Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He
began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series The
Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963â€"1964). 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 â€" Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood
(1983). 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
(1981), and its sequel Escape from L.A. (1996), helicopter pilot R.J.
MacReady in the remake of the horror film The Thing (1982), and truck
driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble
in Little China (1986). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the
television film Elvis (1979), also directed by Carpenter.
began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series The
Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963â€"1964). 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 â€" Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood
(1983). 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
(1981), and its sequel Escape from L.A. (1996), helicopter pilot R.J.
MacReady in the remake of the horror film The Thing (1982), and truck
driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble
in Little China (1986). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the
television film Elvis (1979), also directed by Carpenter.
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