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Elvis is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film directed by John Carpenter , and starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley , originally aired on ABC . Kurt Russell . During the 1980s , he starred in several films by director John Carpenter , including anti-hero roles such as army hero-turned-robber Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film Escape from New York ( 1981 ) , and its sequel Escape from L.A. ( 1996 ) , Antarctic helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the horror film The Thing ( 1982 ) , and truck driver Jack Burton in the dark kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China ( 1986 ) , all of which have since become cult films . He has joined The Fast and the Furious franchise since 2015 , having starred in Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious .