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Kevin Costner

Acting

Born January 18, 1955 · Lynwood, California, USA

Also known as Kevin Michael Costner

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 AwardBest Actor – Television Series Drama · 2023
  • Actor Awards · 2013
  • Honorary César · 2013
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2012
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  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actor · 1992
  • Academy AwardBest Director · 1991
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 1991
  • Golden Globe Awards · 1991
  • Silver Bear · 1991
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardBest Director · 1990
  • Golden Apple Award · 1988
  • Directors Guild of America Award
  • Jupiter Awards
  • National Board of Review AwardBest Film
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Picture · 1993 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actor · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1991 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Director · 1991 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 1991 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

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

2021as Self (archive footage)

Yellowstone

2018as John Dutton

The Art of Racing in the Rain

2019as Enzo (voice)

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021as Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)

Hidden Figures

2016as Al Harrison

Yellowstone: One-Fifty

2022as Self

John Candy: I Like Me

2025as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Dances with Wolves

1990as Lieutenant Dunbar

The Untouchables

1987as Eliot Ness

JFK

1991as Jim Garrison

McFarland, USA

2015as Jim White

Hatfields & McCoys

2012as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield

A Perfect World

1993as Robert 'Butch' Haynes

Amazing Stories

1985as Captain

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Kevin Costner's the West

2025as Self - Host

Whitney

2018as Self - Actor

Molly's Game

2017as Larry Bloom

Fastball

2016as Narrator

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Open Range

2003as Charley Waite

The Guardian

2006as Ben Randall

Field of Dreams

1989as Ray Kinsella

Thirteen Days

2000as Kenneth O'Donnell

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

as Self

Mr. Brooks

2007as Earl Brooks

A Century of Science Fiction

1996as Self

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991as Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

No Way Out

1987as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell

Silverado

1985as Jake

Frances

1982as Luther (uncredited)

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

2024as Hayes Ellison

Let Him Go

2020as George Blackledge

The Highwaymen

2019as Frank Hamer

Black or White

2014as Elliot Anderson

The Man Who Saved the World

2013as Self

Wyatt Earp

1994as Wyatt Earp

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990as Self (archive footage)

The Big Chill

1983as Alex (corpse)

Draft Day

2014as Sonny Weaver Jr.

Man of Steel

2013as Jonathan Kent

The Bodyguard

1992as Frank Farmer

Fandango

1985as Gardner Barnes

The War

1994as Stephen Simmons

Bull Durham

1988as Crash Davis

Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas

2025as Self - Host

The Company Men

2010as Jack Dolan

Dragonfly

2002as Joe Darrow

Revenge

1990as Michael J. Cochran

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self