How old was Kurt Russell in the movie Escape from New York?

Kurt Russell was 29 in Escape from New York when he played the character 'Snake Plissken'.

That was over 43 years ago in 1981.

Today he is 73, and has starred in 85 movies in total, 60 of those since Escape from New York was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Escape from New York, I think Kurt Russell looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John Carpenter has worked with Kurt Russell a total of 5 times in his career.
  • Kurt Russell's first movie was as 'Child who kicks Mike at the fair' in It Happened at the World's Fair, released in 1963 when he was 11
  • Escape from New York scores 7.08 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Escape from New York

Kurt Russell's other movies