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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

The Mike Douglas Show

The Colbert Report

Golden Globe Awards

Great Performances

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

All Movies (191)

• Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western2024 · as Self
• Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short2023 · as Self
• A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings2021 · as Self
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• My Darling Vivian2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration2019 · as Self
• Blaze2018 · as Edwin Fuller
• Best Friend from Heaven2017 · as Gabriel
• The Star2017 · as Old Donkey (voice)
• Hickok2017 · as George Knox
• The Red Maple Leaf2017 · as President John Francis Marshall
• Wheeler2017 · as Himself
• The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris2016 · as Self
• Traded2016 · as Billy
• The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End2016 · as Self - Performer
• Road to Austin2016 · as Himself
• The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws2016 · as Self
• We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited2015 · as Self
• Johnny Cash: American Rebel2015 · as Self
• Down Dog2015 · as Jimmy Wood
• 7 Minutes2014 · as Mr. B
• Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years2014 · as Self - Performer
• Dolphin Tale 22014 · as Reed Hasket
• I Am Divine2014 · as Self (archive)
• The Winding Stream2014 · as Self
• Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film2014 · as Self
• The Motel Life2013 · as Earl Hurley
• Angels Sing2013 · as The Colonel
• Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie2013 · as Self
• Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction2013 · as Self
• Midnight Stallion2013 · as Jack Shephard
• Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation2013 · as Self
• Deadfall2012 · as Chet
• We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash2012 · as Self
• The Johnny Cash Music Festival2012
• Joyful Noise2012 · as Bernard Sparrow
• Country at the BBC2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Greening of Whitney Brown2011 · as Dusty Brown
• Dolphin Tale2011 · as Reed Haskett
• Underground Entertainment: The Movie2011 · as Kris
• The King of Luck2011 · as Self
• Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
• Troubadours2011 · as Self
• Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind2010 · as Self
• OK Buckaroos2010
• The Making of Fallout: New Vegas2010 · as Self
• The Last Rites of Ransom Pride2010 · as Shepherd Graves
• The Child Wanderers2010 · as Old Yohan
• Bloodworth2010 · as E. F. Bloodworth
• For Sale by Owner2009 · as Ferlin Smith
• Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 19702009 · as Self
• Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy Owen2009 · as Singer
• Powder Blue2009 · as Randall
• He's Just Not That Into You2009 · as Ken Murphy
• Havana Jam '792009 · as Self
• Wisdom2008
• Snow Buddies2008 · as Talon (voice)
• Jump Out Boys2008 · as Raymond
• Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson2007 · as Self
• I'm Not There2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-19712007 · as Narrator
• Disappearances2007 · as Quebec Bill Bonhomme
• George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert2007 · as Self
• Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live2007 · as Self
• The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'2007 · as Self
• Requiem for Billy the Kid2007 · as Billy the Kid (voice)
• Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland2006 · as Self
• Fast Food Nation2006 · as Rudy Martin
• Room 102006 · as Howard Davis
• American Revolutions: The Highwaymen2006 · as Self
• Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX2006 · as Self
• Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX2006 · as Self - Vocals, Guitar
• Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line2006 · as Self
• Brats: Our Journey Home2006 · as Narrator
• Johnny Cash In Ireland - 19932006 · as Self
• 14 Hours2005 · as Chuck Worthle
• The World's Greatest Gigs2005 · as Self
• Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story2005 · as Pop Crane
• The Wendell Baker Story2005 · as L.R. Nasher
• Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began2005 · as self
• Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity2005 · as Self
• The Jacket2005 · as Dr. Thomas Becker
• Trudell2005 · as Self - Musician, Friend
• The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico2005 · as Himself
• Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah2005 · as Self
• I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash2005 · as Self
• Blade: Trinity2004 · as Abraham Whistler
• Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate2004 · as Self
• Silver City2004 · as Wes Benteen
• Be Here to Love Me2004 · as Self - Musician
• Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"2004 · as Self / David
• Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin2004
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough2004 · as Himself
• Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession2004 · as Self
• A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets2004 · as Himself - Narrator
• Johnny Cash: The Last Great American2004 · as Self
• The Highwaymen: On the Road Again2003 · as Self
• Where the Red Fern Grows2003 · as Older Billy Coleman
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003 · as Self
• This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years2002
• Blade II2002 · as Whistler
• D-Tox2002 · as Doc
• John Ford Goes to War2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• Chelsea Walls2001 · as Bud
• Planet of the Apes2001 · as Karubi
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand2001 · as self
• Wooly Boys2001 · as Shuck
• The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack2000 · as Self
• Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder2000 · as Lou Smit
• Comanche2000
• The Making of Comanche2000 · as Self
• Limbo1999 · as Smilin' Jack
• A Tribute to Johnny Cash1999 · as Self - Performer
• The Joyriders1999 · as Eddie
• Molokai: The Story of Father Damien1999 · as Rudolph Meyer
• Payback1999 · as Bronson
• NetForce1999 · as Steve Day
• Outlaw Justice1999 · as Jesse Ray Torrance
• The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock1998 · as Doc (voice)
• A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries1998 · as Bill Willis
• Blade1998 · as Whistler
• Dance with Me1998 · as John Burnett
• Girls' Night1998 · as Cody
• Two for Texas1998 · as Hugh Allison
• Fire Down Below1997 · as Orin Hanner Sr.
• Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western1997 · as Self
• Blue Rodeo1996 · as Owen Whister
• Lone Star1996 · as Charlie Wade
• Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival1996 · as Self
• Inflammable1995 · as Capt. Jack Guthrie
• Pharaoh's Army1995 · as Preacher
• Tad1995 · as Abraham Lincoln
• Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story1995 · as Kris Kristofferson
• Brothers' Destiny1995 · as Davis
• Sodbusters1994 · as Destiny
• Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work1993 · as Self
• Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth1993 · as Stan Mather
• Cheatin' Hearts1993 · as Tom
• Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron1993 · as Self
• Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O1993 · as Self
• Knights1993 · as Gabriel
• Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration1993 · as Self
• Christmas in Connecticut1992 · as Jefferson Jones
• No Place to Hide1992 · as Joe Garvey
• Original Intent1992 · as Jack Saunders
• Miracle in the Wilderness1991 · as Jericho Adams
• Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind1991 · as Rip Metcalf
• Night of the Cyclone1991 · as Stanley 'Stan'
• The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum1990 · as Self
• Pair of Aces1990 · as Capt. "Rip" Metcalf
• Sandino1990 · as Tom Holte
• Welcome Home1989 · as Jake
• Millennium1989 · as Bill Smith
• In the Hank Williams Tradition1989 · as Self
• Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz1988 · as Kris Kristofferson
• Big Top Pee-wee1988 · as Mace Montana
• The Tracker1988 · as Noble Adams
• Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988 · as Self - Audience Member
• Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am1987
• Stagecoach1986 · as Ringo Kid
• The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James1986 · as Jesse James
• Trouble in Mind1985 · as Hawk
• Songwriter1984 · as Blackie Buck
• Flashpoint1984 · as Bobby Logan
• The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck1984 · as Ben Cole
• The Last Horror Film1982 · as Kris Kristofferson (uncredited)
• Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert1982 · as Self
• All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds1981 · as Self
• Rollover1981 · as Hubbell Smith
• Heaven's Gate1980 · as James Averill
• Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up1980 · as Self - Narrator
• Freedom Road1979 · as Abner Lait
• The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 19781978 · as Self
• Convoy1978 · as Rubber Duck
• Semi-Tough1977 · as Shake Tiller
• A Star Is Born1976 · as John Norman Howard
• Vigilante Force1976 · as Aaron Arnold
• The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea1976 · as Jim Cameron
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974 · as David
• Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974 · as Biker
• Free to Be… You and Me1974 · as Self
• George Carlin: The Real George Carlin1973 · as Self
• Blume in Love1973 · as Elmo Cole
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Billy the Kid
• Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus1973 · as Vocalist
• Cisco Pike1972 · as Cisco Pike
• The Last Movie1971 · as Minstrel Wrangler
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove— · as Himself

All TV Shows (35)

• Texas Rising2015 · as Andrew Jackson
• On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America2011 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005
• Lives of the Saints2004 · as Matthew Bok
• Soundstage2003 · as Self
• Austin City Limits: Country2001
• Perfect Murder, Perfect Town2000 · as Lou Smit
• Netforce1999 · as Steve Day
• Dead Man's Gun1997 · as Narrator
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Musical Guest
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Kris Kristofferson
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Amerika1987 · as Devin Milford
• Blood & Orchids1986 · as Curt Maddox
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982
• CBS News Sunday Morning1979 · as Self
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star
• Donny & Marie1976 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Cher1975 · as Self - Guest
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The Midnight Special1972 · as Self
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour1971
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Flip Wilson Show1970 · as Self
• The Johnny Cash Show1969 · as Self
• Starparade1968 · as Self
• CMA Awards1967 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter