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Kris Kristofferson

Singer-songwriter / Composer / Guitarist | * 06/22/1936 (87) | Brownsville, Texas (United States of America (USA))
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Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American retired country singer, Songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. As an actor, Kristofferson is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), <... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Music

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Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman, after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes t ...

A Star Is Born

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1976 | 3.0/5 | 2h 19min
Drama, Music, Romance / Love
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A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are un ...

Blade II

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2002 | 3.3/5 | 1h 57min
Fantasy, Horror, Action, Thriller
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The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires. ...

Blade

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1998 | 3.4/5 | 2h
Horror, Action
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With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months a ...

Payback

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1999 | 3.4/5 | 1h 40min
Crime, Action, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Kris Kristofferson

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Johnny Mercer Award Rhodes Scholarship Grammy Award for Best Country Song "spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award National Defense Service Medal Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
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Movies with Kris Kristofferson as Actor(157)

as Self (archive footage)2020 My Darling Vivian
2019 Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
as Edwin Fuller2018 Blaze
as President John Francis Marshall2017 The Red Maple Leaf
as Old Donkey (voice)2017 The Star
as himself2017 Wheeler
as George Knox2017 Hickok
as Gabriel2017 Best Friend from Heaven
as Billy2016 Traded
as Self - Performer2016 The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
as himself2016 The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
as himself2016 Road to Austin
as himself2015 We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
as Jimmy Wood2015 Down Dog
as himself2015 Johnny Cash: American Rebel
as Performer2014 Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
as Reed Hasket2014 Dolphin Tale 2
as himself2014 The Winding Stream
as Mr. B2014 7 Minutes
as himself2013 Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
as The Colonel2013 Angels Sing
as Jack Shephard2013 Midnight Stallion
as Bernard Sparrow2012 Joyful Noise
as Earl Hurley2012 The Motel Life
as himself2012 Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Chet2012 Deadfall
as himself2012 We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
as himself2011 The King of Luck
as Reed Haskett2011 Dolphin Tale
as Dusty Brown2011 The Greening of Whitney Brown
as himself2011 Troubadours
as E. F. Bloodworth2010 Bloodworth
as himself2010 Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
as Shepherd Graves2010 The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2010 OK Buckaroos
as Old Yohan2010 The Child Wanderers
as himself2009 Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
as Ferlin Smith2009 For Sale By Owner
as Randall2009 Powder Blue
as Ken Murphy2009 He's Just Not That Into You
as Talon (voice)2008 Snow Buddies
as Raymond2008 Jump Out Boys
2007 George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
as himself2007 Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
as Lui même2007 Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live
as Quebec Bill Bonhomme2007 Disappearances
as himself2007 The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
as Narrator2007 I'm Not There
as Narrator2006 Brats: Our Journey Home
as Howard Davis2006 Room 10
as Rudy Martin2006 Fast Food Nation
as himself2006 Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
as himself2006 American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
as Pop Crane2005 Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
as himself2005 Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'
as Chuck Worthle2005 14 Hours
as himself2005 The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
as himself2005 Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
as Himself - Musician, Friend2005 Trudell
as himself2005 Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
as Dr. Thomas Becker2005 The Jacket
as L.R. Nasher2005 The Wendell Baker Story
as himself2005 The World's Greatest Gigs
as Wes Benteen2004 Silver City
as himself2004 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
as Self - Narrator (voice)2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004 Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
as Self - Musician2004 Be Here to Love Me
as himself2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
as himself2004 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
as Abraham Whistler2004 Blade: Trinity
as himself2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Older Billy Coleman2003 Where the Red Fern Grows
as Doc2002 D-Tox
as Narrator2002 John Ford Goes to War
as Abraham Whistler2002 Blade II
as Shuck2001 Wooly Boys
as Karubi2001 Planet of the Apes
as Bud2001 Chelsea Walls
as himself2000 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
as Lou Smit2000 Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000 Comanche
as Smilin' Jack1999 Limbo
as Performer1999 A Tribute To Johnny Cash
as Steve Day1999 NetForce
as Jesse Ray Torrance1999 Outlaw Justice
as Rudolph Meyer1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Bronson1999 Payback
as Eddie1999 The Joyriders
as Abraham Whistler1998 Blade
as John Burnett1998 Dance with Me
as Cody1998 Girls' Night
as Bill Willis1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
as Doc (voice)1998 The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
as Hugh Allison1998 Two for Texas
as Orin Hanner Sr.1997 Fire Down Below
as himself1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as himself1996 Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
as Owen Whister1996 Blue Rodeo
as Charlie Wade1996 Lone Star
as himself1995 Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
as Capt. Jack Guthrie1995 Inflammable
as Preacher1995 Pharaoh's Army
as Davis1995 Brothers' Destiny
as Abraham Lincoln1995 Tad
as Destiny1994 Sodbusters
as Tom1993 Cheatin' Hearts
as himself1993 Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
as Stan Mather1993 Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
as himself1993 Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993 Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
as himself1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Gabriel1993 Knights
as Jefferson Jones1992 Christmas in Connecticut
as Joe Garvey1992 No Place To Hide
as Jack Saunders1992 Original Intent
as Jericho Adams1992 Miracle in the Wilderness
as Rip Metcalf1991 Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Stanley 'Stan'1991 Night of the Cyclone
as Tom Holte1990 Sandino
1990 The Highwaymen - Live at Nassau Coliseum
as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf1990 Pair of Aces
as Bill Smith1989 Millennium
as Jake1989 Welcome Home
as Noble Adams1988 The Tracker
as Mace Montana1988 Big Top Pee-wee
as Self - Audience Member1988 Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Ringo Kid1986 Stagecoach
as Capt. Curtis 'Curt' Maddox1986 Blood & Orchids
as Jesse James1986 The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
as Hawk1985 Trouble in Mind
as Blackie Buck1984 Songwriter
as Bobby Logan1984 Flashpoint
as himself1984 All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
as Ben Cole1984 The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1982 Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert
as Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)1982 The Last Horror Film
as Hubbell Smith1981 Rollover
as Self - Narrator1980 Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up
as James Averill1980 Heaven's Gate
as Abner Lait1979 Freedom Road
as Rubber Duck1978 Convoy
as himself1978 The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978
as Marvin "Shake" Tiller1977 Semi-Tough
as Jim Cameron1976 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
as Aaron Arnold1976 Vigilante Force
as John Norman Howard1976 A Star Is Born
as himself1974 Free to Be… You and Me
as David1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Biker1974 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as himself1973 George Carlin: The Real George Carlin
as Billy the Kid1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Elmo Cole1973 Blume in Love
as Vocalist1973 Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
as Cisco Pike1972 Cisco Pike
as Minstrel Wrangler1971 The Last Movie

TV Shows/Series with Kris Kristofferson as Actor(19)

as Andrew Jackson2015 Texas Rising
2005 The Colbert Report
1997 Dead Man's Gun
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Devin Milford1987 Amerika
1982 Late Night with David Letterman
as himself1982 Wogan
as himself1979 CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self - Special Guest Star1976 The Muppet Show
as himself1976 Donny & Marie
as Self - Guest1975 Cher
as Self - Host / Various1975 Saturday Night Live
as himself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1971 The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
as himself1971 Great Performances
as himself1970 The Flip Wilson Show
as himself1969 The Johnny Cash Show
as himself1968 Starparade

Movies with Kris Kristofferson as Crew(7)

Sound/Music2006 Brats: Our Journey Home
Crew/Thanks2006 The Hottest State
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sound/Songs1984 Songwriter
Crew/Thanks1976 Taxi Driver
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Last Movie

Additional Information

Full Name: Kris Kristofferson
Born: Monday, 06/22 1936 (June) in Brownsville, Texas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 87 years + 303 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Merton College, Pomona College, San Mateo High School
Member of: The Highwaymen, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Record Label: Monument Records, Columbia Records, Mercury Records, Warner Music Group
Spouses (current/former): Rita Coolidge
Father: Henry Kristofferson
Mother: Mary Ann Ashbrook
Other names for Kris Kristofferson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"The Highwaymen"
"Крис Кристофферсон"
"Κρις Κριστόφερσον"
"クリス・クリストファーソン"
"Kristoffer Kristofferson"
Kris Kristofferson frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (31x, Actor)
Willie Nelson (29x, Actor)
Johnny Cash (23x, Actor)
Bill Hader (22x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (19x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (18x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (16x, Actor)
Will Forte (15x, Actor)
John Lovelady (12x, Cast)
Ethan Hawke (11x, Actor)
Sam Peckinpah (11x, Crew)
Paul Simon (11x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1995, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/03/2024