Kevin Costner
Acting • Born 1955-01-18
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 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.
Filmography
147 credits
The Untouchables
Movie • 1987
Eliot Ness
Bull Durham
Movie • 1988
Crash Davis
Dances with Wolves
Movie • 1990
Lieutenant Dunbar
Open Range
Movie • 2003
Charley Waite
The Bodyguard
Movie • 1992
Frank Farmer
Swing Vote
Movie • 2008
Bud Johnson
Message in a Bottle
Movie • 1999
Garrett Blake
JFK
Movie • 1991
Jim Garrison
Dragonfly
Movie • 2002
Joe Darrow
Field of Dreams
Movie • 1989
Ray Kinsella
No Way Out
Movie • 1987
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
Mr. Brooks
Movie • 2007
Earl Brooks
For Love of the Game
Movie • 1999
Billy Chapel
Rumor Has It...
Movie • 2005
Beau Burroughs
Tin Cup
Movie • 1996
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
Movie • 1992
Self
The Guardian
Movie • 2006
Ben Randall
Fandango
Movie • 1985
Gardner Barnes
Play It to the Bone
Movie • 1999
Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
Movie • 2008
Narrator (voice)
The Upside of Anger
Movie • 2005
Denny Davies
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Movie • 1991
Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
Silverado
Movie • 1985
Jake
Thirteen Days
Movie • 2000
Kenneth O'Donnell
3000 Miles to Graceland
Movie • 2001
Thomas J. Murphy
Wyatt Earp
Movie • 1994
Wyatt Earp
A Perfect World
Movie • 1993
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
Waterworld
Movie • 1995
Mariner
The Postman
Movie • 1997
The Postman
American Flyers
Movie • 1985
Marcus Sommers
Revenge
Movie • 1990
Michael J. Cochran
The New Daughter
Movie • 2009
John James
The Company Men
Movie • 2010
Jack Dolan
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Movie • 1998
Self
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Movie • 2024
Hayes Ellison
Man of Steel
Movie • 2013
Jonathan Kent
The War
Movie • 1994
Stephen Simmons
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Movie • 2024
Hayes Ellison
Shadows Run Black
Movie • 1984
Jimmy Scott
The Gunrunner
Movie • 1990
Ted
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Movie • 1991
Self
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Movie • 2006
Self
Petty Blue
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
Frances
Movie • 1982
Luther (uncredited)
Malibu Hot Summer
Movie • 1981
John Logan
Ever Again
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Movie • 2014
William Harper
Draft Day
Movie • 2014
Sonny Weaver Jr.
3 Days to Kill
Movie • 2014
Agent Ethan Renner
The Man Who Saved the World
Movie • 2014
Self
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Movie • 2013
Self
Black or White
Movie • 2014
Elliot Anderson
McFarland, USA
Movie • 2015
Jim White
Testament
Movie • 1983
Phil Pitkin
Hollywood Banker
Movie • 2014
Self
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
Movie • 2011
Iowa Farmer's Dad
Criminal
Movie • 2016
Jerico Stewart
Stacy's Knights
Movie • 1983
Will Bonner
Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Movie
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Movie • 2004
Self
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Night Shift
Movie • 1982
Frat Boy #1
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Movie • 1991
Self
Close Up
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie • 2013
Self
Clint Eastwood's West
Movie • 2011
Self
On Native Soil
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Fastball
Movie • 2016
Narrator
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie • 2016
Jonathan Kent
How to Rob a Bank
Movie • 2024
Robin Hood (archive footage)
Hidden Figures
Movie • 2016
Al Harrison
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Movie
Hayes Ellison
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Movie
Hayes Ellison
The Hurt Business
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
The Earth Day Special
Movie • 1990
Bartender
Molly's Game
Movie • 2017
Larry Bloom
The Big Chill
Movie • 1983
Alex (corpse)
The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Table for Five
Movie • 1983
Newlywed Husband
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie • 1993
Self
Billy The Kid: New Evidence
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Chasing Dreams
Movie • 1989
Ed
The Highwaymen
Movie • 2019
Frank Hamer
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Movie • 2019
Enzo (voice)
Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Movie • 2002
Self
Whitney
Movie • 2018
Self - Actor
Amazing Stories
Movie • 1986
Captain
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
Movie • 2018
Himself / The Mariner (archive footage)
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Movie • 2004
Self
Let Him Go
Movie • 2020
George Blackledge
A Century of Science Fiction
Movie • 1996
Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Movie • 2003
Self
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Movie • 1990
Himself
Kevin Costner : le secret d'une image parfaite
Movie • 2013
Self
Pennis from Heaven
Movie • 2005
Self
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Headhunters
Movie
Lazer
When It Was a Game 3
Movie • 2000
Passage Narrator (voice)
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
Movie
Narrator
Honeymoon with Harry
Movie
Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas
Movie • 2025
Self - Host
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie • 2025
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Self
The Eisen Hour
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
500 Nations
TV • 1995
Himself - Host
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
Basketball: A Love Story
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Hatfields & McCoys
TV • 2012
'Devil' Anse Hatfield
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Captain
Skavlan
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Kevin Costner's The West
TV • 2025
Self - Host
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV • 2023
Self
Yellowstone
TV • 2018
John Dutton
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
The Frame
TV • 2013
Jonathan Kent
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Yellowstone: One-Fifty
TV • 2022
Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV • 1998
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV • 2021
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner
TV • 2025
Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest