Kurt Vogel Russell (17 mart 1951-yilda tug‘ilgan) amerikalik aktyordir. 12 yoshida u "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" (1963–1964) nomli vestern teleserialida aktyorlik faoliyatini boshlagan. 1960-yillarning oxirlarida u "The Walt Disney Company" bilan o‘n yillik shartnoma imzoladi va "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" (1969), "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" (1972) va "The Strongest Man in the World" (1975) kabi filmlarda Dexter Riley rolini ijro etdi. 1979-yilda Elvis Presley rock and roll superstarsini "Elvis" filmida tasvirlagani uchun u cheklangan yoki antologiya seriyasida yoki filmda eng yaxshi bosh rol ijrochisi uchun Primetime Emmy mukofotiga nomzod bo‘ldi. Turner Classic Movies'dan Robert Osbornening so‘zlariga ko‘ra, Russell 1970-yillarda studiyaning eng mashhur yulduziga aylandi. Russell 1983-yilda Mayk Nikolsning "Silkwood" filmidagi ijrosi uchun eng yaxshi yordamchi aktyor – film nominatsiyasi bo‘yicha Oltin Globus mukofotiga nomzod bo‘ldi. Shuningdek, 1980-yillarda u Jon Karpenterni tomonidan suratga olingan bir qator filmlarda anti-qahramon rollarini o‘ynadi: "Escape from New York" (1981) futuristik harakat filmi, uning davomi "Escape from L.A." (1996), "The Thing" (1982) qo‘rqinchli filmi va "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986) kung-fu komediya harakat filmi. Russell boshqa turli filmlarda ham rol o‘ynadi, jumladan "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) va "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2019). Shuningdek, u "Fast & Furious" franshizasida Mr. Nobody sifatida paydo bo‘ldi (2015-yilda "Furious 7", 2017-yilda "The Fate of the Furious" va 2021-yilda "F9" filmlarida). U Marvel Kinematik Universida (MCU) "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017) va "What If...?" (2021) filmlarida Ego rolini, shuningdek "The Christmas Chronicles" (2018) va "The Christmas Chronicles 2" (2020) filmlarida Santa Klaus rolini ijro etdi.
