Kris Kristofferson filmography

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Kristofferson in 1978

American singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson has been in numerous films, television films, television series and video games. He started acting in the 1970s, appearing in the films The Last Movie (1971), Cisco Pike (1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) and Vigilante Force (1976), before starring in the 1976 film A Star Is Born as John Norman Howard, which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He went on to co-star in Stagecoach (1986) and star in films such as Semi-Tough (1977), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Flashpoint (1984), Big Top Pee-wee (1988), and Welcome Home (1989).

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In the 1990s, Kristofferson played Gabriel in the 1993 film Knights with Lance Henriksen and as Charlie Wade in the 1996 film Lone Star with Matthew McConaughey. He was then cast as Abraham Whistler in the 1998 vampire superhero action film Blade , a role he later reprised in Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004). During that time, he also portrayed Karubi (Daena's father) in Planet of the Apes (2001), and Older Billy Coleman in Where the Red Fern Grows (2003). In 2005, he appeared in The Jacket with Adrien Brody, a year later he was in Fast Food Nation with Patricia Arquette and lent his voice as the narrator to the 2007 film I'm Not There . He joined the ensemble cast in the 2009 romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You alongside Jennifer Aniston. He played Reed Haskett in the 2011 film Dolphin Tale and again in the sequel, Dolphin Tale 2 (2014). Angels Sing 2014 on Angel Network.

Kristofferson's television work includes the television films Freedom Road (1979), and Blood & Orchids (1986); the miniseries Amerika (1987) and Lives of the Saints (2004); the television series Dead Man's Gun (1997–1999); and playing U.S. President Andrew Jackson in the historical miniseries Texas Rising (2015).

Film

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Kristofferson (left) with Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in March 1972
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Kristofferson at the 2010 Cambridge Folk Festival
YearFilmRoleNotes
1971 The Last Movie The Minstrel Wrangler
1972 Cisco Pike [1] Cisco Pike
1973 The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus Vocalist
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Billy the Kid
Blume in Love Elmo Cole
1974 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia The Biker
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore David
1976 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Jim Cameron
Vigilante Force Aaron Arnold
A Star Is Born John Norman Howard
1977 Semi-Tough Marvin "Shake" Tiller
1978 Convoy Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald
1980 Heaven's Gate James Averill
1981 Rollover Hubbell Smith
1982 The Last Horror Film HimselfUncredited
1984 Flashpoint Bobby Logan
Songwriter [2] "Blackie" Buck
1985 Trouble in Mind John "Hawk" Hawkins
1988 Big Top Pee-wee Mace Montana
1989 Millennium Bill Smith
Welcome Home Jake
1990 Sandino Tom Holte
1991Night of the CycloneStanley "Stan"
1992Original IntentJack Saunders
1993 No Place to Hide Joe Garvey
Paper HeartsTom
Knights Gabriel The Cyborg
1995 Pharaoh's Army Confederate Preacher
1996 Lone Star Charlie Wade
1997 Fire Down Below Orin Hanner Sr.
1998 Girls' Night Cody
Blade Abraham Whistler
Dance with Me John Burnett
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Bill Willis
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock Doc Voice, direct-to-video
1999 Payback Bronson
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien Rudolph Meyer
Limbo Jack "Smilin' Jack" Johannson
The Joyriders [3] Eddie
2000ComancheSergeant Sam Winchester
2001 Planet of the Apes Karubi
Chelsea Walls Bud
Wooly Boys Shuck
2002 D-Tox Dr. John "Doc" Mitchell
Blade II Abraham Whistler
2003 Where the Red Fern Grows Older Billy Coleman
2004 Silver City Wes Benteen
Forever Is a Long, Long Time Hank Williams Short film, direct-to-video
Blade: Trinity Abraham Whistler
2005 The Jacket Dr. Thomas Becker
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico Himself
The Wendell Baker Story L. R. Nasher
Dreamer "Pop" Crane
2006 Brats: Our Journey Home The NarratorVoice
Disappearances William "Quebec Bill" Bonhomme Sr.
Fast Food Nation Rudy Martin
Room 10 Howard DavisShort film
Payback: Straight UpBronsonDirect-to-video
Requiem for Billy the Kid [4] [5] Billy the Kid
2007Crossing the HeartRayShort film
I'm Not There The NarratorVoice
2008Jump Out BoysRaymond
Snow Buddies TalonVoice, direct-to-video
2009 John Rich: Shuttin' Detroit Down JohnShort film, direct-to-video
He's Just Not That Into You Ken Murphy
Powder Blue Randall
For Sale by Owner Ferlin Smith
2010 Bloodworth E. F. Bloodworth
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride Shepherd Graves
Yohan: The Child Wanderer Old Yohan
2011 Dolphin Tale [6] Reed Haskett
The Greening of Whitney Brown Dustin "Dusty" Brown
2012 Joyful Noise Bernard Sparrow
Deadfall [7] Chester "Chet" Mills
The Motel Life [8] Earl Hurley
2013 Angels Sing The Colonel
Midnight StallionJack Shepard
2014San PatriciosBoss Flood
Dolphin Tale 2 Reed Haskett
7 Minutes [9] "Mr. B"
The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music [10] HimselfDocumentary
2016 Traded [11] [12] Billy
The Red Maple Leaf John Francis Marshall
2017 Hickok George Knox
The Star Old DonkeyVoice
Abilene [13] [14] George Knox
2018 Blaze Edwin FullerFinal role

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1976 Saturday Night Live HostEpisode: "Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge"
1978 The Muppet Show GuestEpisode 1 Season 3: "Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge"
1979 Freedom Road Abner LaitTelevision film
1984The Lost Honor of Kathryn BeckBen Cole
1986 The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James Jesse James
Blood & Orchids Captain Curtis "Curt" Maddox
Stagecoach Ringo / "Ringo Kid" / Bill Williams
1987 Amerika Devin MilfordMiniseries (6 episodes)
1988 The Tracker Noble AdamsTelevision film
1990Pair of Aces"Rip" Metcalf
1991Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1992 Miracle in the Wilderness Jericho Adams
Christmas in Connecticut Jefferson Jones
1993Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the EarthStan Mather
1994SodbustersDestiny
The Larry Sanders Show HimselfEpisode: "Arthur's Crises"
1995 Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story Television film
TadPresident Abraham Lincoln
1995InflammableCaptain Jack Guthrie
Brothers' DestinyDavis
1996 Blue Rodeo Owen Whister
1997–1999 Dead Man's Gun The NarratorTV series (41 episodes)
1998 Two for Texas [15] Hugh AllisonTelevision film
1999 The Long Kill Jesse Ray Torrance
NetForce Steve Day
2000 Perfect Murder, Perfect Town Lou Smit
2003The Break"Izzy" Patterson
2004 Lives of the Saints Matthew BokMiniseries
2005 14 Hours Chuck WhortleTelevision film
2009 Handy Manny PopsVoice, episode: "Motorcycle Adventure"
2015Down DogJimmy WoodTelevision film
Texas Rising President Andrew Jackson Miniseries (4 episodes)

Video games

YearGameVoice roleNotes
2005 Gun Ned White
2010 Fallout: New Vegas Chief Hanlon

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References

  1. Jessica Hundley (November 3, 2013). "Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton Revisit 1972's 'Cisco Pike'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  2. Staff (December 31, 1983). "Review: 'Songwriter'". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  3. Andrew Hindes (March 22, 1998). "Kristofferson in 'Joyriders'". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  4. McCarthy, Todd (May 20, 2006). "Requiem for Billy the Kid". Variety.com . Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  5. Beck, Henry Cabot (January 1, 2008). "Requiem for Billy the Kid". True West Magazine . Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  6. Dave McNary (October 11, 2010). "Kris Kristofferson joins 'Dolphin Tale'". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  7. Rob Nelson (April 25, 2012). "Review: 'Deadfall'". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  8. Deborah Young (November 16, 2012). "The Motel Life: Rome Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  9. Frank Scheck (October 28, 2014). "'7 Minutes': Austin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  10. "The Winding Stream - The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music". thewindingstream.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  11. Woodward, Timothy Jr. (January 1, 2000), Traded , retrieved May 4, 2016
  12. "Kris & Kelly Kristofferson in the movie Traded, April 2016 - Kris Kristofferson". Kris Kristofferson. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  13. "Abilene : New Kristofferson movie". Kris Kristofferson. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  14. Woodward, Timothy Jr.; Adkins, Trace; Lyman-Mersereau, Kaiwi; Fischer, Hunter (January 1, 2000), Abilene , retrieved January 13, 2017
  15. Tony Scott (January 15, 1998). "Review: 'Two for Texas'". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2015.