Kurt Russell Net Worth

What is Kurt Russell Net Worth?

Kurt Russell Net Worth is US$ 100 Million as of January 2023.

Biography

Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor, film producer, screenwriter and voice actor.  At age of twelve, he made his television acting debut in “The Travels of Jaimie McPheters.” He signed a 10 years’ agreement with “The Walt Disney Company” in the late 1960s. Over the next several decades, he played the character of Dexter Riley in movies, including “Now You Don’t, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes,” “Now You See Him, Now You Don’t” and “The Strongest Man in the World.” He rose to the position of becoming the studio’s top star of the decade of 70s. He was nominated the ‘Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor’ in movie for his depiction of rock and roll icon ‘Elvis Presley’ in movie titled “Elvis” (1979).

“The Best of Times” (1986), “Tango & Cash” (1989), “Backdraft” (1991), “Tombstone” (1993), “Stargate” (1994), “Miracle” (2004), “Sky High’ (2005), “Death Proof” (2007), and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (2019) are just a few of the notable movies in which Russell appeared. He also was part of the cast in “Furious 7” (2015), “The Fate of the Furious” (2017), and “F9” (2021). He also acted as ‘Ego’ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) and “What If?” (2021), and later played Santa Claus in “The Christmas Chronicles” (2018) and “The Christmas Chronicles 2.” He also appeared in “The Fast and the Furious franchise” as ‘Mr. Nobody’ (2020).

Timeline

Early Life

On March 17, 1951, Kurt Vogel Russell was born at Springfield, Massachusetts. Bing Russell, his father, was a performer. Louise Julia Russell, his mother, is a dancer. Russell has ancestors from Scotland, England, Ireland, and Germany. He has three sisters: Jamie, Jody, and Jill Franco. Russell’s family moved to California during his early childhood days which resulted in him spending his childhood days in the Thousand Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. Russell was a second baseman for his high school baseball team and participated in minor league baseball during his elementary school years. In 1969 he graduated from high school Thousand Oaks High School in California. Russell served in the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard from 1969 to 1975.

Career

Child Actor

Russell made his acting debut with the film “It Happened at the World’s Fair.” In year 1963, he made a guest appearance in the ABC series “Our Man Higgins,” in which Stanley Holloway played the English butler to an American family. Later

Disney Star

Kurt Russell was the last name Walt Disney ever wrote on a piece of paper in 1966. The following year, he signed a deal with ‘The Walt Disney Company,’ according to Robert Osborne, where he rose to become the “studio’s top star of the ’70s.” Russell met his spouse, Goldie Hawn while filming the Sherman Brothers musical film “The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band” (1968). For Disney, he made “The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit” and “Guns in the Heather.” Disney pushed Russell to star parts with the hugely successful film “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes” (1969). “The Barefoot Executive,” another hit from 1971, came after it. He did the majority of his film work for Disney, on movies like “Superdad” (1973), “Charley and the Angel” (1973), “Now You See Him, Now You Don’t” (1971).

Baseball Career

Russell played baseball, just like his father. He was a switch-hitting second baseman for the “Bend Rainbows” (1971) and “Walla Walla Islanders” (1972) in the short-season Class A-Short Season Northwest League. His 1973 baseball retirement resulted from the accident, which also inspired him to pick up acting again.

TV Star

He had an appearance in the 1974 fall season of the ABC series “The New Land,” which was based on the 1972 Swedish movie of the same name. Even though it received high praise from critics, only six of the 13 episodes were shown. For the made-for-television movie “Elvis,” Russell was nominated in 1980 for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in Limited Series. For his work in “Silkwood,” he received a ‘Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor’ in Motion Picture.

1988 – Present

Russell stated that Hollywood changed its opinion of him due to his performance in “Tequila Sunrise” (1988). Russell portrayed Wyatt Earp in “Tombstone” (1993), ‘Colonel Jack O’Neil’ in the military science fiction movie “Stargate,” and Lt. Stephen “Bull” McCaffrey in “Backdraft” (1991). Russell appeared in “Battered Bastards” of Baseball, a 2014 Sundance Film Festival premiere documentary about his father and the Portland Mavericks.  He co-starred with Vin Diesel in the 2015 action thriller “Furious 7.” Russell and Goldie Hawn were honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard, on May 4, 2017, for their contributions to the motion picture industry.

Highlights

• Elvis (1979)
• Used Cars (1980)
• Silkwood (1983)
• Bone Tomahawk (2015)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Favorite Quotes from Kurt Russell

“When you think you’re good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap.”

–Kurt Russell

“We are in a democratic society. It’s our job to question.”

–Kurt Russell

 “When working on my career, I was berry aware of what I had done and wanted to do next. I’m having a good time reading things that might be interesting.”

–Kurt Russell

“If you have a vision or if you believe the director has a vision, then at least you’ve got something to talk about, something to try and head to and I think that’s mandatory for every director to have to do a good job.”

–Kurt Russell

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Summary

American actor Kurt Russell, whose full name is Kurt Vogel Russell, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 17, 1951. He first rose to fame as a child star in the 1960s by playing in several Disney movies before launching a successful career as a leading man, perhaps well-known for his action dramas. Russell’s first Walt Disney film, “Follow Me, Boys!” Released in 1966, it was followed by “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes” (1969) and “Superdad” (1970). Russell was still in demand as an actor in the twenty-first century. Kurt Russell Net Worth is US$ 100 Million as of January 2023.