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Kris Kristofferson (1936-) is an American actor and Oscar®-nominated songwriter and singer. Kristofferson is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (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) and Blade (1998). His IMDb page shows over 115 acting credits since 1971. This page will rank Kris Kristofferson movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, cameos, and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Kris Kristofferson Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Kris Kristofferson Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Kris Kristofferson
1. Kristoffer Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas in 1936.
2. Kris Kristofferson earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. While at Oxford, he boxed, played rugby, and began writing songs.
3. Kris Kristofferson was a captain in the U.S. Army that flew helicopters. He became a commercial helicopter pilot after leaving the military. He got his start in the music business by landing a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s backyard and presenting him with a song he had written. Cash went on to record the song
4. Johnny Cash recorded Kris Kristofferson’s song Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down in 1969. The song became a hit and won Kristofferson a Songwriter of the Year honor at the Country Music Awards.
5. Kris Kristofferson got the leading male role of A Star Is Born (1976) after Elvis Presley couldn’t do it. Kristofferson would win a Best Actor Golden Globe® award for the role. Elvis has also recorded a song written by Kristofferson.
6. Cameron Crowe posed as a student at Clairemont High School to get material for the screenplay for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). The principal of Clairemont was not thrilled with the idea, but when he asked Crowe about musicians that he had met, he mentioned Kris Kristofferson. The principal was a big fan of Kristofferson and agreed to let Crowe on campus.
7. Kris Kristofferson became good friends with the late James Coburn. They worked together on Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Convoy (1978) and Payback (1999). Coburn also sang some backup vocals on Kristofferson’s album “Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame”.
8. Kris Kristofferson was elected into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985.
9. Kris Kristofferson was one of the Four Horsemen of the Country Music Apocalypse along with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson.
10. Kris Kristofferson never had an acting lesson.
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Bottom line though: overall Kris has to be considered a rip-roaring success despite falling short of his potential for big screen achievement because Celebrity net Worth site registers his net fortune today at $160 million.
He has had of course a parallel mega career as a singer-songwriter [see Bruce’s Fact 8 above]and a lot of his wealth has come from that source helped enormously by the fact that he has solely written most of his own songs. No need for an Al Kasha/Joel Hirschhorn songwriting team when Kris is about! I loved Kris’ “Me and Archie McGee” which is now regarded as an all time pop classis.
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for the trains
Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans
Archibald thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
And took us all away in Bruce’s dreams
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
And was blowin’ sad while Archie sang the blues
With them windshield wipers slappin’ time and
Archie clappin’ hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew
Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose
Nothin’ left is all he left for me
Feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when Archie sang the blues
And buddy, that was good enough for me
Good enough for me and Archie, you see.