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10 unusual facts about Kurt Russell


A Profound Hatred of Man

Some other samples played are Kurt Russell in The Thing (1982) in "The Bonds of Those Who Have No Understanding of Consequences" ("Trust is a tough thing to come by these days.") and Siân Phillips in Dune (1984) in "Set Your Body Ablaze" ("Heat, upon heat, upon heat.")

Burgers and Fries

The song was later featured in the 1997 thriller film Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell.

Cecil Hoffman

Cecil found success on the big screen, turning in memorable performances in hit films Stargate (1993) and the Wyatt Earp biopic Tombstone (1994) with Kurt Russell.

Chicago Fire Department

The Chicago Fire Department cooperated with film director Ron Howard on making the 1991 film Backdraft, starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin and Robert De Niro.

Don Handfield

In 2012 the film Touchback was written and directed by Handfield, starring actors Kurt Russell and Brian Presley.

Faces of Love Film Festival

Faye Dunaway, Kate Winslet, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Alain Delon, Udo Kier, Brenda Blethyn, Chiara Mastroianni, Christopher Lambert among many others were jurors and guests of the festival over the history.

Matt Franco

Franco, who currently lives in Simi Valley, California, is the nephew of actor Kurt Russell (his mother, Jill Franco, being Russell's sister).

Rob McClanahan

McClanahan was played by Nathan West in the 2004 Disney movie Miracle, which starred actor Kurt Russell as coach Herb Brooks and which told the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic gold medal win.

S. Craig Zahler

On October 30, 2012, Zahler was set to make his directorial debut with a horror western film Bone Tomahawk from his own script, the film stars Kurt Russell and Jennifer Carpenter.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

The night passes and the only person to approach the girls and repeat the line is the homicidal 'Stunt-man' Mike, played by Kurt Russell.


Kathleen Quinlan

Quinlan also made a mark as Jim Morrison's Celtic Pagan lover Patricia Kennealy in Oliver Stone's The Doors, and won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense, for Breakdown (1997) with Kurt Russell.

Ronnie Dapo

Dapo's acting ended in 1966 with two other roles: as Jimmy in the television movie Baby Makes Three and as Virgil 'Tiger' Higgins in the film Follow Me, Boys! starring Fred MacMurray and Kurt Russell.

William Brent Bell

Some include Ignition, a kid's action-drama set up at Warner Bros. with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn producing and Illusion, a thriller set up at Walt Disney Pictures.