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17 March
Kurt Russel
65 years
17 March 1951
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
5' 11" (1,8 m)
Known for R.J. MacReady in The Thing. He is an American actor. His first roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters…
He was born Kurt Vogel Russell in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Louise Julia (Crone), a dancer, and actor Bing Russell (Neil Oliver Russell). He is of English, German, Scottish, and Irish descent. Russell landed a part in the Elvis Presley movie, Puños y lágrimas (1963), when he was 10 years old. In 1960, Walt Disney himself signed Russell to a 10-year contract. Once his stint as a child actor ended, he spent the early 1970s playing minor league baseball. In 1979, he gave a classic performance as Elvis Presley inJohn Carpenter's A.B.C. TV movie. He followed with roles in a string of well-received films: Frenos rotos, coches locos (1980), 1997: Rescate en Nueva York (1981), La cosa (El enigma del otro mundo) (1982) and Silkwood (1983). In 1983, he became reacquainted with Goldie Hawn (who appeared with him in Una banda loca, loca (1968)) when they worked together on Chicas en pie de guerra (1984). The two have lived together ever since. The movie was a failure - as was their next one together, Un mar de líos (1987). During the 1980s, Russell starred in a rash of disappointments: Los buenos tiempos (1986), Golpe en la pequeña China (1986) and Gentes del norte (1989). Finally, his career seemed to be seriously stalled. He only landed Tango y Cash (1989) afterPatrick Swayze dropped out; Dennis Quaid was the first choice for the part in Llamaradas(1991). In the end, these two roles were the key in reestablishing him as a box-office draw. Russell and Goldie Hawn live on a 72-acre retreat, Home Run Ranch, outside of Aspen. He has two sons, Boston Russell (from a brief marriage to actress Season Hubley) and Wyatt Russell (with Goldie Hawn). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anne-Marie Cowsill
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