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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

President Oliver Mason
for President Oliver Mason in The Evil Dead: Washington Massacre (Animated Movie)
Suggested by matthewfenner

After three long years of chainsaw-swinging, boomstick-blasting, and sleepless nights, Ash Williams is ready for a break. The aging Deadite slayer rolls into Washington D.C. with nothing more on his mind than cheap beer, bad TV, and a motel bed that doesn’t bleed. But when a power-hungry U.S. Senator named Lewis Owen gets his hands on a forbidden artifact tied to the Necronomicon, D.C. becomes ground zero for a demonic uprising. Seeking to use the Deadites as an unholy army to secure absolute control, Owen unleashes hell itself across the capital. As corpses rise in the streets, monuments crumble, and the White House becomes a war zone, Ash realizes retirement isn’t in his cards — not while evil’s still on the clock. The Evil Dead: Washington Massacre delivers a gory, foul-mouthed, and darkly hilarious return to form. Armed with his sawed-off shotgun, trusty chainsaw hand, and enough one-liners to fill a congressional hearing, Ash teams up with a ragtag group of survivors — including a skeptical Secret Service agent and a jaded exorcist — to stop Owen’s Deadite regime before it spreads worldwide. Between buckets of blood, demonic mayhem, and Ash’s signature blend of crass heroism and reluctant bravery, the film turns Washington into a hellish battlefield. When the smoke clears, Ash once again proves that while politicians may be corrupt, he’s still the biggest badass in America — and the only one crazy enough to save it.