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Born Kristoffer Kristofferson on the 22nd June 1936 in Brownsville, Texas USA, he is an Academy Award-nominated actor, and country rock musician, best known to the world for such songs as “Me and Bobby McGee”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down’”, and “For the Good Times”, among other creations. He has released 18 studio albums, and has appeared in more than 115 film and television titles, which include leading roles in “Cisco Pike” (1972), then “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid” (1973), and “The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James” (1986).

Have you ever wondered how rich Kris Kristofferson is, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Kristofferson’s net worth is as high as $80 million, an amount earned through his long and successful career, active since the early ‘70s.

Kris is the son of a Swedish father, Lars Henry Kristofferson, and his wife, Mary Ann, who is of English, Scottish-Irish, Swiss-German, Dutch and German ancestry. His father served in the US Army Air Corps, and as Kris was growing up, Lars actually prepared him for the army.

Kris attended San Mateo High School, after which he enrolled at Pomona College, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature. During his college years, Kris excelled in various sports, including rugby, American Football and track and field as well. Thanks to his accomplishments, Kris appeared in the Sports Illustrated edition “Faces in the Crowd”.

After graduating, Kris received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University and became a student at Merton College. It was there that he met people who would help him launch his career; with the help of the poet Michael Fried, and manager Larry Parnes, Kris reached a deal with the Top Rank Records, and recorded several songs, however, Kris’s early recordings had little success.

However, he finished his studies with a B. Phil degree in English literature.

Following his graduation, Kris joined the military in 1960 on the urging from his father, eventually reaching the rank of Captain and serving as a helicopter pilot, before leaving the army in 1965 and starting a band – his family consequently abandoned him!

He moved Nashville to support his musical beginnings, and held several odd jobs, including sweeping floors at Columbia Recording Studios. He came in touch with June Carter, wife of Johnny Cash, and gave her an audio tape to pass on to Cash. However, Cash stashed the tape with numerous others he got day after day, so Kris took the matter into his own hands, and landed a helicopter in Cash’s front yard. This resulted in a collaboration between the two; Cash decided to give a chance to Kris’s song “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”. The song became an immediate hit, and the Kris was awarded songwriter of the year at the country music awards.

Working as a commercial helicopter pilot for Petroleum Helicopters International and writing songs whenever an inspiration would come, Kris slowly became recognized in the country rock music scene, with songs such as “Jody and the Kid”, “From the Bottle to the Bottom”, “Once More with Feeling”, and many others, however, his recordings didn’t reach full potential.

His debut self-titled album came out in 1970, but the sales were low, despite reaching the top 10 on the US Country chart. However, his next album – “The Silver Tongued Devil and I” – achieved gold status in the US and peaked at No. 4, while his album “Jesus Was a Capricorn” topped the charts and also achieved gold status, increasing his wealth to a large degree.

Kris remains active until the present day, and so far has released 18 studio albums, but since the late ‘70s hasn’t had any notable success, except for the album “Closer to the Bone” (2009), which reached No. 29 on the US Country chart. In addition to his work as a solo artist, he was a part of the country rock group The Highwaymen, with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson – the group released three studio albums between 1985 to 1995, including the eponymous album “Highwayman”, which topped the US Country chart and achieved platinum status in Australia, USA, and gold in Canada, increasing Kristofferson’s net worth considerably.

Thanks to his success in music, Kris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004, having already been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985.

Aside from his musical career, Kris is also an accomplished actor; he has more than 115 titles credited to his name, and is still active in the industry. He made his debut in a minor role in the drama “The Last Movie” in 1971, and the next year had the starring role in the drama “Cisco Pike” (1972). Throughout the ‘70s he had a number of successful appearances, including in “Blume in Love”, “Vigilante Force” and “A Star Is Born”, for which he received a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, among others. In 1984 he featured in the musical drama “Songwriter”, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and in 1992 starred in the romantic comedy “Christmas in Connecticut”, with Dyan Cannon, and Tony Curtis, while in 1998 he portrayed Whistler in the first installment of the action horror film franchise “Blade”, reprising his role in the sequels “Blade 2” in 2002, and “Blade: Trinity” in 2004. In 2001 he was Karubi in the sci-fi action adventure “Planet of the Apes”, while four years later he portrayed Dr. Thomas Becker in the sci-fi mystery drama “The Jacket”, next to Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley and Daniel Craig. In 2011 he featured in the family drama “Dolphin Tale” (2011) and appeared in its sequel three years later, meantime starring in the action-drama “Midnight Stallion” (2013).

In recent years, Kris featured in the drama mystery “The Red Maple Leaf” (2016), and the western “Traded” (2017), further increasing his net worth. In 2006, Kris became a part of the Texas Film Hall of Fame, thanks to his extreme success in western films.

Regarding his personal life, Kris has been married to Lisa Meyers since 1983; the couple has five children together. He has two marriages behind him, firstly with Frances Beer from 1961 until 1973, which produced two children. He then married singer Rita Coolidge in 1973, and had two children with her, before they divorced in 1980.

Since 2013, Kris has been suffering from short-term memory loss, and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, but it was later revealed as a mistake and is actually Lyme disease.

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Kristoffer Kristofferson Quotes

• (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, the environment, or international law, along comes a man with the proven credentials of intelligence, integrity, and courage singularly equipped by his spirit and experience to lead us out of this mess. Don’t listen to what the lying liars say about him; listen to what he says. Wesley Clark is a prayer answered.
• I should have been dead many times over. The way I used to fly attack-choppers I should have died. When I got numerous concussion from football I should have died. When I continued to box even after loosing my memory I should have died – they’re trying to tear your head off for Christ sake. I’ve rolled cars many times, been drunk on a motorcycle too often. It’s embarrassing now, sitting here, knowing you took all the good things for granted, that I didn’t cherish my life a bit more.
• Recently, my oldest son, Kris, and I were coming out of an airport, and I saw this little kid I’d seen back at the gate with his mother, and I said, ‘Look-that’s the kid who was coming out of the gate with us.’ And Kris said, ‘Dad, you’re getting old. You noticed the little kid and I was looking at his mother.
• I think I’m a much better father as an older man than I was with my first kids. Occasionally, I have to yell at the little guys, but they don’t take me seriously. ‘Listen to the old guy,’ they say. ‘Isn’t he great? He’s mad.’
• 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.
• [on A Star Is Born (1976)] (Filming) It was like Ranger School.
• Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn’t cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older.
• I was a slow starter. I mean, I grew up in the fifties, and, jeez, I wasn’t even laid in high school. Looking back on it, I didn’t know anything, which was kind of unfortunate for my first couple of wives. When I found out that girls like sex as much as guys, I was, for many years, feeling like that was my function. I mean, I wasn’t as bad as Clinton, but I was led by the pecker.
• The desire to be fucked-up probably leaves you, but the desire to be high never does.
• Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get. It makes me think about the time when my apartment got robbed and everything was gone and I was disowned by my family. I owed money to a hospital and I owed my wife five hundred a month for child support and I thought, “I’m losing my job.” I hadn’t any money, I hadn’t anything going for me, but it was liberating. I was in this Evangeline Motel, like something out of “Psycho”, a filthy place, just sitting there with this neon Jesus outside the door, in the swamps outside of Lafayette, Louisiana, and I thought, “Fuck. I’m on the bottom, can’t go any lower” — and from then on, man, I drove my car to the airport, left it there, and never went back to get it. Went to Nashville and called this friend of mine, Mickey Newberry, and told him I’d just got fired, and he said, “Great. Johnny Cash is shooting a new TV show. Come up, and we can pitch him some songs.” The next moment, they cut three of my songs, and they were hits. I never had to go back to work again.
• (on Merle Haggard) When I started getting recognized, a lot of people saw me and Merle as antagonists, because of the nature of “Okie from Muskogee”, “The Fightin’ Side of Me” and some of the political stuff that I had done, I guess. That was never the case. As far as I’m concerned, he’s the closest thing to Hank Williams walking the streets today.
• (on the current state of America and the world) I remember getting this creepy feeling back when I was doing “Heaven’s Gate” which was about the Cattleman’s Association getting government backup to go in with mercenaries and kill a bunch of civilians. I remember thinking at the time that maybe there’s always been a dark part of this American dream where money was more important than people. That’s exactly what’s going down now. The money involved in this Iraq reconstruction is shameless. It’s right in your face and everyone can see it. I don’t know if its apathy or if it’s more a feeling of powerlessness. What can we do? They elected Bush without him really winning the election. The Supreme Court is stacked and we’re fixing to stack it worse. All this destruction is done in our name. And the simple things that Bush keeps saying are so embarrassing. He says, “These are evil people who hate peace and hate freedom and that’s why they’re blowing themselves up.” Christ.
• (on Heaven’s Gate (1980)) I was real surprised to see the critics line up on the side of the philistines so fast. To me, the film was about the American dream, and it shows one of the basic flaws in the dream – the idea that money is more important than people. I’ll be proud of that movie as long as I’m in the business. It was a work of art. Michael Cimino, the director, says he’s unrepentant and plans to sin again, and I hope he gets the chance.
• [on working with Barbra Streisand on A Star Is Born (1976)] Filming with Streisand is an experience which may have cured me of movies.
• The number-one rule of the road is never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself. You will break this rule, and you will be sorry.
• I think between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths about the brilliance of Rhodes scholars.

Kristoffer Kristofferson Important Facts

• In 2013 he admitted he has suffered from short-term memory loss for several years.
• He and his second wife Rita Coolidge were one of three married couples to make guest appearances in The Muppet Show (1976). The other two were Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Robert Shields and Lorene Yarnell Jansson.
• His paternal grandparents were Swedish. His mother had English, Scots-Irish, German, Swiss-German, and Dutch ancestry.
• The Rhodes Scholarship, which Kristofferson won to study at Oxford University in England, is widely considered the world’s most prestigious academic scholarship. Other notable Rhodes scholars include: Bill Clinton (the 42nd President of the United States), United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk, astronomer Edwin Hubble, film director Terrence Malick, feminist author and critic Naomi Wolf, and political adviser and commentator George Stephanopoulos.
• Avid golfer.
• Is friends with singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. The two have also toured together. Kristofferson mentions Brown in his song “Eddie the Eunuch”.
• A fitness fanatic for most of his life, he worked out rigorously up to the mid-1990s, running seven miles daily, worked out on a punching bag and rowing machine and swimming.
• Friends with Jeff Bridges and fellow Texan Tommy Lee Jones. Was also friends with the late Warren Oates.
• He was set to become a Major when he decided to quit the United States Army Rangers after almost five years.
• He was asked to try out for the United States Special Forces, but didn’t fancy it.
• When Kristofferson hosted the season finale of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 1976, the cast and crew reported that he was drunk, and were worried that he wouldn’t be able to do it. Still, Kristofferson proved himself to be quite the functioning drunk, and the show went pretty well. Kristofferson has remarked on numerous occasions that his drinking was often a way to survive when performing, because he is pretty shy and does not have a great deal of confidence in himself.
• A couple of years after he got out of the army, Kristofferson joined the Tennessee National Guard. He flew helicopters.
• One of the few male celebrities to have appeared as a model in both Playgirl and Playboy. The Playboy piece was especially daring, with Kristofferson posing with co-star Sarah Miles as a promo for The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976). Kristofferson regretted it, and admitted he had been drunk and couldn’t even remember doing it. He posed in Playgirl as a favor to his good friend Jane Fonda, who was interviewed about their movie Rollover (1981).
• His brother Kraigher Kristofferson is, like Kris, a veteran of the Armed Forces. Kraigher was a United States Navy fighter pilot and served in the Vietnam War.
• He was one of many names tossed around for the potential role of John Rambo in First Blood (1982). Some producers hoped it would kindle the interest of Kristofferson’s friend Sam Peckinpah.
• Tested for the part of Superman in Superman (1978).
• Played football with Burt Reynolds in preparation for Semi-Tough (1977). Both men had been outstanding footballers in college – Reynolds almost turned pro.
• After seeing Kristofferson perform at the popular tavern The Troubadour in Los Angeles and his appearance in Cisco Pike (1972), Sam Peckinpah decided to cast him as Billy the Kid in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973).
• It is speculated that either Kristofferson, Warren Beatty, Cat Stevens or Mick Jagger “inspired” the famous song “You’re so Vain” by Carly Simon. Kristofferson doesn’t think so himself, and said the following when an interviewer asked him about it: “It couldn’t have been me, ’cause I’ve never flown in a Lear jet like that guy in the song.”.
• Close friend of Joan Baez.
• Became good friends with the late James Coburn. They worked together on Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Convoy (1978) and Payback (1999). Coburn also sang some backup vocals on Kristofferson’s album “Who’s to Bless and Who’s to Blame”.
• Wrote two tribute songs to his friend Sam Peckinpah. He called them “Sam’s Song (Ask Any Working Girl)” and “One for the Money”.
• First grew a beard during a hospital stay. He kept it because it made him look older.
• The American Veteran Awards named him Veteran of the Year in 2002.
• He was the first choice for the role of “The Driver” in Two-Lane Blacktop (1971).
• He is a former United States Army Rangers captain. He graduated Airborne School, Ranger School, and flight school, served in Germany, and volunteered for Vietnam as a helicopter pilot, but instead was offered a professor of English Literature position at USMA West Point. Disappointed that he was not allowed to fight in Vietnam, he resigned his position in 1965.
• Cameron Crowe posed as a student at Clairemont High School to get material for the screenplay for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). The principal of Clairemont was not thrilled with the idea, but when he asked Crowe about musicians that he had met, he mentioned Kris Kristofferson. The principal was a big fan of Kristofferson and agreed to let Crowe on campus.
• As a kid, his heroes were Hank Williams and Rocky Graziano.
• Was a skilled boxer, rugby, and football player until a string of serious injuries forced him to quit.
• He is a good friend of Muhammad Ali and Willie Nelson. He was also a very good friend of the late Johnny Cash.
• Used to work as a commercial helicopter pilot.
• Favorite actors are William Holden, Robert Ryan and Gregory Peck.
• Among his personal heroes are Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesus Christ, and Mohandas Gandhi.
• He was going to star as the lead in Hanover Street (1979), but dropped out to mount a concert tour instead. Harrison Ford got the part.
• On an interview he did before his concert in Finland, he told that his original ancestry is Finnish.
• Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 10, 2006 in Austin, Texas. The other inductees were Matthew McConaughey, JoBeth Williams, Cybill Shepherd and Lyle Lovett.
• 1970: Won the coveted Country Music Song of the Year Award for his song, “Sunday Morning Coming Down”, as well as the Country Music Songwriter of the Year Award.
• Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985.
• He got the leading male role of A Star Is Born (1976) after Elvis Presley couldn’t do it. Elvis has also recorded a song written by Kristofferson.
• Was a member of The Highwaymen with fellow country music stars Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
• Father of Tracy Kristofferson (b1962) and Kris Kristofferson (b. 1968) with Frances Beir. Daughter Casey Kristofferson (b. 1974) with Rita Coolidge. Jesse Turner Kristofferson (b. 1984), Jody Ray Kristofferson (b. 1985), Johnny Kristofferson (b. 1988), Kelly Marie Kristofferson (b. 1991) and Blake Cameron Kristofferson (b. 1994) with Lisa Marie Meyers.
• Brother of Karen Kirschenbauer.
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004.
• A young Kris Kristofferson can be seen on one of of his album covers in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976).
• He got his start in the music business by landing a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s backyard and presenting him with a song he had written. Cash went on to record the song
• He wrote the song “Me and Bobbie (later Bobby) McGee” which Janis Joplin recorded. The song was a hit for Roger Miller in 1969, who started recording it even before Kristofferson was done writing it.
• Has been awarded an honorary Doctorate from Pomona College
• Special guest at Roger Ebert’s 4th annual Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois in March 2002 where his film A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries (1998) was one of 14 neglected movies screened.
• Attended Pomona College in Claremont, California, with a B.A. in Creative Literature; graduated in 1958.
• In June 1999, Kristofferson underwent elective heart bypass.

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