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Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner is an American actor, director, and producer known for his roles in Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, and more recently, the TV series Yellowstone.

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Headshot Of Kevin Costner In The Premiere Of Horizon: An American Saga
Birthdate
January 18, 1955
Birthplace
Lynwood, California, United States
Height
6 feet 1 inch
Notable Projects
The Untouchables

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Kevin Costner Has Many Classic Western Movies, But It's Not The Genre He's Best At

Kevin Costner is a Western icon, but his sports movies are even more impressive, including all-time classics like Field of Dreams and Bull Durham.

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Forget Dances With Wolves, Kevin Costner's Best Western Came 13 Years Later

This 2003 film starring Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall is one of the most underrated westerns of this century, and well-worth the watch.

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John Dutton looking off to the side with a stoic expression in Yellowstone
"We Should All Be In Prison": Kevin Costner Gets Candid About Yellowstone's Ending

Kevin Costner had a controversial Yellowstone exit, and the John Dutton actor has some serious thoughts about what he thinks the characters deserved.

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Malone tells Ness how to get clean recruits in The Untouchables
Kevin Costner's Breakout In This 1987 Classic Happened After Don Johnson Turned It Down (& Spielberg Helped Too)

Kevin Costner only got his breakthrough role because Don Johnson turned it down and Steven Spielberg put in a good word with Brian De Palma.

John Dutton in the Yellowstone series premiere
One Of Kevin Costner's First Roles Came In The Most Terrifying Nuclear War Movie Ever Made

Kevin Costner is a massive movie and television star, but viewers may have forgotten about one of his earliest roles in this 80s apocalypse film.

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Collage of Kevin Costner in Macfarland USA, Bull Durham and Draft Day
Every Kevin Costner Sports Movie, Ranked Worst To Best

Kevin Costner has acted in eight sports movies over the course of his career, and they can be ranked from worst to best by overall quality.

Kevin Costner holding a football in Draft Day
Kevin Costner's Sports Movie From 11 Years Ago Is Now On Netflix, Just Months After Plans For A TV Show Adaptation Were Announced

Kevin Costner's 2014 football movie is worth a watch now that its on Netflix, especially considering it will soon be receiving a TV series adaptation.

Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison in Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 alongside John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo (1960)
The Failure Of This Epic 1960 John Wayne Western Mirrors Kevin Costner's Horizon Saga After Part 1's Box Office Flop

John Wayne's ion project was a mega budget Western epic, with the film mirroring Kevin Costner's quest to make his Horizon saga a reality.

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All 10 Kevin Costner Movies From The 2000s, Ranked

Kevin Costner has acted in more than 50 movies in more than 4 decades, and the 2000s may be a weaker decade for him, but he was still prolific then.

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Kevin Costner as Frank Hamer in The Highwaymen and as Jake in Silverado
Every Movie Starring Kevin Costner On Netflix

Kevin Costner has four movies that are available to stream on Netflix. Here's a guide to the famous actor's films, and why you should watch them.

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Kevin Costner's Jim Garrison stands in a packed courtroom in JFK 1991
This 3-Hour Epic Political Thriller With Kevin Costner Was So Controversial It Changed U.S. Law

Kevin Costner's 1991 political drama made over $200 million despite its 3 hour runtime, but its biggest achievement was changing a real-life law.

Sean Connery as Jim Malone and Kevin Costner as Elliott Ness against a green background in The Untouchables
Kevin Costner's The Untouchables Is Now Streaming, And It's Still One Of The Best Movies (& Casts) Of His Entire Career

The Untouchables is one of Kevin Costner's best movies, and now that it's streaming on Prime, new viewers can see him work with a star-studded cast.

Kevin Costner as William holding his rifle and sitting in his chair against Hatfields & McCoys poster backdrop
Kevin Costner’s Emmy-Winning Historical Western Miniseries Getting New Streaming Home 12 Years Later

Kevin Costner's historical Western miniseries that won him an Emmy award is getting a new streaming home 12 years after its original premiere.

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Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison wearing a cowboy hat and a kerchief in Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner Reflects On Difficult Horizon Saga Filming As Part 2 Still Awaits Release Date: "The Most Challenging Journey I've Ever Undertaken"

Only one Horizon: An America Saga movie has been released, but Kevin Costner already views the series as the most challenging thing he's ever done.

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Kevin Costner in Dragonfly, The Untouchables and Horizon
Every Kevin Costner Movie, Ranked Worst To Best

From Sizzle Beach U.S.A. to Academy Award-winning films, Kevin Costner’s career has seen it all – but which of his movies are the best ones?

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Kevin Costner looking thoughtful in Dragonfly
Kevin Costner's Lowest-Rated Movie Confirms A Surprising Career Trend

Kevin Costner is a major Hollywood star with several high-profile hits. However, his worst-reviewed movie reveals a surprising truth about his career.

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Kevin Costner’s Lowest-Rated Movie Only Happened Because Of The Sixth Sense And Was A Box Office Failure

Kevin Costner has had a number of epic failures and successes in his career as a leading man, but one of the worst was essentially a studio gambit.

imagery from Dances with Wolves and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves pulling back a bow and arrow
Every Kevin Costner Movie From The 1990s, Ranked

Kevin Costner dominated the 1990s with some stellar performances in some iconic films like The Bodyguard and Dances With Wolves.

Clint Eastwood as Red Garnett and Kevin Costner as Butch Haynes in A Perfect World
Clint Eastwood Only Starred In This 1993 Thriller He Also Directed Because Kevin Costner Rewrote The Script

Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner only co-starred in one film together, and it wouldn't have happened if Costner hadn't changed the entire script.

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Kevin Costner as Hayes Ellison and Sam Worthington as Trent Gephart in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
At Least Horizon 2 Won't Repeat The First Movie's Most Surprising Kevin Costner Mistake

Kevin Costner's epic Western franchise Horizon: An American Saga has suffered from an odd problem, but the second film will fix that mistake.

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