Kevin Costner

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.

Known For

Yellowstone

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

Real Time with Bill Maher

The View

Golden Globe Awards

All Movies (110)

• Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas2025 · as Self - Host
• John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 22024 · as Hayes Ellison
• Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 12024 · as Hayes Ellison
• Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Zack Snyder's Justice League2021 · as Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
• Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Let Him Go2020 · as George Blackledge
• The Art of Racing in the Rain2019 · as Enzo (voice)
• The Highwaymen2019 · as Frank Hamer
• Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld2018 · as Himself / The Mariner (archive footage)
• Whitney2018 · as Self - Actor
• The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America2017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Molly's Game2017 · as Larry Bloom
• Hidden Figures2016 · as Al Harrison
• The Hurt Business2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• Criminal2016 · as Jerico Stewart
• Fastball2016 · as Narrator
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016 · as Jonathan Kent
• Billy The Kid: New Evidence2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• McFarland, USA2015 · as Jim White
• Black or White2015 · as Elliot Anderson
• Hollywood Banker2014 · as Self
• The Man Who Saved the World2014 · as Self
• Draft Day2014 · as Sonny Weaver Jr.
• 3 Days to Kill2014 · as Agent Ethan Renner
• Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2014 · as William Harper
• Man of Steel2013 · as Jonathan Kent
• Kevin Costner : le secret d'une image parfaite2013 · as Self
• Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story2013 · as Self
• Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies2013 · as Self
• Close Up2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Field of Dreams 2: Lockout2011 · as Iowa Farmer's Dad
• Clint Eastwood's West2011 · as Self
• The Company Men2010 · as Jack Dolan
• Petty Blue2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• The New Daughter2009 · as John James
• NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Swing Vote2008 · as Bud Johnson
• Mr. Brooks2007 · as Earl Brooks
• Ever Again2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Guardian2006 · as Ben Randall
• On Native Soil2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World2006 · as Self
• Rumor Has It...2005 · as Beau Burroughs
• Pennis from Heaven2005 · as Self
• The Upside of Anger2005 · as Denny Davies
• Testament: Nuclear Thoughts2004 · as Self
• The Untouchables: Production Stories2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime2004 · as Self
• Beyond the 'Open Range'2004 · as Self
• Open Range2003 · as Charley Waite
• Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic2003 · as Self
• Bull Durham: Between the Lines2002 · as Self
• Dragonfly2002 · as Joe Darrow
• 3000 Miles to Graceland2001 · as Thomas J. Murphy
• Thirteen Days2000 · as Kenneth O'Donnell
• When It Was a Game 32000 · as Passage Narrator (voice)
• Play It to the Bone1999 · as Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
• For Love of the Game1999 · as Billy Chapel
• Message in a Bottle1999 · as Garrett Blake
• Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery1998 · as Self
• Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song1998 · as Narrator
• The Postman1997 · as The Postman
• Tin Cup1996 · as Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
• A Century of Science Fiction1996 · as Self
• Waterworld1995 · as Mariner
• The War1994 · as Stephen Simmons
• Wyatt Earp1994 · as Wyatt Earp
• A Perfect World1993 · as Robert 'Butch' Haynes
• Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993 · as Self
• The Bodyguard1992 · as Frank Farmer
• Whitney Houston: This is My Life1992 · as Self
• JFK1991 · as Jim Garrison
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves1991 · as Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
• Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie1991 · as Self
• Madonna: Truth or Dare1991 · as Self
• The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'1990 · as Himself
• Dances with Wolves1990 · as Lieutenant Dunbar
• Anthony Quinn: An Original1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Gunrunner1990 · as Ted
• The Earth Day Special1990 · as Bartender
• Revenge1990 · as Michael J. Cochran
• Chasing Dreams1989 · as Ed
• Field of Dreams1989 · as Ray Kinsella
• Bull Durham1988 · as Crash Davis
• No Way Out1987 · as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
• The Untouchables1987 · as Eliot Ness
• Amazing Stories1986 · as Captain
• Shadows Run Black1986 · as Jimmy Scott
• American Flyers1985 · as Marcus Sommers
• Silverado1985 · as Jake
• Fandango1985 · as Gardner Barnes
• Testament1983 · as Phil Pitkin
• The Big Chill1983 · as Alex (corpse)
• Stacy's Knights1983 · as Will Bonner
• Table for Five1983 · as Newlywed Husband
• Frances1982 · as Luther (uncredited)
• Night Shift1982 · as Frat Boy #1
• Malibu Hot Summer1981 · as John Logan
• Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project—
• Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3— · as Hayes Ellison
• Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4— · as Hayes Ellison
• Headhunters— · as Lazer
• Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka— · as Narrator
• Honeymoon with Harry— · as Harry
• Gloss and Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop— · as Self (archive footage)

All TV Shows (38)

• Kevin Costner's The West2025 · as Self - Host
• Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner2025 · as Self - Host
• 100 Years of Warner Bros.2023 · as Self
• Yellowstone: One-Fifty2022 · as Self
• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy2021 · as Self
• The Eisen Hour2021 · as Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Basketball: A Love Story2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Yellowstone2018 · as John Dutton
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Frame2013 · as Jonathan Kent
• Hatfields & McCoys2012 · as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield
• Skavlan2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Where Are They Now?1999 · as Self
• Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• 500 Nations1995 · as Himself - Host
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Captain
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter