Kurt Russell

Also Known As: کرت راسل

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 for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, Russell 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's Silkwood (1983). Also in the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter in which he played anti-hero roles: 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). 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 (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)). He also portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) instalments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...?(2021), and played the role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: March 17, 1951

Age: 74 years old

Gender: Male

Popularity:

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Known For:

Poseidon
The Thing
Escape from New York
Stargate
Breakdown
Escape from L.A.
Executive Decision
Vanilla Sky
Death Proof
Tequila Sunrise
Backdraft
Overboard
Cutlass
The Fox and the Hound
The Barefoot Executive
Dark Blue
The Best of Times
Sky High
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Big Trouble in Little China
The Mean Season
The Strongest Man in the World
Tombstone
It Happened at the World's Fair
3000 Miles to Graceland
Soldier
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Tango & Cash
Silkwood
Elvis
Follow Me, Boys!
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Used Cars
Miracle
Captain Ron
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Voices That Care
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Unlawful Entry
Superdad
Swing Shift
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Mosby's Marauders
Los Angeles Plays Itself
The Deadly Tower
Touchback
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
Guns of Diablo
Lost In Space Forever
Charley and the Angel
Winter People
The Art of the Steal
The Quest: The Longest Drive
The Rivals of Amziah King
Search for the Gods
Amber Waves
Guns in the Heather
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Bone Tomahawk
Grindhouse
Furious 7
A Love Letter To Making Movies
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
Fools' Parade
Interstate 60
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Deepwater Horizon
The Hateful Eight
Smurfs
The Quest
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Fate of the Furious
Forrest Gump
The Christmas Chronicles
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Crypto
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
America | A Tribute to Heroes
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
The Making of 'The Thing'
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
F9
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
QT8: The First Eight
Val
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Disneyland Showtime
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault