Kurt Russell’s Family: Photos of His Sons & Stepkids With Goldie Hawn

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March 17, 2022 1:45PM EDT
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Kurt Russell is a Hollywood legend with a family full of talent. Let’s take a look at Kurt’s sons and step-kids.

Family man Kurt Russell has been in the Hollywood game since he was a kid, and his kids have practically grown up in the limelight. Born in Massachusetts on Mar. 17, 1951, and raised in Los Angeles, the 70-year-old star got his start as a child actor on such TV shows as The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Gunsmoke, and Gilligan’s Island before going on to be a bona fide movie star in the 80s with ‘John Carpenter: The Thing’ and ‘Escape From New York’.

One of his biggest hits was 1987’s Overboard, with his partner Goldie Hawn. Later in his career, he would receive accolades for his dramatic turns in Tequila Sunrise, Backdraft, and Tombstone.

Kurt’s show business success isn’t the only thing he can boast about. He’s also a family man. Kurt is the proud papa of son Boston Russell, whom he welcomed during his four-year marriage to Season Hubley, which ended in 1983. He also gushes over Wyatt Russell, his son he shares with Goldie. As the couple have been in a relationship for over 38 years, Kurt is a fantastic stepfather to Goldie’s other two children, Oliver Hudson, and Kate Hudson.

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Kurt & Goldie Have A LAugh

Kurt & Goldie Have A LAugh
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Kurt Russell leans over in laughter at something while his partner, Goldie Hawn, laughs off while looking off in the distance. The two celebrate 40 years together in 2023. 

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Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Family Attend ‘Breakdown’ Premiere

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Family Attend ‘Breakdown’ Premiere
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Oliver Hudson, Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and Boston Russell attend ‘Breakdown’ premiere in Los Angeles im 1997. The family had their arms wrapped around each other as they couldn’t stop laughing. 

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Goldie Hawn & Boston Russell Arrive At Heathrow Airport

Goldie Hawn & Boston Russell Arrive At Heathrow Airport
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Goldie Hawn and step-son Boston Russell arrive at Heathrow Airport in 2004. The pair rocked casual ensembles as they made their way through the London terminal.

Boston is credited as a production assistant on Kurt’s 1996 movie ‘Executive Decision’, according to his IMDB.

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Kate Hudson & Goldie Hawn Arrive At Beatles Collection Launch

Kate Hudson & Goldie Hawn Arrive At Beatles Collection Launch
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Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn at Stella McCartney x The Beatles: ‘Get Back’ collection launch in Los Angeles 2021. The mother-daughter duo looked glamorous on the red carpet. 

Goldie absolutely loves her family, once telling Australian Women’s Weekly, “A good family is the answer to happiness. I look at our kids and grandchildren and there’s nothing in the world that could make me as proud as I am of all them.”

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Wyatt Russell Rocks Black Attire for Disney Event

Wyatt Russell Rocks Black Attire for Disney Event
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Wyatt Russell attends the Disney+ press line at the 2019 D23 Expo in Los Angeles. He looked quite dapper in his all-black attire.

Wyatt is an actor like his mom Goldie and dad Kurt, playing the character John Walker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’.

He revealed how he had a normal childhood in an interview once, saying “My parents are actors and never brought work home. I didn’t even know what they did until I was about 10 years old. We never talked about it.”

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Oliver Hudson Arrives At Disney Upfronts

Oliver Hudson Arrives At Disney Upfronts
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Oliver Hudson attends the Disney/ABC/Freeform 2018 Upfront Party at Tavern on the Green in New York. The actor held a casual air with his shirt unbottoned at the top.

Oliver is also an actor, who has been featured in ‘Rules of Engagement’, the musical drama ‘Nashville’, and in the Ryan Murphy romp ‘Scream Queens’.

The second-generation entertainer admitted acting was harder than he expected while talking to the Mercury News in 2001. “Before I wanted to be an actor, I thought, ‘That’s easy. I can do that. It’s just saying lines so realistically.’ Then I started to do it, and it was not that easy.”

He added, “I would think that being a good actor was just being real. And I’d watch a scene that I did and thought, ‘That is so boring. There’s nothing behind it.’ Then you try to figure out how to bring it to life a little bit, and for me, it’s been a longer road.”

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Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Family Arrive to Goldie’s Charity Event

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Family Arrive to Goldie’s Charity Event
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Wyatt Russell, Kate’s son Ryder Robinson, Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell arrive at the 2017 Goldie’s Love In For Kids gala in Beverly Hills, 2017. The entire crew was beaming as they posed for the shutterbugs.

Goldie loves having grandchildren. She once told Australia Women’s Weekly, “Being a grandmother is amazing, I love it. It brings incredible joy.”

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Goldie Hawn & Oliver Hudson Arrive At ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ Premiere

Goldie Hawn & Oliver Hudson Arrive At ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ Premiere
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Goldie Hawn and Oliver Hudson arrive at ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ film premiere in Los Angeles, 2018. The mother-son duo kept it casual for the Hollywood affair.

Goldie almost lost Oliver as a baby. He was born in tough shape and needed to be admitted to the ICU immediately after birth. She remembered first seeing her boy with People in 2017, saying, “Oh my God, was he beautiful. Eleven pounds of a hunk of love. I stood up and I just connected to the universe. I put my hand on him, and I asked God, I said, ‘Come through me, use me to heal my son.'”

Goldie’s prayers were answered and Oliver recovered. Remarking on the power of prayer, she said, “I don’t think there’s any question that prayer can work. I’m a very spiritual person. I’m not a religious person, although I was raised Jewish and I like my tribe, but that was a beautiful thing. It was phenomenal. I just emptied myself. I don’t know how to explain it.”

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Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Wyatt Russell Step Out In LA

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Wyatt Russell Step Out In LA
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Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell step out in Los Angeles in 2016. The family had a fun date at celeb hotspot Little Dom’s.

Wyatt joked about inheriting his dad’s looks while promoting his show ‘Lodge 49’ in Aug. 2018. He told the New York Post, “I look more like Jeff Bridges than I look like my dad. But I think the comparison stops there after watching a couple of episodes.”

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Kate Hudson Arrives At The InStyle Awards

Kate Hudson Arrives At The InStyle Awards
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Kate Hudson sparkled at the 6th Annual Instyle Awards, Los Angeles 2021. The movie star exuded glamour and sophistication on the red carpet.

Kate has never been shy about her close connection with Kurt, who she considers her dad. Her biological father Bill Hudson was never in the picture much.

Talking about her pops on ‘Howard Stern’ in 2016, Kate said, “The trust I got from [Russell] in terms of his dependability was priceless for me. He is so honest, so brutally honest. I love him so much; he is just a great guy.”

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Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Wyatt Russell Arrive At ‘The Hateful Eight’ Premiere

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Wyatt Russell Arrive At ‘The Hateful Eight’ Premiere
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Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn and Wyatt Russell at ‘The Hateful Eight’ film premiere in Los Angeles, 2015. The terrific trio looked every inch Hollywood royalty.

Wyatt explained how he had to learn the ropes of acting on his own during a chat with the New York Post in Aug. 2018. He said, “In anything — journalism, acting, being a lawyer, being a plumber — if you think the new job doesn’t give you some form of a learning curve, then you’ve got an issue. Because there’s something new that happens every time.”

Wyatt went on, “Having parents or people who were in the industry before you does not substitute for learning on the job. How people react to you is not how people react to your parents. They’re going to react to you in a certain way and you have to learn how to utilize that and make it all work.

“So [my family background] helped, of course, because my parents are good people — but it didn’t help me to think about what they would have done,” he said. “They’re not in my shoes and I’m not in theirs.”

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Kurt Russell & Kate Hudson Arrive At ‘Snatched’ Premiere

Kurt Russell & Kate Hudson Arrive At ‘Snatched’ Premiere
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Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson pose together at the ‘Snatched’ premiere in Los Angeles in 2017. Kurt looked dapper as Kate wowed in a black top and print leggings.

Kate raved about Kurt on Father’s Day 2021. She shared an Instagram snap of her with her dad and wrote, “Our great loyal protector. Our dependable authentic captain. Our wild, sometimes untamed adventurer father!”

Talking about their adventurous childhood, she went on, “From skiing out of helicopters, flying in open-cockpit planes, dirt bikes, bareback horse riding, motorcycle rides, boat racing…a childhood and adulthood of adventure. Our Pa always makes life fun. Always down for exploring, always ready to take on the good life with his family.

“He’s one heck of a dad,” Kate went on, “Lucky us. Happy Fathers Day Pa I love you so much.”

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Kurt Russell & Sons Step Out In Hollywood

Kurt Russell & Sons Step Out In Hollywood
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Boston Russell, Wyatt Russell, Kurt Russell and Oliver Hudson attend ‘Poseidon’ screening in Los Angeles in 2006. The four gentlemen looked stylish in their different ensembles.

Goldie once explained why Kurt is such a good dad, telling Closer in 2018, “He’s a good person. A fun, good person. We come together and appreciate all the moments we are together. We love our family, it matters that we are a unit. We are happy in our world. Happiness is the goal.”

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Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Family Attend Goldie’s Hollywood Walk Of Fame Ceremony

Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn & Family Attend Goldie’s Hollywood Walk Of Fame Ceremony
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Boston Russell, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, and Kurt Russell appeared at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017. The family was there to honor Goldie as she received her much-deserved star.

Goldie talked about the responsibility of being a parent on the ‘Today’ show in 2015, explaining, “You’re creating one, two, three new people. You have a tremendous influence on these human beings. And these are people that you want, and hopefully will contribute in some way, and put some of the love back in the earth.”

She went on, “This is what we do. This is what our job is as mothers. We create a good little soul and he or she will pass that on to his or her friends and make an influence. And that’s one way we can help make this world a better place.”

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Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson Arrive At SAG Awards

Goldie Hawn & Kate Hudson Arrive At SAG Awards
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Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson arrive for the the 24th annual SAG Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on January 21, 2018. Goldie was a vision in baby blue, as Kate rocked a pink polka dot frock.

Goldie once said of her relationship with Kate, “As we grow older together, I can’t express the amount of love, joy, laughter, and sadness we share. She understands me, I understand her. We’re girls. We share everything.”

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Oliver Hudson, Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell At AmfAR Gala

Oliver Hudson, Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell At AmfAR Gala
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Oliver Hudson, Goldie Hawn, and Kurt Russell arrive at the 2013 amfAR Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles, in 2013. The family was dressed to the nines at the charity event.

Kate talked about her and Oliver being estranged from biological dad Bill Hudson during an interview on the ‘Today’ show in Jan. 2021. She said, “I have a great family. I have a beautiful mother. I have a stepfather who stepped in and played a huge, huge part in sharing what it is to have a dependable father figure in our life. But it doesn’t take away from the fact that we didn’t know our dad.”

She continued, “I think as I’ve sort of gone through that process … I kind of look at my dad and I’m, like, ‘You know, the love has never ever gone anywhere. It’s always been there, no matter what those complications have been.’ And healing is … personal, and I think people sometimes just need to hear that they’re not alone in that.”

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Oliver Hudson & Goldie Hawn Step Out In Hollywood

Oliver Hudson & Goldie Hawn Step Out In Hollywood
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Oliver Hudson and Goldie Hawn attend the premiere of ‘Where Hope Grows’ in Los Angeles in 2014. Oliver kept it casual in a sweater and jeans, as Goldie rocked a chic black dress.

Goldie shared a bit about her parenting philosophy with the Huffington Post in 2015, saying, “We as mothers have to be able to not just pass the baton but to be able to give free rein for your [kids] to grow, to make mistakes. Doesn’t mean they’re not watched. But it means that they’re honored.”

She went on, “Just be there. You don’t always have to power over. I believe that this is one of the most important things as a parent you can do … to let go, in times, so these children can formulate their own identity.”

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