Kris Kristofferson
Birthday: 1936-06-22 | Place of Birth: Brownsville, Texas, USAKristoffer 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Kristofferson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Edwin Fuller
as Gabriel
as George Knox
as Himself
as Old Donkey (voice)
as President John Francis Marshall
as Billy
as Himself
as Andrew Jackson
as Jimmy Wood
as Self
as James Averill
as Mr. B
as Reed Hasket
as Self
as Self - Performer
as Earl Hurley
as Jack Shephard
as The Colonel
