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AmericanBorn Wyatt Hawn Russell

American actor and former ice hockey player

Born on July 10, 1986 in Los Angeles, California , United States (38 years)

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Wyatt Hawn Russell (born July 10, 1986) is an American actor and former ice hockey player. He is the son of actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
As an actor, he portrayed Corporal Lewis Ford in Julius Avery's 2018 horror film Overlord, Dud in AMC's Lodge 49 and John Walker / U.S. Agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and What If…? (2024). He is set to reprise the role of Walker in the films Thunderbolts* (2025) and Avengers: Doomsday (2026).

...   Wyatt Hawn Russell (born July 10, 1986) is an American actor and former ice hockey player. He is the son of actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn.
As an actor, he portrayed Corporal Lewis Ford in Julius Avery's 2018 horror film Overlord, Dud in AMC's Lodge 49 and John Walker / U.S. Agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and What If…? (2024). He is set to reprise the role of Walker in the films Thunderbolts* (2025) and Avengers: Doomsday (2026).


Early life
Russell was born on July 10, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. He is a grandson of the late character actor Bing Russell, paternal half-brother of Boston Russell, and maternal half-brother of Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson.


Career


Ice hockey
Russell played ice hockey for numerous amateur and pro hockey teams as a goaltender including the Richmond Sockeyes, Langley Hornets, Coquitlam Express, Chicago Steel, Brampton Capitals, and Groningen Grizzlies. He also played college ice hockey for the Chargers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His professional hockey career was cut short in 2010 due to injuries.


Acting
Russell appeared in films, such as Soldier, Cowboys & Aliens, This Is 40, Love and Honor, We Are What We Are, and Goon: Last of the Enforcers. In December 2013, it was announced that he was cast as Duane Allman in Randall Miller's Midnight Rider, a biopic of Gregg Allman. He also appeared in the 2014 film 22 Jump Street. In 2016, he co-starred in a film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival called Folk Hero & Funny Guy. In 2016, he starred in "Playtest", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.
In 2018, he and Jovan Adepo played the leads in the World War II-set horror film Overlord. In 2021, he starred as John Walker in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. He will reprise the role in the 2025 film Thunderbolts* and the 2026 film Avengers: Doomsday.
In 2022, Russell took on the role of real-life murderer Dan Lafferty in the FX miniseries Under the Banner of Heaven. In July 2022, he joined his father in Apple TV+ and Legendary Television's Godzilla series, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters which is set in the world of Legendary's MonsterVerse franchise.
Russell starred in the 2024 supernatural film Night Swim. He is also set to star in Steven Spielberg's untitled UFO film.


Personal life
In 2012, Russell married stylist Sanne Hamers, whom he met in the Netherlands while playing hockey. The couple separated in 2015 and divorced in 2017. Russell began a relationship with actress Meredith Hagner in 2015 after meeting her on the set of the film Folk Hero & Funny Guy. They married in 2019. Their first child, a son, was born in 2021. Their second son was born in February 2024.
Russell was a goaltender for the 2022 NHL All-Star Game's breakaway challenge.
Russell co-founded Lake Hour, a premium sparkling cocktail brand, with film producer Richard Peete in 2023.


Filmography


Film


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links
Wyatt Russell at IMDb
Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database



Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0

 

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