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
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Hayes Ellison
2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Hayes Ellison
2024
Criminal
Jerico Stewart
2016
Fastball
Narrator
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jonathan Kent
2016
McFarland, USA
Jim White
2015
Hollywood Banker
Self
2014
Black or White
Elliot Anderson
2014
The Man Who Saved the World
Self
2014
Draft Day
Sonny Weaver Jr.
2014
3 Days to Kill
Agent Ethan Renner
2014
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
William Harper
2014
Man of Steel
Jonathan Kent
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Self
2013
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout
Iowa Farmer's Dad
2011
Clint Eastwood's West
Self
2011
The Company Men
Jack Dolan
2010
Petty Blue
Narrator (voice)
2010
The New Daughter
John James
2009
NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
Narrator (voice)
2008
Swing Vote
Bud Johnson
2008
Mr. Brooks
Earl Brooks
2007
Ever Again
Narrator (voice)
2006
The Guardian
Ben Randall
2006
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
2006
Rumor Has It...
Beau Burroughs
2005
The Upside of Anger
Denny Davies
2005
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self (archive footage)
2004
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Open Range
Charley Waite
2003
Dragonfly
Joe Darrow
2002
3000 Miles to Graceland
Thomas J. Murphy
2001
Thirteen Days
Kenneth O'Donnell
2000
Play It to the Bone
Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
1999
For Love of the Game
Billy Chapel
1999
Message in a Bottle
Garrett Blake
1999
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
1998
The Postman
The Postman
1997
Tin Cup
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
1996
Waterworld
Mariner
1995
The War
Stephen Simmons
1994
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
1994
A Perfect World
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
1993
The Bodyguard
Frank Farmer
1992
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
Himself
1992
JFK
Jim Garrison
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
1991
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
1991
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
The Gunrunner
Ted
1990
Dances with Wolves
Lieutenant Dunbar
1990
Revenge
Michael J. Cochran
1990
Field of Dreams
Ray Kinsella
1989
Bull Durham
Crash Davis
1988
No Way Out
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
1987
The Untouchables
Eliot Ness
1987
American Flyers
Marcus Sommers
1985
Silverado
Jake
1985
Fandango
Gardner Barnes
1985
Shadows Run Black
Jimmy Scott
1984
Testament
Phil Pitkin
1983
Stacy's Knights
Will Bonner
1983
Frances
Luther (uncredited)
1982
Malibu Hot Summer
John Logan
1981
Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
How to Rob a Bank
Robin Hood (archive footage)
2024
Hidden Figures
Al Harrison
2016
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Hayes Ellison
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Hayes Ellison
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
2022
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
2021
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Let Him Go
George Blackledge
2020
The Highwaymen
Frank Hamer
2019
The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America
Narrator (voice)
2017
The Hurt Business
Narrator (voice)
2016
Amazing Stories: The Movie I
Captain (archive footage)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Enzo (voice)
2019
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
Himself / The Mariner (archive footage)
2018
Whitney
Self - Actor
2018
Molly's Game
Larry Bloom
2017
Billy The Kid: New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
2015
Kevin Costner : le secret d'une image parfaite
Self
2013
Pennis from Heaven
Self
2005
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Self
2004
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
2003
Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Self
2002
Between The Lines - The Making of Bull Durham
self
2001
When It Was a Game 3
Passage Narrator (voice)
2000
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Himself
1990
The Earth Day Special
Bartender
1990
Chasing dreams
Ed
1989
Amazing Stories
Captain
1986
The Big Chill
Alex (corpse)
1983
Table for Five
Newlywed Husband
1983
Headhunters
Lazer
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
Narrator
Kevin Costner's The West
Self - Host · (8 episodes)
2025
Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
2025
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · (2 episodes)
2023
Yellowstone: One-Fifty
Self · (4 episodes)
2022
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self · (9 episodes)
2021
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2018
Yellowstone
John Dutton · (47 episodes)
2018
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Frame
Jonathan Kent · (1 episode)
2013
Hatfields & McCoys
'Devil' Anse Hatfield · (3 episodes)
2012
Skavlan
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Good Day Live
Self · (1 episode)
2001
The Early Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1999
Where Are They Now?
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Vivement dimanche
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
500 Nations
Himself - Host · (8 episodes)
1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992
Amazing Stories
Captain · (1 episode)
1985
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Night Shift
Frat Boy #1
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self · (3 episodes)
1981
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
1962
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944