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
- The Austin Sessions
- Border Lord
- The Cedar Creek Sessions
- Closer to the Bone
- Easter Island
- Feeling Mortal
- Jesus Was a Capricorn
- Kristofferson
- A Moment of Forever
- Repossessed
- Shake Hands with the Devil
- The Silver Tongued Devil and I
- Spooky Lady’s Sideshow
- Surreal Thing
- Third World Warrior
- This Old Road
- To the Bone
- Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame
Film
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
- Big Top Pee-wee
- Blade Trilogy
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
- Christmas in Connecticut
- Convoy
- Flashpoint (1984)
- Heaven's Gate
- He's Just Not That into You
- The Last Movie
- Lone Star
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
- Payback
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Stagecoach
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Trouble in Mind
Television
Voice Acting
