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Kris Kristofferson Acting Filmography (188)

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