Age, Biography, and Wiki
Kurt Russell was born on March 17, 1951. He began his acting career as a child, appearing in numerous Disney productions during the 1960s. As he transitioned into adult roles, Russell gained recognition for his performances in TV series and made-for-TV movies. His breakthrough came in the 1980s with roles in John Carpenter films, solidifying his status as a leading man.
| Occupation | Baseball Players |
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| Date of Birth | 17 March 1951 |
| Age | 74 Years |
| Birth Place | Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
While specific details about Kurt Russell's height and weight are not frequently highlighted, he is remembered for his robust build, which suited many of his iconic roles over the years.
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Dating & Relationship Status
Kurt Russell is in a long-term relationship with actress Goldie Hawn. The couple has been together since 1983 and is considered one of Hollywood's most enduring and richest couples, with a combined net worth nearing $200 million.
His father, Bing Russell, was also an actor. His mother, Louise Julia (Crone) Russell, is a dancer. Russell is of English, Irish, German, and Scottish ancestry. He has three sisters, Jill Franco, Jamie and Jody. His family relocated to California when he was a child, and Russell grew up in Thousand Oaks. Russell played little league baseball throughout his grade school years and also on his high school baseball team as a second baseman. He graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in California in 1969. His father played professional baseball. His sister Jill is the mother of baseball player Matt Franco. From 1969 to 1975, Russell served in the California Air National Guard and belonged to the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, then based in Van Nuys.
Russell made his film debut with an uncredited part for It Happened at the World's Fair, playing a boy who kicked a pilot (Elvis Presley) in the leg. On April 24, 1963, Russell guest-starred in the ABC series Our Man Higgins, starring Stanley Holloway as an English butler in an American family. Later, he played the title role in the ABC Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–64). The show was based on Robert Lewis Taylor's eponymous novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1959. In 1964, Russell guest-starred in "Nemesis", an episode of the ABC series The Fugitive in which, as the son of police Lt. Phillip Gerard, he is unintentionally kidnapped by his father's quarry, Doctor Richard Kimble. In NBC's The Virginian, he played the mistaken orphan whose father, played by Rory Calhoun, was an outlaw who was still alive and recently released from prison looking for his son. Russell played a similar role as a kid named Packy Kerlin in the 1964 episode "Blue Heaven" for the Western series Gunsmoke. At age 13, Russell played the role of Jungle Boy on an episode of CBS's Gilligan's Island, which aired on February 6, 1965.
Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for the 1979 television film Elvis, in which his then-wife Season Hubley played Priscilla. This would transition Russell's Hollywood career after years as a child actor. It was directed by John Carpenter and led to a series of collaborations between the two men. His performance earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Russell starred in Amber Waves (1980) and the comedy Used Cars (1980). In a welcome image changing opportunity to escape his Disney typecasting, Russell then played the surly anti-hero Snake Plissken in the acclaimed dystopian science fiction film, Escape from New York (1981), directed by Carpenter.
Russell followed up by playing Lt. Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey in the drama Backdraft (1991), Michael Carr in the psychological thriller Unlawful Entry (1992), a sailor in the comedy Captain Ron (1992), Wyatt Earp in the Western Tombstone (1993), and Colonel Jack O'Neil in the military science fiction film Stargate (1994). He also had an uncredited role as the voice of Elvis Presley in the 1994 film Forrest Gump. In 1996, Russell starred as a military intelligence consultant in the action film Executive Decision, and again played Snake Plissken in Carpenter's follow-up to Escape from New York, Escape from L.A. He then starred as the husband of a kidnapped woman in the action thriller Breakdown (1997).
In 2001, Russell appeared as a court psychologist in the thriller film Vanilla Sky. His portrayal of U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in the 2004 film Miracle, won the praise of critics. "In many ways", wrote Claudia Puig of USA Today, "Miracle belongs to Kurt Russell." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Russell does real acting here." Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Russell 's cagey and remote performance gives Miracle its few breezes of fresh air." In 2005, he appeared as a horse trainer father in the family sports film Dreamer and a father with superhuman strength in the superhero film Sky High.
Russell starred in Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006). He also played the villainous Stuntman Mike in Quentin Tarantino's segment Death Proof of the film Grindhouse (2007), and was in two more Tarantino films, The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). After a remake of Escape from New York was announced, Russell was reportedly upset with Gerard Butler for playing his signature character, Snake Plissken, as he believed the character 'was quintessentially [...] American.' Russell appeared in The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a documentary about his father and the Portland Mavericks, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. In 2015, Russell garnered attention for his portrayal of Sheriff Franklin Hunt in the Western-horror film Bone Tomahawk.
During this time, Russell also appeared in the Fast & Furious franchise playing Mr. Nobody, starring in three of its films, Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021). In 2016, he starred as Jimmy Harrell in Deepwater Horizon, a film about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On May 4, 2017, Russell and Goldie Hawn received stars in a double star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their achievements in motion pictures, located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2017 he played Star Lord's father Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter praised the chemistry between Pratt and Russell writing, "the scenes between the well-cast Russell and Pratt are the best in the film". Russell played Santa Claus in the Netflix films The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020). From 2021 to 2023, he reprised his role as Ego in the MCU Disney+ animated series What If...? voicing the role in the episodes "What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?", "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?" and "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?".
Russell, like his father, had a baseball career. In the early 1970s, Russell was a switch-hitting second baseman for the California Angels minor league affiliates, the Bend Rainbows (1971) and Walla Walla Islanders (1972) in the short season Class A-Short Season Northwest League, then moved up to Class AA in 1973 with the El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League.
While Russell was in the field turning the pivot of a double play early in the season, the incoming runner at second base collided with him and tore the rotator cuff in Russell's right (throwing) shoulder. He did not return to El Paso, but was a designated hitter for the independent Portland Mavericks in the Northwest League late in their short season. The team was owned by his father, and he had been doing promotional work for them in the interim. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and led to his return to acting.
Russell married actress Season Hubley, whom he met while filming Elvis, in 1979, and they had a son, Boston (born February 16, 1980). After his divorce from Hubley in 1983, Russell began his relationship with Goldie Hawn, and appeared alongside her in Swing Shift and Overboard, having previously appeared with her in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band in 1968. They have a son, Wyatt Russell (born July 10, 1986), and have owned homes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Snowmass Village, Colorado, Manhattan, New York, Brentwood, and Palm Desert, California. In an interview with People in December 2020, Russell revealed that he and Hawn never felt the need to marry, stating that a "marriage certificate wasn't going to create anything that otherwise we wouldn't have."
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Kurt Russell's net worth is estimated at $100 million. His earnings stem primarily from his successful acting career, which includes notable roles in films like "Silkwood," "The Hateful Eight," and "Escape from New York". He has commanded significant salaries for his roles, including $10 million for "Escape from L.A." and $15 million for "Breakdown" and "Soldier".
Career, Business, and Investments
Kurt Russell has had a prolific career in Hollywood, starting as a child actor and transitioning into adult roles in the 1970s. He gained widespread recognition in the 1980s with films like "Escape from New York" and "The Thing". Recently, he has appeared in projects such as the TV series "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters". Russell's business ventures are not as widely reported as his acting career, but his long-standing partnership with Goldie Hawn reflects a well-managed personal and professional life.
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor before transitioning to leading roles as an adult in various genres such as action adventures, science-fiction, westerns, romance films, comedic films and family dramas. He is known for collaborating with filmmakers such as John Carpenter and Quentin Tarantino and has received a Critics' Choice Super Award as well as various award nominations including for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
At the age of 12, he began acting in the Western TV series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company starring in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in the television film Elvis (1979), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
Social Network
Kurt Russell maintains a relatively low profile on social media platforms, preferring to focus on his acting career rather than engaging extensively with fans online.
He returned to Disney to provide the voice of Copper as an adult for The Fox and the Hound (1981) then reunited with Carpenter for The Thing (1982), based upon the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr., which had been interpreted on film before, albeit loosely, in 1951's The Thing from Another World. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Silkwood (1983). Russell made Swing Shift (1984) co-starring Goldie Hawn, who became his romantic partner. He starred in The Mean Season (1985) and The Best of Times (1986), then played an antihero truck driver caught in an ancient Chinese war in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), another Carpenter film which, like The Thing, was initially a critical and commercial disappointment but has since gained a cult audience. More popular at the box office was Overboard (1987), a comedy with Goldie Hawn. Russell credited his performance in Tequila Sunrise (1988) with getting Hollywood to regard him differently. He starred in Winter People (1989) and co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in Tango & Cash (1989).
Education
Details about Kurt Russell's formal education are not widely documented. However, his extensive experience in the entertainment industry from a young age has contributed significantly to his career success.
In summary, Kurt Russell's enduring presence in Hollywood, combined with his successful acting career spanning over six decades, has contributed to his substantial net worth and enduring fame.
While filming the Sherman Brothers musical The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), Russell met his future partner Goldie Hawn. For Disney, he made The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1969) and Guns in the Heather (1969). Disney promoted Russell to star roles with The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) which was a big hit. He followed it with The Barefoot Executive (1971), another success. In 1971, he co-starred as a young robber released from jail, alongside James Stewart in Fools' Parade. Later, he guest-starred in an episode of Room 222 as an idealistic high school student who assumed the costumed identity of Paul Revere to warn of the dangers of pollution. However, the bulk of his film work was for Disney in films such as Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1971), Charley and the Angel (1973), and Superdad (1973). In the autumn of 1974, he appeared in the ABC series The New Land, inspired by the 1972 Swedish film of the same name. Critically acclaimed, it suffered very low ratings and aired only six of the 13 episodes. He returned to Disney for The Strongest Man in the World (1975).
