Kris Kristofferson: movies and TV shows
Kris Kristofferson has 236 credits in the archive: 201 films and 35 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: CMA Awards (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 2004 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2025 | Kris Kristofferson: Life & Songs | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2024 | Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2023 | Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short | Self | Film | — | 87 |
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | 2.0 | 85 | |
| 2021 | A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings | Self | Film | — | 85 |
| 2020 | My Darling Vivian | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 84 |
| 2019 | Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration | Self | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2018 | Blaze | Edwin Fuller | Film | 6.3 | 82 |
| 2017 | The Star | Old Donkey (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 81 |
| 2017 | Wheeler | Himself | Film | 6.8 | 81 |
| 2017 | The Red Maple Leaf | President John Francis Marshall | Film | 4.3 | 81 |
| 2017 | Hickok | George Knox | Film | 4.8 | 81 |
| 2017 | Best Friend from Heaven | Gabriel | Film | 4.8 | 81 |
| 2016 | The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris | Self | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2016 | Traded | Billy | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 2016 | The Highwaymen - Live American Outlaws | Self | Film | 9.0 | 80 |
| 2016 | Road to Austin | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 80 |
| 2016 | The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End | Self - Performer | Film | — | 80 |
| 2015 | Texas Rising | Andrew Jackson | TV | 6.3 | 79 |
| 2015 | Johnny Cash: American Rebel | Self | Film | 8.2 | 79 |
| 2015 | Down Dog | Jimmy Wood | Film | 4.3 | 79 |
| 2015 | We're Still Here: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited | Self | Film | 10.0 | 79 |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Reed Hasket | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2014 | 7 Minutes | Mr. B | Film | 5.3 | 78 |
| 2014 | I Am Divine | Self (archive) | Film | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2014 | The Winding Stream | Self | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2014 | Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2014 | Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years | Self - Performer | Film | — | 78 |
| 2013 | Angels Sing | The Colonel | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2013 | The Motel Life | Earl Hurley | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2013 | Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie | Self | Film | — | 77 |
| 2013 | Midnight Stallion | Jack Shephard | Film | 4.9 | 77 |
| 2013 | Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Self | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2013 | Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation | Self | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Deadfall | Chet | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2012 | Joyful Noise | Bernard Sparrow | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2012 | We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash | Self | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 2012 | The Johnny Cash Music Festival | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2011 | Dolphin Tale | Reed Haskett | Film | 6.9 | 75 |
| 2011 | The Greening of Whitney Brown | Dusty Brown | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2011 | Troubadours | Self | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2011 | The King of Luck | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 2011 | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Kris | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 2011 | On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America | Self | TV | — | 75 |
| 2011 | Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2011 | Country at the BBC | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 2010 | Bloodworth | E. F. Bloodworth | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2010 | OK Buckaroos | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2010 | The Making of Fallout: New Vegas | Self | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2010 | The Last Rites of Ransom Pride | Shepherd Graves | Film | 3.9 | 74 |
| 2010 | The Child Wanderers | Old Yohan | Film | 6.8 | 74 |
| 2010 | Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Ken Murphy | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2009 | Powder Blue | Randall | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 2009 | Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Self | Film | 7.6 | 73 |
| 2009 | For Sale by Owner | Ferlin Smith | Film | 3.4 | 73 |
| 2009 | Havana Jam '79 | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2009 | Legends & Lyrics: Vol. 1: Kris Kristofferson, Patty Griffin and Randy Owen | Singer | Film | — | 73 |
| 2008 | Wisdom | Film | 6.0 | 72 | |
| 2008 | Snow Buddies | Talon (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2008 | Jump Out Boys | Raymond | Film | 4.2 | 72 |
| 2007 | I'm Not There | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2007 | Disappearances | Quebec Bill Bonhomme | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 2007 | Requiem for Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 2007 | The Hottest State | Film | 5.5 | 71 | |
| 2007 | The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2007 | George Jones & Friends 50th Anniversary Tribute Concert | Self | Film | 4.0 | 71 |
| 2007 | Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2007 | The Best of The Johnny Cash TV Show 1969-1971 | Narrator | Film | 8.8 | 71 |
| 2007 | Jerry Lee Lewis: Last Man Standing, Live | Self | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2006 | Kris Kristofferson: Live from Austin, TX | Self - Vocals, Guitar | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | Fast Food Nation | Rudy Martin | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2006 | Outlaw Country: Live from Austin, TX | Self | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | Room 10 | Howard Davis | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | Brats: Our Journey Home | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | Brats: Our Journey Home | Film | 10.0 | 70 | |
| 2006 | Johnny Cash - Live In Ireland | Self | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | American Revolutions: The Highwaymen | Self | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | Johnny Cash In Ireland - 1993 | Self | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 2006 | Celebrating the Man in Black: The Making of Walk the Line | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | TV | 6.9 | 69 | |
| 2005 | The Jacket | Dr. Thomas Becker | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2005 | Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story | Pop Crane | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2005 | Trudell | Self - Musician, Friend | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 2005 | Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2005 | The Wendell Baker Story | L.R. Nasher | Film | 5.1 | 69 |
| 2005 | Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began | self | Film | 4.0 | 69 |
| 2005 | The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2005 | I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2005 | 14 Hours | Chuck Worthle | Film | 4.8 | 69 |
| 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | Film | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Film | 7.6 | 69 | |
| 2005 | The World's Greatest Gigs | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2004 | Blade: Trinity | Abraham Whistler | Film | 5.9 | 68 |
| 2004 | Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin | Film | 8.0 | 68 | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | Self / David | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Self | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 2004 | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Self | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2004 | Silver City | Wes Benteen | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2004 | Lives of the Saints | Matthew Bok | TV | 5.6 | 68 |
| 2004 | Kris Kristofferson: Breakthrough | Himself | Film | — | 68 |
| 2004 | Be Here to Love Me | Self - Musician | Film | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2004 | Johnny Cash: The Last Great American | Self | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets | Himself - Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | A Tribute To Buddy Holly And The Crickets | Film | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2003 | Soundstage | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2003 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Older Billy Coleman | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2003 | The Highwaymen: On the Road Again | Self | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Blade II | Whistler | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2002 | D-Tox | Doc | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2002 | John Ford Goes to War | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2002 | This Land Is Your Land - Folk Years | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes | Karubi | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2001 | Chelsea Walls | Bud | Film | 4.4 | 65 |
| 2001 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | self | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 2001 | Austin City Limits: Country | TV | — | 65 | |
| 2001 | Wooly Boys | Shuck | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2000 | Comanche | Film | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder | Lou Smit | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 2000 | The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack | Self | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Lou Smit | TV | — | 64 |
| 2000 | The Making of Comanche | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1999 | Outlaw Justice | Jesse Ray Torrance | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1999 | Payback | Bronson | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1999 | Limbo | Smilin' Jack | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1999 | NetForce | Steve Day | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 1999 | A Tribute to Johnny Cash | Self - Performer | Film | 7.8 | 63 |
| 1999 | The Joyriders | Eddie | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1999 | Netforce | Steve Day | TV | 3.5 | 63 |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | Rudolph Meyer | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1998 | Blade | Whistler | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | John Burnett | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1998 | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Doc (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | Bill Willis | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1998 | Girls' Night | Cody | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1998 | Two for Texas | Hugh Allison | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1997 | Fire Down Below | Orin Hanner Sr. | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun | Narrator | TV | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1996 | Blue Rodeo | Owen Whister | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1996 | Lone Star | Charlie Wade | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1996 | Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival | Self | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1995 | Pharaoh's Army | Preacher | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1995 | Inflammable | Capt. Jack Guthrie | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1995 | Brothers' Destiny | Davis | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1995 | Tad | Abraham Lincoln | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1995 | Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story | Kris Kristofferson | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1994 | Sodbusters | Destiny | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Musical Guest | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1993 | Cheatin' Hearts | Tom | Film | 3.7 | 57 |
| 1993 | Knights | Gabriel | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Film | 7.1 | 57 | |
| 1993 | Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O | Self | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1993 | Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | Self | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1993 | Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work | Self | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1993 | Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth | Stan Mather | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 56 | |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Kris Kristofferson | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1992 | Original Intent | Jack Saunders | Film | 4.8 | 56 |
| 1992 | No Place to Hide | Joe Garvey | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1992 | Christmas in Connecticut | Jefferson Jones | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1992 | The Panama Deception | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 1991 | Miracle in the Wilderness | Jericho Adams | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1991 | Night of the Cyclone | Stanley 'Stan' | Film | 4.2 | 55 |
| 1991 | Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind | Rip Metcalf | Film | 4.0 | 55 |
| 1990 | Sandino | Tom Holte | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1990 | Pair of Aces | Capt. "Rip" Metcalf | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1990 | The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum | Self | Film | 8.6 | 54 |
| 1990 | The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum | Film | 8.6 | 54 | |
| 1989 | Welcome Home | Jake | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1989 | Millennium | Bill Smith | Film | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1989 | In the Hank Williams Tradition | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 1988 | The Tracker | Noble Adams | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee | Mace Montana | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1988 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Kris Kristofferson | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | Film | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1987 | Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1987 | Amerika | Devin Milford | TV | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1986 | Stagecoach | Ringo Kid | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Curt Maddox | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | Jesse James | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1985 | Trouble in Mind | Hawk | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1984 | Songwriter | Blackie Buck | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1984 | Songwriter | Film | 5.5 | 48 | |
| 1984 | The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck | Ben Cole | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1984 | Flashpoint | Bobby Logan | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | TV | 6.1 | 46 | |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1982 | The Last Horror Film | Kris Kristofferson (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1982 | Jerry Lee Lewis 25th anniversary concert | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 1981 | Rollover | Hubbell Smith | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1981 | All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | Self | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | James Averill | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1980 | Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up | Self - Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Abner Lait | Film | 5.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | Convoy | Rubber Duck | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1978 | The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1977 | Semi-Tough | Shake Tiller | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Film | 8.1 | 40 | |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star | TV | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1976 | Donny & Marie | Self | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1976 | A Star Is Born | John Norman Howard | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1976 | Vigilante Force | Aaron Arnold | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1976 | The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea | Jim Cameron | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1975 | Cher | Self - Guest | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | David | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Self | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1974 | Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Biker | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Billy the Kid | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1973 | Blume in Love | Elmo Cole | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1973 | Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus | Vocalist | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1973 | George Carlin: The Real George Carlin | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special | Self | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 1972 | Cisco Pike | Cisco Pike | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1971 | The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | TV | 6.7 | 35 | |
| 1971 | The Last Movie | Minstrel Wrangler | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1971 | The Last Movie | Film | 5.7 | 35 | |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 34 |
| 1969 | The Johnny Cash Show | Self | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1968 | Starparade | Self | TV | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1967 | CMA Awards | Self | TV | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 8 |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid: One Foot in the Groove | Himself | Film | — | — |