ACTOR
Kris Kristofferson
Known for Taxi Driver · Saturday Night Live · The Colbert Report
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…
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- Born
- Jun 22, 1936
- Died
- Sep 28, 2024
- Birthplace
- Brownsville, Texas, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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
MOVIE
Taxi DriverThanks · 1976
★ 8.1
★ 8.1
TV
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1975
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
TV
The Colbert Report1 eps · 2005
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical Guest · 1993
★ 6.5
★ 6.5
TV
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1993
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1 eps · 1992
★ 5.3
★ 5.3
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
Late Night with David Letterman1 eps · 1982
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
Filmography
Movies
The Last MovieMinstrel Wrangler
1971The Last MovieOriginal Music Composer
1971
Cisco PikeCisco Pike
1972
Blume in LoveElmo Cole
1973
George Carlin: The Real George CarlinSelf
1973
Gospel Road: A Story of JesusVocalist
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the KidBilly the Kid
1973
Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreDavid
1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaBiker
1974
Free to Be… You and MeSelf
1974
A Star Is BornJohn Norman Howard
1976
Taxi DriverThanks
1976
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the SeaJim Cameron
1976
Vigilante ForceAaron Arnold
1976
Semi-ToughShake Tiller
1977
ConvoyRubber Duck
1978
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978Self
1978
Freedom RoadAbner Lait
1979
Heaven's GateJames Averill
1980
Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow UpSelf - Narrator
1980AP
All-Star Party for Burt ReynoldsSelf
1981
RolloverHubbell Smith
1981
Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concertSelf
1982
The Last Horror FilmKris Kristofferson (uncredited)
1982
FlashpointBobby Logan
1984
SongwriterBlackie Buck
1984SongwriterSongs
1984
The Lost Honor of Kathryn BeckBen Cole
1984
Trouble in MindHawk
1985
StagecoachRingo Kid
1986
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse JamesJesse James
1986
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
1987
Big Top Pee-weeMace Montana
1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi AbromowitzKris Kristofferson
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightSelf - Audience Member
1988
The TrackerNoble Adams
1988
In the Hank Williams TraditionSelf
1989
MillenniumBill Smith
1989
Welcome HomeJake
1989
Pair of AcesCapt. "Rip" Metcalf
1990
SandinoTom Holte
1990
The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau ColiseumSelf
1990The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau ColiseumAuthor
1990
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a KindRip Metcalf
1991
Miracle in the WildernessJericho Adams
1991
Night of the CycloneStanley 'Stan'
1991
Christmas in ConnecticutJefferson Jones
1992
No Place to HideJoe Garvey
1992
Original IntentJack Saunders
1992
The Panama DeceptionThanks
1992
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert CelebrationSelf
1993
Cheatin' HeartsTom
1993
KnightsGabriel
1993
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and WorkSelf
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronOriginal Music Composer
1993
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the EarthStan Mather
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-OSelf
1993
SodbustersDestiny
1994
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West StoryKris Kristofferson
1995
Brothers' DestinyDavis
1995
InflammableCapt. Jack Guthrie
1995
Pharaoh's ArmyPreacher
1995
TadAbraham Lincoln
1995
Blue RodeoOwen Whister
1996
Lone StarCharlie Wade
1996
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight FestivalSelf
1996
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the WesternSelf
1997
Fire Down BelowOrin Hanner Sr.
1997
A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesBill Willis
1998
BladeWhistler
1998
Dance with MeJohn Burnett
1998
Girls' NightCody
1998
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus RockDoc (voice)
1998
Two for TexasHugh Allison
1998
A Tribute to Johnny CashSelf - Performer
1999
LimboSmilin' Jack
1999
Molokai: The Story of Father DamienRudolph Meyer
1999
NetForceSteve Day
1999
Outlaw JusticeJesse Ray Torrance
1999
PaybackBronson
1999
The JoyridersEddie
1999
Comanche
2000
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of BoulderLou Smit
2000
The Ballad of Ramblin' JackSelf
2000TM
The Making of ComancheSelf
2000
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisandself
2001
Chelsea WallsBud
2001
Planet of the ApesKarubi
2001
Wooly BoysShuck
2001
Blade IIWhistler
2002
D-ToxDoc
2002
John Ford Goes to WarNarrator (voice)
2002TL
This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years
2002
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved HollywoodSelf
2003
The Highwaymen: On the Road AgainSelf
2003
Where the Red Fern GrowsOlder Billy Coleman
2003
A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The CricketsHimself - Narrator
2004A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The CricketsDirector of Operations
2004
Be Here to Love MeSelf - Musician
2004
Blade: TrinityWhistler
2004
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's GateSelf
2004
Johnny Cash: The Last Great AmericanSelf
2004
Kris Kristofferson: BreakthroughHimself
2004
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf - Narrator (voice)
2004
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"Self / David
2004
Silver CityWes Benteen
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent ObsessionSelf
2004
14 HoursChuck Worthle
2005
Dreamer: Inspired By a True StoryPop Crane
2005IW
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny CashSelf
2005
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade TrinitySelf
2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahSelf
2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahOriginal Music Composer
2005
The JacketDr. Thomas Becker
2005
The Life and Hard Times of Guy TerrificoHimself
2005
The Wendell Baker StoryL.R. Nasher
2005
The World's Greatest GigsSelf
2005TO
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Beganself
2005
TrudellSelf - Musician, Friend
2005
American Revolutions: The HighwaymenSelf
2006BO
Brats: Our Journey HomeNarrator
2006BO
Brats: Our Journey HomeMusic
2006
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the LineSelf
2006
Fast Food NationRudy Martin
2006
Johnny Cash - Live In IrelandSelf
2006
Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993Self
2006
Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TXSelf - Vocals, Guitar
2006
Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TXSelf
2006
Room 10Howard Davis
2006
DisappearancesQuebec Bill Bonhomme
2007GJ
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute ConcertSelf
2007
I'm Not ThereNarrator (voice)
2007
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, LiveSelf
2007
Requiem for Billy the KidBilly the Kid (voice)
2007
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris KristoffersonSelf
2007
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971Narrator
2007
The Hottest StateThanks
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'Self
2007
Jump Out BoysRaymond
2008
Snow BuddiesTalon (voice)
2008
WisdomSelf
2008
For Sale by OwnerFerlin Smith
2009
Havana Jam '79Self
2009
He's Just Not That Into YouKen
2009
Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy OwenSinger
2009
Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970Self
2009
Powder BlueRandall
2009
BloodworthE. F. Bloodworth
2010HO
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in MindSelf
2010
OK Buckaroos
2010
The Child WanderersOld Yohan
2010
The Last Rites of Ransom PrideShepherd Graves
2010
The Making of Fallout: New VegasSelf
2010
Country at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
2011
Dolphin TaleReed Haskett
2011HD
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
The Greening of Whitney BrownDusty Brown
2011
The King of LuckSelf
2011
TroubadoursSelf
2011
Underground Entertainment: The MovieKris
2011
DeadfallChet
2012
Joyful NoiseBernard Sparrow
2012TJ
The Johnny Cash Music Festival
2012
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny CashSelf
2012
Angels SingThe Colonel
2013
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a GenerationSelf
2013
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionSelf
2013
Midnight StallionJack Shephard
2013
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker MovieSelf
2013
The Motel LifeEarl Hurley
2013
7 MinutesMr. B
2014
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 YearsSelf - Performer
2014
Dolphin Tale 2Reed Hasket
2014
I Am DivineSelf (archive)
2014P&
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite FilmSelf
2014
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USASelf
2014
The Winding StreamSelf
2014
Down DogJimmy Wood
2015
Johnny Cash: American RebelSelf
2015
We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears RevisitedSelf
2015
Road to AustinSelf
2016
The Highwaymen - Live American OutlawsSelf
2016
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the EndSelf - Performer
2016
The Life & Songs of Emmylou HarrisSelf
2016
TradedBilly
2016
Best Friend from HeavenGabriel
2017
HickokGeorge Knox
2017
The Red Maple LeafPresident John Francis Marshall
2017
The StarOld Donkey (voice)
2017
WheelerHimself
2017
BlazeEdwin Fuller
2018
Joni 75: A Birthday CelebrationSelf
2019
My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)
2020
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsSelf
2021
Morceaux de CannesSelf (archive footage)
2021
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story ShortSelf
2023
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last WesternSelf
2024
Kris Kristofferson: Life & SongsSelf (archive footage)
2025
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the RoadiesSelf (archive footage)
2025PG
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the GrooveHimself
Television
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1944
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 eps
1961
The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 2 eps
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 6 eps
1962
CMA AwardsSelf · 1 eps
1967
StarparadeSelf · 1 eps
1968
The Johnny Cash ShowSelf · 1 eps
1969
The Flip Wilson ShowSelf · 1 eps
1970
Great PerformancesSelf · 1 eps
1971
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour1 eps
1971
The Midnight SpecialSelf · 1 eps
1972
Dinah!Self · 2 eps
1974
CherSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf · 1 eps
1975
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1 eps
1975
Donny & MarieSelf · 2 eps
1976
The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star · 1 eps
1976
CBS News Sunday MorningSelf · 1 eps
1979
Late Night with David Letterman1 eps
1982
WoganSelf · 1 eps
1982
Blood & OrchidsCurt Maddox · 2 eps
1986
AmerikaDevin Milford · 7 eps
1987
The Larry Sanders ShowKris Kristofferson · 1 eps
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1 eps
1992
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1993
Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical Guest · 1 eps
1993
Dead Man's GunNarrator · 44 eps
1997
NetforceSteve Day · 2 eps
1999
Perfect Murder, Perfect TownLou Smit · 2 eps
2000
Austin City Limits: Country5 eps
2001
SoundstageSelf · 2 eps
2003
Lives of the SaintsMatthew Bok · 2 eps
2004
The Colbert Report1 eps
2005
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for AmericaSelf · 1 eps
2011
Texas RisingAndrew Jackson · 5 eps
2015Photos
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