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.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Kevin Costner
Hood’s Heart Still Beats: Why Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Steals Our Souls in 2025
Ever wonder what happens when a 12th-century outlaw becomes a 90s heartthrob? Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) answers with a swagger that’s equal parts scruffy charm and cinematic bravado. Kevin ... Read more
Shadows of Truth: Oliver Stone’s JFK as a Cinematic Crucible
Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991) is less a historical document than a fevered alchemical brew, transmuting raw skepticism into a mesmerizing inquiry about truth and power. Anchored by Kevin Costner’s steely ... Read more
Whispering Ghosts in the Corn: The Timeless Allure of Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams (1989), directed by Phil Alden Robinson, is a cinematic elegy that transforms a simple Iowa cornfield into a sacred space where memory, regret, and hope converge. Adapted from W.P. Kin... Read more
The Soulful Swing of *Bull Durham*: A Dance of Wit and Heart
Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham (1988) is a film that saunters onto the field with the confidence of a seasoned pitcher, blending sharp wit, unhurried romance, and a reverence for baseball’s mythic undercur... Read more
The Shadow of Restraint: Unraveling the Duality in *Mr. Brooks*
In Mr. Brooks (2007), director Bruce A. Evans crafts a psychological thriller that dares to probe the fractured psyche of a serial killer with unsettling intimacy, yet stumbles in its ambition to reco... Read more
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