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Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. In a career spanning five decades, he has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards.
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Born 18 January 1955 · Q11930
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2026· 4 entries
“s career progressed. He has described this time as a period when he”
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Yahoo: Set of ‘Dutton Ranch’ Is ‘Chaotic’ Because No One ‘Has Stepped Up’ to Be A Leader Like Kevin Costner
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Yahoo: Kevin Costner’s Field of Dreams MLB Intro Feels Straight Out of Man of Steel
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2024· 4 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Video shows actor Kevin Costner and Dr. Mehmet Oz discussing treatment for chronic lung diseases.” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Kevin Costner became engaged in major lawsuits following risky business practices involving CBD gummies or other medicinal products.” False.
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Awarded Bambi Award (2024).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Kevin Costner fired Robert De Niro from a new project and said, "He's disrespectful and doesn't know when to shut up."” Originated as Satire.
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2023· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Video shows Costner in an interview promoting a product that helped him regrow his hair” Fake Promo.
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for Yellowstone (2023).
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2022· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Kevin Costner wore a T-shirt endorsing Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney.” Research In Progress.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Kevin Costner recently debuted a new line of CBD gummies.” False.
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2021· 2 entries
Led the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox onto the field prior to the MLB at Field of Dreams game held in Dyersville, Iowa and gave a short speech
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Actors Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer got married.” False.
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2020· 2 entries
Costner co-starred with Diane Lane in the neo-Western thriller Let Him Go (2020) (a No
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Costner joined Woody Sears's new audio entertainment travel app, HearHere, as a co-founder, podcast narrator, and investor
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2019· 2 entries
Costner endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at a rally in Indianola, Iowa
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Costner starred in The Art of Racing in the Rain, where he voiced Enzo the dog
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2017· 1 entry
Costner closed the establishment in 2017 and sold it in 2020.
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2016· 1 entry
Played the fictional character Al Harrison, a NASA Space Task Group supervisor, in Hidden Figures, and in 2017, he starred with Jessica Chastain in Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut film Molly's Game
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2015· 2 entries
Costner co-authored The Explorer's Guild: A Passage to Shambhala, a hybrid adventure novel and graphic novel, with John Baird, researcher Stephen C
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Costner played coach Jim White in the drama film McFarland, USA, about cross-country running
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2014· 1 entry
Costner appeared in the spy film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, as Thomas Harper, a mentor for the series' title character
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary César (2013).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Hatfields & McCoys (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
“s chair for the first time in seven years, in 2011, with A Little War of Our Own. He was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in Learning Italian. No updates have been released about either film since their original production announcement. He also appears, as a special cameo, in Funny or Die”
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2010· 2 entries
BP entered into a lease with Ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil-water separation devices
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Appeared in The Company Men alongside Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, and Chris Cooper
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2009· 2 entries
Was named the spokesman for NASCAR Day which took place on May 15
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Went on tour with opening act The Alternate Routes
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2008· 4 entries
His Tig Productions company closed and was changed to Tree House Films
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Costner starred in Swing Vote
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Said publicly that he had no ambition to run for political office, adding "I've lived quite a colorful life"
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Worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT Films to help produce the NASCAR Documentary The Ride of Their Lives which was released in December of that year
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2006· 1 entry
When his handprints and footprints were set in concrete in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers
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2004· 2 entries
Costner married his girlfriend of four years, model, and handbag designer, Christine Baumgartner, at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado
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Costner opened Tatanka: The Story of the Bison one mile south of Deadwood, South Dakota, on U
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2000· 1 entry
With Thirteen Days, in which he portrayed Kenneth O'Donnell, a top adviser to John F
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1999· 1 entry
Starred in Message in a Bottle with Robin Wright, based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks
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1996· 1 entry
Lived with supermodel Elle Macpherson
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1995· 2 entries
In 1995, Costner bought a company that was developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government.
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Costner bought a company that was developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government
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1994· 2 entries
After 16 years of marriage, due to Costner allegedly having an affair while on the set of Waterworld
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Costner commissioned the work in 1994 from Detmers.
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1992· 1 entry
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1992).
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1991· 4 entries
Earned Silver Bear (1991).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Dances with Wolves (1991).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for Dances with Wolves (1991).
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Won Golden Globe Awards (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for Dances with Wolves (1990).
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Partnered with producer Jim Wilson to form the production company Tig Productions
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1988· 1 entry
Won Golden Apple Award (1988).
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1987· 2 entries
About The Untouchables from Texas Archive of the Moving Image
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When he starred as federal agent Eliot Ness in The Untouchables and in the leading role of the thriller No Way Out
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1983· 2 entries
And, the same year, had a small role in the nuclear holocaust film Testament
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Costner starred in Stacy's Knights
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1981· 1 entry
“s private life; according to Costner, Burton replied that he thought it was possible. Costner credits Burton with inspiring him to become an actor. Having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive, Costner began taking acting lessons five nights a week, with the support of his wife. His marketing job lasted 30 days. He took jobs that allowed him to develop his acting skills by paying his tuition, including working on fishing boats, as a truck driver, and giving tours of movie stars”
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1978· 2 entries
While on an airplane returning from his honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, Costner had a chance encounter with actor Richard Burton
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Studied at California State University, Fullerton, Bachelor of Arts (1973–1978).
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1975· 1 entry
While in college, Costner started dating fellow student Cindy Silva, and they married three years later
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1973· 1 entry
Studied at Villa Park High School (1973).
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1955· 2 entries
Born 1955-01-18.
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In Lynwood, California, and grew up in Compton, California
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