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Wyatt Hawn Russell (born July 10, 1986) [1] is an American actor and former ice hockey player. He portrayed Corporal Lewis Ford in Julius Avery's 2018 horror film Overlord , Dud in AMC's Lodge 49 and John Walker / U.S. Agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).
Russell was born on July 10, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. [1] [2] [3] He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell, and the half-brother of Boston Russell, Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson. [4]
Russell played ice hockey for numerous amateur and pro hockey teams as a goaltender including the Richmond Sockeyes, Langley Hornets, Coquitlam Express, Chicago Steel, Brampton Capitals, and Groningen Grizzlies. [5] He also played college ice hockey for the Chargers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His professional hockey career was cut short in 2010 due to injuries. [6]
Russell appeared in films, such as Soldier , Cowboys & Aliens , This Is 40 , Love and Honor , We Are What We Are , and Goon: Last of the Enforcers . In December 2013, it was announced that he was cast as Duane Allman in Randall Miller's Midnight Rider , a biopic of Gregg Allman. [7] He also appeared in the 2014 film 22 Jump Street . [8] In 2016, he co-starred in a film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival called Folk Hero & Funny Guy . In 2016, he starred in "Playtest", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [9]
In 2018, he and Jovan Adepo played the leads in the World War II-set horror film Overlord . [10] In 2021, he starred as John Walker in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier . [11] He will reprise the role in the 2025 film Thunderbolts* .
In 2022, Russell took on the role of real-life murderer Dan Lafferty in the FX miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven . In July 2022, he joined his father in Apple TV+ and Legendary Television's Godzilla series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters which is set in the world of Legendary's MonsterVerse franchise. [12]
Russell starred in the 2024 supernatural film Night Swim .
In 2012, Russell married stylist Sanne Hamers, whom he met in the Netherlands while playing hockey. [13] [14] The couple separated in 2015 and divorced in 2017. [15] [16] Russell began a relationship with actress Meredith Hagner in 2015 after meeting her on the set of the film Folk Hero & Funny Guy. [17] They married in 2019. [18] Their first child, a son, was born in 2021. [19] Their second son was born in February 2024. [20]
Russell was a goaltender for the 2022 NHL All-Star Game's breakaway challenge. [21]
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | Overboard | Baby at Golf Course | Uncredited |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Orphan Boy | |
| 1998 | Soldier | Todd (age 11) | |
| 2006 | The Last Supper | Doubting Thomas | Short film |
| 2010 | High School | Drug PSA Stoned Teenager | |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Little Mickey | |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Flirty Hockey Player | |
| 2013 | We Are What We Are | Deputy Anders | |
| Love and Honor | Topher Lincoln | ||
| 2014 | 22 Jump Street | Zook Haythe | |
| Cold in July | Freddy Russell | ||
| At the Devil's Door | Sam | ||
| 2015 | Prisoner | Will | Short film |
| 2016 | Everybody Wants Some!! | Charlie Willoughby | |
| Folk Hero & Funny Guy | Jason | ||
| 2017 | Ingrid Goes West | Ezra O'Keefe | |
| Table 19 | Teddy | ||
| Goon: Last of the Enforcers | Anders Cain | ||
| Shimmer Lake | Ed Burton | ||
| 2018 | Blaze | Glyn | |
| Overlord | Corporal Lewis Ford | ||
| 2021 | The Woman in the Window | David Winter | |
| 2024 | Night Swim | Ray Waller | |
| 2025 | Thunderbolts* | John Walker / U.S. Agent | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Sam Loomis | Episode: "Hollywood" |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Oakwood | Episode: "Colony Collapse" |
| The Walking Dead: The Oath | Paul | 3 episodes | |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | Cooper Redfield | Episode: "Playtest" |
| 2018–2019 | Lodge 49 | Sean "Dud" Dudley | 20 episodes |
| 2020 | The Good Lord Bird | J. E. B. Stuart | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | John Walker / Captain America / U.S. Agent | Miniseries |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Himself | Documentary; Episode: "Assembled: The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" | |
| 2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Dan Lafferty | Miniseries |
| 2023–2024 | Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Lee Shaw (young) | Series |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Breakout Star | 22 Jump Street | Nominated | [22] |
| 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Drama | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Nominated | [23] |
| Gold Derby Awards | Drama Supporting Actor | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Nominated | ||
| OFTA Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series | Under the Banner of Heaven | Nominated | [24] |
Goldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress. She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970), before going on to receive the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Cactus Flower (1969).
Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for an Academy Award.
Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor. He began acting on television at the age of 12 in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, Russell became the studio's top star of the 1970s.
Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, written by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, and Harvey Miller, and starring Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, and Armand Assante.
Tombstone is a 1993 American Western film directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre, and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, with Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, and Dana Delany in supporting roles, as well as narration by Robert Mitchum.
Oliver Rutledge Hudson is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Adam Rhodes in the CBS comedy series Rules of Engagement (2007–2013), Jeff Fordham on the ABC musical drama series Nashville (2013–2015) and Wes Gardner in the Fox horror comedy Scream Queens. He appeared as one of the main cast members of the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together, produced by Ellen DeGeneres. In 2022, he played FBI agent Garrett Miller in Fox's The Cleaning Lady.
Overboard is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Leslie Dixon, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and produced by Roddy McDowall, who also co-stars alongside Edward Herrmann and Katherine Helmond. The film follows a demeaning, wealthy socialite who suffers from amnesia after falling from her yacht while vacationing on the Oregon coast, only to be taken in by a working-class carpenter whom she mistreated.
William Louis Hudson Jr. is an American musician and actor. He was a vocalist in The Hudson Brothers, a band he formed in 1965 with his two younger brothers, Brett and Mark. He later had a brief acting career, appearing in supporting roles in Zero to Sixty (1978), Hysterical (1983), and Big Shots (1987). He also appeared in a recurring guest role on the series Doogie Howser, M.D..
Richard Romanus was an American actor. Among other roles, he appeared in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films Wizards and Hey Good Lookin'. He played Richard La Penna, Jennifer Melfi's ex-husband, later husband again, in four episodes of The Sopranos from 1999 to 2002. In 1999, he co-wrote the Christmas film If You Believe along with his wife Anthea Sylbert, which was nominated by the Writers Guild of America TV Award for Original Long Form.
Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic drama directed by Jonathan Demme, and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn, with Kurt Russell. It also features Christine Lahti, Fred Ward, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter, in one of her earlier movie roles. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $6.6 million against its $15 million budget. Lahti earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Christmas Chronicles is a 2018 American Christmas comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman. The film stars Kurt Russell, Judah Lewis, Darby Camp, Lamorne Morris, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Oliver Hudson. It is the first installment in The Christmas Chronicles film series. The film was produced by 1492 Pictures and Wonder Worldwide and was released on November 22, 2018, on Netflix.
The Christmas Chronicles 2 is a 2020 American Christmas comedy film directed and produced by Chris Columbus, who wrote the screenplay with Matt Lieberman. A sequel to the 2018 film The Christmas Chronicles, it features Kurt Russell reprising his role as Santa Claus. Also reprising their roles are Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, with new cast members Julian Dennison, Jahzir Bruno, Tyrese Gibson, Sunny Suljic, Darlene Love, and Malcolm McDowell. The film had a limited theatrical release before moving to Netflix on November 25, 2020.
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