Kurt Russell Elvis Forrest Gump

In the late 1960s he signed a ten year contract with the walt disney company where according to robert osborne he became the studios top star of the 1970s.

Kurt russell elvis forrest gump. And in 2001 he played the role of an ex con elvis impersonator planning a las vegas heist in the kevin costner vehicle 3000 miles to graceland. It marks the last role on television for russell and the first collaboration between him and carpenter. Kurt russell is actually in the movie. A couple of other sidelines to this is that kurt was the voice of elvis in forrest gump.

So he concluded that russell who was by then too old to appear as the young elvis would be ideal to provide the elvis voice in forrest gump. In this scene from elvis russell plays the young elvis. Forrest gump director robert zemeckis knew that russell had played elvis in the 1979 made for tv film elvis directed by john carpenter. After its success on television in the united states a shorter re edited version of elvis was released theatrically throughout europe and australia.

Kurt russell performing blue suede shoes as elvis presley in john carpenters 1979 film elvis. Russell reportedly voiced elvis presley during the scene. Interestingly carpenter did not use russells voice for the singing elvis in the movie. Kurt vogel russell born march 17 1951 is an american actor.

Elvis is a 1979 american made for television biographical film directed by john carpenter and starring kurt russell as elvis presley originally aired on abc. While his face doesnt appear on screen his voice certainly does for just a few precious seconds. Russell was nominated for a golden globe award for best.