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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. 2 (2017) and What If...?(2021), and played the role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
Kurt Russell
Sheriff Tom Brackett
for Sheriff Tom Brackett in Halloween
Suggested by joshthomas
On Halloween 1997, ten-year-old Michael Myers stabs his sister Judith Myers to death and bludgeons her boyfriend Steve Haley to death. Other than his parents, the only person he spares is his baby sister Angel Myers. Fifteen years later, Michael escapes from Smith's Grove Sanitarium during a prison transfer and makes his way back home to Haddonfield Illinois, leaving a bloody trail of corpses in his wake. Pursuing him is his former doctor, Sam Loomis, the only person who knows that Michael is nothing but true evil. In Haddonfield, Michael steals a Halloween mask and a boiler suit, as well as the tombstone from his sister's grave. He then begins to stalk high school student Laurie Strode and her friends, Annie Brackett and Lynda Van Der Klok. Loomis also shows up and teams up with Annie's father, Sheriff Tom Brackett, to put an end to Michael's rampage. Unknown to everyone but Michael, Laurie Strode is actually Angel Myers. While Laurie is babysitting little Tommy Doyle and Lindsay Wallace, Michael stalks her friends as well as her parents, Morgan and Cynthia Strode, before murdering them in a gruesome and brutal fashion. Eventually, Laurie discovers the bodies of her friends in the house across the street and is attacked by Michael, who chases her back across the street. After an intense final chase, Laurie seemingly kills Michael and then sends Tommy and Lindsay to get help. They are spotted by Loomis, who arrives at the Doyle house just in time to save Laurie by shooting Michael. However Michael isn't defeated until Laurie stabs him and he falls into the swimming pool. But when Loomis goes outside to check the body, Michael has vanished, meaning he's still out there
