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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).

Luthor is a 2024 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Lex Luthor. Produced by Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, and DC Films, it is the third installment in the DC Legacy Universe. The film was directed by Steven Caple Jr. and written by Zack Snyder, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David S. Goyer, and stars Gustaf Skarsgård as Lex Luthor alongside Mila Kunis, Bruce Greenwood, James Spader, Harry Lennox, Alfre Woodard, Patrick Stewart, and Kurt Russell as Lionel Luthor. In the film, Lex Luthor seeks redemption for his past crimes when he finds himself battling the evil Brainiac. Luthor opened in theaters on November 2nd, 2024; it received generally positive reviews with praise for the action sequences and Skarsgård, Kunis, Spader, and Russell's performances, but criticism for its predictable story and lack of ambition. It was box-office hit, grossing $718 million worldwide against a budget of $140 million. A sequel is in development.
