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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
Archimedes Q. Porter
for Archimedes Q. Porter in Tarzan of the Apes
Suggested by jakubduda
John and Alice from England, are marooned in the western coastal jungles of equatorial Africa in 1888. Some time later, their son John Clayton II is born. When he is one year old his mother dies, and then his father is killed by the savage king ape Kerchak. Boy is adopted by the Kala. Clayton is named Tarzan. As a boy, feeling alienated from his peers, discovers his parents' cabin, where he first learns of others like himself in their books. he teaches himself to read English. Upon his return from visit to the cabin, he is attacked by a huge gorilla he kill it with his father's knife, although he is terribly wounded in the struggle. As he grows up, becomes a skilled hunter, exciting the jealousy of Kerchak, who finally attacks him. Tarzan kills Kerchak and became king of the apes. Later, a tribe of black Africans settle in the area, Kala, is killed by hunter. Avenging himself on the killer. When Tarzan is adult, a new party is marooned on the coast, including Jane Porter, the first white woman Tarzan has ever seen. Tarzan's cousin, William Cecil Clayton, Tarzan saves Jane from the perils of the jungle. There is French naval officer Paul D'Arnot. Tarzan is rescuing him from the natives, a rescue ship recovers the castaways. D'Arnot teaches him to speak French and offers to take him home, where he might connect with Jane again. Teaches him how to behave there. Tarzan travels to find Jane in Wisconsin, rescues her from a fire. She has become engaged to William Clayton.
