Kris Kristofferson Biography, Age, Tour, Children, Death, Wife, Movies and Net worth

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Kris Kristofferson Biography

Kris Kristofferson born as Kristoffer Kristofferson is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known as the writer  and recorder of  the songs “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good Times”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”, and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”. Kris composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.

Kris in 1985 he  joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen.  He formed a key creative force in the Outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing.  Kris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004. He is best known for his starring roles in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Heaven’s Gate, Blade and A Star Is Born. Which at the end earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Kris Kristofferson Age | How Old Is Kris Kristofferson

Kris was born on June 22, 1936 in BrownsVille, Texas. He is 83 years old as of 2019.

Kris Kristofferson Height

Kristofferson stands at a height of 1.79 m.

Kris Kristofferson Family

Kris was born on June 22, 1936 in Brownsville, Texas. He is the son to Mary Ann (née Ashbrook) and Lars Henry Kristofferson, a U.S. Army Air Corps officer (later a U.S. Air Force major general). Kris’s paternal grandparents emigrated from Sweden. His mother had English, Scots-Irish, German, Swiss-German, and Dutch ancestry.

His paternal grandfather was an officer in the Swedish Army. Kristofferson ‘s father pushed him towards a military career when he was a child.
Kris took a summer job with a dredging contractor on Wake Island at the age of 17. He called it “the hardest job I ever had.”

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Kris Kristofferson Education | Kris Kristofferson Young

Kris settled down in San Mateo, California, where in 1954 he graduated from San Mateo High School. An aspiring writer, Kris registered in Pomona College that same year. He experienced his first fame when he appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” for his achievements in collegiate rugby union, American football, and track and field.

Kris along with his classmates revived the Claremont Colleges Rugby Club in 1958, which has remained a southern California rugby institution. Krist graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in literature in 1958. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his junior year. In a 2004 interview with Pomona College Magazine, Kristofferson mentioned philosophy professor Frederick Sontag as an important influence in his life.

Kris obtained a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he studied at Merton College.  While at Oxford, he was awarded his Blue for boxing, played rugby for his college, and began writing songs. At Oxford, he was also acquainted with fellow Rhodes scholar, art critic, and poet Michael Fried. With the help of his manager, Larry Parnes, Kris  recorded for Top Rank Records under the name Kris Carson. Parnes was working to sell Kris as “a Yank at Oxford” to the British public; Kristofferson was willing to accept that promotional approach if it helped his singing career, which he hoped would enable him to progress towards his goal of becoming a novelist.  This early phase of his music career was unsuccessful.  Kris graduated with a B.Phil. degree in English literature in 1960.

Kris Kristofferson Wife  | Lisa Meyers Kris Kristofferson

Kristofferson has been married to Lisa Kristofferson for 35 years as of 2018. The couple  own a home in Los Flores Canyon in Malibu, California, and maintain a residence in Hana on the island of Maui.

Kris Kristofferson Tour | Kris Kristofferson Concert

These are some of Kris tours;

11-Jan-19 -Asbury Park Paramount Theatre

12-Jan-19- Elsinore Theatre Salem, USA

13-Jan-19- Martin Woldson Theatre at the Fox

15-Jan-19- Morrison Centre, Boise Idaho, USA

16-Jan-19- Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City,utah USA

20-Jan-19- The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles

22-Jan-19 -Balboa Theatre, San Diego, California

24-Jan-19- Fox Tucson Theatre, Tucson, Arizona USA

25-Jan-19- Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

21-Feb-19- Martin Woldson Theatre at the Fox, Spokane Washington, USA

22-Feb-19 -The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA

23-Feb-19- Elsinore Theatre, Salem, USA

Kris Kristofferson Movies

From Year 2014 to 2018

• 2018 -Blaze-Mr. Fuller
• 2017 – Hickok- George Knox
• 2017 – The Star- Old Donkey (voice)
• 2017 – Abilene – George Knox
• 2016 – Traded- Billy
• 2016 – The Red Maple Leaf- John Francis Marshall
• 2015 – Texas Rising-Andrew Jackson
• 2014- San Patricios-Boss Flood
• 2014 – Dolphin Tale 2- Reed Haskett
• 2014 – 7 Minutes-Mr. B
• 2014 – The Winding Stream: The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music Himself

From year 2011 to 2013

• 2013 – Angels Sing- The Colonel
• 2013 – Midnight Stallion- Jack Shepard
• 2012 – Joyful Noise- Bernard Sparrow
• 2012 – Deadfall -Chet Mills
• 2012 – The Motel Life- Earl Hurley
• 2011 -Dolphin Tale- Reed Haskett
• 2011- The Greening of Whitney Brown – Dusty Brown

Year 2010 Movies

• 2010 – Bloodworth- E. F. Bloodworth
• 2010 – The Last Rites of Ransom Pride- Shepherd Graves
• 2010 Yohan: The Child Wanderer – Old Yohan
• 2010 – Fallout: New Vegas -Chief Hanlon (voice)

Year 2009 Movies

• 2009 – John Rich: Shuttin’ Detroit Down- John
• 2009 – He’s Just Not That into You – Ken Murphy
• 2009 – Powder Blue-Randall
• 2009 – For Sale by Owner- Ferlin Smith

• 2008 – Jump Out Boy- Raymond
• 2008 – Snow Buddies-Talon (voice)
• 2007 – Crossing the Heart- Ray
• 2007 – I’m Not There- Narrator

Year 2006 Movies

• 2006 – Brats: Our Journey Home- Narrator
• 2006 Disappearances- Quebec Bill Bonhomme
• 2006 – Fast Food Nation- Rudy Martin
• 2006 – Room 10- Howard Davis
• 2006 – Payback: Straight Up- Bronson

Year 2005 Movies

• 2005 – The Jacket -Dr. Thomas Becker
• 2005 – The Wendell Baker Story- L.R. Nasher
• 2005 – Dreame-Pop Crane
• 2005 Gun-Ned White (voice)

Year 2003 and 2004 Movies

• 2004 – Silver City- Wes Benteen
• 2004 – Forever Is a Long, Long Time- Hank Williams
• 2004 – Blade: Trinity- Abraham Whistler
• 2003 – Where the Red Fern Grows- Older Billy Coleman

Year 2000 to 2002 Movies

• 2002 – D-Tox- Dr. John ‘Doc’ Mitchell
• 2002 – Blade II -Abraham Whistler
• 2001 – Planet of the Apes-Karubi
• 2001 – Chelsea Walls-Bud
• 2001 – Wooly Boys-Shuck
• 2000 – Comanche

Year 1999 Movies

• 1999 – Payback- Bronson
• 1999 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien-Rudolph Meyer
• 1999 Limbo-‘Smilin’ Jack Johannson
• 1999 – The Joyriders-Eddie

Year 1998 Movies

• 1998 – Girls’ Night- Cody
• 1998 – Blade-Abraham Whistler
• 1998 – Dance with Me -John Burnett
• 1998-A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries Bill Willis
• 1998 – The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock- Doc (voice)
• 1998 – Two for Texas-Hugh Allison

Year 1991 to 1997 Movies

• 1997 – Fire Down Below-Orin Hanner Sr.
• 1996 – Lone Star-Charlie Wade
• 1995 – Pharaoh’s Army – Preacher
• 1993 – No Place to Hide-Joe Garvey
• 1993 – Paper Hearts-Tom
• 1993 -Knights- Gabriel
• 1992 – Original Intent-Jack Saunders
• 1991 – Night of the Cyclone- Stanley ‘Stan’

From Year 1981 to 1990 Movies

• 1990 – Sandino -Tom Holte
• 1989 – Millennium- Bill Smith
• 1989 – Welcome Home- Jake
• 1988 -Big Top Pee-wee -Mace Montana
• 1985 -Trouble in Mind- John ‘Hawk’ Hawkins
• 1984 – Flashpoint -Bobby Logan
• 1984 – Songwriter- Blackie Buck
• 1982 – The Last Horror Film- Kris Kristofferson
• 1981 – Rollover -Hubbell Smith

From 1976 to 1980 Movies

• 1980 – Heaven’s Gate -James Averill
• 1978 -Convoy- Martin ‘Rubber Duck’ Penwald
• 1977 – Semi-Tough-Marvin ‘Shake’ Tiller
• 1976 – The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea- Jim Cameron
• 1976 -Vigilante Force-Aaron Arnold
• 1976 – A Star Is Born- John Norman Howard

From Year 1971 to 1974 Movies

• 1974 – Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia-Biker
• 1974 – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore-David
• 1973 – The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus- Vocalist
• 1973 – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid-Billy the Kid
• 1973 – Blume in Love- Elmo Cole
• 1972 – Cisco Pike -Cisco Pike
• 1971 – The Last Movie- Minstrel Wrangler

Kris Kristofferson Songs | Kris Kristofferson Greatest Hits | Kris Kristofferson Music | Songs Written By Kris Kristofferson

• A Moment Of Forever
• Anthem ’84
• Ask Any Working Girl
• Between Heaven And Here
• Broken Freedom Song
• Casey’s Last Ride
• Crippled Crow
• Devil To Pay
• Duvalier’s Dream
• Epitaph
• Epitaph (black And Blue)
• Forever In Your Love
• Good Love
• Help Me Make It Through The Night
• I May Smoke Too Much
• I’ll Take Any Chance I Can With You
• If It’s All The Same To You
• If You Don’t Like Hank Williams
• It’s All Over All Over Again
• Jody And The Kid
• Johnny Lobo
• Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
• Lights Of Magdala
• Long Way From Home
• Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
• Love Is The Way
• Love Of Money
• Me And Bobby Mcgee
• New Game Now
• New Mister Me
• One For The Money
• Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends
• Rescue Mission
• Road Warrior’s Ament
• Rock And Roll Time
• Sam’s Song
• Same Old Song
• Shake Hands With The Devil
• Shandy (the Perfect Disguise)
• Shipwrecked In The Ighties
• Shouldn’t Feel So Bad
• Smile At Me Again
• Stagger Mountain Tragedy
• Stairway To The Bottom
• Stranger
• The Promise
• The Silvertongued Devil And I
• The Taker
• To Beat The Devil
• Under The Gun
• Watch Closely Now
• What About Me
• When I Loved Her
• Worth Fighting For
• You Show Me Yours

Kris Kristofferson Death | Is Kris Kristofferson Still Alive

News of actor Kris Kristofferson’s death spread quickly earlier on November 2018 causing concern among fans across the world. However the report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the actor best known for hit songs like Why Me or Me and Bobby McGee is alive and well.

Kris Kristofferson Children | Kris Kristofferson Son

Kris has eight children from three marriages: daughter Tracy (b. 1962) and son Kris (b. 1968) from his first marriage to Fran Beer; daughter Casey (b. 1974) from his second marriage, to Rita Coolidge; and Jesse (b. 1983), Jody (b. 1985), Johnny (b. 1988), Kelly Marie (b. 1990), and Blake (b. 1994) from his marriage to his current wife Lisa (Meyers) Kristofferson.

Kris Kristofferson Net Worth

Kris Kristofferson is an American singer, songwriter and actor who has an estimated net worth of $160 million.

Kris Kristofferson Albums

These are some of Kris albums

• Kristofferson[A]
• The Silver Tongued Devil and I
• Border Lord
• Jesus Was a Capricorn
• Spooky Lady’s Sideshow
• Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame
• Surreal Thing
• Easter Island
• Shake Hands with the Devil
• To the Bone
• Repossessed
• Third World Warrior
• A Moment of Forever
• The Austin Sessions

Kris Kristofferson Alzheimer’s | Kris Kristofferson Lyme Disease | Kris Kristofferson Health

Kris, despite his age he is still healthy touring although he has encountered  a few serious medical issues in the past few decades. In 1999 he had successful bypass surgery, but from 2004 to 2015 suffered from what was finally diagnosed as Lyme Disease, although initially it was  incorrectly thought to be early onset Alzheimer’s disease. It is not clear how Kris contracted Lyme Disease, but it is suspected that he caught it while filming a movie in the remote woods of Vermont in 2002.

Kris’s wife credits Kris’s successful diagnosis and recovery to getting second opinions when dealing with auto-immune and Alzheimer-type diagnoses. Currently Kris is being treated by a specialist in California “who added antibiotic intramuscular injections to Kris’s protocol and is continuing to treat Kris,” his wife reported.

Willie Nelson Kris Kristofferson | Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson

Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson composed a group know as The Highwaymen. It was an American country music supergroup. The four of the genre’s biggest artists were known for their pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre:. Active between 1985 and 1995, the group recorded three major label albums as The Highwaymen: two on Columbia Records and one for Liberty Records. Their Columbia works produced three chart singles, including the number one “Highwayman” in 1985.

Actor Kris Kristofferson

Kris focused on acting he appeared many films including Blume in Love (directed by Paul Mazursky) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Convoy (all directed by Sam Peckinpah). In 1987, Kristofferson starred in the 7-episode TV series Amerika with Robert Urich and Christine Lahti. He went on in acting Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Vigilante Force, a film based on the Yukio Mishima novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, A Star Is Born (with Barbra Streisand), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and Flashpoint in 1984 (directed by William Tannen).

Kris Kristofferson Military

Kris, under pressure from his family, ultimately joined the U.S. Army and attained the rank of captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School. During the early 1960s, he was stationed in West Germany as a member of the 8th Infantry Division.[13] During this time, he resumed his music career and formed a band.

In 1965, when his tour of duty ended, Kristofferson was given an assignment to teach English literature at West Point. Instead, he decided to leave the Army and pursue songwriting. His family disowned him because of his career decision, and sources are unclear on whether or not they reconciled. They saw it as a rejection of everything they stood for, in spite of the fact that Kristofferson has said he is proud of his time in the military, and received the American Veterans Awards “Veteran of the Year Award” in 2003.

Kris Kristofferson Quotes

1. Kris Kristofferson Casey Kristofferson
2. To me, if you love it enough to devote your life to it, then you’re doing the right thing.
   You don’t paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.
3. I was working the Gulf of Mexico on oil rigs, flying helicopters. I’d lost my family to my years of failing as a songwriter. All I had were bills, child support, and grief. And I was about to get fired for not letting 24 hours go between the throttle and the bottle. It looked like I’d trashed my act. But there was something liberating about it.
4. I have a special place in my heart for Nashville because it saved my life back in the day.
5. I have no regrets. I feel very grateful for the life that I had – you know, family I live with; and I’ve been doing work that I love, ever since I came to Nashville.
6. Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause that’s all that matters in the end.
7. I hope that I’ll keep being creative until they throw dirt on me.
8. I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I’ve always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it’s possible to support the warrior and be against the war.
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Kris Kristofferson Singo’s singalong

On September 30, 2019 Monday, retail and burger king Jack Cowin (No. 25 on this year’s list with $2.79 billion) and Harvey Norman co-founder and executive chairman Gerry Harvey (No. 40 with $1.9 billion) joined their close friend, former ad man and entrepreneur John Singleton (on 145th spot with a paltry $670 million) at his Saddles restaurant in Mt White, on Sydney’s outskirts for an intimate concert with 83-year-old rocker Kris Kristofferson, who played opposite Barbra Streisand in the 1976 version of A Star is Born.

“Casey’s Last Ride” by Kris Kristofferson