Kurt Russell

Kurt Russell

Actor (b. 1951)
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The ThumbScore for Kurt Russell (76.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 41 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Kurt's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

41
Movies
76.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Action
Top Genre

Audiences rate Kurt Russell’s films higher than 83% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At 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, 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). 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. 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's Silkwood (1983). Also in the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter in which he played anti-hero roles: 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). 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 (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)). He also portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) instalments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Born 1951-03-17 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.

On ThumbScore, Kurt Russell appears in 41 films with an average audience score of 76.3%, most frequently in the Action genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Kurt Russell movie, ranked by audience score

Escape from New York
Escape from New York
1981
👍 91%
Tombstone
Tombstone
1993
👍 90%
Stargate
Stargate
1994
👍 89%
The Fox and the Hound
The Fox and the Hound
1981
👍 88%
The Thing
The Thing
1982
👍 87%
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
👍 87%
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
👍 86%
Tango & Cash
Tango & Cash
1989
👍 85%
The Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight
2015
👍 83%
Breakdown
Breakdown
1997
👍 83%
3000 Miles to Graceland
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001
👍 82%
Bone Tomahawk
Bone Tomahawk
2015
👍 82%
The Christmas Chronicles
The Christmas Chronicles
2018
👍 82%
Overboard
Overboard
1987
👍 82%
Death Proof
Death Proof
2007
👍 81%
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise
1988
👍 79%
The Fate of the Furious
The Fate of the Furious
2017
👍 79%
Furious 7
Furious 7
2015
👍 78%
Miracle
Miracle
2004
👍 78%
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
2020
👍 76%
Soldier
Soldier
1998
👍 76%
Silkwood
Silkwood
1983
👍 76%
Elvis
Elvis
1979
👍 76%
Used Cars
Used Cars
1980
👍 75%
Executive Decision
Executive Decision
1996
👍 74%
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
👍 74%
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
👍 74%
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
👍 73%
Escape from L.A.
Escape from L.A.
1996
👍 72%
Backdraft
Backdraft
1991
👍 72%
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky
2001
👍 71%
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon
2016
👍 71%
The Best of Times
The Best of Times
1986
👍 69%
Unlawful Entry
Unlawful Entry
1992
👍 68%
Captain Ron
Captain Ron
1992
👍 68%
The Mean Season
The Mean Season
1985
👍 68%
Dark Blue
Dark Blue
2002
👍 66%
Sky High
Sky High
2005
👍 65%
Poseidon
Poseidon
2006
👍 63%
The Rivals of Amziah King
The Rivals of Amziah King
2026
👍 60%
The Art of the Steal
The Art of the Steal
2013
👍 49%