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