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).
as Dob McCoy
as Self
as Preston Clyburn(6 eps)
as Ron (voice)
as Lee Shaw
as Lee Shaw(20 eps)
as Self - 'Ego' (archive footage)
as Ego (voice)(2 eps)
as Ego / Ego's Computer / Ego's Army (voice)(1 ep)
as Self (archive)
as Mr. Nobody
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Ego (archive footage) (uncredited)(3 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Santa Claus
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Randy / Narrator
as John Ruth(4 eps)
as Martin Sr.
as Santa Claus
as Mr. Nobody
as Jimmy Harrell
as John 'The Hangman' Ruth
as Sheriff Franklin Hunt
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Mr. Nobody
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Himself
as Crunch Calhoun
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Coach Hand
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Dad
as Stuntman Mike
as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
as Self(3 eps)
as Robert Ramsey
as Self(1 ep)
as Ben Crane
as Steve Stronghold / The Commander
as Kurt Russell
as Herb Brooks
as Himself
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Eldon Perry
as Captain Ives
as Self
as Curtis McCabe
as Michael Zane
as Todd 3465
as Self(1 ep)
as Quano (archive footage)
as Self(2 eps)
as Jeff Taylor
as Snake Plissken
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as David Grant
as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
as Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited)
as Wyatt Earp
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(6 eps)
as Captain Ron
as Michael Carr
as Self(2 eps)
as Stephen McCaffrey
as Self - Choir Member
as Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
as Wayland Jackson
as Lieutenant Nick Frescia
as Dean Proffitt
as Jack Burton
as Reno Hightower
as Malcolm Anderson
as Lucky Lockhart
as Drew Stephens
as MacReady
as Self
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Copper (voice)
as Snake Plissken
as Rudy Russo
as Larry Koenig
as Himself
as Elvis Presley
as Copper (voice) (uncredited)
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
as Morgan Beaudine(16 eps)
as Morgan 'Two Persons' Beaudine
as Charles Whitman
as Shan Mullins
as Dexter Riley
as Bo Larsen(13 eps)
as Bart
as Ray Ferris
as Matthias Kane(11 eps)
as Dexter Riley
as Johnny Jesus
as Steven Post
as Narrator
as Self
as Dexter Riley
as Johnny(1 ep)
as William P. Lovering(1 ep)
as Rich Evans
as Peter Valchek(1 ep)
as Ronnie Gardner
as Sidney Bower
as Dan Rondo(1 ep)
as Pvt. Willie Prentiss
as Whitey
as Jay Baker(29 eps)
as Dan Winslow(1 ep)
as Quano(1 ep)
as Elick Harte(1 ep)
as Jamie McPheeters
as Jungle Boy(1 ep)
as William Craig(1 ep)
as Mathew(1 ep)
as Jed(1 ep)
as Paul Bickford(1 ep)
as Nathan Jarrett(1 ep)
as Christopher Larson(1 ep)
as Jamie McPheeters(26 eps)
as Philip Gerard Jr.(1 ep)
as Eddie(1 ep)
as Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited)
as Bobby(31 eps)
as Toby Shea(1 ep)
as Andy Denning(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Packy(1 ep)
as Buck Henry Woolfe(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)