Kris Kristofferson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1936
- Died
- September 28, 2024
- Birthplace
- Brownsville, Texas, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Kristofferson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove TBA
as Himself
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western 2024
as Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short 2023
as Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings 2021
as Self
Morceaux de Cannes 2021
as Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration 2019
as Self
Blaze 2018
as Edwin Fuller
Best Friend from Heaven 2017
as Gabriel
The Star 2017
as Old Donkey (voice)
Hickok 2017
as George Knox
The Red Maple Leaf 2017
as President John Francis Marshall
Wheeler 2017
as Himself
The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris 2016
as Self
Traded 2016
as Billy
Road to Austin 2016
as Self
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End 2016
as Self - Performer
The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws 2016
as Self
We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited 2015
as Self
Johnny Cash: American Rebel 2015
as Self
Down Dog 2015
as Jimmy Wood
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA 2014
as Self
7 Minutes 2014
as Mr. B
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years 2014
as Self - Performer
Dolphin Tale 2 2014
as Reed Hasket
I Am Divine 2014
as Self (archive)
The Winding Stream 2014
as Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film 2014
as Self
The Motel Life 2013
as Earl Hurley
Angels Sing 2013
as The Colonel
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie 2013
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction 2013
as Self
Midnight Stallion 2013
as Jack Shephard
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation 2013
as Self
Deadfall 2012
as Chet
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash 2012
as Self
- The Johnny Cash Music Festival
The Johnny Cash Music Festival 2012
Actor
Joyful Noise 2012
as Bernard Sparrow
Country at the BBC 2011
as Self (archive footage)
The Greening of Whitney Brown 2011
as Dusty Brown
Dolphin Tale 2011
as Reed Haskett
Underground Entertainment: The Movie 2011
as Kris
The King of Luck 2011
as Self
- Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland 2011
Actor
Troubadours 2011
as Self
- Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind 2010
as Self
OK Buckaroos 2010
Actor
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas 2010
as Self
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride 2010
as Shepherd Graves
The Child Wanderers 2010
as Old Yohan
Bloodworth 2010
as E. F. Bloodworth
For Sale by Owner 2009
as Ferlin Smith
Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 2009
as Self
Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy Owen 2009
as Singer
Powder Blue 2009
as Randall
He's Just Not That Into You 2009
as Ken
Havana Jam '79 2009
as Self
Wisdom 2008
as Self
Snow Buddies 2008
as Talon (voice)
Jump Out Boys 2008
as Raymond
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson 2007
as Self
I'm Not There 2007
as Narrator (voice)
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 2007
as Narrator
The Hottest State 2007
Thanks
Disappearances 2007
as Quebec Bill Bonhomme
- George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert 2007
as Self
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live 2007
as Self
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' 2007
as Self
Requiem for Billy the Kid 2007
as Billy the Kid (voice)
Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland 2006
as Self
Fast Food Nation 2006
as Rudy Martin
Room 10 2006
as Howard Davis
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen 2006
as Self
Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX 2006
as Self
Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX 2006
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line 2006
as Self
- Brats: Our Journey Home
Brats: Our Journey Home 2006
as Narrator, Music
Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 2006
as Self
14 Hours 2005
as Chuck Worthle
The World's Greatest Gigs 2005
as Self
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story 2005
as Pop Crane
The Wendell Baker Story 2005
as L.R. Nasher
- Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began 2005
as self
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity 2005
as Self
The Jacket 2005
as Dr. Thomas Becker
Trudell 2005
as Self - Musician, Friend
- I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash 2005
as Self
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005
as Self, Original Music Composer
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico 2005
as Himself
Blade: Trinity 2004
as Whistler
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate 2004
as Self
Silver City 2004
as Wes Benteen
Be Here to Love Me 2004
as Self - Musician
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" 2004
as Self / David
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin 2004
Actor
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough 2004
as Himself
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession 2004
as Self
A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets 2004
as Himself - Narrator, Director of Operations
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American 2004
as Self
The Highwaymen: On the Road Again 2003
as Self
Where the Red Fern Grows 2003
as Older Billy Coleman
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood 2003
as Self
- This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years
This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years 2002
Actor
Blade II 2002
as Whistler
D-Tox 2002
as Doc
John Ford Goes to War 2002
as Narrator (voice)
Chelsea Walls 2001
as Bud
Planet of the Apes 2001
as Karubi
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand 2001
as self
Wooly Boys 2001
as Shuck
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack 2000
as Self
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder 2000
as Lou Smit
- The Making of Comanche
The Making of Comanche 2000
as Self
Comanche 2000
Actor
Limbo 1999
as Smilin' Jack
A Tribute to Johnny Cash 1999
as Self - Performer
The Joyriders 1999
as Eddie
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien 1999
as Rudolph Meyer
Payback 1999
as Bronson
NetForce 1999
as Steve Day
Outlaw Justice 1999
as Jesse Ray Torrance
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock 1998
as Doc (voice)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries 1998
as Bill Willis
Dance with Me 1998
as John Burnett
Blade 1998
as Whistler
Girls' Night 1998
as Cody
Two for Texas 1998
as Hugh Allison
Fire Down Below 1997
as Orin Hanner Sr.
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997
as Self
Blue Rodeo 1996
as Owen Whister
Lone Star 1996
as Charlie Wade
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival 1996
as Self
Inflammable 1995
as Capt. Jack Guthrie
Pharaoh's Army 1995
as Preacher
Tad 1995
as Abraham Lincoln
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story 1995
as Kris Kristofferson
Brothers' Destiny 1995
as Davis
Sodbusters 1994
as Destiny
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work 1993
as Self
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth 1993
as Stan Mather
Cheatin' Hearts 1993
as Tom
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron 1993
as Self, Original Music Composer
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O 1993
as Self
Knights 1993
as Gabriel
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1993
as Self
Christmas in Connecticut 1992
as Jefferson Jones
No Place to Hide 1992
as Joe Garvey
The Panama Deception 1992
Thanks
Original Intent 1992
as Jack Saunders
Miracle in the Wilderness 1991
as Jericho Adams
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind 1991
as Rip Metcalf
Night of the Cyclone 1991
as Stanley 'Stan'
The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum 1990
as Self, Author
Pair of Aces 1990
as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf
Sandino 1990
as Tom Holte
Welcome Home 1989
as Jake
Millennium 1989
as Bill Smith
In the Hank Williams Tradition 1989
as Self
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz 1988
as Kris Kristofferson
Big Top Pee-wee 1988
as Mace Montana
The Tracker 1988
as Noble Adams
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night 1988
as Self - Audience Member
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am 1987
Actor
Stagecoach 1986
as Ringo Kid
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James 1986
as Jesse James
Trouble in Mind 1985
as Hawk
Songwriter 1984
as Blackie Buck, Songs
Flashpoint 1984
as Bobby Logan
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck 1984
as Ben Cole
The Last Horror Film 1982
as Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)
Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert 1982
as Self
- All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds 1981
as Self
Rollover 1981
as Hubbell Smith
Heaven's Gate 1980
as James Averill
Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up 1980
as Self - Narrator
Freedom Road 1979
as Abner Lait
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 1978
as Self
Convoy 1978
as Rubber Duck
Semi-Tough 1977
as Shake Tiller
A Star Is Born 1976
as John Norman Howard
Vigilante Force 1976
as Aaron Arnold
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 1976
as Jim Cameron
Taxi Driver 1976
Thanks
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974
as David
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974
as Biker
Free to Be… You and Me 1974
as Self
George Carlin: The Real George Carlin 1973
as Self
Blume in Love 1973
as Elmo Cole
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Billy the Kid
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus 1973
as Vocalist
Cisco Pike 1972
as Cisco Pike
The Last Movie 1971
as Minstrel Wrangler, Original Music Composer
Credits from TMDB.