Kevin Costner Biography and Wiki
Kevin Costner ( born Kevin Michael Costner) is an actor and filmmaker from the United States. He has two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He began his acting career with Sizzle Beach in the United States of America (1981).
Kevin Costner Education
Costner graduated from Buena High School and Villa Park High School before earning a B.A. in marketing and finance from California State University, Fullerton in 1978. (CSUF).
Kevin Costner Age
How old is Kevin? Kevin is 69 years old as of 2024. He was born Kevin Michael Costner on 18th January 1955 in Lynwood, California, United States.
Kevin Costner Height
He stands at a height of 6’1″ (185 cm) tall. READ: Emmanuelle Vaugier
Kevin Costner Nationality and Ethnicity
He is an American national and citizen by birth. Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, United States of America. He is of mixed ethnicity/heritage/ancestry of German, British, Irish and American
Kevin Costner Parents and Family
He was born and raised in Compton, California, the son of Sharon Rae, a welfare worker, and William Costner, an electrician who later became a utility executive at Southern California Edison. Costner’s father is descended from German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s, and he also has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestors. He has three siblings. He is the youngest of three boys, the middle of whom died at birth.
Kevin Costner Wife | Divorce
Kevin was previously married to his wife Christine Baumgartner a model and handbag designer. The duo got married through a private wedding ceremony on September 25, 2004, at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. However, his wife Christine filed for divorce in May 2023 and their divorce was finalized on September 19, 2023.
He has previously been married twice. He began dating fellow college student Cindy Silva in 1975, and they married three years later. After 16 years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1994. He has a son with Bridget Rooney, with whom he had a brief relationship after his divorce, and has previously dated political activist Birgit Cunningham. He lived with supermodel Elle Macpherson in 1996.
Kevin Costner Children
Kevin is the father of seven children from three different relationships. He and Cindy Silva had three children during their marriage: daughter Annie, born in 1984, and Lily, born in 1986, and son Joe, born in 1988. He and Bridget Rooney have a son, Liam Timothy, who was born in 1996. With his second wife, Christine Baumgartner, he has three children. Cayden was born in 2007 and Hayes was born in 2009, and Grace was born in 2010.
Kevin Costner Career
While in his final year of college, the American actor became interested in acting and dancing. In the film Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., he made his film debut. The film was shot in the winter of 1978-79, but it wasn’t released until 1981, and it was re-released in 1986. He appeared briefly in Ron Howard’s film Night Shift (1982). He is credited as ‘Frat Boy No. 1’ and appears near the end of a frat-style, blow-out party in the New York City morgue when the music is abruptly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler. The actor is seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the abrupt end of the celebration. His career took a slight boost in 2000 when he received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger, for which he received a nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. After that, Costner starred in The Guardian and in Mr. Brooks, in which he portrayed a serial Killer. READ: Josh Radnor
In 2008, the actor’s Tig Productions company closed and was changed to Tree House Films. In 2008, the actor starred in Swing Vote. He starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 2005 movie Rumour Has It. He was honored on September 6, 2006, when his hand and footprints were set in concrete in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers. In 2010, he appeared in The Company Men alongside Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and received good reviews. It was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011. The film was considered to be an Oscar contender but did not get a nomination.
In 2011, Costner announced that he would return to directing for the first time in seven years with A Little War of Our Own. He was also about to work with director Kevin Reynolds again on Learning Italian. As of February 2017, neither film had been completed. He also makes a cameo in Funny or Die’s “Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout.” The actor played Jonathan Kent in Zack Snyder’s rebooted Superman film Man of Steel. He was supposed to play Django Unchained in Quentin Tarantino’s film, but he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. In 2014, the actor starred in the spy film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. he starred in the thriller 3 Days to Kill and the drama Draft Day and produced and starred in Black or White.
In 2015, the actor played coach Jim White in the drama film McFarland, U.S.A, about cross-country running. In 2016, he played the fictional character Al Harrison, a NASA Space Task Group supervisor, in Hidden Figures, and in 2017, he starred with Jessica Chastain in Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut film Molly’s Game. In 2018, the actor appeared in the television series Yellowstone, marking the first regular TV series role of his career. In 2019, he starred in The Art of Racing in the Rain, where he voiced Enzo the dog. It was the first voice-over film in his career.
Kevin Costner’s Net worth
Kevin has an estimated net worth of around $250 million.
Kevin Costner Movies
1. Dances with Wolves (1990)
2. The Untouchables (1987)
3. JFK (1991)
4. Open Range (2003)
5. Field of Dreams (1989)
6. Hidden Figures (2016)
7. No Way Out (1987)
8. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
9. A Perfect World (1993)
10. McFarland, USA (2015)
