Kurt Russell

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'' (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley 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). According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, Russell 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 Mike Nichols' ''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), its sequel ''Escape from L.A.'' (1996), the horror film ''The Thing'' (1982), and the kung-fu comedy action film ''Big Trouble in Little China'' (1986). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in ''Elvis'' (1979), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Russell starred in various other films, including ''Used Cars'' (1980), ''The Best of Times'' (1986), ''Overboard'' (1987), ''Tango & Cash'' (1989), ''Backdraft'' (1991), ''Tombstone'' (1993), ''Stargate'' (1994), ''Executive Decision'' (1996), ''Breakdown'' (1997), ''Vanilla Sky'' (2001), ''Miracle'' (2004), ''Sky High'' (2005), ''Death Proof'' (2007), ''The Hateful Eight'' (2015) and ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019). He also appeared in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise as Mr. Nobody, having starred in ''Furious 7'' (2015), ''The Fate of the Furious'' (2017), and ''F9'' (2021), portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' (2017) and ''What If...?'' (2021), and subsequently portrayed Santa Claus in ''The Christmas Chronicles'' (2018) and ''The Christmas Chronicles 2'' (2020). Provided by Wikipedia