Kurt Russell

 ( 1951 Births ) 

He returned to Disney to provide the voice of Copper as an adult for The Fox and the Hound (1981) then reunited with Carpenter for The Thing (1982), based upon the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr., which had been interpreted on film before, albeit loosely, in 1951's The Thing from Another World. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood (1983). Russell made Swing Shift (1984) co-starring Goldie Hawn, who became his romantic partner. He starred in The Mean Season (1985) and The Best of Times (1986), then played an antihero truck driver caught in an ancient Chinese war in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), another Carpenter film which, like The Thing, was initially a critical and commercial disappointment but has since gained a cult audience. More popular at the box office was Overboard (1987), a comedy with Goldie Hawn. Russell credited his performance in Tequila Sunrise (1988) with getting Hollywood to regard him differently. He starred in Winter People (1989) and co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in Tango & Cash (1989).

Russell followed up by playing Lt. Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey in the drama Backdraft (1991), Michael Carr in the psychological thriller Unlawful Entry (1992), a sailor in the comedy Captain Ron (1992), Wyatt Earp in the Western Tombstone (1993), and Colonel Jack O'Neil in the military science fiction film Stargate (1994). He also had an uncredited role as the voice of Elvis Presley in the 1994 film Forrest Gump. In 1996, Russell starred as a military intelligence consultant in the action film Executive Decision, and again played Snake Plissken in Carpenter's follow-up to Escape from New York, Escape from L.A. He then starred as the husband of a kidnapped woman in the action thriller Breakdown (1997).

In 2006, Russell claimed in one interview that he had ghost-directed the hit 1993 Western film Tombstone on behalf of credited director George P. Cosmatos, saying he gave Cosmatos shot lists. Russell claimed Stallone recommended Cosmatos to him after the removal of the first director, writer Kevin Jarre, but Cosmatos had also worked with Tombstone executive producer Andrew G. Vajna before on . Russell said he promised Cosmatos he would keep it a secret as long as Cosmatos was alive; Cosmatos died in April 2005. Russell said he did not get a chance to edit his version, but Vajna gave him a tape of "everything on the movie" and that he might try to "reconstruct the movie", although he would need to go back to the script and all his notes.

Russell starred in Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006). He also played the villainous Stuntman Mike in Quentin Tarantino's segment Death Proof of the film Grindhouse (2007), and was in two more Tarantino films, The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). After a remake of Escape from New York was announced, Russell was reportedly upset with Gerard Butler for playing his signature character, Snake Plissken, as he believed the character 'was quintessentially ... American.' Russell appeared in The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a documentary about his father and the Portland Mavericks, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. In 2015, Russell garnered attention for his portrayal of Sheriff Franklin Hunt in the Western-horror film Bone Tomahawk. This Kurt Russell Film Is One of the Most Brutal Westerns Ever Made 'Bone Tomahawk' director explains how he got Kurt Russell back on a horse

During this time, Russell also appeared in the Fast & Furious franchise playing Mr. Nobody, starring in three of its films, Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021). In 2016, he starred as Jimmy Harrell in Deepwater Horizon, a film about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On May 4, 2017, Russell and Goldie Hawn received stars in a double star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their achievements in motion pictures, located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017 he played Star Lord's father Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter praised the chemistry between Pratt and Russell writing, "the scenes between the well-cast Russell and Pratt are the best in the film". Russell played Santa Claus in the Netflix films The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020). From 2021 to 2023, he reprised his role as Ego in the MCU Disney+ animated series What If...? voicing the role in the episodes "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?", "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?" and "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?".

While Russell was in the field turning the pivot of a double play early in the season, the incoming runner at second base collided with him and tore the rotator cuff in Russell's right (throwing) shoulder. He did not return to El Paso, but was a designated hitter for the independent Portland Mavericks in the Northwest League late in their short season. The team was owned by his father, and he had been doing promotional work for them in the interim. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and led to his return to acting.

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