Background:  A Texas native, Kristofferson was a Golden Gloves boxer.  He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa in college and a recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.  He left Oxford in 1960 and joined the U.S. Army where he completed ranger school, parachute-jump school, and pilot training.  He eventually became a helicopter pilot.  Through all these years, he was tinkering with his true love, country music, writing song after song.

Success:  Years of peddling his songs finally paid off when Johnny Cash and Roger Miller recorded two of them.  Miller with "Me and Bobby McGee", and Cash made a No. 1 hit out of "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down.  Janis Joplin later made "Me and Bobby McGee" into a rock classic.  His music, both as a performer and songwriter has earned many coveted awards. 

Film and TV:  Kristofferson was discovered by Hollywood.  By this time he was recording his own music, and had become a well-known singer.  He added film appearances and TV projects to his busy schedule.  He was awarded a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the alcoholic, has been singer in "A Star is Born", a re-make of the re-make also starring Barbara Streisand. 

Family:  Kristofferson is married to his third wife Lisa.  He is the father of eight children from present and previous marriages, Tracy, Kris, Casey, Jesse, Jody, Johnny, Kelley, and Blake.

Bio

Kris Kristofferson
June 22, 1936
Brownsville, Texas
Cancer

• 1977 - Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy - "A Star is Born"
• 1975 - Grammy Award - Songwriting - "Lover Please"
• 1973 - Grammy Award - Songwriting - "From the Bottle to the Bottom"
• 1973 - Grammy Award - Best Vocal Performance by a Duo - with Rita Coolidge
• 1970 - Country Music Award - Song of the Year - "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"

• 1985 - Oscar - Best Music, Original Song Score - "Songwriter"
• 1973 - Grammy Award - Best Country Song - "Why Me, Lord"
• 1971 - Grammy Award - Best Country Song - "For the Good Times"
• 1971 - Grammy Award - Best Song - "Me and Bobby McGee"
• 1971 - Grammy Award - Best Song - "Help Me Make It Through the Night"

• 1998 - Dance with Me . . . John Burnett
• 1998 - Blade . . . Abraham Whistler
• 1997 - Fire Down Below . . . Orin Hanner
• 1997 - Girls' Night . . . Cody
• 1996 - Lone Star . . . Sheriff Charlie Wade
• 1996 - Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival . . . Himself
• 1995 - Pharaoh's Army . . . Preacher
• 1993 - Knights . . . Gabriel
• 1993 - Paper Hearts . . . Tom
• 1992 - No Place to Hide . . . Joe Garvey
• 1992 - Original Intent . . . Jack Saunders
• 1990 - Night of the Cyclone . . . Stan
• 1990 - Sadino
• 1989 - Millennium . . . Bill Smith
• 1989 - Welcome Home . . . Jake
• 1988 - Big Top Pee-wee . . . Mace Montana
• 1985 - Trouble in Mind . . . Hawk
• 1984 - Flashpoint . . . Logan
• 1984 - Songwriter . . . Blackie Buck
• 1981 - Rollover . . . Hubbell Smith
• 1980 - Heaven's Gate . . . James Averill
• 1978 - Convoy . . . Rubber Duck
• 1978 - Semi-Tough . . . Shake Tiller
• 1976 - The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea . . . Jim Cameron
• 1976 - A Star is Born . . . John Norman Howard
• 1976 - Vigilante Force . . . Aaron Arnold
• 1974 - Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia . . . Paco
• 1974 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore . . . David
• 1973 - Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid . . . Billy the Kid
• 1973 - Blume in Love . . . Elmo Cole
• 1973 - The Gospel Road . . . Vocalist
• 1972 - Cisco Pike . . . Cisco Pike
• 1971 - The Last Movie . . . Minstrel Wrangler

• 1998 - Netforce
• 1998 - Two for Texas . . . Hugh Allison
• 1997 - Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western . . . Interviewee: Actor
• 1997 - Dead Man's Gun . . . Narrator
• 1996 - Blue Rodeo
• 1996 - Dolly Parton: Treasures
• 1995 - Tad . . . Abraham Lincoln
• 1995 - Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story . . . Himself
• 1995 - Adventures of the Old West
• 1995 - Brothers' Destiny . . . Davis
• 1995 - Inflammable
• 1994 - Sodbusters . . . Destiny
• 1993 - Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth . . . Stan Mather
• 1992 - Christmas in Connecticut . . . Jefferson
• 1992 - Miracle in the Wilderness . . . Jericho Adams
• 1991 - Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind . . . Rip
• 1990 - Pair of Aces
• 1988 - The Tracker . . . Noble Adams
• 1987 - Amerika (mini-series) . . . Devin Milford
• 1986 - Stagecoach . . . Ringo
• 1986 - Blood & Orchids . . . Curt Maddox
• 1986 - The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James 
• 1984 - The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
• 1979 - Freedom Road

• 1994 - The Larry Sanders Show - Arthur's Crises
• 1978 - The Muppet Show . . . Himself
• 1976 - Saturday Night Live . . . Host

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"Limbo" - 1998 release.  Cast:  Leo Burmester, Kathryn Grody, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Laskin, Vanessa Martinez, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Casey Siemaszko, David Strathairn, Rita Taggart.

"The Joyriders" - 1998 release.  Cast:  Kris Kristofferson, Robert Knott, Shawn Wayne Hatosy, Kathleen S. Dunn, Martin Landau, Heather McComb, Elisabeth Moss, Peter Paige, Angela Paton.

"Father Damien" - 1999 release.  Cast:  Derek Jacobi, Alice Krige, Kris Kristofferson, Leo McKern, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, David Wenham.
 

Kris' Related Items

 
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