re: Better Career: Kurt Russell, Jeff Bridges or Kevin Costner?

Another for team Russell though Bridges is not far behind.

Doesn’t hurt that from all accounts and every interview I’ve heard, Russell just seems like a good dude

Kevin Costner:
The Untouchables
No Way Out
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Dance with Wolves
Robin Hood
JFK
A Perfect World
Tin Cup
For Love of the Game
Hidden Figures
Draft Day

Jeff Bridges:
Heaven's Gate
Tron
Against All Odds
Starman
Jagged Edge
Tucker
The Fisher King
The Vanishing
Blown Away
The Big Lebowski
Arlington Road
True Grit

Kurt Russell:
Escape from New York
The Thing
The Best of Times
Big Trouble in Little China
Overboard
Tango & Cash
Backdraft
Tombstone
Stargate
Breakdown
Death Proof
Bone Tomahawk

Bridges has the most range of the three. My favorite movie from that whole list though is Big Trouble in Little China.

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Just gonna leave out Water World like it never existed??

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And the Postman?

Bridges
Tin Cup
Russell

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Kevin Costner:
The Untouchables
No Way Out
Bull Durham
Field of Dreams
Dance with Wolves
Robin Hood
JFK
A Perfect World
Tin Cup
For Love of the Game
Hidden Figures
Draft Day

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Definitely think Mr. Brooks, Open Range, and Thirteen Days deserve a mention.

Interesting comparison. Bridges the oldest (b. 1949) and Russell the middle (b. 1951) are both "Hollywood Royalty" with famous acting fathers. Costner (b. 1955) didn't really hit it even semi big until he was damned near 30, while the other 2 were acting as children.

Also, while Bridges and Costner are native Californians, Russell was born in Massachusetts. Russell and Costner were both serious jocks, too, with Russell even pondering following his father's footsteps (professional baseball then acting) until an injury sort of forced the issue and sent him back to Hollywood.

Russell is arguably the last big star "discovered" by Walt Disney. His father's connections didn't hurt getting him started, but Disney himself was convinced of his future success when he was still a teenager. Bridges probably can't remember a time when he wasn't acting, while Costner didn't catch the bug until college.

Costner had more direct control of the peak of his career (director/actor/producer), but I doubt Russell was ever pushed around in Hollywood or forced to do anything he didn't want to. Bridges, either. All of them seemed to chart their own course, reasonably conscientiously, with very little sign of just "paycheck" pictures (*cough* Pacino, Deniro *cough*). Russell is probably the biggest star of the 3, but that wouldn't have been true at the time of "Peak" Costner. Bridges' career always seems to be in waves.

“You gotta be f’n kidding me”



Really like Russell and Bridges a lot. but I gotta give the edge to Kurt. A distant third would be Costner.

I actually like all 3. Costner has had the bigger name value and blockbusters of course.

But Bridges is my favorite of the 3 especially in the “cynical” roles like Hell or High Water and Fisher King.

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Kurt Russell just for longevity. He has been acting since he was a kid and is still relevant

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Good range too, went from the Computer in Tennis Shoes to Snake Plisken. Great portrayal of Herb Brooks and Used Cars is a classic.