RECENT CREDITS
Powder Blue (FILM)  May. 8, 2009
He's Just Not That Into You (FILM)  Feb. 6, 2009
I'm Not There (FILM)  Nov. 21, 2007
The Wendell Baker Story (FILM)  May. 18, 2007
Disappearances (FILM)  May. 4, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
Began performing as a folk singer under the name Kris Carson while attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
Spent nearly five years in the Army; was a helicopter pilot and rose to the rank of captain.
Turned down a job as an English teacher at West Point to go to Nashville to sell his songs.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

He's Just Not That Into You  2009 -Ken Murphy
Actor
Film


I'm Not There  2007
Actor
Film


The Wendell Baker Story  2007 -Nasher
Actor
Film


Fast Food Nation  2006 -Rudy Martin
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Jacket  2005 -Dr. Becker
Actor
Film


Blade: Trinity  2004 -Whistler
Actor
Film


Silver City  2004 -Wes Benteen
Actor
Film


Chelsea Walls  2002 -Bud
Actor
Film


Blade II  2002 -Whistler
Actor
Film


Planet of the Apes  2001 -Karubi
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Limbo  1999 -Smilin' Jack
Actor
Film


Payback  1999 -Bronson
Actor
Film


A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries  1998 -Bill Willis
Actor
Film


Welcome Home  1989 -Lt. Jake Robbins
Actor
Film


Millennium  1989 -Bill Smith
Actor
Film


Big Top Pee-Wee  1988 -Mace Montana
Actor
Film


Songwriter
Film


Trouble in Mind  1985 -Hawk
Actor
Film


14 Hours   -Chuck Whortle
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV
Expand


Blue Rodeo   -Owen Whister
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Inflammable   -Capt. Jack Guthrie
Actor
TV


Outlaw Justice   -Torrance
Actor
TV


Host
TV
Expand


Sodbusters   -Destiny
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Tad   -Lincoln
Actor
TV


Two for Texas   -Hugh Allison
Actor
TV


Disappearances  2007 -Quebec Bill Bonhomme
Actor
Film


Where the Red Fern Grows  2004 -Older Billy Coleman
Actor
Film


Wooly Boys  2004
Actor
Film


Eye See You  2002 -Dr. John Mitchell "Doc"
Actor
Film


Molokai: The Story of Father Damien  1999 -Rudolph Meyer
Actor
Film


The Joyriders  1999
Actor
Film


Dance with Me  1998 -John Burnett
Actor
Film


Blade  1998 -Whistler
Actor
Film


Fire Down Below  1997 -Orin Hanner
Actor
Film


Girls' Night  1997 -Cody
Actor
Film


Lone Star  1996 -Charlie Wade
Actor
Film


Pharaoh's Army  1995 -Preacher
Actor
Film


Sandino  1990 -Tom Holte
Actor
Film


Heaven's Gate  1980 -Marshal James Averill
Actor
Film


A Star Is Born  1976 -John Norman Howard
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Blume in Love  1973 -Elmo
Actor
Film


Cisco Pike  1972 -Cisco Pike
Actor, Songwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Fat City  1972
Composer (Music Score), Singer
Film


Flashpoint   -Logan
Actor
Film


Freedom Road   -Abner Lait
Actor
Film


Hawk  
Actor
Film


Miracle in the Wilderness   -Jericho Adams
Actor
Film


Immaculate Funk   -Narrator
Voice
Film


John Ford Goes to War   -Narrator
Voice
Film


Actor
Film


Knights   -Gabriel
Actor
Film


Convoy   -Rubber Duck
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Cheatin' Hearts   -Tom
Actor
Film


Christmas in Connecticut   -Jefferson
Actor
Film


Blood and Orchids   -Curt Maddox
Actor
Film


Blue Rodeo   -Owen Wister
Actor
Film


Amerika   -Devin Milford
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Semi-Tough   -Shake Tiller
Actor
Film


Rollover   -Hub Smith
Actor
Film


Room 10  
Actor
Film


Songwriter   -Blackie Buck
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Actor
Film


Tad   -Abraham Lincoln
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


No Place to Hide   -Joe Garvey
Actor
Film


Original Intent   -Jack Saunders
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid   -Billy the Kid
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Last Movie   -Minstrel Wrangler
Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Actor, Songwriter
Film


Voice
Film


Actor
Film


The Lives of the Saints   -Matthew Bok
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Vigilante Force   -Aaron Arnold
Actor
Film


Powder Blue  2009
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Began performing as a folk singer under the name Kris Carson while attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
Spent nearly five years in the Army; was a helicopter pilot and rose to the rank of captain.
Turned down a job as an English teacher at West Point to go to Nashville to sell his songs.
Worked as a janitor at Nashville's Columbia Studios while trying to get his career going.
To convince musical hero Johnny Cash to perform one of his songs, the trained pilot landed a helicopter in Cash's yard in an attempt to give him a tape.


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