Kurt Russell

Acting · Born 1951-03-17 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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…

Filmography

• Poseidon as Robert Ramsey
• Escape from New York as Snake Plissken
• The Thing as MacReady
• Stargate as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
• Breakdown as Jeff Taylor
• Escape from L.A. as Snake Plissken
• Executive Decision as David Grant
• Vanilla Sky as Curtis McCabe
• Death Proof as Stuntman Mike
• Tequila Sunrise as Lieutenant Nick Frescia