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Kevin Costner

Also known as Kevin Michael Costner

American actor

AI overview

Kevin Costner is an American actor known for appearing in films and television. He is notable as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony catalogs Kevin Costner in its Best Director collection (78 entries). It also appears in Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Vinony's link graph records 1,728 inbound references to Kevin Costner, and connects out to IMDb, Sean Baker and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.

Vinony files it under 1955 births, 20th-century American male actors and 21st-century American male actors.

Vinony links it to 103 Wikipedia language editions.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1955-01-18

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,861
Total plays: 17,606

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Wikidata facts

Official website: kevincostner.com
Image: Kevin Costner 2016.jpg
Height: 185
Number of children: 7

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Commons category: Kevin Costner
date of birth: 1955-01-18
birth name: Kevin Michael Costner
start of work period: 1974-00-00
name in native language: Kevin Costner

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Encyclopedic overview

Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) 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.

Costner rose to prominence starring in such films as The Untouchables (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), and A Perfect World (1993). During this time, he directed and starred in the western epic Dances With Wolves (1990), for which he won two Academy Awards: Best Picture, and Best Director. He then starred in and co-produced Wyatt Earp (1994) and Waterworld (1995), and directed The Postman (1997), Open Range (2003), and Horizon: An American Saga (2024).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kevin Costner” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.