
Kris Kristofferson
Known for Acting · 225 credits
- Born
- 1936-06-22
- Died
- 2024-09-28
- Place of birth
- Brownsville, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- The Highwaymen · Крис Кристофферсон · Κρις Κριστόφερσον · クリス・クリストファーソン · کریس کریستوفرسون
Biography
Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American 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 was 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), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Stagecoach (1986), Lone Star (1996), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004).
In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Known For
TV Shows (35)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

The Colbert Report
2005

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Wogan
1982
as Self

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self

The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Kris Kristofferson

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star

The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self

The Midnight Special
1972
as Self

Donny & Marie
1976
as Self

The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971

Texas Rising
2015
as Andrew Jackson

The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self

Cher
1975
as Self - Guest

Soundstage
2003
as Self

Dead Man's Gun
1997
as Narrator

CMA Awards
1967
as Self

Starparade
1968
as Self

Amerika
1987
as Devin Milford

Netforce
1999
as Steve Day

Lives of the Saints
2004
as Matthew Bok

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
2000
as Lou Smit

Blood & Orchids
1986
as Curt Maddox

Austin City Limits: Country
2001
Movies (190)

Blade
1998
as Whistler

Blade: Trinity
2004
as Abraham Whistler

He's Just Not That Into You
2009
as Ken Murphy

Blade II
2002
as Whistler

Planet of the Apes
2001
as Karubi

Payback
1999
as Bronson

Convoy
1978
as Rubber Duck

The Jacket
2005
as Dr. Thomas Becker

The Star
2017
as Old Donkey (voice)

D-Tox
2002
as Doc

Deadfall
2012
as Chet

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Billy the Kid

Fire Down Below
1997
as Orin Hanner Sr.

Heaven's Gate
1980
as James Averill

I'm Not There
2007
as Narrator (voice)

Lone Star
1996
as Charlie Wade

Millennium
1989
as Bill Smith

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
as Pop Crane

Dolphin Tale
2011
as Reed Haskett

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Powder Blue
2009
as Randall

Blaze
2018
as Edwin Fuller

Snow Buddies
2008
as Talon (voice)

Knights
1993
as Gabriel

Semi-Tough
1977
as Shake Tiller

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as David

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Biker

Dance with Me
1998
as John Burnett

Dolphin Tale 2
2014
as Reed Hasket

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
1998
as Doc (voice)

Angels Sing
2013
as The Colonel

Original Intent
1992
as Jack Saunders

Limbo
1999
as Smilin' Jack

Fast Food Nation
2006
as Rudy Martin

Midnight Stallion
2013
as Jack Shephard

Cisco Pike
1972
as Cisco Pike

Stagecoach
1986
as Ringo Kid

Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Mace Montana

Trouble in Mind
1985
as Hawk

Joyful Noise
2012
as Bernard Sparrow

A Star Is Born
1976
as John Norman Howard

Silver City
2004
as Wes Benteen

The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Dusty Brown

Where the Red Fern Grows
2003
as Older Billy Coleman

Outlaw Justice
1999
as Jesse Ray Torrance

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member

Hickok
2017
as George Knox

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Kris Kristofferson

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2010
as Shepherd Graves

The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as L.R. Nasher

Flashpoint
1984
as Bobby Logan

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
as Self

Bloodworth
2010
as E. F. Bloodworth

NetForce
1999
as Steve Day

My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)

The Last Movie
1971
as Minstrel Wrangler

Blue Rodeo
1996
as Owen Whister

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Rudolph Meyer

Vigilante Force
1976
as Aaron Arnold

The Last Horror Film
1982
as Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self

7 Minutes
2014
as Mr. B

No Place to Hide
1992
as Joe Garvey

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self

Songwriter
1984
as Blackie Buck

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
as Self

Chelsea Walls
2001
as Bud

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
as Lou Smit

Country at the BBC
2011
as Self

The Motel Life
2013
as Earl Hurley

Traded
2016
as Billy

Girls' Night
1998
as Cody

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
1995
as Kris Kristofferson

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
1976
as Jim Cameron

Freedom Road
1979
as Abner Lait

The Joyriders
1999
as Eddie

I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
1986
as Jesse James

Trudell
2005
as Self - Musician, Friend

Wooly Boys
2001
as Shuck

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
as Self

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self

The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as President John Francis Marshall

Cheatin' Hearts
1993
as Tom

Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Self
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self

Rollover
1981
as Hubbell Smith

John Ford Goes to War
2002
as Narrator (voice)

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Kris

Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
2006
as Self

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
1984
as Ben Cole

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
1993
as Stan Mather

For Sale by Owner
2009
as Ferlin Smith

Wheeler
2017
as Himself

14 Hours
2005
as Chuck Worthle

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
as Self

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
as Bill Willis

Pharaoh's Army
1995
as Preacher

Brothers' Destiny
1995
as Davis

Christmas in Connecticut
1992
as Jefferson Jones

Blume in Love
1973
as Elmo Cole

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self

Inflammable
1995
as Capt. Jack Guthrie

Tad
1995
as Abraham Lincoln

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Two for Texas
1998
as Hugh Allison

Night of the Cyclone
1991
as Stanley 'Stan'

The Tracker
1988
as Noble Adams

Pair of Aces
1990
as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf

Room 10
2006
as Howard Davis
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
2007
as Self
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
2005
as self

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
as Self

We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
2012
as Self

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
as Self

Welcome Home
1989
as Jake

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Rip Metcalf
About Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 – September 28, 2024) was an American 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 traditi… With 225 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Kris Kristofferson has appeared in 190 films and 35 TV shows.
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- Blade (1998) — as Whistler
- Blade: Trinity (2004) — as Abraham Whistler
- He's Just Not That Into You (2009) — as Ken Murphy
- Blade II (2002) — as Whistler
- Planet of the Apes (2001) — as Karubi
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