Kurt Russell
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western 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). According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, he 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' Silkwood (1983). In the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in 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). 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.
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, having starred in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021), portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...? (2021), and subsequently portrayed Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
Acted in
The Smurfs Movie
2025
as (voice)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
as Lee Shaw
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
What If...?
2021
as Ego (voice)
What If...?
2021
as Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)
Val
2021
as Self (archive footage)
F9
2021
as Mr. Nobody
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
as Santa Claus
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
as Self
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
as Self
A Love Letter To Making Movies
2020
as self
QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as Randy / Narrator
Crypto
2019
as Martin Sr.
The Christmas Chronicles
2018
as Santa Claus
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
as Ego
The Fate of the Furious
2017
as Mr. Nobody
Deepwater Horizon
2016
as Jimmy Harrell
The Hateful Eight
2015
as John 'The Hangman' Ruth
Bone Tomahawk
2015
as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
Furious 7
2015
as Mr. Nobody
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
as Himself
The Art of the Steal
2013
as Crunch Calhoun
Touchback
2011
as Coach Hand
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Cutlass
2007
as Dad
Death Proof
2007
as Stuntman Mike
Grindhouse
2007
as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
Poseidon
2006
as Robert Ramsey
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
as Ben Crane
Sky High
2005
as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005
as Kurt Russell
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004
as Self
Miracle
2004
as Herb Brooks
Dark Blue
2002
as Eldon Perry
Interstate 60
2002
as Captain Ives
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Curtis McCabe
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
as Self
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001
as Michael Zane
Soldier
1998
as Todd 3465
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998
as Self
Lost In Space Forever
1998
as Quano (archive footage)
Breakdown
1997
as Jeff Taylor
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Snake Plissken
Executive Decision
1996
as David Grant
Stargate
1994
as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
Forrest Gump
1994
as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
Tombstone
1993
as Wyatt Earp
Captain Ron
1992
as Captain Ron
Unlawful Entry
1992
as Michael Carr
Backdraft
1991
as Stephen McCaffrey
Voices That Care
1991
as Self - Choir Member
Tango & Cash
1989
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
Winter People
1989
as Wayland Jackson
Tequila Sunrise
1988
as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
Overboard
1987
as Dean Proffitt
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
as Jack Burton
The Best of Times
1986
as Reno Hightower
The Mean Season
1985
as Malcolm Anderson
Swing Shift
1984
as Lucky Lockhart
Silkwood
1983
as Drew Stephens
The Thing
1982
as MacReady
The Making of 'The Thing'
1982
as Self
The Fox and the Hound
1981
as Copper (voice)
Escape from New York
1981
as Snake Plissken
Used Cars
1980
as Rudy Russo
Amber Waves
1980
as Larry Koenig
Elvis
1979
as Elvis Presley
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977
as Johnny
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
1976
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest
1976
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Quest
1976
as Morgan Beaudine
The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
The Deadly Tower
1975
as Charles Whitman
Search for the Gods
1975
as Shan Mullins
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Dexter Riley
The New Land
1974
as Bo Larsen
Harry O
1974
Superdad
1973
as Bart
Charley and the Angel
1973
as Ray Ferris
Police Story
1973
Hec Ramsey
1972
as Matthias Kane
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
1972
as Dexter Reilly
Fools' Parade
1971
as Johnny Jesus
The Barefoot Executive
1971
as Steven Post
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
1970
as Narrator
Disneyland Showtime
1970
as Self
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as Dexter Riley
Love, American Style
1969
as Johnny
Then Came Bronson
1969
Room 222
1969
Guns in the Heather
1969
as Rich Evans
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
1968
as Ronnie Gardner
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Peter Valchek
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
as Sidney Bower
The High Chaparral
1967
as Dan Rondo
Mosby's Marauders
1967
as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as Whitey
The Road West
1966
as Jay Baker
The F.B.I.
1965
as Dan Winslow
Laredo
1965
Lost in Space
1965
as Quano
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Elick Harte
Guns of Diablo
1964
as Jamie McPheeters
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
as William Craig
Daniel Boone
1964
as Mathew
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jed
Daniel Boone
1964
as Paul Bickford
Daniel Boone
1964
as Nathan Jarrett
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Jamie McPheeters
The Fugitive
1963
as Philip Gerard Jr.
The Fugitive
1963
as Eddie
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
Our Man Higgins
1962
as Bobby
The Virginian
1962
as Toby Shea
The Virginian
1962
as Andy Denning
Sam Benedict
1962
Pericles on 31st Street
1962
as Jack Ryan
Gunsmoke
1955
as Packy
Gunsmoke
1955
as Buck Henry Woolfe
The Oscars
1953
as Self
