Kevin Costner Biography
Kevin Michael Costner 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. He began his acting career with Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. (1981). Following a few minor supporting parts, he rose to prominence with his portrayal of Eliot Ness in The Untouchables (1987). This was followed by a successful period in his career with starring roles in No Way Out (1987), 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).
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).
How old is Kevin Costner? – Age
The American actor has 66 years old as of 18th January 2021. He was born in 1955 in Lynwood, California, United States.
Who are Kevin Costner Parents? – Father and Mother
The actor was raised and grew up in Compton, California. He is the son to Sharon Rae her mother, who was a welfare worker, and his father, William Costner, was an electrician and, later, a utilities executive at Sothern California Edison. His father’s heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s, and Costner also has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.
Kevin Costner Siblings
The American actor was not the only child in the family. He has three siblings. He is the youngest of three boys, the middle of whom died at birth.
Kevin Costner Education
The actor lived in Ventura, then in Visalia; he moved to Orange County and attended Mt. Whitney High school where he was in the marching band. He graduated from Villa Park High School in 1973. He earned a BA in marketing and finance from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) in 1978. While at CSUF, he became a brother in the Delta Chi fraternity.
Is Kevin Costner in a Relationship? – Spouse
Yes, the American actor is in a relationship. He is a married man. On September 25, 2004, he married his girlfriend of four years, model and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner, at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Before, the actor has been married twice.
In 1975 while in college, he started dating fellow student Cindy Silva, and they married three years later. The couple divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage. He has a son, with Bridget Rooney, with whom he had a brief relationship following his divorce, and then dated political activist Birgit Cunningham. In 1996, he lived with supermodel Elle Macpherson.
Kevin Costner Children
The actor has seven children from three separate relationships. During the marriage between him and Cindy Silva, they had three children: daughters Annie who was born in 1984 and Lily born in 1986, and son Joe born in 1988. He also has a son, Liam Timothy who was born in 1996, with Bridget Rooney. The actor has three children with his second wife, Christine Baumgartner. Namely; sons Cayden who was born in 2007 and Hayes born in 2009, and daughter Grace born in 2010.
Kevin Costner Career
The American actor became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college. He made his film debut in the film Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. Filmed in the winter of 1978–79, the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986. He made a brief appearance in the Ron Howard film Night shift (1982). He is listed in the credits as ‘Frat Boy No. 1’ and appears at the climax of a frat-style, blow-out party in the New York City morgue, when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler. The actor can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of celebration.
His career revived somewhat in 2000 with Thirteen Days, in which he portrayed Kenneth O’Donnell, a top adviser to John F. Kennedy. 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.
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 foot prints 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.
Costner announced that he would be returning to the director’s chair for the first time in seven years, in 2011, with A Little War of Our Own. He was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in Learning Italian. Neither film has been made as of February 2017.
He also appears, as a special cameo, in Funny or Die‘s “Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout”. The actor portrayed Jonathan Kent in the rebooted Superman film Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder. He was going to have a role in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.
In 2014, the actor appeared in the spy movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, as Thomas Harper, a mentor for the series’ title character. The same year, 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 has 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 his first voice-over film in his career.
Kevin Costner Net worth
The American actress has an estimated net worth of around $250 million as of 2021.