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).
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) and which has been criticised as whitewashing. During that time, he also portrayed Karubi (Daena's father) in Planet of the Apes (2001), and Older Billy Coleman 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).
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 most recently, playing the role of U.S. President Andrew Jackson in the historical miniseries Texas Rising (2015).
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1971 | The Last Movie | Minstrel Wrangler | |
1972 | Cisco Pike [1] | Cisco Pike | |
1973 | The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus | Vocalist | |
1973 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid | |
1973 | Blume in Love | Elmo Cole | |
1974 | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Biker | |
1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | David | |
1976 | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea | Jim Cameron | |
1976 | Vigilante Force | Aaron Arnold | |
1976 | 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 | Himself | Uncredited |
1984 | Flashpoint | Bobby Logan | |
1984 | Songwriter [2] | Blackie Buck | |
1985 | Trouble in Mind | John 'Hawk' Hawkins | |
1988 | Big Top Pee-wee | Mace Montana | |
1989 | Millennium | Bill Smith | |
1989 | Welcome Home | Jake | |
1990 | Sandino | Tom Holte | |
1991 | Night of the Cyclone | Stanley 'Stan' | |
1992 | Original Intent | Jack Saunders | |
1993 | No Place to Hide | Joe Garvey | |
1993 | Paper Hearts | Tom | |
1993 | Knights | Gabriel | |
1995 | Pharaoh's Army | Preacher | |
1996 | Lone Star | Charlie Wade | |
1997 | Fire Down Below | Orin Hanner Sr. | |
1998 | Girls' Night | Cody | |
1998 | Blade | Abraham Whistler | |
1998 | Dance with Me | John Burnett | |
1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Bill Willis | |
1998 | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Doc | Voice, direct-to-video |
1999 | Payback | Bronson | |
1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Rudolph Meyer | |
1999 | Limbo | 'Smilin' Jack Johannson | |
1999 | The Joyriders [3] | Eddie | |
2000 | Comanche | ||
2001 | Planet of the Apes | Karubi | |
2001 | Chelsea Walls | Bud | |
2001 | Wooly Boys | Shuck | |
2002 | D-Tox | Dr. John 'Doc' Mitchell | |
2002 | Blade II | Abraham Whistler | |
2003 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Older Billy Coleman | |
2004 | Silver City | Wes Benteen | |
2004 | Forever Is a Long, Long Time | Hank Williams | Short film, direct-to-video |
2004 | Blade: Trinity | Abraham Whistler | |
2005 | The Jacket | Dr. Thomas Becker | |
2005 | The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico | Himself | |
2005 | The Wendell Baker Story | L.R. Nasher | |
2005 | Dreamer | Pop Crane | |
2006 | Brats: Our Journey Home | Narrator | Voice |
2006 | Disappearances | Quebec Bill Bonhomme | |
2006 | Fast Food Nation | Rudy Martin | |
2006 | Room 10 | Howard Davis | Short film |
2006 | Payback: Straight Up | Bronson | Direct-to-video |
2006 | Requiem for Billy the Kid [4] [5] | Billy the Kid | |
2007 | Crossing the Heart | Ray | Short film |
2007 | I'm Not There | Narrator | Voice |
2008 | Jump Out Boys | Raymond | |
2008 | Snow Buddies | Talon | Voice, direct-to-video |
2009 | John Rich: Shuttin' Detroit Down | John | Short film, direct-to-video |
2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Ken Murphy | |
2009 | Powder Blue | Randall | |
2009 | For Sale by Owner | Ferlin Smith | |
2010 | Bloodworth | E. F. Bloodworth | |
2010 | The Last Rites of Ransom Pride | Shepherd Graves | |
2010 | Yohan: The Child Wanderer | Old Yohan | |
2011 | Dolphin Tale [6] | Reed Haskett | |
2011 | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Dusty Brown | |
2012 | Joyful Noise | Bernard Sparrow | |
2012 | Deadfall [7] | Chet Mills | |
2012 | The Motel Life [8] | Earl Hurley | |
2013 | Angels Sing | The Colonel | |
2013 | Midnight Stallion | Jack Shepard | |
2014 | San Patricios | Boss Flood | |
2014 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Reed Haskett | |
2014 | 7 Minutes [9] | Mr. B | |
2014 | The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music [10] | Himself | Documentary |
2016 | Traded [11] [12] | Billy | |
2016 | The Red Maple Leaf | John Francis Marshall | |
2017 | Hickok | George Knox | |
2017 | The Star | Old Donkey | Voice |
2017 | Abilene [13] [14] | George Knox | |
2018 | Blaze | Edwin Fuller |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge" |
1978 | The Muppet Show | Guest | Episode 1 Season 3: "Kris Kristofferson / Rita Coolidge" |
1979 | Freedom Road | Abner Lait | Television film |
1984 | The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck | Ben Cole | Television film |
1986 | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | Jesse James | Television film |
1986 | Blood & Orchids | Capt. Curtis 'Curt' Maddox | Television film |
1986 | Stagecoach | Ringo / Ringo Kid / Bill Williams | Television film |
1987 | Amerika | Devin Milford | Miniseries (6 episodes) |
1988 | The Tracker | Noble Adams | Television film |
1990 | Pair of Aces | Rip Metcalf | Television film |
1991 | Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind | Rip Metcalf | Television film |
1992 | Miracle in the Wilderness | Jericho Adams | Television film |
1992 | Christmas in Connecticut | Jefferson Jones | Television film |
1993 | Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth | Stan Mather | Television film |
1994 | Sodbusters | Destiny | Television film |
1994 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "Arthur's Crises" |
1995 | Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story | Himself | Television film |
1995 | Tad | Abraham Lincoln | Television film |
1995 | Inflammable | Capt. Jack Guthrie | Television film |
1995 | Brothers' Destiny | Davis | Television film |
1996 | Blue Rodeo | Owen Whister | Television film |
1997–1999 | Dead Man's Gun | narrator | TV series (41 episodes) |
1998 | Two for Texas [15] | Hugh Allison | Television film |
1999 | The Long Kill | Jesse Ray Torrance | Television film |
1999 | NetForce | Steve Day | Television film |
2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Lou Smit | Television film |
2003 | The Break | Izzy Patterson | Television film |
2004 | Lives of the Saints | Matthew Bok | Miniseries |
2005 | 14 Hours | Chuck Whortle | Television film |
2009 | Handy Manny | Pops | Voice, episode: "Motorcycle Adventure" |
2015 | Down Dog | Jimmy Wood | Television film |
2015 | Texas Rising | President Andrew Jackson | Miniseries (4 episodes) |
Year | Film | Voice role | Notes |
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2005 | Gun | Ned White | |
2010 | Fallout: New Vegas | Chief Hanlon |
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