Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell is an American actor, born on March 17, 1951, who started as a child actor and went on to leading roles in action adventures, science fiction, westerns, romances, comedies and family dramas. At twelve he began acting in the Western television series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, and in the late 1960s he signed a ten-year contract with Walt Disney Productions, appearing in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. He played Elvis Presley in the 1979 television film Elvis, which earned an Emmy nomination. He is closely associated with director John Carpenter, with whom he made Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from L.A., and he also worked with Quentin Tarantino. Later roles include Mr. Nobody in the Fast and Furious films, Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Santa Claus in the Netflix Christmas Chronicles films.