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Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner

Acting1955Lynwood, California, USA

Biography

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Costner starred in Fandango, American Flyers, Silverado and many other films. He rose to prominence with his starring roles in The Untouchables and No Way Out (1987). He then starred in Bull Durham (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), Dances with Wolves (1990), for which he won two Academy Awards, JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), A Perfect World (1993), and Wyatt Earp (1994). In 1995, Costner starred in and co-produced Waterworld. His second directorial feature, The Postman, was released in 1997.

He later starred in Message in a Bottle (1999), For Love of the Game (1999), Thirteen Days (2000), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Dragonfly (2002), Rumor Has It (2005), The Guardian (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), 3 Days to Kill (2014), McFarland, USA (2015), Draft Day (2014), and Criminal (2016). He has also played supporting parts in such films as The Upside of Anger (2005), Man of Steel (2013), Hidden Figures (2016), Molly's Game (2017), and Let Him Go (2020).

On television, Costner portrayed Devil Anse Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (2012), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Since 2018, he has starred as John Dutton on the drama series Yellowstone for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Acting History

2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Kevin Costner's The West
TVas Self - Host8 eps
Kevin Costner's The West
TVExecutive Producer8 eps
Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner
TVExecutive Producer3 eps
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TVas Self2 eps
2022
Yellowstone: One-Fifty
TVas Self4 eps
Yellowstone: One-Fifty
TVExecutive Producer4 eps
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
2020
Let Him Go
as George Blackledge
Let Him Go
Executive Producer
2019
The Highwaymen
as Frank Hamer
The Highwaymen
Executive Producer
2018
Whitney
as Self - Actor
Basketball: A Love Story
TVas Self (archive footage)1 eps
Yellowstone
TVas John Dutton47 eps
Yellowstone
TVExecutive Producer
2017
Molly's Game
as Larry Bloom
2016
Criminal
as Jerico Stewart
Hidden Figures
as Al Harrison
Fastball
as Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
2015
Billy The Kid: New Evidence
as Narrator (voice)
McFarland
as Jim White
2014
Black or White
as Elliot Anderson
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as William Harper
Draft Day
as Sonny Weaver Jr.
3 Days to Kill
as Agent Ethan Renner
2013
Man of Steel
as Jonathan Kent
The Frame
TVas Jonathan Kent1 eps
2012
Hatfields & McCoys
TVas 'Devil' Anse Hatfield3 eps
Hatfields & McCoys
TVProducer3 eps
2011
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
as Iowa Farmer's Dad
Skavlan
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2010
The Company Men
as Jack Dolan
2009
The New Daughter
as John James
2008
Swing Vote
as Bud Johnson
Swing Vote
Producer
2007
Mr. Brooks
as Earl Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Producer
2006
The Guardian
as Ben Randall
Ever Again
as Narrator (voice)
The Reichen Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2005
The Upside of Anger
as Denny Davies
Rumor Has It...
as Beau Burroughs
Good Day Live
TVas Self1 eps
2004
2003
Open Range
as Charley Waite
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self / Self - Guest
Open Range
Director
Open Range
Producer
2002
Dragonfly
as Joe Darrow
2001
3000 Miles to Graceland
as Thomas J. Murphy
Wetten, dass..?
TVas Self3 eps
Parkinson
TVas Self1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self1 eps
2000
Thirteen Days
as Kenneth O'Donnell
Where Are They Now?
TVas Self1 eps
1999
Play It to the Bone
as Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
For Love of the Game
as Billy Chapel
Message in a Bottle
as Garrett Blake
Vivement dimanche
TVas Self1 eps
The Oscars
TVas Self2 eps
1998
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self1 eps
1997
The Postman
as The Postman
The View
TVas Self
The Postman
Producer
The Postman
Director
1996
Tin Cup
as Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
1995
Waterworld
as Mariner
500 Nations
TVas Himself - Host8 eps
Waterworld
Producer
500 Nations
TVProducer8 eps
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Wyatt Earp
The War
as Stephen Simmons
Wyatt Earp
Producer
Rapa Nui
Producer
1993
A Perfect World
as Robert 'Butch' Haynes
Great Performances
TVas Self1 eps
1990
Revenge
as Michael J. Cochran
Dances with Wolves
as Lieutenant Dunbar
Revenge
Executive Producer
1989
Field of Dreams
as Ray Kinsella
1988
Bull Durham
as Crash Davis
1987
The Untouchables
as Eliot Ness
No Way Out
as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
1986
Amazing Stories
as Captain
1985
Silverado
as Jake
Fandango
as Gardner Barnes
American Flyers
as Marcus Sommers
Amazing Stories
TVas Captain1 eps
1984
Shadows Run Black
as Jimmy Scott
1983
Table for Five
as Newlywed Husband
Testament
as Phil Pitkin
The Big Chill
as Alex (corpse)
1982
Night Shift
as Frat Boy #1
Frances
as Luther (uncredited)
Human Highway
Manager of Operations

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/18/1955(71 years old)
Place of Birth
Lynwood, California, USA
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