Kris Kristofferson's father was a United States Air Force general who pushed his son to a military career. Kris was a Golden Gloves boxer and went to Pomona College in California. From there, he earned a Rhodes scholarship to study literature at Oxford University. He ultimately joined the United States Army and achieved the rank of captain...See full bio »
2006Brats: Our Journey Home
(documentary)
(writer: "Jesse Jackson", "Sky King", "The Heart", "What About Me", "Eagle and the Bear", "Love of Money", "This Old Road", "Worth Fighting For" / performer: "Jesse Jackson", "Sky King", "The Heart", "What About Me", "Eagle and the Bear", "Love of Money", "This Old Road", "Worth Fighting For")
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
(TV documentary)
(writer: "Slouching Toward The Millennium", "Song for Sam", "Sunday Morning Coming Down" / performer: "Slouching Toward The Millennium", "Song for Sam", "Sunday Morning Coming Down")
1985The Winning Hand
(TV movie)
(writer: "Here Comes That Rainbow Again", "Help Me Make It Through The Night", "The Bandits of Beverly Hills", "The Bigger The Fool, The Harder The Fall", "Me and Bobby McGee", "Casey's Last Ride" / performer: "Here Comes That Rainbow Again", "To Make a Long Story Short, She's Gone", "Help Me Make It Through The Night", "Ping Pong", "The Bandits of Beverly Hills", "Put It Off Until Tomorrow", "The Bigger The Fool, The Harder The Fall", "Me and Bobby McGee", "Born To Love Me", "Casey's Last Ride", "Don't Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Does")
1985Blue Money
(TV movie)
(writer: "Help Me Make It Through the Night")
1985The 57th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special documentary)
(writer: "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around" / performer: "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around", "On the Road Again", "Amazing Grace")
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Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
(1978)
(writer: "Help Me Make It Through the Night", "Song I Like to Sing" / performer: "Help Me Make It Through the Night", "Song I Like to Sing")
1972Fat City
(writer: "Help Me Make It Through the Night" / performer: "Help Me Make It Through the Night")
1972Cisco Pike
(writer: "Loving Her Was Easier", "I'd Rather Be Sorry", "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33", "Breakdown" / performer: "Loving Her Was Easier", "I'd Rather Be Sorry", "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33", "Breakdown")
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Episode #2.9
(1970)
(writer: "Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again" / performer: "Loving Her Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again")
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Episode #2.5
(1970)
(writer: "For the Good Times")
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Episode #2.3
(1970)
(writer: "The Loving Gift" - uncredited)
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Episode #2.1
(1970)
(writer: "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", "Help Me Make It Through the Night")
(on Retired General Wesley Clark's bid for the Democratic nomination in 2004) Just when the world is being dragged into the death spiral of an unending cycle of violence by a visionless, coldblooded collection of think-tank warriors goose-stepping their way into the new millennium with a stunning lack of respect for human rights...
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Trivia:
A couple of years after he got out of the army, Kristofferson joined the Tennessee National Guard. He flew helicopters.
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