This page will contain images about Kurt Russell, as they become available.Kurt RussellKurt Russell and Goldie HawnKurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor. He is the son of Bing Russell, also an actor. Russell started his film career at the age of 10 in an uncredited part in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair and was soon signed to a ten year contract with the Walt Disney Company, reportedly by Walt Disney himself. He starred in many Disney films such as Follow Me, Boys! (1966), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). Russell also had a baseball career (Russell's father had also been a baseball player for a while). In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the minor league franchise of the California Angels (now the Anaheim Angels). He led his league in hitting with a .563 batting average. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by another player running to second base. The collision tore the rotator cuff in one of Russell's shoulders. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and he returned to acting. Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (1979) for the made for television movie Elvis. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (1984) for the film Silkwood. Russell married actress Season Hubley, whom he had met on the set of Elvis, in 1979 and they had a son, Boston. In 1983, during the middle of his divorce from Hubley, Russell met his longtime companion, Goldie Hawn, on the set of the film Swing Shift. The couple have never married but have a son, Wyatt. Russell is a prominent member of the United States Libertarian Party. He claims that he was often an outcast in Hollywood because of his Libertarian beliefs and so moved to an area outside Aspen, Colorado to live and try writing (he co-wrote Escape From L.A.). In February 2003, Russell and Hawn moved to Vancouver so their son, Wyatt, could play hockey. Selected Filmography
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The couple have never married but have a son, Wyatt. He played the villain in the 2003 movie Spy Kids 3-D. Russell married actress Season Hubley, whom he had met on the set of Elvis, in 1979 and they had a son, Boston. In 1983, during the middle of his divorce from Hubley, Russell met his longtime companion, Goldie Hawn, on the set of the film Swing Shift. He still sought to expand his appeal with the low-budget Cop Land (1997) and a voice role in Antz (1998), but his $15 million plus paychecks are still only offered for more lively action roles. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (1984) for the film Silkwood. In the 1990s he had further box-office wins with a number of action movies, including Cliffhanger (1993, for which he co-wrote the screenplay), Demolition Man (1993) and Judge Dredd (1995). Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (1979) for the made for television movie Elvis. He also appeared in Cobra (1986) and Daylight (1996). The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and he returned to acting. His only other early successes were as John Rambo in First Blood (1982) and its sequels. The collision tore the rotator cuff in one of Russell's shoulders. He tried his hand at directing as well as writing with Rocky II, III and IV, and directed and co-wrote the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, Staying Alive. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by another player running to second base. However, his attempts to expand his range floundered and he was forced to return to the Rocky franchise a number of times (1979, 1982, 1985, and 1990) to pay for the flops. He led his league in hitting with a .563 batting average. Stallone had two Academy Award nominations for Rocky. In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the minor league franchise of the California Angels (now the Anaheim Angels). His first film roles were very small, including a pornographic film, and he did not break through until he starred in Rocky (1976), a film that he wrote and sold with the rider that he would be the lead. Russell also had a baseball career (Russell's father had also been a baseball player for a while). He studied drama at the University of Miami, after which he returned to New York and appeared in a few small Off-Broadway plays. He starred in many Disney films such as Follow Me, Boys! (1966), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). Stallone was born in New York City, and attended high school in Silver Spring, Maryland, at Montgomery Blair High School. Russell started his film career at the age of 10 in an uncredited part in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair and was soon signed to a ten year contract with the Walt Disney Company, reportedly by Walt Disney himself. He achieved his greatest successes in a number of action films, notably the Rambo and Rocky series, in both of which he played a largely monosyllabic hero. He is the son of Bing Russell, also an actor. Michael Sylvester Enzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946), usually known as simply Sylvester Stallone, is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American actor. Stallone's family include former charttopping singer Frank Stallone, his mother Jackie, who achieved fame in the middle 1990s as an astrologer and Sasha Stallone, who played Rocky's son in 1990's Rocky V. Kurt Russell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/) at the Internet Movie Database. In fairness, many of the Mujadideen also formed the Northern Alliance who challenged the authority of the Taliban, but unfortunately their record on human rights is also open to question. Follow Me, Boys! (1966), Whitey. The actor would come to regret this in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Dexter Riley. In Rambo III Stallone's character is portrayed fighting alongside the Mujahideen, many of which later formed the Taliban in Afghanistan. Escape from New York (1981), Snake Plissken. He made a cameo appearance in the French film Taxi 3 where he spoke what appeared to be fluent French. MacReady. Not all of the films in which he's appeared are in the English language. The Thing (1982), R.J. Won "Worst Actor of the Century" award at the 1999 Golden Raspberry Awards for his role in "99.5% of Everything He's Ever Done." It should be noted, however, that he had a speech impediment and was nominated for a Best Actor award for his role in Rocky at the 1976 Academy Awards. Silkwood (1983) Drew Stephens. Sylvester, the ubiquitous man in a dark suit associated with multinational corporations (World Company) and the CIA. Swing Shift (1984) Lucky/Mike. He then became Mr. Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Jack Burton. Sylvester from the United States Army during the first Gulf War (because of his role in Rambo). Overboard (1987), Dean Proffitt. In the French satirical show Les Guignols de l'Info, he was depicted as Cdr. Tango & Cash (1989), Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash. Nicknamed "Sly". Backdraft (1991), Lieutenant Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey & Dennis McCaffrey. Captain Ron (1992), Captain Ron. Tombstone (1993), Wyatt Earp. Stargate (1994), Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil. David Grant. Executive Decision (1996), Dr. Escape from L.A. (1996), Snake Plissken. Todd 3465. Soldier (1998), Sgt. Curtis McCabe. Vanilla Sky (2001), Dr. Dark Blue (2002), Eldon Perry. Miracle (2004), Herb Brooks. |