Top 15 All Time Best Kurt Russell Movies You Should Watch
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor who was born on March 17, 1951. At the age of 12, he made his television debut in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964).
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Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor who was born on March 17, 1951. At the age of 12, he made his television debut in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). He signed a 10-year deal with The Walt Disney Company in the late 1960s, and according to Robert Osborne, he was the studio's top star of the 1970s.
Russell's work in Silkwood earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (1983). He played anti-hero roles in several John Carpenter films in the 1980s, including army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981) and its sequel Escape from L.A. (1996), helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the horror film The Thing (1982), and truck driver Jack Burton in the kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
Russell also appeared in films such as The Best of Times (1986), Overboard (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991), Tombstone (1993), Stargate (1994), Executive Decision (1996), Vanilla Sky (2001), Miracle (2004), Sky High (2005), Death Proof (2007), The Hateful Eight (2015), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2017).
He also appeared in three Fast and Furious films: Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2018). The year is 2021. Russell went on to play Santa Claus in the films The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2018). According to The Guardian, he is one of the greatest performers who has never been nominated for an Academy Award.
Russell is the son of actor Bing Russell (1926–2003) and dancer Louise Julia (née Crone) Russell and was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Jill, Jamie, and Jody are his three sisters. Russell was a member of his high school baseball teams as well as minor league baseball during his elementary school years. In 1969, he received his high school diploma from Thousand Oaks High School in California.
Bing, his father, was a professional baseball player. Jill, his sister, is the mother of Matt Franco, a baseball player. Russell was a member of the California Air National Guard's 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, stationed in Van Nuys, from 1969 until 1975. Russell made his film debut in the uncredited role of a kid who kicked a pilot (Elvis Presley) in the leg in It Happened at the World's Fair. Russell had a cameo appearance in the ABC sitcom Our Man Higgins, starring Stanley Holloway as an English butler in an American household, on April 24, 1963.
Later, in the ABC western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–64), he portrayed the titular character. The program was based on Robert Lewis Taylor's 1959 Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name.
Russell appeared as the son of police Lt. Phillip Gerard in "Nemesis," an episode of the ABC series The Fugitive in which he is accidentally abducted by his father's target, Doctor Richard Kimble. He portrayed a mistaken orphan in NBC's The Virginian, whose father was an outlaw played by Rory Calhoun, who was still alive and searching for his son after being released from jail.
Russell had a similar role as a little boy called Packy Kerlin in the Gunsmoke episode "Blue Heaven" from 1964. In the plot, he joins up with a wanted guy, played by Tim O'Connor, who assists Packy in reuniting with his mother while evading Texas bounty hunters. He works for an outlaw group in another tale, but the Rangers take him under their wing and the kid becomes useful when gunslingers attempt to seize Laredo, Texas. Russell portrayed Jungle Boy in an episode of CBS's Gilligan's Island, which aired on February 6, 1965, when he was 13 years old.
Kurt Russell Movies In Order
Tombstone (1993)
Wyatt Earp, leaving behind his career as a lawman, relocates to Tombstone, Arizona with his two brothers in the hopes of starting a new life. Doc Holliday, an old acquaintance, is also present.
His intentions, however, are jeopardized by the town's vicious criminals, the Cowboys, who rule the place and terrorize the locals. The situation deteriorates, culminating in a shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
"Tombstone (1993)" Theatrical Trailer
The Thing (1982)
A group of American researchers is taken aback when they discover that a helicopter from a neighboring Norwegian facility is shooting down a sled dog, but the aircraft then explodes without warning.
They bring the dog in only to discover that it is a shape-shifting extraterrestrial life form that can take on the appearance of its victims.
The Thing (1982) Trailer
Escape From New York (1981)
Following a 400 percent rise in crime in the United States, Manhattan Island in New York City has been turned into a maximum-security prison in an alternative world.
Snake Plissken, a former Special Forces soldier and convicted thief, is forced to undertake a rescue mission when Air Force One is stolen and the President crashes-lands on the island.
Escape From New York Official Trailer #1 (1981) Kurt Russell, John Carpenter HD
Forrest Gump (1994)
Despite his low IQ, Forrest Gump was nurtured by his loving mother like any other kid. With a little luck and his childish optimism, he encounters and affects some of history's major events as he travels through life.
His longtime wish to reconnect with his childhood love Jenny, however, remains unfulfilled.
Forrest Gump - Trailer
Breakdown (1997)
Following a vehicle breakdown, while traveling cross-country to California, Jeff and Amy Taylor get stuck in the desert. Amy accepts a trucker's aid in reaching a local restaurant for assistance.
After fixing the vehicle, Jeff heads to the restaurant, but Amy is nowhere to be seen, and the trucker has no recollection of picking her up. With nowhere else to turn, Jeff embarks on a frantic quest for Amy.
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Backdraft (1991)
Backdraft is an American action thriller about two brothers who serve as firemen but are estranged from one another.
When they learn that a deadly arsonist is on the loose, they band together to apprehend him.
Backdraft Official Trailer #1 - Donald Sutherland Movie (1991) HD
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
For his script for "Chinatown," Robert Towne received an Academy Award. This film, about a drug dealer who was childhood friends with a police investigator, was written and directed by him (Russell).
Russell's character is unsure whether Mel Gibson's character, who plays his buddy, has given up his life of crime. Michelle Pfeiffer also appears in the film, as a lady who falls in love with Gibson despite his criminal background.
Tequila Sunrise (1988) - The Best 80s & 90s Movies Podcast
Swing Shift (1984)
The Rosie the Riveter movement during WWII, when women took up industrial tasks usually held by males, inspired "Swing Shift." The end product is entertaining, and Christine Lahti was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, but the production was turbulent, with producer Goldie Hawn and director Jonathan Demme feuding over the final edit.
According to reports, Hawn was concerned about how her fans would respond to the darker figure she portrayed in Demme's version, so she recut the movie to make her character more sympathetic. Because he was rejected for military duty owing to a poor heart, Russell portrays one of the few draft-age males still working at the plant.
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Tango & Cash (1989)
Tango and Cash, two narcotics investigators, are always at war with one another. Meanwhile, Yves Perret, the crime boss, is enraged at the two for exposing his illicit actions.
He frames them for murder, and the two find themselves in a jail where the bulk of the inmates are people they captured themselves. They join hands to establish their innocence since they have no other choice.
"Tango & Cash (1989)" Theatrical Trailer
Big Trouble In Little China(1986)
Trucker Jack Burton travels to the underworld under San Francisco's Chinatown to assist buddy Wong Chi in rescuing his green-eyed lover from wicked immortal sorcerer David Lo Pan, who needs to marry a green-eyed Chinese lady to undo an old curse and return to mortal life.
Will Burton and Chi be able to overcome an immortal sorcerer, his ruthless martial artists, and strange monsters?
Big Trouble In Little China (1986) - Official Trailer
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Stargate (1994)
Egyptologist Daniel Jackson decodes ancient hieroglyphs to activate the extraterrestrial technology Stargate, which creates a portal to a faraway planet.
Jackson and a crew headed by Colonel Jack O'Neill discover it is inhabited by an Ancient Egyptian tribe, but are apprehended by their tyrannical king Ra, who confiscates the nuclear weapon O'Neil had brought along covertly.
Stargate Official Trailer #1 - Kurt Russell Movie (1994) HD
Overboard (1987)
Overboard is a romantic comedy film about Annie, a rich and spoiled heiress who mocks and defrauds the carpenter she hires.
He plans to introduce her to her normal life and brainwash her into thinking he is her spouse after she suffers amnesia as a result of an accident.
Overboard Official Trailer #1 - Goldi Hawn, Kurt Russel Movie (1987) HD
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Russell started his acting career as a youngster, appearing in a variety of television programs and becoming well-known for his roles in Disney films. One of his most well-known songs was "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes."
Russell portrays a college student who is transformed into a human-computer after receiving an electric shock. He can perform arithmetic quickly and remember the contents of an encyclopedia in a single sitting. Russell competes in a collegiate quiz show competition towards the end of the film.
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) Kurt Russell/ Joe Flynn
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2 (2017)
Peter Quill and his band of misfits, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Baby Groot, go on a trip across the universe in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to discover more about Quill's father Ego.
Quill overcomes Ego, the film's primary adversary, and is rescued by Yondu Udonta, who loses his own life in the process.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Trailer 2 (2017)
The Mean Season (1985)
Russell portrays a Miami newspaper reporter who covers crime and killings. He gets information from a serial murderer but ultimately discovers that the killer is after Russell and his lover, Mariel Hemmingway.
Russell frantically runs through the streets of Miami in an attempt to rescue Hemmingway, and the film ends in a thrilling chase sequence.
The Mean Season (1985) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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