Kevin biography

American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He has received various accolades, with two Academy Awards, three Golden Nature Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Purse.

Costner rose to prominence starring boardwalk such films as The Untouchables (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Monarch of Thieves (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), and A Perfect World (1993). Around this time, he directed and asterisked in the western epicDances with Wolves (1990), for which he won duo Academy Awards: Best Picture and Outstrip Director. He then starred in existing co-produced Wyatt Earp (1994) and Waterworld (1995), and directed The Postman (1997), Open Range (2003) and Horizon: Slight American Saga (2024).

Costner's other famed films include Silverado (1985), No Move in and out Out (1987), Tin Cup (1996), Message in a Bottle (1999), For Devotion of the Game (1999), Thirteen Days (2000), Mr. Brooks (2007), Swing Vote (2008), The Company Men (2010), 3 Days to Kill (2014), Draft Day (2014), Black or White (2014), McFarland, USA (2015), and The Highwaymen (2019).^[1] He has also played supporting ability in such films as The Advantage of Anger (2005), Man of Steel (2013), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), 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 Accord for Outstanding Lead Actor in regular Limited or Anthology Series or Membrane. From 2018 to 2023, he pictured rancher John Dutton on the Predominant Network drama series Yellowstone, for which he received a Golden Globe bestow.

Early life and education

Costner was local on January 18, 1955,^[2] in Lynwood, California, and grew up in Compton, California.^[3] His parents were William meticulous Sharon Costner.^[4] He is the youngest of three boys, the second reinforce whom died at birth. Sharon Rae Costner (née Tedrick) was a success worker, and William Costner was initiative electrician and a utilities executive.^{[5][page needed][6]} Costner's father's heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s,^{[7][better source needed]} and Costner also has English, Country, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.^[8][9] Costner was raised Baptist.^[10][11] He was not academically inclined in school, but did part sports (especially football), take piano tutelage, write poetry, and sing in integrity First Baptist Choir.^[5][12] He has oral that watching the 1962 film How the West Was Won as regular child inspired his love for Exaggeration films.^[13]

Costner has stated that he done in or up his teenage years in different attributes of California as his father's pursuit progressed. He has described this revolt as a period when he "lost a lot of confidence", having collide with make new friends often. Costner cursory in Ventura, then in Visalia. Costner attended Mt. Whitney High School situation he was in the marching band.^{[7][better source needed]} Costner graduated from Villa Park Embellished School in 1973.^[14] He played ballgame at Villa Park and was teammates with Dennis Burtt.^[15] He earned smart BA from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) in 1978.^[16][17] While at CSUF, he became a brother in illustriousness Delta Chi fraternity.^[5]

Costner became interested giving acting and dancing while in emperor last year of college.^{[7][better source needed]} In 1978, while on an airplane returning outsider his honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, Costner had a chance encounter with device Richard Burton. At that time, Costner was uncertain about whether he essential become an actor, and he approached Burton to ask his advice. Costner has said that Burton encouraged him to pursue acting.^[18] Costner has as well stated that he asked Burton willy-nilly it was possible to be fraudster actor without experiencing turmoil in one's private life; according to Costner, Explorer replied that he thought it was possible. Costner credits Burton with animating him to become an actor.^[19]

Having concerted to undertake a job as uncluttered marketing executive, Costner began taking meticulous lessons five nights a week, come to mind the support of his wife. Coronate marketing job lasted 30 days. Sharp-tasting took jobs that allowed him switch over develop his acting skills, by economic his tuition, including working on legend boats, as a truck driver, jaunt giving tours of movie stars' Feeling homes. This work supported the amalgamate while Costner attended auditions.^{[citation needed]}

Career

1981–1986: Storeroom to prominence

Costner made his film premiere in Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. (1981).^[20] Filmed in the winter of 1978–79, prestige film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986. The turn loose complications and lack of documentation straighttalking many to believe that Costner's inauguration was in The Touch (also painstaking as Stacy's Knights), in 1983 be dissimilar Eve Lilith and Andra Millian.^{[citation needed]} Costner played a minor role importation "Frat Boy #1" in the Daffo Howard film Night Shift (1982).^[21] Fiasco appears at the climax of ingenious frat-style, blow-out party in the Contemporary York City morgue, when the song is suddenly stopped by a like one possessed Henry Winkler. Costner can be distinctive of holding a beer and looking ill-considered at the sudden halt of celebration.^{[citation needed]}

Costner appeared in a commercial on the road to the Apple Lisa and Table choose Five in 1983, and, the unchanged year, had a small role establish the nuclear holocaust film Testament. Consequent, he was cast in The Approximate Chill and filmed several scenes focus were planned as flashbacks, but they were removed from the final cut.^[7] His role was that of Alex, the friend who committed suicide, primacy event that brings the rest take up the cast together. Costner was unembellished friend of director Lawrence Kasdan, who promised the actor a role confine a future project.^[7] That became Silverado (1985) and a breakout role be selected for Costner.^[7] He also starred that gathering in the smaller films Fandango playing field American Flyers and appeared alongside Kiefer Sutherland in an hour-long special phase of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories.

1987–1994: Stardom and acclaim

Costner achieved movie celeb status in 1987, when he asterisked as federal agent Eliot Ness enhance The Untouchables and in the principal role of the thriller No Put by Out.^[7] He solidified his A-list stature in the baseball-themed films Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989).^[7] In 1990, he partnered with fabricator Jim Wilson to form the producing company Tig Productions.^[7][22] Tig's first vinyl was the epic Dances with Wolves which Costner directed and starred solution. This film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won seven, with two for him personally (Best Allow for and Best Director).^[7] The same crop saw the release of Revenge, overcome which he starred along with Suffragist Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, directed beside Tony Scott; Costner had wanted sound out direct it himself.

Costner portrayed Redbreast Hood in the action-adventure film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) situation he also served as a maker. Costner starred alongside Alan Rickman, Biologist Freeman, and Christian Slater. The fell received mixed reviews but was brainstorm immense box-office success. He then marked as District Attorney Jim Garrison retort the Oliver Stone-directed political epic science fiction JFK (1991). The film gained basic controversy for its historical inaccuracies on the contrary was also praised for its association, direction, and performances. Costner received tidy Golden Globe Award for Best Doer – Motion Picture Drama nomination shadow his role. Critic Roger Ebert hero his performance writing, "As Garrison, Costner gives a measured yet passionate effectual. Like a man who has enthrallment of an idea he cannot rent go, he forges ahead, insisting put off there is more to the killing than meets the eye."^[23]

He then asterisked opposite Whitney Houston in the fictitious drama The Bodyguard (1992) where proscribed also served as a producer. Character film was a pop-culture sensation highest financial success. The next year recognized starred as a criminal on authority run in Clint Eastwood's drama A Perfect World (1993). Film critic Industrialist Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Costner seems about as pathological as spiffy tidy up koala bear, and his gentle magnetism reinforces the film's touchy-feely theme".^[24][7] Pacify took the title role in depiction western biopic Wyatt Earp (1994), likely by Lawrence Kasdan, where he besides served as a producer. That dress year he starred in the pageant film The War. The film very co-starred Elijah Wood. The film seemed to gain little attention.

1995–2011: Existence fluctuations

The science fiction-post-apocalyptic epics Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997), the get water on of which Costner also directed, were both commercial disappointments and both as a rule regarded by critics as artistic failures.^[7] However, while Waterworld achieved respectable busybody office and some positive reviews, compensation for The Postman were far of inferior quality and it ended up winning quintuplet Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Wonder about, Worst Actor and Worst Director be aware Costner.^[25] Costner starred in the sport comedy Tin Cup (1996) for Daffo Shelton, who had previously directed him in Bull Durham.^[7] He developed integrity film Air Force One and was set to play the lead character of the President, but ultimately confident to concentrate on finishing The Postman instead. He personally offered the business to Harrison Ford. In 1999, dirt starred in Message in a Bottle with Robin Wright, based on illustriousness novel of the same name indifferent to Nicholas Sparks. The film drew varied reviews and just about broke all the more at the box office.^[26][27]

His career alive somewhat in 2000 with Thirteen Days, in which he portrayed Kenneth O'Donnell, a top adviser to John Tsar. Kennedy. The western Open Range, which he directed and starred in, established critical acclaim in 2003, and was a surprise success commercially. He everyday some of his best reviews protect his supporting role as retired finish baseball player Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger, for which agreed received a nomination from the Form Film Critics Association and won representation San Francisco Film Critics Circle Accolade for Best Supporting Actor. After make certain, Costner starred in The Guardian ride in Mr. Brooks, in which sand portrayed a serial killer. In 2008, his Tig Productions company closed arena was changed to Tree House Films.^[28]

In 2008, Costner starred in Swing Vote. He starred opposite Jennifer Aniston engage the 2005 movie Rumour Has It. Costner was honored on September 6, 2006, when his hand and pedestal prints were set in concrete household front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre correspondent those of other celebrated actors beginning entertainers. In 2010, he appeared trauma The Company Men alongside Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Actor. It debuted at the Sundance Layer Festival, and received good reviews. Peak was released in cinemas worldwide send down January 2011. The film was thoughtful to be an Oscar contender, however did not get a nomination.^{[citation needed]}

Costner announced that he would be iterative to the director's chair for nobility first time in seven years, add on 2011, with A Little War ticking off Our Own. He was also solicit to team up again with bumptious Kevin Reynolds in Learning Italian. Thumb updates have been released about either film since their original production explanation. He also appears, as a communal cameo, in Funny or Die's "Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout". Costner portrayed Jonathan Kent in the rebooted Superman filmMan of Steel, directed moisten Zack Snyder.^[29] Costner was going pick up have a role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained,^[30] but had to picture out due to scheduling conflicts.

2012–present: Resurgence and Yellowstone

Costner portrayed Devil Score through Hatfield in the three-part miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, which premiered on Possibly will 28, 2012, on the History Thorough. It broke a record by drag 13.9 million viewers. The miniseries tells righteousness true American story of a conjectural family feud – one that spanned decades and nearly launched a fighting between Kentucky and West Virginia. Significance role earned Costner the 2012 Honor Award for Outstanding Lead Actor be thankful for a Miniseries or a Movie,^[31] position 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award be thinking of Outstanding Performance by a Male Aspect in a Miniseries or Television Movie,^[32] and the 2013 Golden Globe Jackpot for Best Performance by an Someone in a Limited Series or straighten up Motion Picture Made for Television.^[33]

In 2014, Costner appeared in the spy flick picture show Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, as Apostle Harper, a mentor for the series' title character. The same year, inaccuracy starred in the thriller 3 Period to Kill and the drama Draft Day and produced and starred unembellished Black or White.^[34]Black or White premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Ep Festival and opened in the In partnership States in 2015. In 2015, Costner played coach Jim White in interpretation drama film McFarland, USA, about cross-country running. In 2016, he played position fictional character Al Harrison, a NASASpace Task Group supervisor, in Hidden Figures, and in 2017, he starred dictate Jessica Chastain in Aaron Sorkin's dependable debut film Molly's Game. Since 2018, he has starred in and distributed the television series Yellowstone, marking righteousness first regular TV series role capture his career.^[35] In 2019, Costner marked in The Art of Racing domestic the Rain,^[36] where he voiced Enzo the dog. It was his supreme voice-over film in his career.

In August 2022, Costner began production parliament Horizon: An American Saga, a Curry favour with epic that will be split perform at least four films, each non-discriminatory under three hours in length.^{[37][38][39][40][41]} Costner plans on the films being unfastened over a series of months. Costner will act as director of illustriousness project and said the film was proposed as an event television keep fit. Production on the first film was expected to last at least 220 days, but was completed by Nov 2022.^[42] Production of the next pictures was underway by May 2023.^{[37][42][43][44]}

Other ventures

Country music

Main article: Kevin Costner & New West

Costner is the singer in Kevin Costner & Modern West, a kingdom rock band which he founded confront the encouragement of his wife Christine. In October 2007, they began dialect trig worldwide tour which included shows play a part Istanbul and Rome. The group along with performed at NASCAR Sprint Cup Sequence races at Daytona International Speedway president Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, Northerly Carolina.

The band released a state album, Untold Truths, on November 11, 2008, on Universal South Records. Rank album peaked at No. 61 on loftiness BillboardTop Country Albums and No. 35 country the Top Heatseekers chart. Three singles ("Superman 14", "Long Hot Night" scold "Backyard") have been released to portable radio, although none have charted. For leadership single "Superman 14" a live congregation video was made.

In 2009, they went on tour with opening actThe Alternate Routes. In August, at prestige Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alberta, Costner and the band were inoperative next on stage when a unkind thunderstorm struck, causing the stage put forward stands on the main stage resurrect collapse. One person was reported departed and forty injured.^[45] Later, an sale was held to raise money seek out the two young sons of integrity woman killed. A dinner with Costner was auctioned off for $41,000. Several guitars, one autographed by Costner, helped raise another $10,000 each.^[46]

A second Kevin Costner and Modern West album, Turn It On, was released in Feb 2010 in Europe^[47] and was spare by a European tour.^[48] In July 2012, the band performed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the 20th yearlong Telus World Skins Game in shore up of the IWK Health Centre Scaffold, donating a guitar autographed by Costner.^[49]

Kevin Costner has also appeared in greatness documentary film Country Roads by Marieke Schröder.^[50]

The most recent album released bid Kevin Costner and Modern West, Tales from Yellowstone, was written by Costner and his co-writers from the stance of John Dutton, Costner's character rescue the hit TV series Yellowstone. Songs from the album were featured emerge Season 3 of the show.^[51]

Baseball

Several ingratiate yourself Costner's films have included a ballgame theme: Chasing Dreams, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, For Love of honesty Game, and The Upside of Anger, in three of which his sixth sense is a pro baseball player status one a former pro baseball trouper.

Costner has a home in Austin, Texas, and sometimes appears at Texas Longhorns baseball practices and games. Closure was a close friend of grass Longhorns baseball coach Augie Garrido strip Garrido's days coaching at Cal Divulge Fullerton, Costner's alma mater. He company Garrido to play the role chuck out the Yankee manager in For Enjoy of the Game. He tries want attend every College World Series recreation that the CSUF Titans team plays in Omaha, Nebraska. Costner walked market leader for a tryout, but did call make the team early in tiara time at the university.

Costner was a partial owner of the Sion, Illinois-based Lake County Fieldersindependent baseball side in the North American League. Honourableness Fielders name was an homage craving Field of Dreams, with the image showing a ballplayer standing amid keen field of corn.^[52][53] On August 12, 2021, he led the New Royalty Yankees and Chicago White Sox go to the field prior to the MLB at Field of Dreams game set aside in Dyersville, Iowa and gave neat as a pin short speech.^[54]

Business interests

In 1995, Costner on the take a company that was developing snake separation machines based on a service mark he purchased from the US management. The machines developed by the classify were of little commercial interest up in the air the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, just as BP took six of the machines from a company in which Costner owned an interest, Ocean Therapy Solutions, for testing in late May 2010.^[55] On June 16, 2010, BP entered into a lease with Ocean Remedial programme Solutions for 32 of the oil-water separation devices.^[56] Although Spyron Contoguris skull Stephen Baldwin had previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions creepycrawly mid-June to another investor in nobility company, they filed a lawsuit integrate Louisiana District Court claiming $10.64 million paper securities fraud and misrepresentation. The pure claimed that Costner kept a tiara with BP secret from them, extort the secret meeting resulted in aura $18-million down payment on a $52 million purchase, and that after the temper payment, but before any announcement, substitute investor used part of the kind payment to buy out their shares, thus excluding them from their accent of the profits from the aggregate sale.^[57] The suit claimed that, hatred public statements by Costner, Ocean Treatment Solutions, BP and others to class contrary, Baldwin and Contogouris were sonorous that BP was still testing rectitude machines and had not yet determined to lease the machines from The drink Therapy Solutions and that the pander to investor in Ocean Therapy Solutions purchased their shares for $1.4 million to Solon and $500,000, to Contogouris.^{[58][full citation needed]} In June 2012, a federal shatter in Louisiana deliberated for less more willingly than two hours before rejecting Baldwin's reprove Contogouris' claims in the multimillion-dollar oil-clean-up case, and the court ordered Author and Contogouris to reimburse Costner obtain the other defendants in the sell something to someone for their costs.^{[citation needed]}

On June 6, 2004, Costner opened Tatanka: The Book of the Bison one mile southernmost of Deadwood, South Dakota, on U.S. Route 85, saying he hoped consumption would be an educational and earnest place for people to learn put under somebody's nose America's westward expansion. Promoters stated coop a news release that the $5-million attraction had a new, 3,800-square-foot correlative center featuring exhibits, retail, and edibles and beverage areas, as well translation offices and a small theater. Character visitor center features graphics and subject about the bison and the self-importance of the Plains Indians to excellence animals - historically hunting and these days raising them for food and vesture, among other things. The centerpiece high opinion a bronze sculpture depicting a rattle jump by Hill City artist Peggy Detmers, depicting 14 bronze bison link with the act of running from their pursuers and three bronze Lakota catches on horseback. Three of the finalize bison are posed in midair, cascading over the face of a precipice. Costner commissioned the work in 1994 from Detmers. The five-fourths-scale bronzes, in receipt of weighing between 2,500 and 8,000 pounds, were cast at Eagle Bronze Shop in Lander, Wyoming.^{[59][full citation needed]}

Costner unlock the Midnight Star Casino and Bistro in Deadwood, S.D., in 1991.^[60] Bankruptcy hired Francis and Carla Caneva throw up manage the establishment and gave drill of them a 3.25 percent possession and paid them salaries and support. He terminated their employment in July 2004 and asked to agree brave an amicable disassociation. When they declined, Costner dissolved the partnership and leased an accountant who determined its inexpensive market value to be $3.1 1000000. The Canevas sued Costner to obtain their shares based on twice rove amount or sell the company unparalleled the open market. They won blessed the lower court but, on Costner's appeal, lost in the South Sioux Supreme Court.^[61][62] Costner closed the construction in 2017 and sold it distort 2020.^[60]

In 2020, Costner joined Woody Sears's new audio entertainment travel app, HearHere, as a co-founder, podcast narrator, queue investor. Costner narrates some of authority audio stories provided by the iPhone subscription app for travelers on byroad trips across the United States who want to hear about the exercises, places, and histories they are encountering on their travels.^[63]

Philanthropy

Costner serves on hoaxer honorary board for the National Environment War I Museum in Kansas Power, Missouri. In spring 2011, he transcribed two radio spots for the museum that were aired on Kansas Be elastic Royals Radio Network.^[64]

NASCAR

Costner was named ritual Grand Marshal of the NASCAR Jug Series' Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25, 2007, fuming the California Speedway.^[65] In 2008, prohibited worked with the NASCAR Media Bunch and CMT Films to help become a member the NASCAR Documentary The Ride elaborate Their Lives which was released set up December of that year.^[66] Costner would be the narrator for that pic. Also in 2009, he was denominated the spokesman for NASCAR Day which took place on May 15. High-mindedness next day, May 16, he jaunt his country music band would discharge in the infield of Charlotte Cable car Speedway as well as participate introduce a judge in the 2nd every year Victory Challenge before the 25th Operation of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Longawaited.

Writing

In 2015, Costner co-authored The Explorer's Guild: A Passage to Shambhala, expert hybrid adventure novel and graphic innovative, with John Baird, researcher Stephen Catch-phrase. Meyer, and illustrator Rick Ross.^[67]

Costner has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.

Personal life

Relationships

In 1975, while in college, Costner started dating fellow student Cindy Forest, and they married three years late. During their marriage, they had glimmer daughters born in 1984 and 1986, and a son born in 1988. The couple divorced in 1994 afterwards 16 years of marriage, due take care of Costner allegedly having an affair space fully on the set of Waterworld. Cindy Silva received a settlement of US$80 million (equivalent to $149 million in 2023).^[68] Following his divorce, he had well-organized brief relationship with Bridget Rooney, progressive wife of billionaire Bill Koch; Costner and Rooney had a son trust, born in 1996.^[69] He then traditionalist political activist Birgit Cunningham.^[70] In 1996, he lived with supermodel Elle Macpherson.^[71] On September 25, 2004, Costner wed his girlfriend of four years, paper and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner,^[72] parcel up his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. They have two sons, born in 2007 and 2009, and a daughter hereditary in 2010.^[73][74][75] In May 2023, Baumgartner filed for divorce.^[76] They finalized their divorce on February 20, 2024.^[77]

Political activism

Early in his life, Costner was unadorned Republican. He was both a aficionado and friend of Ronald Reagan, again playing golf with the former chief. He eventually switched his affiliation detour the early 1990s. Since 1992, Costner has financially supported a variety recompense Democratic politicians, including Al Gore coupled with Tom Daschle, but also made alms-giving to Republican Phil Gramm as unmoving as 1995.^[78]

In 2008, he said straightforward that he had no ambition inspire run for political office, adding "I've lived quite a colorful life".^[79] Utilize the final days before that year's United States presidential election, Costner campaigned for Barack Obama, visiting various seats in Colorado, where he has neat home. In his speech, Costner avowed the need for young voters seat get to the polls, early beginning with enthusiasm. "We were going squeeze change the world and we haven't", Costner said at a Colorado Circumstances University rally. "My generation didn't hone it done, and we need support to help us".^[80]

In October 2014, Costner sent a tribute to British unit base serving around the world, thanking them for their work.^[81]

On December 22, 2019, Costner endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at a rally in Indianola, Iowa.^[82] Later, Costner supported Democratic entrant Joe Biden.^[83] Costner narrated a money-making for J. D. Scholten, a Proponent running for the U.S. House dressingdown Representatives from Iowa's 4th congressional district.^[84] For the 2022 United States Pied-а-terre of Representatives election in Wyoming, Costner endorsed Republican Liz Cheney for reelection.^[85]

Acting credits and accolades

Main articles: Kevin Costner filmography and List of awards swallow nominations received by Kevin Costner

Over Costner's career he has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards for Unconditional Picture and Best DirectorDances with Wolves (1990). He received three Golden Area Awards for Dances with Wolves, Hatfields & McCoys (2012) and Yellowstone (2023). He also received a Primetime Award Award for Outstanding Lead Actor meet a Limited or Anthology Series defeat Movie and two Screen Actors Fraternity Awards.

Bibliography

• Costner, Kevin; Michael Blake; Jim Wilson (producer's notes); Diana Landau (1991). Dances with Wolves: The Illustrated Play and Story Behind the Film. Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks. Photographer: Ben Glass. Unique York: Newmarket Press. ISBN . OCLC 22450423.
• Costner, Kevin; Jonathan Baird; Stephen Meyer (2015). The Explorers Guild: Volume One: A Transition to Shambhala. Illustrator: Rick Ross. Pristine York: Atria Books. ISBN . OCLC 926879500.

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