Kurt Russell

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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).

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1951-03-17
  • event Death Date Unknown
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 26.9
  • info Birth Place Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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5.9

Poseidon

2006-05-10

8.1

The Thing

1982-06-25

7.1

Escape from New York

1981-05-23

6.9

Breakdown

1997-05-02

7.1

Stargate

1994-10-28

5.9

Escape from L.A.

1996-08-09

6.3

Executive Decision

1996-03-15

6.8

Vanilla Sky

2001-12-14

6.9

Death Proof

2007-05-22

6.1

Tequila Sunrise

1988-12-02

6.7

Backdraft

1991-05-24

6.9

Overboard

1987-12-16

7.1

Cutlass

2007-10-09

7.2

The Fox and the Hound

1981-07-10

5.5

The Barefoot Executive

1971-03-17

6.2

Dark Blue

2002-12-14

5.6

The Best of Times

1986-01-31

6.3

Sky High

2005-07-29

6.3

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

1972-07-12

7.2

Big Trouble in Little China

1986-05-30

6.3

The Mean Season

1985-02-15

6.1

The Strongest Man in the World

1975-02-06

7.6

Tombstone

1993-12-25

5.8

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963-04-03

5.9

3000 Miles to Graceland

2001-02-23

6.4

Soldier

1998-10-23

7.1

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005-09-10

6.5

Tango & Cash

1989-12-22

7

Silkwood

1983-12-14

6.8

Elvis

1979-02-10

6.5

Follow Me, Boys!

1966-12-01

6

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969-12-29

6.4

Used Cars

1980-07-11

7.1

Miracle

2004-02-06

5.6

Captain Ron

1992-09-18

6.8

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

1968-12-16

8

Voices That Care

1991-02-28

6.4

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968-04-19

6.3

Unlawful Entry

1992-06-26

4.6

Superdad

1973-12-14

5.8

Swing Shift

1984-04-13

5.5

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

2004-03-23

7.1

Mosby's Marauders

1967-03-17

7.7

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004-07-28

6.3

Touchback

2011-04-13

6.5

The Deadly Tower

1975-10-18

7.5

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

1998-09-08

5.3

Guns of Diablo

1964-10-04

6.8

Lost In Space Forever

1998-01-01

5.2

Charley and the Angel

1973-03-23

5.6

Winter People

1989-04-14

6.2

The Art of the Steal

2013-09-20

5

The Quest: The Longest Drive

1976-01-01

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Pericles on 31st Street

1962-04-12

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The Rivals of Amziah King

4.3

Search for the Gods

1975-03-09

8.5

Amber Waves

1980-03-09

4.5

Guns in the Heather

1969-07-07

1

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

1976-09-22

7.5

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014-01-20

6.9

Bone Tomahawk

2015-10-23

7

Grindhouse

2007-04-06

7.3

Furious 7

2015-04-01

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A Love Letter To Making Movies

2020-01-26

8.2

Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?

1970-09-30

6.8

Fools' Parade

1971-08-18

7.4

Interstate 60

2002-04-13

6.5

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

1977-12-26

6.2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023-09-12

6.9

Deepwater Horizon

2016-09-28

7.8

The Hateful Eight

2015-12-25

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The Smurfs Movie

2025-01-30

10

The Quest

1976-05-13

7.7

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017-04-19

6.9

The Fate of the Furious

2017-04-12

8.5

Forrest Gump

1994-06-23

7.2

The Christmas Chronicles

2018-11-22

7.4

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019-07-24

5.4

Crypto

2019-04-12

6.5

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

2020-11-18

4.5

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

2005-05-08

6

America | A Tribute to Heroes

2001-09-21

0

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

2020-07-14

8

The Making of 'The Thing'

1982-06-09

6.8

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

2020-08-21

7.1

F9

2021-05-19

7.7

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021-05-07

7.2

QT8: The First Eight

2019-10-21

7.1

Val

2021-07-23

7.9

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010-05-04

7.2

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

2020-06-27

8

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021-01-02

5.8

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003-09-08

5.5

The F.B.I.

1965-09-19

7.1

Hawaii Five-O

1968-09-20

7.5

Gilligan's Island

1964-09-26

4.5

The View

1997-08-11

5.3

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

1963-09-29

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story

1996-08-21

5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992-05-25

5.7

Room 222

1969-09-11

7.1

Lost in Space

1965-09-15

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

7.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993-09-13

6.8

Hec Ramsey

1972-09-13

6.4

Laredo

1965-09-16

6

Sam Benedict

1962-09-15

6.4

The Quest

1976-05-13

6

Our Man Higgins

1962-10-03

4.6

Harry O

1974-09-12

6.9

Daniel Boone

1964-09-24

7.3

The Fugitive

1963-09-17

7.1

Police Story

1973-03-20

6.5

The High Chaparral

1967-09-10

6.5

The Virginian

1962-09-19

7.3

The Fugitive

1963-09-17

4.8

Then Came Bronson

1969-09-17

4.8

The Legend of Jesse James

1965-09-13

5

The Road West

1966-09-12

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

5

The New Land

1974-09-14

4.9

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

8.2

What If...?

2021-08-11

7.5

Marvel Studios Legends

2021-01-08

6.5

The Virginian

1962-09-19

7.2

The Graham Norton Show

2007-02-22

6.6

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

6.9

Daniel Boone

1964-09-24

6.9

Daniel Boone

1964-09-24

6.9

Daniel Boone

1964-09-24

6.9

Daniel Boone

1964-09-24

5.6

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003-01-26

8.2

What If...?

2021-08-11

5.5

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014-02-25

3.2

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996-06-10

7.9

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023-11-16

5.8

Love, American Style

1969-09-29

4

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998-01-22

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