Kevin Costner

Birth Name: Kevin Michael Costner

Born:  January 18, 1955 (age 61), Lynwood, California, United States 


studying at California State University, Costner became an actor, establishing a reputation in the critically acclaimed films Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989). Costner attended California State University in Fullerton, where he studied marketing. During college, he developed an interest in acting. Costner spent years as a struggling performer after graduating from college in 1978.

Film Career:

Costner landed a role as a suicide victim in the 1983 ensemble drama The Big Chill with Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum and others. The film's  director  remembered and later signed him for the 1985 western Silverado. The film, which also starred Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn and Danny Glover, proved to be a springboard to other opportunities in Hollywood.

In 1987, Costner's career really took off with two hit films. He starred with Sean Young in the popular thriller No Way Out and played the legendary crime fighter Eliot Ness in The Untouchables with Sean Connery and then he  starred in the baseball romantic comedy Bull Durham with Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins the following year.

With 1989's Field of Dreams, Costner again won over audiences with his everyman appeal. He directed and starred in 'Dances With Wolves' in 1991, which was hugely successful commercially and garnered critical acclaim. He picked up two Academy Awards for best picture and best director and secured a host of other accolades and nominations including a Golden Globe and a Bafta.
 debut Dances with Wolves (1990). The movie was a labor of love with shooting stretching out over 18 months, 5 of which were spent on location in South Dakota and then the movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture and also he
won the Academy Award for Best Director.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and the romantic drama The Bodyguard (1992) with Whitney Houston. starred in Oliver Stone's 'JFK', which led to a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor nomination.  His turn as the famous western icon in Wyatt Earp (1994).


Personal Life:

Costner has been married to Christine Baumgartner since 2004. The couple has two sons, Cayden Wyatt and Hayes Logan, together. Costner also has three children—Annie, Lily and Joe—from his first marriage to Cindy Silva and a son, Liam, from his relationship with socialite Bridget Rooney.