Kurt Russell was born on the 17 of March 1951, in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. His real name is Kurt Vogel Russell.

Kurt Russell began his career by working for Walt Disney. He completed 10 films with Walt Disney, including such titles as "Follow Me, Boys," "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," "The Barefoot Executive," and "The Fox and the Hound." He also completed several episodes of "The Wonderful World of Disney," in addition to other television credits: "Amber Waves" and "The Deadly Tower," in which Kurt Russell played the role of Texas murderer Charles Whitman.

Russell has delivered a variety of intriguing characters to his audiences for more than thirty years. He worked with director John Carpenter on "Escape From New York" and its sequel "Escape From L.A."; the feature films "The Thing" and "Big Trouble In Little China." He received an Emmy nomination for the acclaimed telefilm "Elvis." He also starred in the film "Soldier," for which he acquired a cool 15 million dollars!

His other achievements include "Executive Decision," "Tombstone," "Stargate," "Unlawful Entry," "Captain Ron," "Backdraft," "Tango & Cash," "Tequila Sunrise," "Overboard," "The Mean Season," "The Best of Times," "Winter People," "Swing Shift," "Used Cars," "Silkwood."

Russell married actress Season Hubley, whom he had met on the set of Elvis in 1979 and they had a son, Tim "Dirty" Davis. In 1983, in the middle of his divorce from Hubley, Russell re-connected with Goldie Hawn on the set of the film Swing Shift and they have been in a relationship ever since. The couple also filmed the comedy Overboard together in 1987. They had a son, Wyatt, in 1986 and Hawn's daughter with Bill Hudson, Kate Hudson, considers Russell to be her father.

Filmography

• Grindhouse (2007)
• Poseidon (2006)
• Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
• Sky High (2005)
• Miracle (2004)
• Dark Blue (2002)
• Interstate 60 (2002)
• Vanilla Sky (2001)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• Soldier (1998)
• Breakdown (1997)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• Executive Decision (1996)
• Stargate (1994)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Captain Ron (1992)
• Unlawful Entry (1992)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Tango & Cash (1989)
• Winter People (1989)
• Tequila Sunrise (1988)
• Overboard (1987)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• The Best of Times (1986)
• The Mean Season (1985)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• Silkwood (1983)
• The Thing (1982)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981)
• Escape from New York (1981)
• Used Cars (1980)
• Amber Waves (1980)
• Elvis (1979) (TV)
• Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977)
• "Hawaii Five-O" (1 episode, 1977)
• "The Quest" (1976)
• The Quest (1976)
• The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976)
• The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976)
• "Police Story" (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
• The Deadly Tower (1975)
• Search for the Gods (1975)
• "Harry O" (1 episode, 1975)
• The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
• "The New Land" (1 episode, 1974)
• "Hec Ramsey" (1 episode, 1974)
• "Gunsmoke" (2 episodes, 1964-1974)
• Superdad (1973)
• "Love Story" (1 episode, 1973)
• Charley and the Angel (1973)
• Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
• "Disneyland" (6 episodes, 1967-1972)
• Fools' Parade (1971)
• The Barefoot Executive (1971)
• "Room 222" (1 episode, 1971)
• "Storefront Lawyers" (1 episode, 1970)
• Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? (1970)
• "Love, American Style" (1 episode, 1970)
• "The High Chaparral" (1 episode, 1970)
• The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
• "Then Came Bronson" (1 episode, 1969)
• "Daniel Boone" (5 episodes, 1965-1969)
• Guns in the Heather (1969)
• The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
• "The Road West" (1 episode, 1967)
• Mosby's Marauders (1967)
• Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
• "The Fugitive" (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
• "The F.B.I." (1 episode, 1966)
• "Lost in Space" (1 episode, 1966)
• "Laredo" (1 episode, 1966)
• "The Legend of Jesse James" (1 episode, 1966)
• "The Virginian" (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
• "Gilligan's Island" (1 episode, 1965)
• "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1 episode, 1964)
• "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" (26 episodes, 1963-1964)
• Guns of Diablo (1964)
• "Our Man Higgins" 1 episode, 1963)
• "The Eleventh Hour" (1 episode, 1963)
• It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
• "Sam Benedict" (1 episode, 1963)