Biography
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).
Filmography
all 136
Movies 96
TV Shows 40
self 31
Voice 2
Narrator 2
The Smurfs Musical (2025)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
What If...? (2021)
Val (2021)
F9 (2021)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star (2020)
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives (2020)
A Love Letter To Making Movies (2020)
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
The Hateful Eight - Extended Version (2019)
Crypto (2019)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Cashed Out Casino (2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
De Palma (2016)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Furious 7 (2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
The Art of the Steal (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
Touchback (2011)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
Cutlass (2007)
Death Proof (2007)
Grindhouse (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Poseidon (2006)
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)
Sky High (2005)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies (2004)
Miracle (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Dark Blue (2002)
Interstate 60 (2002)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Soldier (1998)
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998)
Lost In Space Forever (1998)
The View (1997)
Breakdown (1997)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Escape from L.A. (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
Executive Decision (1996)
Stargate (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Tombstone (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Captain Ron (1992)
Unlawful Entry (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Backdraft (1991)
Voices That Care (1991)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Winter People (1989)
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Overboard (1987)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
The Best of Times (1986)
The Mean Season (1985)
Swing Shift (1984)
Silkwood (1983)
The Thing (1982)
The Making of 'The Thing' (1982)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Escape from New York (1981)
Used Cars (1980)
Amber Waves (1980)
Elvis (1979)
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976)
The Quest (1976)
The Quest (1976)
The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976)
The Deadly Tower (1975)
Search for the Gods (1975)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
The New Land (1974)
Harry O (1974)
Superdad (1973)
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Police Story (1973)
Hec Ramsey (1972)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
The Mouse Factory (1972)
Fools' Parade (1971)
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (1970)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Love, American Style (1969)
Then Came Bronson (1969)
Room 222 (1969)
Guns in the Heather (1969)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
The High Chaparral (1967)
Mosby's Marauders (1967)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
The Road West (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Laredo (1965)
Lost in Space (1965)
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
Guns of Diablo (1964)
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Our Man Higgins (1962)
The Virginian (1962)
Sam Benedict (1962)
Pericles on 31st Street (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Gunsmoke (1955)
The Oscars (1953)
A Lesser Man
The Rivals of Amziah King
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1951-03-17 (73 years old)
Birth NameKurt Vogel Russell
Birth PlaceSpringfield, United States of America
RelationshipsSeason Hubley (1979-03-17 - 1983-05-16), Goldie Hawn
ChildrenBoston Russell, Wyatt Russell
FatherBing Russell
MotherLouise Julia Crone
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsDisney Legends, Sir, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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