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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).
Jerry Fairmont got fame with Detroit, chased championships, learned what winning costs. In Montreal, Rangers, and Florida felt cruelty of playoff heartbreak. Over 3 decades, he became one of the defining players of his era, champion, captain, warrior. But time caught him the way it do to us all. Injuries slowed him. His production dipped. The league got younger and faster. When Penguins signed him 10 years ago he won them titles but extension now critics call name selling tickets. This season his numbers are low. His knee isn’t good. TV analysts ask why he hasn’t retired. “He isnt the same. Legends don’t know when to leave.” Fans are loyal and in locker room, best friend, teammate for years. “You’re still the guy I want out there.” Team limp to the playoffs. Once it begins, he transforms, plays smarter, more deliberate, wins faceoffs, blocks shots, scores. Penguins reaches Cup Final and series goes to Game 7. Overtime. Exhausted Fairmont steps onto the ice. For second, everything slows. 20 years compressed into one movement. Fires. Red light. Fairmont scores the winning goal. Arena detonates. He got the cup first. “I gave everything I had to this game, And it gave me more than I ever deserved.” He looks at teammates, At crowd. “This was my last shift.” He raises the Stanley Cup one final time. Later he returns alone to arena. He kneels at center and presses his hand against it. “Thank you.” Folds his jersey on the bench and walks down the tunnel as the lights dim one by one.
