Kurt Russell
Acting
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 Rivals of Amziah King
The Thing Expanded
Self (archive footage)
Smurfs
Ron (voice)
Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
F9
Mr. Nobody
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Santa Claus
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
A Love Letter To Making Movies
Self
QT8: The First Eight
Self
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Randy / Narrator
Crypto
Martin Sr.
The Christmas Chronicles
Santa Claus
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ego
The Fate of the Furious
Mr. Nobody
Deepwater Horizon
Jimmy Harrell
The Hateful Eight
John 'The Hangman' Ruth
Bone Tomahawk
Sheriff Franklin Hunt
Furious 7
Mr. Nobody
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Himself
The Art of the Steal
Crunch Calhoun
Touchback
Coach Hand
Cutlass
Dad
Death Proof
Stuntman Mike
Grindhouse
Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
Poseidon
Robert Ramsey
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Ben Crane
Sky High
Steve Stronghold / The Commander
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Kurt Russell
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Self
Miracle
Herb Brooks
Return to 'Escape from New York'
Himself
Dark Blue
Eldon Perry
Interstate 60
Captain Ives
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Self
Vanilla Sky
Curtis McCabe
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
3000 Miles to Graceland
Michael Zane
Soldier
Todd 3465
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Self
Lost In Space Forever
Quano (archive footage)
Breakdown
Jeff Taylor
Escape from L.A.
Snake Plissken
Executive Decision
David Grant
Stargate
Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
Forrest Gump
Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
Tombstone
Wyatt Earp
Captain Ron
Captain Ron
Unlawful Entry
Michael Carr
Backdraft
Stephen McCaffrey
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
Tango & Cash
Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
Winter People
Wayland Jackson
Tequila Sunrise
Lieutenant Nick Frescia
Overboard
Dean Proffitt
Big Trouble in Little China
Jack Burton
The Best of Times
Reno Hightower
The Mean Season
Malcolm Anderson
Swing Shift
Lucky Lockhart
Silkwood
Drew Stephens
The Thing
MacReady
The Making of 'The Thing'
Self
The Fox and the Hound
Copper (voice)
Escape from New York
Snake Plissken
Used Cars
Rudy Russo
Amber Waves
Larry Koenig
Bringing A Legend To Life
Himself
Elvis
Elvis Presley
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Johnny
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
Copper (voice) (uncredited)
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Deadly Tower
Charles Whitman
Search for the Gods
Shan Mullins
The Strongest Man in the World
Dexter Riley
Superdad
Bart
Charley and the Angel
Ray Ferris
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Dexter Reilly
Fools' Parade
Johnny Jesus
The Barefoot Executive
Steven Post
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
Narrator
Disneyland Showtime
Self
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Dexter Riley
Guns in the Heather
Rich Evans
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Ronnie Gardner
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Sidney Bower
Mosby's Marauders
Pvt. Willie Prentiss
Follow Me, Boys!
Whitey
Guns of Diablo
Jamie McPheeters
It Happened at the World's Fair
Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)