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Kris Kristofferson
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Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 - September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of which were hits for other artists. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. As an actor, Kristofferson was known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Stagecoach (1986), Lone Star (1996), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004). In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Kristofferson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kristoffer Kristofferson (June 22, 1936 - September 28, 2024) was an American country singer, songwriter, and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee," "For the Good Times," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," all of which were hits for other artists. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, which was a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the traditional Nashville country music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. As an actor, Kristofferson was known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Stagecoach (1986), Lone Star (1996), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004). In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kris Kristofferson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Golden Globe Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Merv Griffin Show
Wogan
The Colbert Report
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Midnight Special
Late Night with David Letterman
CMA Awards
The Muppet Show
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Flip Wilson Show
Cher
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
I'm Not There
He's Just Not That Into You
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
Snow Buddies
The Star
Powder Blue
Joyful Noise
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
Where the Red Fern Grows
Planet of the Apes
Blade: Trinity
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978
Lone Star
Big Top Pee-wee
Dance with Me
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Blade
Blade II
Blue Rodeo
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
Sodbusters
Flashpoint
Dead Man's Gun
Production Credits
Taxi Driver
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
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