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).
Poseidon
(Robert Ramsey)
Escape from New York
(Snake Plissken)
The Thing
(MacReady)
Stargate
(Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil)
Breakdown
(Jeffrey 'Jeff' Taylor)
Escape from L.A.
(Snake Plissken)
Executive Decision
(David Grant)
Vanilla Sky
(Curtis McCabe)
Death Proof
(Stuntman Mike)
Tequila Sunrise
(Lieutenant Nick Frescia)
Backdraft
(Stephen McCaffrey)
Overboard
(Dean Proffitt)
Cutlass
(Dad)
The Fox and the Hound
(Copper (voice))
The Barefoot Executive
(Steven Post)
Dark Blue
(Eldon Perry)
The Best of Times
(Reno Hightower)
Sky High
(Steve Stronghold / The Commander)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
(Dexter Reilly)
Big Trouble in Little China
(Jack Burton)
The Strongest Man in the World
(Dexter Riley)
The Mean Season
(Malcolm Anderson)
Tombstone
(Wyatt Earp)
It Happened at the World's Fair
(Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited))
3000 Miles to Graceland
(Michael Zane)
Soldier
(Todd 3465)
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
(Ben Crane)
Tango & Cash
(Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash)
Silkwood
(Drew Stephens)
Elvis
(Elvis Presley)
Follow Me, Boys!
(Whitey)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
(Dexter Riley)
Used Cars
(Rudy Russo)
Miracle
(Herb Brooks)
Captain Ron
(Captain Ron)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
(Ronnie Gardner)
Voices That Care
(Self - Choir Member)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
(Sidney Bower)
Unlawful Entry
(Michael Carr)
Superdad
(Bart)
Swing Shift
(Lucky Lockhart)
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
(Self)
Mosby's Marauders
(Pvt. Willie Prentiss)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage))
Touchback
(Coach Hand)
The Deadly Tower
(Charles Whitman)
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
(Self)
Guns of Diablo
(Jamie McPheeters)
Lost In Space Forever
(Quano (archive footage))
Charley and the Angel
(Ray Ferris)
Winter People
(Wayland Jackson)
The Art of the Steal
(Crunch Calhoun)
The Quest: The Longest Drive
(Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine)
Pericles on 31st Street
(Jack Ryan)
The Rivals of Amziah King
Search for the Gods
(Shan Mullins)
Amber Waves
(Larry Koenig)
Guns in the Heather
(Rich Evans)
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
(Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine)
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
(Himself)
Bone Tomahawk
(Sheriff Franklin Hunt)
Grindhouse
(Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof"))
Furious 7
(Mr. Nobody)
A Love Letter To Making Movies
(self)
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
(Narrator)
Fools' Parade
(Johnny Jesus)
Interstate 60
(Captain Ives)
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
(Johnny)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(Self - 'Ego' (archive footage))
Deepwater Horizon
(Jimmy Harrell)
The Hateful Eight
(John 'The Hangman' Ruth)
The Smurfs Movie
((voice))
The Quest
(Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(Ego)
The Fate of the Furious
(Mr. Nobody)
Forrest Gump
(Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited))
The Christmas Chronicles
(Santa Claus)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
(Randy / Narrator)
Crypto
(Martin Sr.)
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
(Santa Claus)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
(Kurt Russell)
America | A Tribute to Heroes
(Self)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
(Self)
The Making of 'The Thing'
(Self)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
F9
(Mr. Nobody)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
(Self - Actor (archive footage))
QT8: The First Eight
(Self)
Val
(Self (archive footage))
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
(Self (archive footage))
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
(Self)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
(Video footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
The F.B.I.
(Dan Winslow)
Hawaii Five-O
(Peter Valchek)
Gilligan's Island
The View
(Self)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
(Jamie McPheeters)
E! True Hollywood Story
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self)
Room 222
Lost in Space
(Quano)
Gunsmoke
(Packy)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Laredo
Hec Ramsey
(Matthias Kane)
Sam Benedict
The Quest
(Morgan Beaudine)
Our Man Higgins
(Bobby)
Harry O
Daniel Boone
(William Craig)
The Fugitive
(Philip Gerard Jr.)
Police Story
The High Chaparral
(Dan Rondo)
The Virginian
(Toby Shea)
The Fugitive
(Eddie)
Then Came Bronson
The Legend of Jesse James
(Elick Harte)
The Road West
(Jay Baker)
The Oscars
(Self)
The New Land
(Bo Larsen)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
What If...?
(Ego (voice))
Marvel Studios Legends
(Ego (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Virginian
(Andy Denning)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Gunsmoke
(Buck Henry Woolfe)
Daniel Boone
(Mathew)
Daniel Boone
(Jed)
Daniel Boone
(Paul Bickford)
Daniel Boone
(Nathan Jarrett)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
What If...?
(Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice))
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
(Self - Guest)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
(Lee Shaw)
Love, American Style
(Johnny)
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
(Self)
