Kevin Costner

1955-

Biography: life and films

Kevin Costner is an American actor, producer and film director. He was born in Lynwood, California, USA on 18th January 1955.

His best films as an actor include Brian De Palma's crime-thriller The Untouchables (1987), Dances with Wolves (1990), Open Range (2003), Bruce A. Evans's Mr. Brooks (2007) and John Wells's The Company Men (2010), and whose best work as a film director include Dances with Wolves (1990), The Postman (1997) and Open Range (2003).

Kevin Costner has so far appeared in 40 films and directed 4 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Kevin Reynolds (3 films), Ron Shelton (2), Roger Donaldson (2) and Lawrence Kasdan (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (25 films), Thriller (12), romance (9), crime-thriller (5), comedy (5), comedy-romance (4), Western (4), history (3), comedy-drama (3), Fantasy (3), Documentary (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Kevin Costner over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director

Malibu Hot Summer (1981) [a]

Chasing Dreams (1982) [a]

Stacy's Knights (1983) [a]

Table for Five (1983) [a]

Testament (1983) [a]

American Flyers (1985) [a]

Fandango (1985) [a]

Silverado (1985) [a]

Shadows Run Black (1986) [a]

No Way Out (1987) [a]

The Untouchables (1987) [a]

Bull Durham (1988) [a]

Field of Dreams (1989) [a]

The Gunrunner (1989) [a]

Dances with Wolves (1990) [a,d]

Revenge (1990) [a]

JFK (1991) [a]

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) [a]

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992) [a]

The Bodyguard (1992) [a]

A Perfect World (1993) [a]

A Century of Cinema (1994) [a]

The War (1994) [a]

Wyatt Earp (1994) [a]

Waterworld (1995) [a,d]

Tin Cup (1996) [a]

The Postman (1997) [a,d]

For Love of the Game (1999) [a]

Message in a Bottle (1999) [a]

Thirteen Days (2000) [a]

3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) [a]

Dragonfly (2002) [a]

Open Range (2003) [a,d]

Rumor Has It... (2005) [a]

The Upside of Anger (2005) [a]

The Guardian (2006) [a]

Mr. Brooks (2007) [a]

Swing Vote (2008) [a]

The New Daughter (2009) [a]

The Company Men (2010) [a]

McFarland, USA (2015) [a]

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) [a]

Criminal (2016) [a]



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