Kurt Russell

He was a baseball player all through his high school and college days and in early 1970, he played for the California Angels minor league, the Bend Rainbows, Walla Walla Islanders, Portland Mavericks and El Paso Sun Kings.

He suffered shoulder injuries after a baseball match, following which he retired from baseball.

In 1979, he married actress Season Hubley and they had a son together. The couple got divorced in 1983.

Kurt Russell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA to actor and baseball club owner Neil Oliver ‘Bing’ Russell and Louise Julia, a dancer.

As a child, he lived a vibrant life and gained exposure to the world of films as a result of his father’s career. He appeared as a child artiste in the ABC television series ‘Sugarfoot’.

By the time he was twelve years old, he starred in the television series called ‘The Travels of Jamie McPheeters’.

In 1964, he appeared on an episode of the TV series ‘The Fugitive’, that year he was also seen in the TV series ‘The Virginian’ and ‘Gunsmoke’.

In 1965, at the age of fourteen he played the role of ‘jungle boy’ on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ which was broadcast on the CBS network.

In 1971, he played the role of a young robber in ‘Fools Parade’, a drama film directed by Andrew McLagen based on the novel of the same title written by Davis Grubb.

In 1976, he appeared on the NBC series ‘The Quest’ along with Tim Matheson.

In 1979, he earned an Emmy Award nomination for the television film ‘Elvis’ based on the real life of Elvis Presley, in which he played the title role.

In 1981, he starred in the American sci-fi action film ‘Escape from New York’, directed by John Carpenter, the film was a major success at the box office.

In 1982, he played the role of ‘MacReady’ in the ‘The Thing’, a sci-fi horror film which was a remake of the 1951 film ‘The Thing from Another World’. The film was a financial failure but gained a cult status.

He appeared in the Academy Award nominated 1991 film ‘Backdraft’ which earned a whopping $152.368 million at the box office, which made it the highest grossing film ever made on fire-fighters.