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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
Baron Praxis
for Baron Praxis in Jak II (live action)
Suggested by ivaneavendano
At the end of their last adventure, Jak and Daxter have saved the world from the clutches of the evil Gol and Maia. Discovering a large and mysterious Precursor rift gate at the Dark Eco silos where the epic battle took place, Jak, Daxter, Samos the sage and his daughter Keira have been busy reassembling the gate at Samos’s hut in Sandover village. Their actions unknowingly set of a chain of events that will shape their destinies. The rift gate is open catapulting the group into a gritty, dangerous metropolis called Haven City. Separated from one another, Jak is thrown into prison and forced to endure two torturous years of Dark Eco experiments at the hands of Baron Praxis, the ruler of Haven City. Meanwhile, Daxter has spent two years trying to free Jak from the bowels of the Baron’s prison fortress. When he finally finds Jak, Daxter discovers that his friend has changed forever. Upon their escape, the two become embroiled in a quest for revenge against the Baron, to find a way to get back home, and ultimately, to fulfill the prophecy that’ll reveal the true heir to the throne of Haven City... a new chapter begins
