Kevin Costner
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Yellowstone
John Dutton
2018
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
American Playhouse
Phil Pitkin
1982
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
Man of Steel
Jonathan Kent
2013
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Film
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jonathan Kent
2016
Film
Hidden Figures
Al Harrison
2016
Film
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
2021
Series
Amazing Stories
Captain
1985
Film '72
Self
1971
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Film
Dances with Wolves
Lieutenant Dunbar
1990
Series
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
The Untouchables
Eliot Ness
1987
Film
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
1991
Series
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
The Bodyguard
Frank Farmer
1992
Film
Molly's Game
Larry Bloom
2017
Film
Waterworld
Mariner
1995
Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Film
Let Him Go
George Blackledge
2020
Film
The Guardian
Ben Randall
2006
Film
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
William Harper
2014
Film
Field of Dreams
Ray Kinsella
1989
Series
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
2023
Film
A Perfect World
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
1993
Film
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Hayes Ellison
2024
Film
The Postman
The Postman
1997
Film
JFK
Jim Garrison
1991
Film
Rumor Has It...
Beau Burroughs
2005
Film
No Way Out
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
1987
Film
Bull Durham
Crash Davis
1988
Film
3 Days to Kill
Agent Ethan Renner
2014
Film
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Enzo (voice)
2019
Film
Open Range
Charley Waite
2003
Film
The Highwaymen
Frank Hamer
2019
Series
Hatfields & McCoys
'Devil' Anse Hatfield
2012
Film
Dragonfly
Joe Darrow
2002
Film
Silverado
Jake
1985
Film
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
1994
Film
Revenge
Michael J. Cochran
1990
Film
Draft Day
Sonny Weaver Jr.
2014
Series
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
Film
Criminal
Jerico Stewart
2016
Series
The Frame
Jonathan Kent
2013
Film
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2025
Film
Mr. Brooks
Earl Brooks
2007
Film
The Big Chill
Alex (corpse)
1983
Film
Thirteen Days
Kenneth O'Donnell
2000
Film
Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas
Self - Host
2025
Film
Message in a Bottle
Garrett Blake
1999
Film
For Love of the Game
Billy Chapel
1999
Film
Tin Cup
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
1996
Film
McFarland, USA
Jim White
2015
Film
The New Daughter
John James
2009
Film
3000 Miles to Graceland
Thomas J. Murphy
2001
Film
Swing Vote
Bud Johnson
2008
Film
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Hayes Ellison
2024
Film
The Company Men
Jack Dolan
2010
Series
500 Nations
Himself - Host
1995
Film
The War
Stephen Simmons
1994
Film
Night Shift
Frat Boy #1
1982
Film
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
1991
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Film
Whitney
Self - Actor
2018
Series
Kevin Costner's The West
Self - Host
2025
Film
Fandango
Gardner Barnes
1985
Film
Testament
Phil Pitkin
1983
Film
Black or White
Elliot Anderson
2015
Film
The Upside of Anger
Denny Davies
2005
Film
Play It to the Bone
Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
1999
Series
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest
2021
Film
American Flyers
Marcus Sommers
1985
Film
Frances
Luther (uncredited)
1982
Film
The Man Who Saved the World
Self
2014
Series
Yellowstone: One-Fifty
Self
2022
Series
Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner
Self - Host
2025
Film
Amazing Stories
Captain
1986
Clint Eastwood's West
Self
2011
Film
Hollywood Banker
Self
2014
Film
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Film
Headhunters
Lazer
Film
The Earth Day Special
Bartender
1990
Film
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Gunrunner
Ted
1990
Film
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
1996
Film
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Himself
1990
Film
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Hayes Ellison
Film
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
1998
Film
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Hayes Ellison
Film
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
Iowa Farmer's Dad
2011
Film
Petty Blue
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
Fastball
Narrator
2016
Film
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
Himself / The Mariner (archive footage)
2018
Film
Table for Five
Newlywed Husband
1983
Honeymoon with Harry
Harry
Film
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
1991
Film
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Self
2013
Film
Billy The Kid: New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Self
2004
Film
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Pennis from Heaven
Self
2005
Film
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Malibu Hot Summer
John Logan
1981
Film
Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song
Narrator
1998
Gloss and Grit: The Man Who Made Art Pop
Self (archive footage)
Film
Ever Again
Narrator (voice)
2006
When It Was a Game 3
Passage Narrator (voice)
2000
Film
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
Self
1992
Film
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
The Hurt Business
Narrator (voice)
2016
Film
Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Self
2002
Film
Chasing Dreams
Ed
1989
Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Film
Shadows Run Black
Jimmy Scott
1986
Film
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Film
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
Narrator
Film
Stacy's Knights
Will Bonner
1983
Film
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
2003
Film
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
2022
Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
Self
2004
The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America
Narrator (voice)
2017
Kevin Costner : le secret d'une image parfaite
Self
2013