How old was Kurt Russell in Forrest Gump?

Sometimes, a character’s impact makes us want to know more about the person portraying them. It reveals something about timing, talent, and opportunity. Here’s the age that matched the moment.

Kurt Russell was this age when he appeared in Forrest Gump:

42 years old

According to our data, that’s how old the celebrity really was during the film.

The age was estimated using the initial day of the year Forrest Gump came out:

January 1, 1994

And the day Kurt Russell was born, which is:

March 17, 1951

Given that most films are released within a year of production, the actual age of Kurt Russell during filming may have varied by one year from the shown age.