Kris Kristofferson

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Kristofferson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Karubi

Planet of the Apes

Bronson

Payback

Ken Murphy

He's Just Not That Into You

Narrator (voice)

I'm Not There

Bill Smith

Millennium

James Averill

Heaven's Gate

Howard Davis

Room 10

Shake Tiller

Semi-Tough

Cody

Girls' Night

Mace Montana

Big Top Pee-wee

Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Raymond

Jump Out Boys

Biker

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Ferlin Smith

For Sale by Owner

Hawk

Trouble in Mind

Shuck

Wooly Boys

Rudy Martin

Fast Food Nation

L.R. Nasher

The Wendell Baker Story

Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am

Pop Crane

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

Rubber Duck

Convoy

Charlie Wade

Lone Star

Dr. Thomas Becker

The Jacket

Self - Audience Member

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Bud

Chelsea Walls

Whistler

Blade II

Whistler

Blade

Abraham Whistler

Blade: Trinity

Orin Hanner Sr.

Fire Down Below

Self - Musician

Be Here to Love Me

Reed Haskett

Dolphin Tale

David

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Bernard Sparrow

Joyful Noise

Self

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978

Quebec Bill Bonhomme

Disappearances

Shepherd Graves

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

Hubbell Smith

Rollover

Self

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

John Burnett

Dance with Me

Noble Adams

The Tracker

E. F. Bloodworth

Bloodworth

Randall

Powder Blue

Doc (voice)

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

Bobby Logan

Flashpoint

Minstrel Wrangler

The Last Movie

Self

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Self

Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind

Blackie Buck

Songwriter

Earl Hurley

The Motel Life

Old Yohan

Yohan - Barnevandrer

John Norman Howard

A Star Is Born

Gabriel

Knights

Jesse Ray Torrance

Outlaw Justice

Steve Day

NetForce

Dusty Brown

The Greening of Whitney Brown

Self

The Highwaymen: On the Road Again

Self

Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

Bill Willis

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Jesse James

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

Self

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival

Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike

Jim Cameron

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Jefferson Jones

Christmas in Connecticut

Jake

Welcome Home

Aaron Arnold

Vigilante Force

Joe Garvey

No Place to Hide

The Colonel

Angels Sing

Self - Performer

A Tribute to Johnny Cash

Preacher

Pharaoh's Army

Chet

Deadfall

Self

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Tom Holte

Sandino

Elmo Cole

Blume in Love

Hugh Allison

Two for Texas

Eddie

The Joyriders

Self

The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum

Self

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Himself

The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

Self

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack

Self

Troubadours

Self

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

Mr. B

7 Minutes

Chuck Worthle

14 Hours

Jack Shephard

Midnight Stallion

Ben Cole

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

Rip Metcalf

Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Reed Hasket

Dolphin Tale 2

Self - Narrator (voice)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Self

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

Self

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

Lou Smit

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

Tom

Cheatin' Hearts

Self

The Winding Stream

Self

The King of Luck

Jack Saunders

Original Intent

Self

Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line

Narrator (voice)

John Ford Goes to War

Kris Kristofferson

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Narrator

Brats: Our Journey Home

Stan Mather

Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

Singer

Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy Owen

Self

Free to Be… You and Me

Davis

Brothers' Destiny

Jericho Adams

Miracle in the Wilderness

Self

George Carlin: The Real George Carlin

Self

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Capt. Jack Guthrie

Inflammable

Capt. "Rip" Metcalf

Pair of Aces

Stanley 'Stan'

Night of the Cyclone

Smilin' Jack

Limbo

self

Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began

Self

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

Self - Musician, Friend

Trudell

Kris Kristofferson

Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story

Capt. Curtis 'Curt' Maddox

Blood & Orchids

Self

Johnny Cash: American Rebel

Jimmy Wood

Down Dog

Older Billy Coleman

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Johnny Cash Music Festival

Ringo Kid

Stagecoach

Self

Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short

Self

We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited

Billy

Traded

Destiny

Sodbusters

Self

Havana Jam '79

Self

Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson

Self

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Comanche

Abraham Lincoln

Tad

Himself

Wheeler

Vocalist

Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

Doc

D-Tox

Abner Lait

Freedom Road

Talon (voice)

Snow Buddies

George Knox

Hickok

Owen Whister

Blue Rodeo

Self

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie

Self - Vocals, Guitar

Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX

Self

Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX

Self

Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live

Old Donkey (voice)

The Star

Gabriel

Best Friend from Heaven

Self

The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws

Edwin Fuller

Blaze

Self

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

Self

American Revolutions: The Highwaymen

Himself

Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough

President John Francis Marshall

The Red Maple Leaf

Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin

Rudolph Meyer

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

Self - Performer

The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End

This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years

OK Buckaroos

Wes Benteen

Silver City

Self

Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration

Self

Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993

Self

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Self

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

Himself - Narrator

A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets

Self

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

Himself

Road to Austin

Self - Performer

Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years

Self (archive footage)

My Darling Vivian

Self / David

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances

Self - Narrator

Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up

Self

George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert

Self

The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris

Self

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

Self

Johnny Cash: The Last Great American

Self

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)

The Last Horror Film

Self

The World's Greatest Gigs

Self

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'

Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert

Narrator

The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971

Wisdom

Self

The Making of Comanche

Self (archive footage)

Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies

Self

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

Himself

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove

Self

In the Hank Williams Tradition

Self

Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland

Self (archive footage)

Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs

Self

The Making Of Fallout: New Vegas

Kris

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

Caesar Tranquil

8 Husbands

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

187

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-22

Place of Birth

Brownsville, Texas, USA

Also Known As

The Highwaymen