Kurt Russell in your top 10 actors of All time?

[Jay]

So tell us, honestly, would you put Kurt Russell in you top 10 actors of All Time list?

[ralph-]

5 WORDS: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA



he is one of my favorites. Tombstone, Escape From New York, The Thing, Sky High, Stargate, Fox and the Hound (jay?)

one of stevi's all time favorites: Captain Ron.

[hookedonlost]

I agree that BIG TROUBLE LITTLE CHINA and TOMESTONE are great movies , but , top ten actors of all time , I don't think so.

I have to vote no.

[oLO von B.org]

deng Ralph, u just ruined my argument about me liking not a single film with him........couldnt you NOT mention Star Gate.
yet this still doesnt grant him a top 10 rank in my book

[Gracie's Mom]

Top Ten of all time....ahhhh....no....but I did enjoy him as the older brother in BackDraft...who doesn't love a fireman?

[ralph-]

me.

[Jack]

Kurt Russell,

giving you 43 years of entertainment.

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Grindhouse (2007) (post-production) .... Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: poster title)
... aka Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror (USA: poster title)


Poseidon (2006) .... Robert Ramsey
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) .... Ben Crane
Sky High (2005) .... Steve Stronghold/The Commander
Miracle (2004) .... Herb Brooks
Dark Blue (2002) .... Eldon Perry
Interstate 60 (2002) .... Captain Ives
... aka I-60 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (USA)
Vanilla Sky (2001) .... Dr. Curtis McCabe
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) .... Michael Zane


Soldier (1998/I) .... Todd
Breakdown (1997/I) .... Jeffrey 'Jeff' Taylor
Escape from L.A. (1996) .... Snake Plissken
... aka John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. (USA: complete title)
Executive Decision (1996) .... Dr. Phil. David Grant
Stargate (1994) .... Col. Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
... aka Stargate, la porte des étoiles (France)
Forrest Gump (1994) (voice) (uncredited) .... Elvis Presley
Tombstone (1993) .... Wyatt Earp
Captain Ron (1992) .... Captain Ron
Unlawful Entry (1992) .... Michael Carr
Backdraft (1991) .... Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey/Dennis McCaffrey


Tango & Cash (1989) .... Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
Winter People (1989) .... Wayland Jackson
Tequila Sunrise (1988) .... Det. Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Frescia
Overboard (1987) .... Dean Proffitt
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) .... Jack Burton
... aka John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (USA: complete title)
The Best of Times (1986) .... Reno Hightower
The Mean Season (1985) .... Malcolm Anderson
Swing Shift (1984) .... Mike 'Lucky' Lockhart
Silkwood (1983) .... Drew Stephens
The Thing (1982) .... R.J. MacReady
... aka John Carpenter's The Thing (USA: complete title)
"Disneyland" .... Rich Evans / ... (10 episodes, 1967-1981)
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- Follow Me, Boys!: Part 2 (1981) TV Episode .... Whitey
- Follow Me, Boys!: Part 1 (1981) TV Episode .... Whitey
- Charley and the Angel (1977) TV Episode .... Ray Ferris
- The Strongest Man in the World (1977) TV Episode .... Dexter Riley
- Dad, Can I Borrow the Car (1972) TV Episode (voice) .... Narrator
(5 more)
The Fox and the Hound (1981) (voice) .... Adult Copper
Escape from New York (1981) .... Snake Plissken
... aka John Carpenter's Escape from New York (USA: complete title)
Used Cars (1980) .... Rudolph 'Rudy' Russo
Amber Waves (1980) (TV) .... Laurence Kendall


Elvis (1979/I) (TV) .... Elvis Presley
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977) (TV) .... Johnny
... aka The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle
"Hawaii Five-O" .... Peter Valcher (1 episode, 1977)
... aka McGarrett (USA: rerun title)
- Deadly Doubles (1977) TV Episode .... Peter Valcher
"The Quest" (1976) TV Series .... Morgan Beaudine (unknown episodes)
The Quest (1976) (TV) .... Morgan 'Two Persons' Bodeen
... aka The Longest Drive (USA: video title)
The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976) .... Morgan 'Two Persons' Bodeen
The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976) (TV) .... Morgan 'Two Persons' Bodeen
"Police Story" .... J.D. Crawford / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
- The Empty Weapon (1975) TV Episode .... Officer David Singer
- Country Boy (1974) TV Episode .... J.D. Crawford
The Deadly Tower (1975) (TV) .... Charles Joseph Whitman
... aka Sniper
Search for the Gods (1975) (TV) .... Shan Mullins
"Harry O" .... Todd Conway (1 episode, 1975)
- Double Jeopardy (1975) TV Episode .... Todd Conway
The Strongest Man in the World (1975) .... Dexter Riley
"The New Land" .... Bo Larsen (1 episode, 1974)
- The Word Is: Acceptance (1974) TV Episode .... Bo Larsen
"Hec Ramsey" .... Kane (1 episode, 1974)
- Scar Tissue (1974) TV Episode .... Kane
"Gunsmoke" .... Buck Henry Woolfe / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1974)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Trail of Bloodshed (1974) TV Episode .... Buck Henry Woolfe
- Blue Heaven (1964) TV Episode .... Packy Kerlin
Superdad (1973) .... Bart
"Love Story" .... Scott (1 episode, 1973)
- Beginner's Luck (1973) TV Episode .... Scott
Charley and the Angel (1973) .... Ray Ferris
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) .... Dexter Reilly
Fools' Parade (1971) .... Johnny Jesus
... aka Dynamite Man from Glory Jail (UK)
The Barefoot Executive (1971) .... Steven Post
"Room 222" .... Tim (1 episode, 1971)
- Paul Revere Rides Again (1971) TV Episode .... Tim
"Storefront Lawyers" .... Jerry Patman (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Men at Law (USA: new title)
- This Is Jerry, See Jerry Run (1970) TV Episode .... Jerry Patman
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car? (1970) (TV) .... Narrator
"The High Chaparral" .... Dan Rondo (1 episode, 1970)
- The Guns of Johnny Rondo (1970) TV Episode .... Dan Rondo
"Love, American Style" .... (segment "Love and the First Nighters") (1 episode, 1970)
- Love and the Banned Book/Love and the First Nighters/Love and the King (1970) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the First Nighters")


The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) .... Dexter Reilly
"Then Came Bronson" .... William P. Lovering (1 episode, 1969)
- The Spitball Kid (1969) TV Episode .... William P. Lovering
"Daniel Boone" .... Jed / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1969)
- Target Boone (1969) TV Episode .... Nathan
- Bickford's Bridge (1969) TV Episode .... Paul
- The Young Ones (1967) TV Episode .... Jed
- The Price of Friendship (1965) TV Episode .... Mathew
- The First Stone (1965) TV Episode .... William Craig
Guns in the Heather (1969) .... Rich
... aka Spy Busters
... aka The Secret of Boyne Castle
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) .... Ronnie Gardner
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968) .... Sidney Bower
"The Road West" .... Jay Baker (1 episode, 1967)
- Charade of Justice (1967) TV Episode .... Jay Baker
Mosby's Marauders (1967) .... Pvt. Willie Prentiss
... aka Willie and the Yank
Follow Me, Boys! (1966) .... Whitey
"The Fugitive" .... Eddie / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
- In a Plain Paper Wrapper (1966) TV Episode .... Eddie
- Nemesis (1964) TV Episode .... Philip Gerard. Jr
"The F.B.I." .... Dan Winslow (1 episode, 1966)
- The Tormentors (1966) TV Episode .... Dan Winslow
"Lost in Space" .... Quano (1 episode, 1966)
- The Challenge (1966) TV Episode .... Quano
"Laredo" .... Grey Smoke (1 episode, 1966)
- Meanwhile, Back at the Reservation (1966) TV Episode .... Grey Smoke
"The Legend of Jesse James" .... Elick Harte (1 episode, 1966)
- The Colt (1966) TV Episode .... Elick Harte
"The Virginian" .... Andy Denning / ... (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
- The Brothers (1965) TV Episode .... Andy Denning
- A Father for Toby (1964) TV Episode .... Toby Shea
"Gilligan's Island" .... Jungle Boy (1 episode, 1965)
- Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy (1965) TV Episode .... Jungle Boy
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Christopher Larson (1 episode, 1964)
- The Finny Foot Affair (1964) TV Episode .... Christopher Larson
Guns of Diablo (1964) (TV) .... Jamie McPheeters
"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" (1963) TV Series .... Jamie McPheeters (unknown episodes, 1963-1964)
"The Eleventh Hour" .... Peter Hall (1 episode, 1963)
- Everybody Knows You Left Me (1963) TV Episode .... Peter Hall
It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) (uncredited) .... Boy Who Kicks Mike
"Sam Benedict" .... Knute (1 episode, 1963)
- Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie (1963) TV Episode .... Knute

[Scot Eric]

Sorry Jack, but you've gone WAY off the rails with this one. And since ya saw fit to display KR's resume...

If our personal top 10 list is ALL TIME (like it says at the beginning of this poll/thread), then that includes living or dead. So I just don't see Kurt Russell hanging around with the likes of:

Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney
Gary Cooper
Henry Fonda
Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Lawrence Olivier
Clark Gable
Marlon Brando
James Dean
Steve McQueen
Jack Lemmon
Robert Mitchum
William Holden
Burt Lancaster
Alec Guinness
Errol Flynn
Tyrone Power
Orson Welles
William Powell
George C. Scott
John Wayne
James Mason
Richard Harris
Richard Burton
Gregory Peck
Lee Marvin
Richard Widmark
as well as...
Charlton Heston
Kirk Douglas
Peter O' Toole

BUT...perhaps I'm going too far back...so, should Kurt Russell really be standing alongsides:

Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Sidney Poitier
Clint Eastwood
Albert Finney
Dustin Hoffmann
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Robert Duvall
Gene Hackman
Morgan Freeman
Anthony Hopkins
Sean Connery
Michael Caine
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gary Oldman
Christopher Walken
Harrison Ford
Tom Hanks
Liam Neeson
Russell Crowe
Denzel Washington
Bill Murray
Johnny Depp
Ed Norton
Sean Penn
Kevin Spacey

So...that's about 60 male actors living or dead I think would be ahead of Mr. Russell. And we're not even getting into the character actors like Steve Buscemi, John Malkovich, William H. Macy...or the "pretty boys" who have shown they can act like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and even Leonardo DiCaprio (who I never cared for until "The Departed"). Chances are, one could keep going and come up with 100 actors who'd be ahead of Mister Hawn on line. Sorry Jack...and I AM a big fan of "The Thing" & "Escape from New York". But top ten actors of all time??? Mmmm...nope.

(and watch how I get smited for this now... )

[Kay]

Make it short - NO

[Casper]

Exalt-a-scoteric for making this awesome list to help me with my decision. + 3


Uh ... sorry, Jack ...

[bev]

I am not sure that I would put him in the top ten, but he's up there, there has to be some reason why he's been in so many movies and started as a child actor and is still around today. I love him because he can play a very serious part and he can also be very funny, a lot of the actors that have been mention,are great at dramas, but can't do comedy, there are a few like Cary Grant, Jack Lemon, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicolson and Paul Newman, to name a few that can do it all, but most of the rest to my knowledge have only done serious films. I like Kurt because he is an all around actor. And you never read anything bad about him either. So he gets brownie points from me because of that also
So those are my thought's and I am sticking with them ;D ;D ;D

[Scot Eric]

A fair point...so, of just those I listed, how many could be acclaimed for both comedic AND dramatic acting? So, I knocked off those primarily known only for dramas, but included actors who did at one time or another star in more than one comedic role...

Gary Cooper
Henry Fonda
Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Jack Lemmon
Alec Guinness
William Powell
Peter O' Toole
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Albert Finney
Dustin Hoffmann
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
Gene Hackman
Morgan Freeman
Michael Caine
Christopher Walken
Tom Hanks
Bill Murray
Johnny Depp
Kevin Spacey

Of course, the quality of comedies such as "Overboard" or "Captain Ron"...well. that's in the eye of the beholder!

[Emily]

Really ralph? sky high si one of your favorite movies? lol. Thats one of the reasons why krt isn't in my top 10. I will give hime stargate


Who to put in a top ten
Johnny Depp (what? lol)
Orlando Bloom (what? lol)
Mathew Fox
Kira Knighly
Terry O'quen
Emilie De Raven (waht? the girl can screem, and is funny whem shes drugged)
Dennis Quaid
Emily Waltson
Alan Rickman
Vego Mortenson
Jack Nicholson
Dusten Hoffmin
Sean Connery
Michael Gambon
Peter Cushing
Jack Nickalson
And my favorite...Christopher Lee

[Emily]

Oh and Nathan fillian ahha. And Jorge garcia, and danial de kim (what? he ahs the best expressions)!

[tastetherainbow]

he was Copper in Fox and the Hound! i love that movie... but sadly thats probably the only movie i liked him in... sorry jack