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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
Cameo
for Cameo in Tribulations of a Chinaman in China
Suggested by jakubduda
The book tells the story of a young, very rich Chinese man named Kin-Fo, who is very bored with life. When he learns that his significant investments in the United States have failed and that he is in danger of bankruptcy, he decides to commit suicide. However, he refuses to kill himself because he wants to experience some excitement at least once in his life before he dies. He therefore takes out life insurance for two hundred thousand dollars and arranges with his friend, the old philosopher Wang, to murder him before the insurance period expires. Suddenly, however, he receives word that the information about the bankruptcy of the American bank in which he had stored his funds was only a marketing ploy, and that in fact it is even richer than before. He immediately wants to contact Wang and cancel their agreement, but he has already disappeared. Kin-Fo must travel throughout China (accompanied by his loyal but somewhat incompetent servant and two bodyguards from the insurance company) to find Wang and cancel their deal. After a series of adventures, many times threatened with death by Wang's assassins, Kin-Fo is eventually captured and transported blindfolded to his own home to his surprise, where his friends, including Wang, are already waiting for him. He now learns that everything was staged by Wang to learn a lesson in how precious and beautiful life is.
