Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and actor who has written and released a minor buttload of songs as a solo artist, in collaborations with other musicians, and with the supergroup The Highwaymen. Kristofferson's only major hit as a singer is "Why Me
", which topped the Hot Country Songs charts in 1973. As a composer, however, he has frequently written songs that became hits for other musicians, including "Me And Bobby McGee" (Janis Joplin), "Help Me Make It Through The Night" (Sammi Smith) and "Sunday Morning Comin' Down" (Johnny Cash).
He was best known in the 1970s for his roles in Sam Peckinpah westerns until the Box Office Bomb that was Heaven's Gate. Since then, he has played grizzled roles across most genres and levels of heroism, in a career that has spanned over fifty years.
Works with Kris Kristofferson:
Studio Albums
- Kristofferson (1970)
- The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971)
- Border Lord (1972)
- Jesus Was a Capricorn (1972)
- Spooky Lady’s Sideshow (1974)
- Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame (1975)
- Surreal Thing (1976)
- Easter Island (1978)
- Shake Hands with the Devil (1979)
- To the Bone (1981)
- Repossessed (1986)
- Third World Warrior (1990)
- A Moment of Forever (1995)
- The Austin Sessions (1999)
- This Old Road (2006)
- Closer to the Bone (2009)
- Feeling Mortal (2013)
- The Cedar Creek Sessions (2016)
Acting Credits
- The Last Movie (1971) as Minstrel Wrangler
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) as Billy the Kid
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) as Biker
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) as David
- A Star Is Born (1976) as John Norman Howard
- Convoy (1978) as Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald
- Heaven's Gate (1980) as James Averill
- Flashpoint (1984) as Bobby Logan
- Trouble in Mind (1985) as John "Hawk" Hawkins
- Stagecoach (1986) as Ringo Kid
- Amerika (1987) as Devin Milford
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988) as Mace Montana
- Millennium (1989) as Bill Smith
- Christmas in Connecticut (1992) as Jefferson Jones
- The Larry Sanders Show (1994) as himself
- Lone Star (1996) as Charlie Wade
- Dead Man's Gun (1997-1999) as Narrator (voice)
- Fire Down Below (1997) as Orin Hanner Sr.
- Blade Trilogy as Abraham Whistler
- Blade (1998)
- Blade II (2002)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) as Doc (voice)
- Net Force (1999) as Steve Day
- Payback (1999) as Bronson
- Planet of the Apes (2001) as Karubi
- Wooly Boys (2001) as Shuck
- Where the Red Fern Grows (2002) as Older Billy Coleman
- The Jacket (2005) as Dr. Thomas Becker
- Gun (2005) as Ned White (voice)
- I'm Not There (2007) as Narrator (voice)
- Snow Buddies (2008) as Talon (voice)
- Handy Manny (2008-2009) as Pops (voice)
- He's Just Not That into You (2009) as Ken Murphy
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010) as Shepherd Graves
- Fallout: New Vegas (2010) as Chief Hanlon (voice)
- The Dolphin Tale series (2011, 2014) as Reed Haskett
- Joyful Noise (2012) as Bernard Sparrow
- Texas Rising (2015) as Andrew Jackson
- The Star (2017) as Old Donkey (voice)
