Date of Birth: Saturday, March 17, 1951

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Height: 5' 11

Kurt Russell was born in Massachusetts. Hir birth name is Kurt Vogel Russell.

He attended Thousand Oaks High School with Michael Richards, Kramer from Seinfeld.

He played in Elvis movie, "It Happened at the World's Fair" when he was 10.

Kurt Russell is Kate Hudson's step-father.

Russell met actress Goldie Hawn during filming for the box-office bomb Swing Shift (1984); the two have been together ever since.

Despite his early success as child actor, Kurt starred in in a rash of disappointments during 1980's until he landed a role in "Tango and Cash" and "Backdraft".

He was the voice of Elvis Presley in "Forrest Gump".

In 2004, he starred in "Miracle", a true story of Herb Brooks the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad.

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