Kris Kristofferson

ActorCrewSoundComposerProduction Jun 22 (died age 88) Brownsville, Texas, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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Biography

Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of which were hits for other artists. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outla…

Known For

Film

Taxi Driver

Thanks

Film

Blade

Whistler

Film

Blade II

Whistler

Film

He's Just Not That Into You

Ken Murphy

Film

Payback

Bronson

Film

The Jacket

Dr. Thomas Becker

Film

Blade: Trinity

Abraham Whistler

Film

Planet of the Apes

Karubi

Filmography

Acting (223)

Movies (189)

Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

2024

as Self

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

2023

as Self

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

2021

as Self

My Darling Vivian

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

as Self

Blaze

as Edwin Fuller

The Star

as Old Donkey (voice)

6.5

Wheeler

2017

as Himself

6.8

Best Friend from Heaven

2017

as Gabriel

4.0

The Red Maple Leaf

2017

as President John Francis Marshall

4.3

Hickok

2017

as George Knox

4.8

The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris

2016

as Self

6.0

The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End

2016

as Self - Performer

Traded

2016

as Billy

5.0

The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws

as Self

Road to Austin

as Himself

Johnny Cash: American Rebel

as Self

Down Dog

as Jimmy Wood

We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited

as Self

7 Minutes

as Mr. B

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

2014

as Self

Dolphin Tale 2

2014

as Reed Hasket

7.0

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years

2014

as Self - Performer

The Winding Stream

as Self

Angels Sing

as The Colonel

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

as Self

Midnight Stallion

as Jack Shephard

The Motel Life

as Earl Hurley

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

2013

as Self

7.0

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie

2013

as Self

Deadfall

as Chet

Joyful Noise

as Bernard Sparrow

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash

2012

as Self

7.1

The Johnny Cash Music Festival

Dolphin Tale

as Reed Haskett

Troubadours

as Self

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2011

The Greening of Whitney Brown

2011

as Dusty Brown

6.0

The King of Luck

2011

as Self

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

as Kris

Bloodworth

as E. F. Bloodworth

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

2010

as Shepherd Graves

3.7

The Making of Fallout: New Vegas

as Self

The Child Wanderers

as Old Yohan

OK Buckaroos

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

2010

as Self

He's Just Not That Into You

2009

as Ken Murphy

6.6

Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy Owen

2009

as Singer

Powder Blue

as Randall

For Sale by Owner

as Ferlin Smith

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

2009

as Self

7.6

Havana Jam '79

2009

as Self

Snow Buddies

as Talon (voice)

Wisdom

Jump Out Boys

as Raymond

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live

2007

as Self

8.0

Disappearances

2007

as Quebec Bill Bonhomme

4.7

I'm Not There

2007

as Narrator (voice)

6.5

Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson

2007

as Self

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

2007

as Self

Requiem for Billy the Kid

2007

as Billy the Kid (voice)

5.7

The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971

2007

as Narrator

8.8

George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert

2007

as Self

4.0

Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX

2006

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

10.0

American Revolutions: The Highwaymen

2006

as Self

10.0

Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland

as Self

Room 10

as Howard Davis

Fast Food Nation

as Rudy Martin

Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX

2006

as Self

7.0

Brats: Our Journey Home

2006

as Narrator

Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line

2006

as Self

Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993

as Self

The Jacket

as Dr. Thomas Becker

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005

as Pop Crane

7.0

Trudell

2005

as Self - Musician, Friend

5.4

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'

2005

as Self

5.7

Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began

2005

as self

4.0

The Wendell Baker Story

2005

as L.R. Nasher

5.0

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

2005

as Himself

7.0

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

as Self

14 Hours

as Chuck Worthle

The World's Greatest Gigs

2005

as Self

I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash

2005

as Self

Be Here to Love Me

as Self - Musician

Blade: Trinity

as Abraham Whistler

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004

as Self

7.1

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances

2004

as Self / David

A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets

2004

as Himself - Narrator

7.0

Silver City

2004

as Wes Benteen

6.1

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin

2004

Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough

2004

as Himself

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.8

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

2004

as Self

7.2

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

2004

as Self

10.0

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

as Self

7.1

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003

as Older Billy Coleman

5.9

The Highwaymen: On the Road Again

as Self

D-Tox

as Doc

Blade II

as Whistler

This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years

2002

John Ford Goes to War

as Narrator (voice)

Planet of the Apes

as Karubi

Wooly Boys

as Shuck

Chelsea Walls

as Bud

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

2001

as self

The Making of Comanche

2000

as Self

Comanche

2000

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

2000

as Self

7.2

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

as Lou Smit

Payback

as Bronson

Limbo

as Smilin' Jack

NetForce

as Steve Day

Outlaw Justice

as Jesse Ray Torrance

6.7

The Joyriders

1999

as Eddie

4.5

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999

as Rudolph Meyer

6.0

A Tribute to Johnny Cash

as Self - Performer

Blade

as Whistler

Girls' Night

as Cody

Dance with Me

as John Burnett

Two for Texas

as Hugh Allison

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

1998

as Doc (voice)

6.2

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

as Bill Willis

Fire Down Below

as Orin Hanner Sr.

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

Lone Star

as Charlie Wade

Blue Rodeo

as Owen Whister

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

as Self

Tad

as Abraham Lincoln

Pharaoh's Army

as Preacher

Inflammable

as Capt. Jack Guthrie

5.0

Brothers' Destiny

1995

as Davis

6.0

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

1995

as Kris Kristofferson

Sodbusters

as Destiny

Cheatin' Hearts

as Tom

Knights

as Gabriel

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993

as Self

6.9

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

1993

as Self

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

1993

as Stan Mather

1.0

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

1993

as Self

No Place to Hide

as Joe Garvey

Original Intent

as Jack Saunders

Christmas in Connecticut

as Jefferson Jones

Night of the Cyclone

as Stanley 'Stan'

Miracle in the Wilderness

1991

as Jericho Adams

5.5

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

as Rip Metcalf

Sandino

as Tom Holte

Pair of Aces

as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf

5.0

The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum

as Self

Millennium

as Bill Smith

Welcome Home

as Jake

In the Hank Williams Tradition

1989

as Self

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

as Mace Montana

4.9

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

1988

as Self - Audience Member

7.5

The Tracker

1988

as Noble Adams

5.7

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

1988

as Kris Kristofferson

Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am

Stagecoach

as Ringo Kid

Blood & Orchids

as Capt. Curtis 'Curt' Maddox

6.5

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

as Jesse James

Trouble in Mind

as Hawk

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

as Ben Cole

Flashpoint

as Bobby Logan

Songwriter

as Blackie Buck

Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert

1982

The Last Horror Film

1982

as Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)

5.2

Rollover

1981

as Hubbell Smith

5.1

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

as Self

Heaven's Gate

as James Averill

Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up

as Self - Narrator

Freedom Road

as Abner Lait

Convoy

as Rubber Duck

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978

1978

as Self

Semi-Tough

as Shake Tiller

Vigilante Force

as Aaron Arnold

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

1976

as Jim Cameron

6.5

A Star Is Born

1976

as John Norman Howard

6.0

Free to Be… You and Me

1974

as Self

6.7

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

as David

7.0

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

as Biker

7.1

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Billy the Kid

Blume in Love

as Elmo Cole

George Carlin: The Real George Carlin

1973

as Self

Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

1973

as Vocalist

6.0

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

as Self

The Last Movie

as Minstrel Wrangler

Cisco Pike

as Cisco Pike

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove

as Himself

Television (34)

Texas Rising

2015

as Andrew Jackson

6.1

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America

2011

as self

The Colbert Report

Lives of the Saints

as Matthew Bok

Soundstage

as Self

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town

2000

as Lou Smit

Netforce

as Steve Day

Dead Man's Gun

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Musical Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

The Larry Sanders Show

1992

as Kris Kristofferson

Amerika

as Devin Milford

Blood & Orchids

as Curt Maddox

Wogan

as Self

Late Night with David Letterman

1982

6.0

CBS News Sunday Morning

1979

as Self

6.9

The Muppet Show

1976

as Self - Special Guest Star

Donny & Marie

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Cher

as Self - Guest

Dinah!

as Self

The Midnight Special

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

The Johnny Cash Show

as Self

Starparade

as Self

CMA Awards

1967

as Self

9.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (10)

Movies (10)

The Hottest State

2007

Thanks

5.4

Brats: Our Journey Home

2006

Music

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005

Original Music Composer

7.4

A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets

2004

Director of Operations

7.0

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993

Original Music Composer

6.9

The Panama Deception

1992

Thanks

7.0

The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum

Author

Songwriter

Songs

Taxi Driver

Thanks

The Last Movie

Original Music Composer

5.8