{"id":339672,"date":"2026-03-14T23:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/339672\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:46:13","slug":"kurt-russells-son-wyatt-leads-successful-hollywood-career-after-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/339672\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Russell’s son Wyatt leads successful Hollywood career after hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Kurt Russell never expected his son Wyatt to follow him into the family business, but he couldn\u2019t be more grateful that he did.<\/p>\n

The father-and-son pair play the same person in the Apple TV+ series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.” Wyatt, 39, is the only child of Russell, 74, and his longtime partner, actress Goldie Hawn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of the couple\u2019s other children from past relationships and other family members are actors, including Russell\u2019s stepchildren, Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson.<\/p>\n

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Kurt Russell, left, and Wyatt Russell visit the Empire State Building Feb. 27, 2026, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust)<\/p>\n

“Our family<\/a> has a lot of actors in it, and we all enjoy watching each other,” Russell told Fox News Digital. “In Wyatt\u2019s case? We always knew that Wyatt was a really good actor.<\/p>\n

“He was a hockey player, and he was focused on hockey,” the star shared. “And I had been focused on baseball in a very similar fashion. And when his professional days were over in hockey, I was glad to see that he went into this because I felt he was going to find a lot of success with it. And it is nice to watch that success.”<\/p>\n

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Wyatt Russell told Fox News Digital it’s been a joy to witness other actors and actresses interact with his famous father on set. (John Nacion\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

After an injury ended Wyatt\u2019s professional hockey career in his mid-20s, he leaped to the big screen, People magazine<\/a> reported. He went on to star in several TV shows and films before landing a lead role in “Monarch” alongside his father.<\/p>\n

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Russell was thrilled to see his son embrace the craft with real dedication. Wyatt had set out to build a career on his own terms.<\/p>\n

“He’s done a great job with his agent, picking things that interest him as an actor,” Russell said. “And he’s very confident. He likes to explore.<\/p>\n

“As an actor, I am happy for him, but I am happy for me. I get to watch it.”<\/p>\n

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Kurt Russell told Fox News Digital he was eager to work alongside his son in a project like “Monarch.” (Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust)<\/p>\n

Growing up on set, Wyatt felt at ease. This was no different. For Wyatt, he enjoyed watching his castmates interact with his dad while bringing the story to life.<\/p>\n

“I was really enjoying watching other people who hadn\u2019t worked with him before see his hard work and energy and excitement for the project,” he recalled. “Those are all things that I knew he was like, and it was just really fun to see other people see that too. And it also … feels sometimes like, “Oh s—, I\u2019ve got to catch up.’ That was fun to watch.”<\/p>\n

Wyatt\u2019s right. Russell has been having a blast<\/a> taking on monsters.<\/p>\n

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Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell attend the premiere of Apple TV’s series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” Season 2 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Feb. 19, 2026. (Valerie Macon\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Monarch” follows two half-siblings (Anna Sawai and Ren Watabe) as they unravel their family\u2019s connection to Monarch, a secretive organization that tracks giant creatures around the world. Those missions often put them directly in the path of the Titans<\/a>. Russell and Wyatt play Army officer Lee Shaw across two different timelines.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know who is surviving them, [but] trying to figure out how to live with them maybe is, I think, the crux of what makes these people operate from the point of view that they operate from,” Russell explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and a young Wyatt Russell appear backstage during a game between the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues at the LA Forum March 20, 1995. (Al Pereira\/Getty Images\/Michael Ochs Archives)<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s fun about this show? It doesn\u2019t treat [monsters] like the movies do. It treats it [like this could really happen]. What if this happened [in real life]? I certainly felt that. Other than the opportunity to work with Wyatt playing the same character, that\u2019s what drew me to this project.”<\/p>\n

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Wyatt Russell, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell attend the premiere of The Weinstein Company’s “The Hateful Eight” at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome Dec. 7, 2015, in Hollywood. (Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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In 2025, Wyatt told People magazine<\/a> about the no-nonsense advice his parents gave him on pursuing a successful career in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

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“Be on time, don\u2019t be an a—— and remember your lines,” he revealed.<\/p>\n

“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” is streaming on Apple TV+.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kurt Russell never expected his son Wyatt to follow him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,3435,85,46,9045,9028],"class_list":["post-339672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-family-genres","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kate-hudson","tag-streaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}