Kevin Costner

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American movie actor, director, producer and musician. He is most known for his role in Dances with Wolves (1990), which won seven Academy Awards, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Bodyguard (1992).

Kevin Costner
Born	Kevin Michael Costner (1955-01-18) January 18, 1955 Lynwood, California, USA
Known for	Acting roles: Lieutenant Dunbar in Dances with Wolves Eliot Ness in The Untouchables Crash Davis in Bull Durham Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams Robin of Locksley in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Jim Garrison in JFK Ben Randall in The Guardian Earl Brooks in Mr. Brooks Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel
Awards	Academy Award for Best Director 1990 Dances with Wolves Academy Award for Best Picture 1990 Dances with Wolves Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture 1991 Dances with Wolves Razzie Award for Worst Actor 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1994 Wyatt Earp 1997 The Postman Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Rip-off 1994 Wyatt Earp Razzie Award for Worst Director 1997 The Postman Razzie Award for Worst Picture 1997 The Postman

Biography

Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, on January 18, 1955. He was the third child of Bill Costner and Sharon Costner. He has two older brothers (Dan born 1950 and a middle brother who died at birth in 1953). He is of Cherokee Native American, English, German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss and Welsh descent. When he finished high school, he was a basketball, football and baseball star. In 1978, he married his college friend Cindy Costner. (Cindy Costner later played a role in "Dances with Wolves"). Some time later, he met Richard Burton, and this made him go after acting. He has made or participated in the making of 47 movies.

Kevin has three children from his first wife, Cindy: Annie (1984), Lily (1986) and Joe (1988). Kevin and Cindy divorced on 1994. He had relations with Bridget Rooney, and his fourth child, Liam (1996) is from her. Kevin remained divorced for 10 years; he married Christine Baumgartner on September 25, 2004. His fifth child, Cayden, was born in 2006. A sixth child, another son, was born February 12, 2009. He was named Hayes Logan. In 2023, Baumgartner filed for divorce from Costner.

Costner is a Democrat.

Movies

• Stacy's Knights (1982)
• Chasing Dreams (1982)
• Night Shift (1982)
• Frances (1982)
• Table for Five (1983)
• The Big Chill (1983) (scenes deleted)
• Testament (1983)
• The Gunrunner (1984)
• Fandango (1985)
• Silverado (1985)
• American Flyers (1985)
• Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. (1986) (originally filmed in 1974)
• Shadows Run Black (1986)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• No Way Out (1987)
• Bull Durham (1988)
• Field of Dreams (1989)
• Revenge (1990) (actor and executive producer)
• Dances with Wolves (1990) (actor, director and producer)
• Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) (actor, producer)
• JFK (1991)
• Oliver Stone (1992) (documentary)
• Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992) (documentary)
• The Bodyguard (1992) (actor, producer)
• Amazing Stories: Book One (1992), episode: The Mission, in which he plays the captain of the plane
• A Perfect World (1993)
• A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
• Wyatt Earp (1994) (actor, producer)
• The War (1994)
• Waterworld (1995) (actor, producer, and uncredited director)
• Tin Cup (1996)
• Sean Connery, An Intimate Portrait (1997) (documentary)
• The Postman (1997) (director, producer, and actor)
• Message in a Bottle (1999) (actor, producer)
• For Love of the Game (1999)
• Play It to the Bone (1999) (Cameo)
• Thirteen Days (2000) (actor, producer)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• Dragonfly (2002)
• Open Range (2003) (actor, director, and producer)
• The Upside of Anger (2005)
• Rumor Has It (2005)
• The Guardian (2006)
• Mr. Brooks (2007)
• Swing Vote (2008)
• Man of Steel (2013)

Other websites

• Kevin Costner on IMDb
• Kevin Costner at the Notable Names Database
• KevinCostner.com Archived 2015-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
• KevinCostnerModernWest.com Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine