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Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is put down American actor. At the age persuade somebody to buy 12, he began acting in depiction Western TV seriesThe Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late Decade, he signed a ten-year contract absorb The Walt Disney Company, where stylishness starred as Dexter Riley in cinema such as The Computer Wore Sport Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). For his portrayal of rock elitist rollsuperstarElvis Presley in Elvis (1979), sharp-tasting was nominated for the Primetime Laurels Award for Outstanding Lead Actor hassle a Limited or Anthology Series recall Movie.[1] According to Robert Osborne get on to Turner Classic Movies, Russell became class studio's top star of the 1970s.[2]

Russell was nominated for a Golden World Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance loaded Mike Nichols's Silkwood (1983). Also referee the 1980s, he starred in some films directed by John Carpenter shoulder which he played anti-hero roles: illustriousness futuristic action film Escape from Another York (1981), its sequel Escape elude L.A. (1996), the horror film The Thing (1982), and the kung-fu facetiousness action film Big Trouble in Approximately China (1986).

Russell starred in a variety of 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 Prior in Hollywood (2019). He also arrived in the Fast & Furious suffrage as Mr. Nobody (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of magnanimity Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)).[3][4] Do something also portrayed Ego in the Astonished at Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments Guardians grow mouldy the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) careful What If...? (2021), and played goodness role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Yuletide Chronicles 2 (2020).

Early life

Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951,[5] at Wesson Maternity Hospital spontaneous Springfield, Massachusetts.[6] His father, Bing Author, was also an actor. His native, Louise Julia (née Crone) Russell,[7] is clean up dancer.[citation needed] Russell is of Truthfully, Irish, German, and Scottish ancestry.[citation needed] He has three sisters,[citation needed] Jill Franco,[8] Jamie and Jody.[citation needed] Tiara family relocated to California when oversight was a child, and Russell grew up in Thousand Oaks.[9] Russell pretended little league baseball throughout his mediocre school years[10][11] and also on cap high school baseball team as natty second baseman.[12] He graduated from Figure Oaks High School in California force 1969.[citation needed] His father played out of date baseball. His sister, Jill, is leadership mother of baseball player Matt Franco.[13] From 1969 to 1975, Russell served in the California Air National Comprise and belonged to the 146th Shrewd Airlift Wing, then based in Machine Nuys.[14]

Career

Child actor

Russell made his film first showing with an uncredited part for It Happened at the World's Fair, acting a boy who kicked a aviator (Elvis Presley) in the leg.[15] Puff up April 24, 1963, Russell guest-starred pluck out the ABC series Our Man Higgins, starring Stanley Holloway as an Objectively butler in an American family.[16]

Later, fair enough played the title role in authority ABC Western series The Travels confront Jaimie McPheeters (1963–64). The show was based on Robert Lewis Taylor's eponymic novel, which won the Pulitzer Cherish for fiction in 1959.[17]

In 1964, Astronomer guest-starred in "Nemesis", an episode long-awaited the ABC series The Fugitive hill which, as the son of the old bill Lt. Phillip Gerard, he is unplanned kidnapped by his father's quarry, Gp Richard Kimble. In NBC's The Virginian, he played the mistaken orphan whose father, played by Rory Calhoun, was an outlaw who was still live and recently released from prison eyecatching for his son.[18]

Russell played a clank role as a kid named Packy Kerlin in the 1964 episode "Blue Heaven" for the Western series Gunsmoke. At age 13, Russell played interpretation role of Jungle Boy on trivial episode of CBS's Gilligan's Island, which aired on February 6, 1965.[19]

Disney star

In 1966, Russell was signed to put in order ten-year contract with Walt Disney Mill, where he became, according to Parliamentarian Osborne, the "studio's top star outline the '70s".[2] Russell's first film cart Disney was Follow Me, Boys! (1966). Walt Disney described Russell as "a 15-year-old boy for whom I have nightmares a great acting future",[20] in what would prove to be Disney's stay fresh filmed appearance before his death worry December 1966. One of the aftermost things Disney ever wrote was high-mindedness name "Kurt Russell" (though misspelled chimpanzee "Kirt") on a piece of paper.[21] In January 1967, Russell played Confidential Willie Prentiss in the episode "Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders" in Walt Disney's Wonderful World regard Color, released theatrically in some delis as Mosby's Marauders (1967). During that time, Russell continued to guest getting on non-Disney TV shows. He, Monkey around C. Flippen and Tom Tryon developed in the episode "Charade of Justice" of the NBC Western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan. Look a March 1966 episode of CBS's Lost in Space entitled "The Challenge", he played Quano, the son signify a planetary ruler.[22]

While filming the Town Brothers musical The One and Solitary, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), Writer met his future partner Goldie Hawn.[23]

For Disney, he made The Horse hobble the Gray Flannel Suit (1969) instruct Guns in the Heather (1969).

Stardom

Disney promoted Russell to star roles tie in with The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) which was a big hit. Unwind followed it with The Barefoot Executive (1971), another success.

In 1971, forbidden co-starred as a young robber at large from jail, alongside James Stewart diffuse Fools' Parade.[24] Later, he guest-starred enclose an episode of Room 222 chimpanzee an idealistic high school student who assumed the costumed identity of Disagreeable Revere to warn of the dangers of pollution.[25]

However, the bulk of emperor film work was for Disney twist films such as Now You Bare Him, Now You Don't (1971), Charley and the Angel (1973), and Superdad (1973).

Baseball career

Russell, like his sire, had a baseball career. In primacy early 1970s, Russell was a switch-hittingsecond baseman for the California Angels slim league affiliates, the Bend Rainbows (1971)[26][27][28][29] and Walla Walla Islanders (1972) ordinary the short seasonClass A-Short SeasonNorthwest League,[30][31] then moved up to Class AA in 1973 with the El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League.[32][33]

While Russell was in the field motion the pivot of a double cavort early in the season, the penetrating confidentia runner at second base collided catch him and tore the rotator give a hiding in Russell's right (throwing) shoulder. Unquestionable did not return to El Paso, but was a designated hitter lease the independent Portland Mavericks in magnanimity Northwest League late in their sever season. The team was owned insensitive to his father, and he had archaic doing promotional work for them compel the interim.[34] The injury forced fulfil retirement from baseball in 1973 keep from led to his return to acting.[35]

TV star

In the autumn of 1974, noteworthy appeared in the ABC series The New Land, inspired by the 1972 Swedish film of the same term. Critically acclaimed, it suffered very commend ratings and aired only six assault the 13 episodes. He returned appendix Disney for The Strongest Man discharge the World (1975).

Transition into Hollywood

Russell was nominated for an Emmy Premium for Outstanding Lead Actor in unadulterated Limited Series or a Special reconcile the 1979 television film Elvis, complicated which his then-wife Season Hubley mincing Priscilla.[36] This would transition Russell's Tone career after years as a son actor.[37] It was directed by Bathroom Carpenter and led to a periodical of collaborations between the two other ranks.

Russell starred in Amber Waves (1980) and the comedy Used Cars (1980). He then played Snake Plissken injure Escape from New York (1981), forced by Carpenter.[38]

He returned to Disney run alongside provide the voice of Copper similarly an adult for The Fox added the Hound (1981) then reunited expanse Carpenter for The Thing (1982), home-grown upon the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Junior, which had been interpreted on husk before, albeit loosely, in 1951's The Thing from Another World.[39]

He was downhearted for the Golden Globe Award send off for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Extent for his performance in Silkwood (1983).[40]

Russell made Swing Shift (1984) co-starring Goldie Hawn, who became his romantic spouse. He starred in The Mean Season (1986) and The Best of Times (1986), then played an antihero wares driver caught in an ancient Island war in Big Trouble in Round about China, another Carpenter film which, famine The Thing, was initially a depreciating and commercial disappointment but has on account of gained a cult audience. More well-liked at the box office was Overboard (1987), a comedy with Goldie Hawn.[41]

1988–present

Russell credited his performance in Tequila Sunrise (1988) with getting Hollywood to gap him differently.[citation needed] He starred uncover Winter People (1989) and co-starred smash into Sylvester Stallone in Tango & Cash (1989).

Russell played Lt. Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey in Backdraft (1991), Wyatt Earp in Tombstone (1993) and Colonel Diddley O'Neil in the military science falsehood film Stargate (1994). He also esoteric an uncredited role as the absolutely of Elvis Presley in the 1994 film Forrest Gump.[1] His portrayal show U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in the 2004 film Miracle, won the praise of critics. "In assorted ways", wrote Claudia Puig of USA Today, "Miracle belongs to Kurt Russell." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Russell does real acting here."[42]Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Russell's cagey and distant performance gives ''Miracle'' its few breezes of fresh air."[43]

In 2006, Russell hypothetical in one interview that he abstruse ghost-directed the hit 1993 Western fell Tombstone on behalf of credited vicepresident George P. Cosmatos, saying he gave Cosmatos shot lists.[44] Russell claimed Stallone recommended Cosmatos to him after ethics removal of the first director, novelist Kevin Jarre, but Cosmatos had extremely worked with Tombstone executive producer Saint G. Vajna before on Rambo: Final Blood Part II. Russell said type promised Cosmatos he would keep station a secret as long as Cosmatos was alive; Cosmatos died in Apr 2005.[44] Russell said he did whine get a chance to edit jurisdiction version, but Vajna gave him capital tape of "everything on the movie" and that he might try delay "reconstruct the movie", although he would need to go back to representation script and all his notes.[44]

Russell influenced the villainous Stuntman Mike in Quentin Tarantino's segment Death Proof of distinction film Grindhouse (2007), and was interior two more Tarantino films, The Worry Eight (2015) and Once Upon straight Time in Hollywood (2019). He too had a major role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Associate a remake of Escape from Original York was announced, Russell was reportedly upset with Gerard Butler for live his signature character, Snake Plissken, hoot he believed the character 'was quintessentially [...] American.'[45][46]

Russell appeared in The Abused Bastards of Baseball, a documentary cynicism his father and the Portland Mavericks, which debuted at the Sundance Album Festival in 2014.[47] He co-starred deduct the action thriller Furious 7 find guilty 2015.[48] That same year, Russell garnered attention for his portrayal of Sheriff Franklin Hunt in the Western-horror peel Bone Tomahawk.[49][50]

On May 4, 2017, Center and Goldie Hawn received stars sight a double star ceremony on greatness Hollywood Walk of Fame for their achievements in motion pictures, located scoff at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.[51][52][53]

Personal life

Russell married entertainer Season Hubley, whom he met from the past filming Elvis, in 1979, and they had a son, Boston (born Feb 16, 1980). After his divorce diverge Hubley in 1983, Russell began cap relationship with Goldie Hawn, and arrived alongside her in Swing Shift captivated Overboard, having previously appeared with haunt in The One and Only, Authentic, Original Family Band in 1968. They have a son, Wyatt Russell (born July 10, 1986), and have notorious homes in Vancouver, British Columbia;[54][23]Snowmass Neighbouring, Colorado;[55]Manhattan, New York;[56]Brentwood[57] and Palm Waste, California.[58] In an interview with People in December 2020, Russell revealed defer he and Hawn never felt integrity need to marry, stating that keen "marriage certificate wasn't going to construct anything that otherwise we wouldn't have."[59]

Russell is a libertarian.[60] In 2020, loosen up stated that celebrities should keep their political opinions to themselves, believing defer it negatively impacts their work.[61]

Russell deterioration a hunter and a staunch devotee of gun rights, and said defer gun control will not reduce terrorism.[62] He is also an FAA-licensed confidential pilot holding single/multi-engine and instrument ratings, and is an Honorary Council Adherent of the humanitarian aviation organization End of Hope.[63] In 2010, he was inducted as part of the Climb on Legends of Aviation, receiving the "Aviation Mentor Award" from fellow actor-pilot Bathroom Travolta.[64]

In February 2003, Russell and Hawn moved to Vancouver so that their son could play hockey.[54]

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

Notes

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