Country Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor. Served in the U.S. Army in the early 1960s up until 1965 in Germany, starting off as a Lieutenant but reaching the rank of Captain. He appeared in several other movies, such as "Cisco Pike" (1972), "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973), "Blume in Love" (1973), "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974), "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974), "A Star Is Born" (1976), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, "Semi-Tough" (1977), "Convoy" (1978) with Burt Young, "Heaven's Gate" (1980), "The Last Horror Film" (1982), "Flashpoint" (1984), "Songwriter" (1984), "Trouble in Mind" (1985), "Stagecoach" (1986), "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988), "Millennium" (1989), "Welcome Home" (1989), "Lone Star" (1996), "Blade" (1998), "Payback" (1999), "Planet of the Apes" (2001), "Blade II" (2002), "Where the Red Fern Grows" (2003), "Blade: Trinity" (2004), "The Jacket" (2005), "Dreamer" (2005), "Fast Food Nation" (2006), "I'm Not There" (2007), "He's Just Not That Into You" (2009), "Dolphin Tale" (2011), "Joyful Noise" (2012) and "Blaze" (2018). He was part of the supergroup called The Highwaymen, which also consisted of Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson; they had a few hit songs, but the most famous one was "Highwayman." Kris also wrote a few famous hits such as "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Me and Bobby McGee," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Casey's Last Ride," "For the Good Times," "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)," "Help Me," "Why Me," and "Jesus Was A Capricorn," along with so many others. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004 and received accolades that are too numerous to count.
Country Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Actor. Served in the U.S. Army in the early 1960s up until 1965 in Germany, starting off as a Lieutenant but reaching the rank of Captain. He appeared in several other movies, such as "Cisco Pike" (1972), "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973), "Blume in Love" (1973), "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974), "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974), "A Star Is Born" (1976), for which he won a Golden Globe Award, "Semi-Tough" (1977), "Convoy" (1978) with Burt Young, "Heaven's Gate" (1980), "The Last Horror Film" (1982), "Flashpoint" (1984), "Songwriter" (1984), "Trouble in Mind" (1985), "Stagecoach" (1986), "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988), "Millennium" (1989), "Welcome Home" (1989), "Lone Star" (1996), "Blade" (1998), "Payback" (1999), "Planet of the Apes" (2001), "Blade II" (2002), "Where the Red Fern Grows" (2003), "Blade: Trinity" (2004), "The Jacket" (2005), "Dreamer" (2005), "Fast Food Nation" (2006), "I'm Not There" (2007), "He's Just Not That Into You" (2009), "Dolphin Tale" (2011), "Joyful Noise" (2012) and "Blaze" (2018). He was part of the supergroup called The Highwaymen, which also consisted of Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson; they had a few hit songs, but the most famous one was "Highwayman." Kris also wrote a few famous hits such as "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Me and Bobby McGee," "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," "Casey's Last Ride," "For the Good Times," "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)," "Help Me," "Why Me," and "Jesus Was A Capricorn," along with so many others. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004 and received accolades that are too numerous to count.
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