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Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Birthday: 1951-03-17 | Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

An American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the 1970s, he signed a ten-year contract with the Walt Disney Company, where he became, according to Robert Osborne, the "studio's top star of the '70s". In 1979, Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for the made-for-television film Elvis. In 1983, he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for his performance opposite Meryl Streep in the 1984 film, Silkwood. During the 1980s, Russell was cast in several films by director John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as former air force hero-turned robber Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film Escape from New York, Antarctic helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the horror film The Thing (1982), and truck driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy/action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Both Escape from New York and Big Trouble in Little China have since become cult films. In 1994, he had a starring role in the military/science fiction film Stargate. In the mid-2000s, his portrayal of U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in Miracle (2004) won the praise of critics. In 2006, he appeared in the disaster-thriller Poseidon, and in 2007 Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof segment from the film Grindhouse. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Val

as    Self (archive footage)

2020
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

as    Santa Claus

2019
The Imagineering Story

as    Himself

2019
Crypto

as    Martin Sr.

2018
The Christmas Chronicles

as    Santa Claus

2017
2017
The Fate of the Furious

as    Mr. Nobody

2016
Deepwater Horizon

as    Jimmy Harrell

2015
The Hateful Eight

as    John 'The Hangman' Ruth

2015
Furious 7

as    Mr. Nobody

2015
Bone Tomahawk

as    Sheriff Franklin Hunt

2014
The Art of the Steal

as    Crunch Calhoun

2014
2011
Touchback

as    Coach Hand

2007
Cutlass

as    Dad

2007
Grindhouse

as    Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")

2007
Death Proof

as    Stuntman Mike McKay

2006
Poseidon

as    Robert Ramsey

2005
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

as    Ben Crane

2005
Sky High

as    Steve Stronghold / The Commander

2004
Miracle

as    Herb Brooks

2003
Dark Blue

as    Eldon Perry

2001
Vanilla Sky

as    Curtis McCabe

2001
3000 Miles to Graceland

as    Michael Zane

1998
Soldier

as    Todd 3465