Kris Kristofferson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 outla...
Known For
Filmography
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
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration
2019
as Self
Blaze
2018
as Edwin Fuller
Wheeler
2017
as Himself
Hickok
2017
as George Knox
The Star
2017
as Old Donkey (voice)
Best Friend from Heaven
2017
as Gabriel
The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as President John Francis Marshall
Traded
2016
as Billy
The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws
2016
as Self
The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End
2016
as Self - Performer
Road to Austin
2016
as Himself
The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
2016
as Self
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
2015
as Self
Down Dog
2015
as Jimmy Wood
We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
2015
as Self
Texas Rising
2015
as Andrew Jackson
7 Minutes
2014
as Mr. B
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
as Reed Hasket
The Winding Stream
2014
as Self
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years
2014
as Self - Performer
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
2014
as Self
The Motel Life
2013
as Earl Hurley
Angels Sing
2013
as The Colonel
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
Midnight Stallion
2013
as Jack Shephard
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
2013
as Self
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie
2013
as Self
Joyful Noise
2012
as Bernard Sparrow
Deadfall
2012
as Chet
The Johnny Cash Music Festival
2012
We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
2012
as Self
Dolphin Tale
2011
as Reed Haskett
The Greening of Whitney Brown
2011
as Dusty Brown
Troubadours
2011
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
The King of Luck
2011
as Self
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Kris
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2010
as Shepherd Graves
Bloodworth
2010
as E. F. Bloodworth
Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind
2010
as Self
The Child Wanderers
2010
as Old Yohan
OK Buckaroos
2010
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
2010
as Self
He's Just Not That Into You
2009
as Ken Murphy
For Sale by Owner
2009
as Ferlin Smith
Powder Blue
2009
as Randall
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
Havana Jam '79
2009
as Self
Jump Out Boys
2008
as Raymond
Snow Buddies
2008
as Talon (voice)
Wisdom
2008
I'm Not There
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Disappearances
2007
as Quebec Bill Bonhomme
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
2007
as Self
Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson
2007
as Self
Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live
2007
as Self
George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert
2007
as Self
The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971
2007
as Narrator
Requiem for Billy the Kid
2007
as Billy the Kid (voice)
Room 10
2006
as Howard Davis
Fast Food Nation
2006
as Rudy Martin
Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line
2006
as Self
Brats: Our Journey Home
2006
as Narrator
Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX
2006
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX
2006
as Self
American Revolutions: The Highwaymen
2006
as Self
Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993
2006
as Self
Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland
2006
as Self
The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as L.R. Nasher
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
2005
as Pop Crane
The Jacket
2005
as Dr. Thomas Becker
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico
2005
as Himself
14 Hours
2005
as Chuck Worthle
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began
2005
as self
Trudell
2005
as Self - Musician, Friend
The World's Greatest Gigs
2005
as Self
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'
2005
as Self
I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash
2005
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Abraham Whistler
Be Here to Love Me
2004
as Self - Musician
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough
2004
as Himself
Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin
2004
Silver City
2004
as Wes Benteen
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets
2004
as Himself - Narrator
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
as Self
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
2004
as Self / David
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
2004
as Self
Lives of the Saints
2004
as Matthew Bok
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
The Highwaymen: On the Road Again
2003
as Self
Where the Red Fern Grows
2003
as Older Billy Coleman
Soundstage
2003
as Self
Blade II
2002
as Whistler
John Ford Goes to War
2002
as Narrator (voice)
D-Tox
2002
as Doc
This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years
2002
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Karubi
Wooly Boys
2001
as Shuck
Chelsea Walls
2001
as Bud
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
2000
as Self
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
2000
as Lou Smit
Comanche
2000
The Making of Comanche
2000
as Self
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
2000
as Lou Smit
Payback
1999
as Bronson
Outlaw Justice
1999
as Jesse Ray Torrance
NetForce
1999
as Steve Day
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
1999
as Self - Performer
The Joyriders
1999
as Eddie
Limbo
1999
as Smilin' Jack
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as Rudolph Meyer
Netforce
1999
as Steve Day
Girls' Night
1998
as Cody
Blade
1998
as Whistler
Dance with Me
1998
as John Burnett
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
1998
as Doc (voice)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
as Bill Willis
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
Dead Man's Gun
1997
Lone Star
1996
as Charlie Wade
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996
as Self
Blue Rodeo
1996
as Owen Whister
Pharaoh's Army
1995
as Preacher
Brothers' Destiny
1995
as Davis
Inflammable
1995
as Capt. Jack Guthrie
Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story
1995
as Kris Kristofferson
Tad
1995
as Abraham Lincoln
Sodbusters
1994
as Destiny
Knights
1993
as Gabriel
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
as Self
Cheatin' Hearts
1993
as Tom
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
1993
as Stan Mather
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Christmas in Connecticut
1992
as Jefferson Jones
No Place to Hide
1992
as Joe Garvey
Original Intent
1992
as Jack Saunders
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Kris Kristofferson
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
1991
as Rip Metcalf
Miracle in the Wilderness
1991
as Jericho Adams
Night of the Cyclone
1991
as Stanley 'Stan'
Sandino
1990
as Tom Holte
The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum
1990
as Self
Pair of Aces
1990
as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf
Millennium
1989
as Bill Smith
Welcome Home
1989
as Jake
In the Hank Williams Tradition
1989
as Self
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Mace Montana
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
The Tracker
1988
as Noble Adams
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Kris Kristofferson
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
1987
Amerika
1987
as Devin Milford
The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
1986
as Jesse James
Stagecoach
1986
as Ringo Kid
Blood & Orchids
1986
as Curt Maddox
Trouble in Mind
1985
as Hawk
Flashpoint
1984
as Bobby Logan
Songwriter
1984
as Blackie Buck
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
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Wogan
1982
as Self
Rollover
1981
as Hubbell Smith
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
Heaven's Gate
1980
as James Averill
Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up
1980
as Self - Narrator
Freedom Road
1979
as Abner Lait
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Convoy
1978
as Rubber Duck
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978
1978
as Self
Semi-Tough
1977
as Shake Tiller
A Star Is Born
1976
as John Norman Howard
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
1976
as Jim Cameron
Vigilante Force
1976
as Aaron Arnold
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
Cher
1975
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974
as Biker
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as David
Free to Be… You and Me
1974
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Billy the Kid
Blume in Love
1973
as Elmo Cole
George Carlin: The Real George Carlin
1973
as Self
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
1973
as Vocalist
The Midnight Special
1972
as Self
The Last Movie
1971
as Minstrel Wrangler
Cisco Pike
1971
as Cisco Pike
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
1971
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self
Starparade
1968
as Self
CMA Awards
1967
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter