lee Shaw
What If...?
2021 · Ego (voice), Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
Leyendas de Marvel Studios
2021 · Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hateful Eight
2019 · John Ruth
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Self - Guest
Conan
2010 · Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
Made in Hollywood
2005 · Self
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
The Quest
1976 · Morgan Beaudine
The New Land
1974 · Bo Larsen
Harry O
1974
Police Story
1973
Hec Ramsey
1972 · Matthias Kane
Love, American Style
1969 · Johnny
Then Came Bronson
1969 · William P. Lovering
Room 222
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Peter Valchek
The High Chaparral
1967 · Dan Rondo
The Road West
1966 · Jay Baker
The F.B.I.
1965 · Dan Winslow
Laredo
1965
Lost in Space
1965 · Quano
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Elick Harte
Gilligan's Island
1964 · Jungle Boy
Daniel Boone
1964 · William Craig, Mathew, Jed, Paul Bickford, Nathan Jarrett
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Christopher Larson
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963 · Jamie McPheeters
The Fugitive
1963 · Philip Gerard Jr., Eddie
Our Man Higgins
1962 · Bobby
The Virginian
1962 · Toby Shea, Andy Denning
Sam Benedict
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Gunsmoke
1955 · Packy, Buck Henry Woolfe
The Oscars
1953 · Self