Kevin Costner

Acting · Born 1955-01-18 in Lynwood, 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…

Filmography

• The Untouchables as Eliot Ness
• Bull Durham as Crash Davis
• Dances with Wolves as Lieutenant Dunbar
• Open Range as Charley Waite
• The Bodyguard as Frank Farmer
• Swing Vote as Bud Johnson
• Message in a Bottle as Garrett Blake
• JFK as Jim Garrison
• Dragonfly as Joe Darrow
• Field of Dreams as Ray Kinsella