Kevin Costner
80 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 18, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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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.
Known for
Kevin Costner: movies and TV shows
Acting (81)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
as Hayes Ellison
- Upcoming Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
as Hayes Ellison
- Upcoming Headhunters
as Lazer
- Upcoming Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
as Narrator
- Upcoming Honeymoon with Harry
as Harry
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Hayes Ellison
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Hayes Ellison
- 2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
- 2020 Let Him Go
as George Blackledge
- 2019 The Art of Racing in the Rain
as Enzo (voice)
- 2019 The Highwaymen
as Frank Hamer
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 Molly's Game
as Larry Bloom
- 2016 Hidden Figures
as Al Harrison
- 2016 The Hurt Business
as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Criminal
as Jerico Stewart
- 2016 Fastball
as Narrator
- 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Jonathan Kent
- 2015 Billy The Kid: New Evidence
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 McFarland, USA
as Jim White
- 2015 Black or White
as Elliot Anderson
- 2014 Draft Day
as Sonny Weaver Jr.
- 2014 3 Days to Kill
as Agent Ethan Renner
- 2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as William Harper
- 2013 Man of Steel
as Jonathan Kent
- 2012
- 2011 Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
as Iowa Farmer's Dad
- 2010 The Company Men
as Jack Dolan
- 2010 Petty Blue
as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 The New Daughter
as John James
- 2008 NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Swing Vote
as Bud Johnson
- 2007 Mr. Brooks
as Earl Brooks
- 2006 Ever Again
as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 The Guardian
as Ben Randall
- 2006 On Native Soil
as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 Rumor Has It...
as Beau Burroughs
- 2005 The Upside of Anger
as Denny Davies
- 2003 Open Range
as Charley Waite
- 2002 Dragonfly
as Joe Darrow
- 2001 3000 Miles to Graceland
as Thomas J. Murphy
- 2000 Thirteen Days
as Kenneth O'Donnell
- 2000 When It Was a Game 3
as Passage Narrator (voice)
- 1999 Play It to the Bone
as Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
- 1999 For Love of the Game
as Billy Chapel
- 1999 Message in a Bottle
as Garrett Blake
- 1998 Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song
as Narrator
- 1997 The Postman
as The Postman
- 1996 Tin Cup
as Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
- 1995 Waterworld
as Mariner
- 1994 The War
as Stephen Simmons
- 1994 Wyatt Earp
as Wyatt Earp
- 1993 A Perfect World
as Robert 'Butch' Haynes
- 1992 The Bodyguard
as Frank Farmer
- 1991 JFK
as Jim Garrison
- 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
- 1990 Dances with Wolves
as Lieutenant Dunbar
- 1990 The Gunrunner
as Ted
- 1990 The Earth Day Special
as Bartender
- 1990 Revenge
as Michael J. Cochran
- 1989 Chasing Dreams
as Ed
- 1989 Field of Dreams
as Ray Kinsella
- 1988 Bull Durham
as Crash Davis
- 1987 No Way Out
as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
- 1987 The Untouchables
as Eliot Ness
- 1986 Amazing Stories
as Captain
- 1986 Shadows Run Black
as Jimmy Scott
- 1985
- 1985 American Flyers
as Marcus Sommers
- 1985 Silverado
as Jake
- 1985 Fandango
as Gardner Barnes
- 1983 Testament
as Phil Pitkin
- 1983 The Big Chill
as Alex (corpse)
- 1983 Stacy's Knights
as Will Bonner
- 1983 Table for Five
as Newlywed Husband
- 1982 Frances
as Luther (uncredited)
- 1982 Night Shift
as Frat Boy #1
- 1982
- 1981 Malibu Hot Summer
as John Logan
Behind the camera (32)
- Upcoming Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Writer, Producer
- Upcoming Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story
- Upcoming Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
- Upcoming Headhunters
Writer, Producer
- 2026
- 2025 Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas
Executive Producer
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2022
- 2020 Let Him Go
Executive Producer
- 2019 The Highwaymen
Executive Producer
- 2018
- 2015 Black or White
Producer
- 2012
- 2008 Swing Vote
Producer
- 2007 Mr. Brooks
Producer
- 2003 Open Range
Director, Producer
- 2000 Thirteen Days
Producer
- 1999 Message in a Bottle
Producer
- 1997 The Postman
Producer, Director
- 1997 Fierce Creatures
Thanks
- 1995 Waterworld
Producer
- 1995
- 1994 Wyatt Earp
Producer
- 1994 Rapa Nui
Producer
- 1992 The Bodyguard
Producer
- 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Producer, Production Consultant
- 1990 Dances with Wolves
Producer, Director
- 1990 Revenge
Executive Producer
- 1982 Human Highway
Manager of Operations
Talk shows and appearances (64)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2023 100 Years of Warner Bros.
2 episodes
- 2022
- 2021 Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
9 episodes
- 2021
- 2021 The Eisen Hour
1 episode
- 2021
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2018
- 2018 Basketball: A Love Story
1 episode
- 2018
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 The Frame
1 episode
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2009 Skavlan
1 episode
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2006
- 2005 The Reichen Show
1 episode
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 2002 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
1 episode
- 2002
- 2001 Good Day Live
1 episode
- 1999 The Early Show
2 episodes
- 1999 Where Are They Now?
1 episode
- 1998
- 1998 Vivement dimanche
1 episode
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1 episode
- 1998 Parkinson
1 episode
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1996
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1992
- 1991
- 1991
- 1990
- 1990
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1981 Wetten, dass..?
3 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
2 episodes
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode