Kurt Russell Biography

Fast Facts

• Appeared with Elvis Presley in 1963's It Happened at the World's Fair, 16 years before portraying him in a TV biopic; was also the uncredited voice of Elvis in 1994's Forrest Gump and an Elvis impersonator seven years later in 3000 Miles to Graceland
• Starred in a string of popular Disney films as a youth
• Played minor-league baseball in the early '70s and wanted to turn pro, but a shoulder injury cut his career short
• Had his first date with Goldie Hawn on Valentine's Day 1983 after auditioning to costar with her in Swing Shift
• Was the real director of 1993's Tombstone, although credit went to ghost director George P
• Cosmatos
• Russell reportedly told Cosmatos that he wouldn't accept credit for directing the film for as long as Cosmatos lived
• Cosmatos died in 2005
• Confirmed in 2007 that Walt Disney's last written words were "Kurt Russell," scribbled on a sheet of paper
• Russell never learned why his name was written down