Kurt Vogel Russell 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).
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1 | Smurfs (2025) | Ron (voice) | 7 | |
2 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) | Self - 'Ego' (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
3 | Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021) | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 7 | |
4 | F9 (2021) Top movies in 2021 | Mr. Nobody | 6 | |
5 | The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) | Santa Claus | 6.2 | |
6 | You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020) | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
7 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) Oscars winners 2020 | Randy / Narrator | 7.3 | |
8 | Crypto (2019) | Martin Sr. | 6.6 | |
9 | QT8: The First Eight (2019) | Self | 7.6 | |
10 | The Christmas Chronicles (2018) | Santa Claus | 7.2 | |
11 | The Fate of the Furious (2017) | Mr. Nobody | 7.1 | |
12 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Top 100 by FilmGator | Ego | 8 | |
13 | Deepwater Horizon (2016) | Jimmy Harrell | 7.4 | |
14 | The Hateful Eight (2015) Oscars 2016 | John 'The Hangman' Ruth | 7.9 | |
15 | Bone Tomahawk (2015) | Sheriff Franklin Hunt | 7 | |
16 | Furious 7 (2015) | Mr. Nobody | 7.2 | |
17 | The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014) | Himself | 5 | |
18 | The Art of the Steal (2013) | Crunch Calhoun | 6.1 | |
19 | Touchback (2011) | Coach Hand | - | - |
20 | Death Proof (2007) | Stuntman Mike | 7 | |
21 | Grindhouse (2007) | Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof") | 7 | |
22 | Cutlass (2007) | Dad | - | - |
23 | Poseidon (2006) Oscars 2007 | Robert Ramsey | 6 | |
24 | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) | Kurt Russell | - | - |
25 | Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005) | Ben Crane | 5.7 | |
26 | Sky High (2005) | Steve Stronghold / The Commander | 6.2 | |
27 | John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies (2004) | Self | - | - |
28 | Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) | Snake Plissken in Escape From L.A. (archive footage) | 9 | |
29 | Miracle (2004) | Herb Brooks | 6.9 | |
30 | Interstate 60 (2002) | Captain Ives | 8.2 | |
31 | Dark Blue (2002) | Eldon Perry | 6.8 | |
32 | 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) | Michael Zane | 6.3 | |
33 | Vanilla Sky (2001) Oscars 2002 | Curtis McCabe | 6.7 | |
34 | The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998) | Self | 7.8 | |
35 | Soldier (1998) | Todd 3465 | 6.5 | |
36 | Breakdown (1997) | Jeff Taylor | 7.4 | |
37 | Escape from L.A. (1996) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
38 | Executive Decision (1996) | David Grant | 6 | |
39 | Stargate (1994) | Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil | 7.4 | |
40 | Forrest Gump (1994) | Elvis Presley (voice) (uncredited) | 8.5 | |
41 | Tombstone (1993) | Wyatt Earp | 7.6 | |
42 | Unlawful Entry (1992) | Michael Carr | 6 | |
43 | Captain Ron (1992) | Captain Ron | 6.3 | |
44 | Backdraft (1991) | Stephen McCaffrey | 6.9 | |
45 | Tango & Cash (1989) | Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash | 6.6 | |
46 | Tequila Sunrise (1988) | Lieutenant Nick Frescia | 7 | |
47 | Overboard (1987) | Dean Proffitt | 6.8 | |
48 | The Best of Times (1986) | Reno Hightower | - | - |
49 | Big Trouble in Little China (1986) | Jack Burton | 7.5 | |
50 | The Mean Season (1985) | Malcolm Anderson | - | - |
51 | Swing Shift (1984) | Lucky Lockhart | 2 | |
52 | Silkwood (1983) | Drew Stephens | 7.3 | |
53 | The Thing (1982) | MacReady | 7.9 | |
54 | The Making of 'The Thing' (1982) | Self | 7 | |
55 | Escape from New York (1981) | Snake Plissken | 7.1 | |
56 | The Fox and the Hound (1981) | Copper (voice) | 7.3 | |
57 | Used Cars (1980) | Rudy Russo | 7 | |
58 | Elvis (1979) | Elvis Presley | 7 | |
59 | The Strongest Man in the World (1975) | Dexter Riley | - | - |
60 | The Deadly Tower (1975) | Charles Whitman | 8 | |
61 | Superdad (1973) | Bart | - | - |
62 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) | Dexter Reilly | 5 | |
63 | The Barefoot Executive (1971) | Steven Post | 6 | |
64 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) | Dexter Riley | 6 | |
65 | The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) | Sidney Bower | - | - |
66 | It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) | Child who kicks Mike at the fair (uncredited) | 6 |