
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.
Awards & recognition
- Bambi Award · 2024
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Drama · 2023
- Actor Awards · 2013
- Honorary César · 2013
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2012
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- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actor · 1992
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1991
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1991
- Golden Globe Awards · 1991
- Silver Bear · 1991
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 1990
- Golden Apple Award · 1988
- Directors Guild of America Award
- Jupiter Awards
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Picture · 1993 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Actor · 1992 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1991 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

Yellowstone

The Art of Racing in the Rain

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Hidden Figures

Yellowstone: One-Fifty

John Candy: I Like Me

Dances with Wolves

The Untouchables

JFK

McFarland, USA

Hatfields & McCoys

A Perfect World

Amazing Stories

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Kevin Costner's the West

Whitney

Molly's Game

Fastball

The Graham Norton Show

Open Range

The Guardian

Field of Dreams

Thirteen Days

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Mr. Brooks

A Century of Science Fiction

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

No Way Out

Silverado

Frances

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Let Him Go

The Highwaymen

Black or White

The Man Who Saved the World

Wyatt Earp

Anthony Quinn: An Original

The Big Chill

Draft Day

Man of Steel

The Bodyguard

Fandango

The War

Bull Durham

Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas

The Company Men

Dragonfly

Revenge

The Kelly Clarkson Show