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Kurt Russell

Age: 58
Height: 5' 9 1/2"

Birth Place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Born: Mar. 17th, 1951

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Kurt Russell's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	Jamie McPheet&hellip
The New Land	Bo Larsen

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Kurt Russell landed a part in the Elvis Presley movie, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) when he was 10 years old. In 1960, Walt Disney himself signed Russell to a 10 year contract. Once his stint as a child actor ended, he spent the early 1970's playing minor league baseball. In 1979, he gave a classic performance as Elvis Presley in John Carpenter (I)'s ABC-TV movie. He followed with roles in a string of well-received films: Used Cars (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982) and Silkwood (1983). In 1983 he became reacquainted with 'Goldie Hawn' (who appeared with him in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) when they worked together on Swing Shift (1984). The two have lived together ever since. The movie was a failure - as was their next one together, Overboard (1987). During the 1980's, Russell starred in a rash of disappointments: The Best of Times (1986), Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and Winter People (1989). Finally, his career seemed to be seriously stalled. He only landed Tango & Cash (1989) after Patrick Swayze dropped out; Dennis Quaid was the first choice for the part in Backdraft (1991). In the end, these two roles were key in re-establishing him as a box-office draw. Russell and Goldie Hawn live on a 72-acre retreat, Home Run Ranch, outside of Aspen. He has two sons, Boston Russell (from a brief marriage to actress Season Hubley) and Wyatt Russell with Goldie Hawn).

TRIVIA:

Said in his audio commentary for _Big Trouble in Little China (1986)_ (qv) that the test audiences reacted so well to the film that he thought for sure that he and director friend 'John Carpenter (I)' (qv) had a box office hit on their hands. However, the studio put so little effort into advertising the film that it ultimately didn't do as well at the box office but became a cult favorite instead.
Father of 'Wyatt Russell' (qv) (with 'Goldie Hawn' (qv)).
He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."
He claims that he often felt an outcast in Hollywood because of his Libertarian beliefs, and so moved to live in an area outside Aspen, Colorado, where he started to try his hand at writing.
When he and director 'John Carpenter (I)' (qv) were discussing the character of MacReady in _The Thing (1982)_ (qv), they thought about making MacReady a former Vietnam chopper pilot who felt displaced by his service in the war and, as a result, was much more isolated than the other characters. This ultimately did not make it into the film.
In his audio commentary for _The Thing (1982)_ (qv), he joked with director 'John Carpenter (I)' (qv) about the scene where he threw a stick of dynamite at the character Palmer (who was turning into the Thing) and how the explosion was more powerful than he had expected. In truth, he could have been seriously injured.
Brother-in-law of 'Larry J. Franco' (qv).
Is good friends with stunt man 'Dick Warlock' (qv), who was his stunt double for over 20 years.