Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters . In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company where, according to Robert Osborne, he became the studio's top star of the 1970s.Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood . In the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter, including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film Escape from New York , and its sequel Escape from L.A. , helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the remake of the horror film The Thing , and truck driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China , all of which have since become cult films. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the television film Elvis , also directed by Carpenter.
Russell starred in other films, including Overboard , Tango & Cash , Backdraft Tombstone , Stargate , Sky High Death Proof , The Hateful Eight , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood . He also appeared in The Fast and the Furious franchise, having starred in Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious .
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17. March 1951
