Kurt Russell

ActorProducerCrewWriterDirecting Mar 17 (age 75) Springfield, Massachusetts, USA 1953–2026 (73 year career)

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Biography

Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At 12, he began acting in the Western TV 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). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in Elvis (1979), he was nominated …

Known For

Film

Forrest Gump

Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Django Unchained

Thanks

Film

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Ego

Film

The Hateful Eight

John 'The Hangman' Ruth

Film

The Thing

MacReady

Film

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Randy / Narrator

Film

Furious 7

Mr. Nobody

Film

The Fate of the Furious

Mr. Nobody

Filmography

Acting (144)

Movies (97)

The Thing Expanded

2026 Upcoming

as Self (archive footage)

Apr 1

Smurfs

2025

as Ron (voice)

5.8

The Rivals of Amziah King

2025

Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks

2025

as Self

8.0

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

2023

as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)

6.4

2021

as Mr. Nobody

7.0

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age

2021

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.9

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

2020

as Self

7.2

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

2020

as Santa Claus

6.5

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

2020

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.7

A Love Letter To Making Movies

2020

as Self

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

as (archive footage)

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

2020

as Self

8.0

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

as Randy / Narrator

Crypto

as Martin Sr.

QT8: The First Eight

as Self

The Christmas Chronicles

2018

as Santa Claus

7.2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

2017

as Ego

7.6

The Fate of the Furious

as Mr. Nobody

Deepwater Horizon

as Jimmy Harrell

The Hateful Eight

as John 'The Hangman' Ruth

Furious 7

as Mr. Nobody

Bone Tomahawk

as Sheriff Franklin Hunt

6.9

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

as Himself

The Art of the Steal

as Crunch Calhoun

Touchback

as Coach Hand

Death Proof

as Stuntman Mike

Cutlass

as Dad

Grindhouse

as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")

Poseidon

as Robert Ramsey

Sky High

as Steve Stronghold / The Commander

6.3

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005

as Ben Crane

7.0

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

as Kurt Russell

Miracle

as Herb Brooks

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)

7.6

John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies

2004

as Self

5.5

Return to 'Escape from New York'

2003

as Himself

Interstate 60

as Captain Ives

Dark Blue

as Eldon Perry

The Making of 'Tombstone'

2002

as Self

Vanilla Sky

2001

as Curtis McCabe

6.8

3000 Miles to Graceland

2001

as Michael Zane

5.9

America | A Tribute to Heroes

as Self

Soldier

as Todd 3465

Lost In Space Forever

1998

as Quano (archive footage)

6.8

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

as Self

Breakdown

as Jeff Taylor

Escape from L.A.

as Snake Plissken

Executive Decision

as David Grant

Forrest Gump

as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)

8.5

Stargate

1994

as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil

Tombstone

as Wyatt Earp

Captain Ron

as Captain Ron

Unlawful Entry

as Michael Carr

Backdraft

as Stephen McCaffrey

Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

8.0

Tango & Cash

1989

as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash

Winter People

as Wayland Jackson

Tequila Sunrise

as Lieutenant Nick Frescia

6.1

Overboard

1987

as Dean Proffitt

6.8

Big Trouble in Little China

as Jack Burton

The Best of Times

as Reno Hightower

The Mean Season

as Malcolm Anderson

Swing Shift

as Lucky Lockhart

Silkwood

as Drew Stephens

The Thing

as MacReady

The Making of 'The Thing'

1982

as Self

7.3

The Fox and the Hound

as Copper (voice)

Escape from New York

as Snake Plissken

Used Cars

as Rudy Russo

Amber Waves

as Larry Koenig

Elvis

as Elvis Presley

Bringing A Legend To Life

1979

as Himself

Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.

1977

as Johnny

5.4

The Quest

1976

as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine

10.0

The Captive: The Longest Drive 2

1976

as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine

1.0

The Quest: The Longest Drive

1976

as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine

5.0

Disney's Greatest Dog Stars

1976

as Copper (voice) (uncredited)

8.0

The Deadly Tower

1975

as Charles Whitman

6.6

The Strongest Man in the World

as Dexter Riley

Search for the Gods

as Shan Mullins

Charley and the Angel

as Ray Ferris

Superdad

as Bart

Now You See Him, Now You Don't

as Dexter Reilly

Fools' Parade

as Johnny Jesus

The Barefoot Executive

1971

as Steven Post

5.5

Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?

1970

as Narrator

8.2

Disneyland Showtime

1970

as Self

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

as Dexter Riley

Guns in the Heather

as Rich Evans

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968

as Sidney Bower

6.0

The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit

1968

as Ronnie Gardner

6.8

Mosby's Marauders

1967

as Pvt. Willie Prentiss

Follow Me, Boys!

as Whitey

Guns of Diablo

as Jamie McPheeters

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963

as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)

5.7

Television (47)

The Madison

2026

as Preston Clyburn

8.6

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023

as Lee Shaw

7.7

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

2023

as Lee Shaw

What If...?

2021

as Ego (voice)

8.1

Marvel Studios Legends

2021

as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self - Guest

Conan

as Self - Guest

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Made in Hollywood

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

The View

as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self

5.4

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self - Guest

The Quest

as Morgan Beaudine

Harry O

The New Land

as Bo Larsen

Police Story

Hec Ramsey

as Matthias Kane

Love, American Style

as Johnny

Room 222

Then Came Bronson

as William P. Lovering

Hawaii Five-O

as Peter Valchek

The High Chaparral

as Dan Rondo

The Road West

as Jay Baker

The F.B.I.

as Dan Winslow

Lost in Space

as Quano

The Legend of Jesse James

as Elick Harte

Laredo

Daniel Boone

as William Craig

Gilligan's Island

as Jungle Boy

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Christopher Larson

7.1

The Fugitive

1963

as Philip Gerard Jr.

7.2

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

as Jamie McPheeters

The Virginian

as Toby Shea

Sam Benedict

Our Man Higgins

as Bobby

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Gunsmoke

as Packy

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (6)

Movies (5)

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Producer

Django Unchained

Thanks

Escape from L.A.

Producer

Escape from L.A.

Screenplay

Tombstone

Co-Director

Television (1)

The Madison

2026

Executive Producer

8.6