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| name               = Kevin Costner
| image              = Kevin Costner 2016.jpg
| caption            = Costner in 2016
| birth_name         = Kevin Michael Costner
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1955|01|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Lynwood, California]], U.S.
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| alma_mater         = [[California State University, Fullerton]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|producer|film director|musician}}
| years_active       = 1978–present
| spouse             ={{ubl|{{marriage|Cindy Silva|1978|1994|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Christine Baumgartner|September 25, 2004}}}}
| children           = 7
| works              = [[Kevin Costner filmography|Full list]]
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Costner|Full list]]
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'''Kevin Michael Costner''' (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.euroarts.com/tv-license/6071-country-roads-heartbeat-america | date = June 2, 2013 | title = Country Roads – The Heartbeat of America | website = EuroArts}}</ref> He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Costner|various accolades]], including two [[Academy Awards]], three [[Golden Globe Awards]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], and two [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]].

Costner starred in ''Fandango'', ''American Flyers'', ''[[Silverado (film)|Silverado]]'' and many other films. He rose to prominence  with his starring roles in ''[[The Untouchables (film)|The Untouchables]]'' and ''[[No Way Out (1987 film)|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 (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (1991), ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' (1992), ''[[A Perfect World]]'' (1993), and ''[[Wyatt Earp (film)|Wyatt Earp]]'' (1994). In 1995, Costner starred in and co-produced ''[[Waterworld]]''.  His second directorial feature, ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]'', was released in 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/18242/looking-back-at-kevin-costners-the-postman | title = Looking back at Kevin Costner's The Postman | website = Den of Geek | date = October 26, 2011 | access-date = September 17, 2017}}</ref> He later starred in ''[[Message in a Bottle (film)|Message in a Bottle]]'' (1999), ''[[For Love of the Game (film)|For Love of the Game]]'' (1999), ''[[Thirteen Days (film)|Thirteen Days]]'' (2000), ''[[3000 Miles to Graceland]]'' (2001), ''[[Dragonfly (2002 film)|Dragonfly]]'' (2002),  
''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'' (2003), 
''[[Rumor Has It (film)|Rumor Has It]]'' (2005), ''[[The Guardian (2006 film)|The Guardian]]'' (2006), ''[[Mr. Brooks]]'' (2007), ''[[3 Days to Kill]]'' (2014), ''[[McFarland, USA]]'' (2015), ''[[Draft Day]]'' (2014), and ''[[Criminal (2016 film)|Criminal]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.lwlies.com/articles/what-the-hell-happened-kevin-costner/ | title = What the hell happened to Kevin Costner? | website = Little White Lies | access-date = September 17, 2017}}</ref> He has also played supporting parts in such films as ''[[The Upside of Anger]]'' (2005), ''[[Man of Steel (film)|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 (miniseries)|Hatfields & McCoys]]'' (2012), winning the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]]. Since 2018, he has starred as John Dutton on the [[Paramount Network]] original drama series ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' for which he received a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nomination and a Golden Globe award.

==Early life==
Costner was born on January 18, 1955, in [[Lynwood, California]], and grew up in [[Compton, California]]. He is the youngest of three boys, the second of whom died at birth. His mother, Sharon Rae (née Tedrick), was a welfare worker, and his father, William Costner, was an electrician and, later, a utilities executive at [[Southern California Edison]].<ref name="autobiog">Todd Keith, Kevin Costner: The Unauthorized Biography, Ikonprint Publishers: Southwark, London (1991)</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.adherents.com/people/pc/Kevin_Costner.html | title = The religion of Kevin Costner, actor and film director | work = adherents.com | access-date = April 28, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100707180324/http://www.adherents.com/people/pc/Kevin_Costner.html | archive-date = July 7, 2010 | url-status = usurped }}</ref> His father's heritage originates with German immigrants to [[North Carolina]] in the 1700s,<ref name=tca>Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 2001</ref> and Costner also has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.<ref name="ref2">{{Cite news | last = Barnes | first = Harper | title = Costner's Waltz with the West ... He takes the Indians' side in making his directing debut | newspaper = [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] | date = November 18, 1990 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04CED393C1005&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | access-date = December 9, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958004-4,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070614031331/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958004-4,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 14, 2007 | title = Pursuing The Dream | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | last1 = Corliss | first1 = Richard | date = June 26, 1989}}</ref> Costner was raised [[Baptist]].<ref name="ref3">{{Cite news | title = Kevin Costner Plows His Own 'Field of Dreams' | publisher = The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution | date = May 6, 1989 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C3D42F4B4921&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D | access-date = December 9, 2007}}</ref><ref name="ref1">{{Cite news | last = Kempley | first = Rita | title = Kevin Costner in the Land of 'Wolves'; The Director: Reclaiming Boyhood Dreams | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = November 9, 1990 | url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1157798.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151012/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1157798.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012 | access-date = December 9, 2007}}</ref> He was not academically inclined in school, but did enjoy sports (especially football), took piano lessons, wrote poetry, and sang in the First Baptist Choir.<ref name="autobiog"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://bestmediareviews.org/databases/cgi-bin/main.asp?searchtype=kwq.asp&qu=@recnumber%20MRD05052940&FreeText=&sc=%2Fpierianp%2Fmrd%2F | title = Kevin Costner biography | date = May 18, 1743 | work = bestmediareviews.org, The Pierian Press, 2003. videocassette. Traveling Light Media, 2003. Media Review Digest, MRD05052940. | access-date = September 5, 2010}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has stated that a viewing of the 1963 film ''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]'' at the age of seven had "formed" his childhood.<ref name=tca/>

He has described spending his teenage years in different parts of California as his father's career progressed,<ref name=tca/> as a period when he "lost a lot of confidence", having to make new friends often.<ref name=tca/> Costner lived in [[Ventura, California|Ventura]], then in [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]. He attended [[Mt. Whitney High School]] where he was in the marching band. Following a move to [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], Costner graduated from [[Villa Park High School]] in 1973.<ref name=tca/> He played baseball at Villa Park and was teammates with [[Dennis Burtt]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perlman |first1=Jeffrey A. |last2=Eng |first2=Lily |title=Who Was That Guy? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-27-mn-1028-story.html |access-date=November 28, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 27, 1991}}</ref> He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in marketing and finance from [[California State University, Fullerton]] (CSUF) in 1978.<ref name=tca/> While at CSUF, he became a brother in the [[Delta Chi]] fraternity.<ref name="autobiog"/>

Costner became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college,<ref name=tca/> and upon graduation, he married Cindy Silva, who worked at Disneyland as Cinderella. The couple honeymooned in [[Puerto Vallarta]]; on the return plane journey, they had a chance encounter with actor [[Richard Burton]], who had purchased all the seats around him for solitude. Burton agreed to speak to Costner after he finished reading his book. Costner, who had been taking acting classes but had not told his wife about his desire to be an actor, watched Burton closely and approached when Burton gestured. Costner told Burton that he would prefer to avoid the drama that followed Burton and asked if he would have to tolerate that if he became an actor. Burton replied, "You have blue eyes, I have blue eyes. I think you'll be fine." After the plane landed, Burton's limousine pulled up to the curb where Costner and his wife were waiting for a taxi. Burton wished Costner good luck, and the two never met again. Costner credits Burton with partially contributing to his career.
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 work which allowed him to develop his acting skills via tuition, including working on fishing boats, as a truck driver, and giving tours of stars' Hollywood homes to support the couple while he also attended auditions.

==Career==
Costner made his film debut in the film ''[[Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.]]'' (known originally as ''Hot Malibu Summer''). Filmed in the winter of 1978–79, the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986. The release complications and lack of documentation led many to believe that Costner's debut was in ''The Touch'' (also known as ''Stacy's Knights''), in 1983 with Eve Lilith and [[Andra Millian]]. Costner made a brief appearance in the [[Ron Howard]] film ''[[Night Shift (1982 film)|Night Shift]]'' (1982). He is listed in the credits as 'Frat Boy No.&nbsp;1' and appears at the climax of a frat-style, blow-out party in the New York City morgue, when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler. Costner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of celebration.

[[File:Kevin Costner 2003.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Costner at the [[2003 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Costner appeared in a commercial for the [[Apple Lisa]] and ''[[Table for Five]]'' in 1983, and, the same year, had a small role in the [[nuclear holocaust]] film ''[[Testament (1983 film)|Testament]]''. Later, he was cast in ''[[The Big Chill (film)|The Big Chill]]'' and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks, but they were removed from the final cut.<ref name=tca/> His role was that of Alex, the friend who committed suicide, the event that brings the rest of the cast together.  Costner was a friend of director [[Lawrence Kasdan]], who promised the actor a role in a future project.<ref name=tca/> That became ''[[Silverado (film)|Silverado]]'' (1985) and a breakout role for Costner.<ref name=tca/> He also starred that year in the smaller films ''[[Fandango (1985 film)|Fandango]]'' and ''[[American Flyers]]'' and appeared alongside [[Kiefer Sutherland]] in an hour-long special episode of [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''.

Costner achieved movie star status in 1987, when he starred as federal agent [[Eliot Ness]] in ''[[The Untouchables (film)|The Untouchables]]'' and in the leading role of the thriller ''[[No Way Out (1987 film)|No Way Out]]''.<ref name=tca/> He solidified his A-list status in the baseball-themed films ''[[Bull Durham]]'' (1988) and ''[[Field of Dreams]]'' (1989).<ref name=tca/> In 1990, he partnered with producer [[Jim Wilson (producer)|Jim Wilson]] to form the production company Tig Productions.<ref name=tca/><ref>{{Cite news | url = http://screen-space.squarespace.com/blog/2014/1/7/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-kevin-costner.html | title = The rise and fall and rise of kevin costner | website = Screen-Space | access-date = January 7, 2014}}</ref> Tig's first film was the epic ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' which Costner directed and starred in. This film was nominated for 12 [[Academy Awards]] and won seven, including two for him personally ([[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]).<ref name=tca/> The same year saw the release of ''[[Revenge (1990 film)|Revenge]]'', in which he starred along with [[Anthony Quinn]] and [[Madeleine Stowe]], directed by [[Tony Scott]]; Costner had wanted to direct it himself.

Costner followed with ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (1991); the [[Oliver Stone]]-directed ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991); ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' (1992); and [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[A Perfect World]]'' (1993); all of which provided box office or critical acclaim.<ref name=tca/> He took the title role in the biopic ''[[Wyatt Earp (film)|Wyatt Earp]]'' (1994), directed by Kasdan. ''[[The War (1994 film)|The War]]'', also made in 1994, seemed to gain little attention. The science fiction-[[post-apocalyptic]] epics ''[[Waterworld]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]'' (1997), the latter of which Costner also directed, were both commercial disappointments and both largely regarded by critics as artistic failures.<ref name=tca/> However, while ''Waterworld'' achieved respectable box office and some positive reviews, results for ''The Postman'' were far worse and it ended up winning five [[Golden Raspberry Awards]], including Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Director for Costner.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000558/1998 | title = 18th Golden Raspberry Awards | author = Internet Movie Database | website = [[IMDb]] | access-date = November 2, 2010}}</ref> Costner starred in the golf comedy ''[[Tin Cup]]'' (1996) for [[Ron Shelton]], who had previously directed him in ''Bull Durham''.<ref name=tca/> He developed the film ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' and was set to play the lead role of the President, but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]'' instead. He personally offered the project to [[Harrison Ford]]. In 1999, he starred in ''[[Message in a Bottle (film)|Message in a Bottle]] '' with [[Robin Wright]], based on the [[Message in a Bottle (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Nicholas Sparks]]. The film drew mixed reviews and just about broke even at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Message in a Bottle|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1952613889/weekend/|access-date=October 27, 2020|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Message in a Bottle 1999|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/message-in-a-bottle|website=metacritic.com}}</ref>
[[File:Kevin Costner DF-SD-05-08959 crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Costner visiting [[Andrews Air Force Base]] in July 2003]]
His career revived somewhat in 2000 with ''[[Thirteen Days (film)|Thirteen Days]]'', in which he portrayed [[Kenneth O'Donnell]], a top adviser to [[John F. Kennedy]]. The western ''[[Open Range (2003 film)|Open Range]]'', which he directed and starred in, received critical acclaim in 2003, and was a surprise success commercially. He received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in ''[[The Upside of Anger]]'', for which he received a nomination from the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] and won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. After that, Costner starred in ''[[The Guardian (2006 film)|The Guardian]]'' and in ''[[Mr. Brooks]]'', in which he portrayed a [[serial killer]]. In 2008, his Tig Productions company closed and was changed to Tree House Films.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url = https://variety.com/exec/kevin-costner | title = Kevin Costner | magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = October 21, 2013}}</ref> In 2008, Costner starred in ''[[Swing Vote (2008 film)|Swing Vote]]''. He starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 2005 movie ''[[Rumor Has It (film)|Rumour Has It]]''. Costner was honored on September 6, 2006, when his hand and foot prints were set in concrete in front of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers. In 2010, he appeared in ''[[The Company Men]]'' alongside [[Ben Affleck]], [[Tommy Lee Jones]] and [[Chris Cooper]]. It debuted at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], and received good reviews. It was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011. The film was considered to be an Oscar contender, but did not get a nomination.

Costner announced that he would be returning to the director'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]]''{{'s}} "Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout". Costner portrayed [[Jonathan and Martha Kent|Jonathan Kent]] in the rebooted [[Superman Unleashed|Superman film]] ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', directed by [[Zack Snyder]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/128994-kevin-costner-confirmed-for-superman | title = Kevin Costner Confirmed for Superman! | work = SuperHeroHype | date = March 18, 2011}}</ref> Costner was going to have a role in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Django Unchained]]'',<ref>{{cite web | last = Kit | first = Borys | date = July 18, 2011 | title = Kevin Costner to Train Slaves in 'Django Unchained' | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/kevin-costner-train-slaves-django-212503 | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719211438/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/kevin-costner-train-slaves-django-212503 | archive-date = July 19, 2011 | access-date = July 19, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

Costner starred in the three-part miniseries ''[[Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries)|Hatfields & McCoys]]'', which premiered on May 28, 2012, on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]. It broke a record by pulling 13.9&nbsp;million viewers. The miniseries tells the true American story of a legendary family feud – one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between [[Kentucky]] and [[West Virginia]]. The role earned Costner the 2012 [[64th Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]],<ref>{{Cite news | last = Pennington | first = Gail | url = http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/television/gail-pennington/homeland-wins-big-hamm-loses-again-at-emmys/article_3db182bc-05de-11e2-b471-001a4bcf6878.html | title = 'Homeland' wins big; Hamm loses again at Emmys | newspaper = [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] | date = September 24, 2012 | access-date = September 24, 2012}}</ref> the 2013 [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]],<ref>{{cite web | title = The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | url = http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/19th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards#id-4 | website = Screen Actors Guild Awards | publisher = SAG-AFTRA | access-date = February 28, 2017}}</ref> and the 2013 [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2013 Golden Globe Awards | url = http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2013/all#category-1896 | website = Golden Globes.com | publisher = Hollywood Foreign Press Association | access-date = February 28, 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, Costner appeared in the spy movie ''[[Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit]]'', as Thomas Harper, a mentor for the series' title character. The same year, he starred in the thriller ''[[3 Days to Kill]]'' and the drama ''[[Draft Day]]'' and produced and starred in ''[[Black or White (film)|Black or White]]''.<ref>[http://WWW.pbs.Org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/actor-kevin-costner/?show=23896 Kevin Costner interview (1/2-hour)], [[Tavis Smiley]], [[PBS]], February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2014.</ref> ''Black or White'' premiered at the 2014 [[Toronto International Film Festival]] and opened in the United States in 2015. In 2015, Costner played coach Jim White in the drama film ''[[McFarland, USA]]'', about cross-country running. In 2016, he 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]]''. Since 2018, he has starred in and produced the television series ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'', marking the first regular TV series role of his career.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Otterson | first1 = Joe | title = Kevin Costner to Star in Paramount Network Series 'Yellowstone' | url = https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/kevin-costner-paramount-network-yellowstone-1202425717/ | website = Variety.com | access-date = October 11, 2017 | date = May 15, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, Costner starred in ''[[The Art of Racing in the Rain (film)|The Art of Racing in the Rain]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/art-of-racing-in-the-rain-trailer-milo-ventimiglia-kevin-costner-talking-dog-movie-1202143259/ | title='The Art of Racing in the Rain' Trailer: Milo Ventimiglia Loves His Dog, and Amanda Seyfried | first=Jude | last=Dry | date=May 20, 2019 | work=IndieWire | access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> where he voiced Enzo the dog. It was his first voice-over film in his career.

In August 2022, Costner began production on ''[[Horizon (upcoming film)|Horizon]]'',<ref name=August12>{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington Saddle Up As Leads For Kevin Costner's ''Horizon'' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/sienna-miller-sam-worthington-kevin-costner-horizon-jamie-campbell-bower-yellowstone-1235091034/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 12, 2022 |date=August 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Luke Wilson Joins Kevin Costner's Western Epic ''Horizon'' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/luke-wilson-kevin-costners-horizon-1235097742/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 22, 2022 |date=August 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=Thomas Haden Church Joins Kevin Costner in New Line Western ''Horizon'' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/thomas-haden-church-joins-kevin-costner-in-new-line-western-horizon-exclusive-1235206009/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=August 25, 2022 |date=August 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Kevin Costner's Western Epic ''Horizon'' Adds Jena Malone, Alejandro Edda, Tatanka Means & Michael Rooker |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/kevin-costner-horizon-jena-malone-michael-rooker-1235104269/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=August 31, 2022 |date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> a Western epic that will be split into at least four films, each just under three hours in length. Costner plans on the films being released over a series of months. Costner will act as director of the project and said the film was proposed as an event television series. Production on the first film is expected to last at least 220 days, and then production of the next films will commence in April 2023.<ref name=Horizon>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/kevin-costner-horizon-directing-four-movies-1235299756/|title=Kevin Costner Wants to Split His Western Epic 'Horizon' Into Four Movies (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Ravindran|first=Manori|website=Variety|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 24, 2022|language=en}}</ref>

==Other ventures==
===Country music===
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[[File:KevinCostnerJuly10.jpg|thumb|upright|Costner on stage in July 2010]]
Costner is the singer in [[Kevin Costner & Modern West]], a [[country rock]] band which he founded with the encouragement of his wife Christine. In October 2007, they began a worldwide tour which included shows in [[Istanbul]] and Rome. The group also performed at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

The band released a country album, ''[[Untold Truths]]'', on November 11, 2008, on [[Universal South Records]]. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;61 on the ''Billboard'' [[Top Country Albums]] and No.&nbsp;35 on the [[Top Heatseekers]] chart. Three singles ("Superman 14", "Long Hot Night" and "Backyard") have been released to radio, although none have charted. For the single "Superman 14" a live music video was made.

In 2009, they went on tour with [[opening act]] [[The Alternate Routes]]. In August, at the [[Big Valley Jamboree]] in Camrose, [[Alberta]], Costner and the band were scheduled next on stage when a severe thunderstorm struck, causing the stage and stands on the main stage to collapse. One person was reported dead and forty injured.<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/02/world/AP-CN-Canada-Stage-Collapse.html | title = 1 Dead, 40 Injured in Canada Stage Collapse | agency = [[Associated Press|AP]] | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = August 2, 2009 | access-date = August 2, 2009}}</ref> Later, an auction was held to raise money for the two young sons of the woman killed. A dinner with Costner was auctioned off for $41,000. Two guitars, one autographed by Costner, helped raise another $10,000 each.<ref>{{Cite news | first = Nick | last = Lees | title = Katz likely culprit behind mystery $41,000 bid | url = https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20090812/281882999355295 | work = Edmonton Journal | date = August 12, 2009 | page = B3}}</ref>

A second [[Kevin Costner and Modern West]] album, ''Turn It On'', was released in February 2010 in Europe<ref>{{cite web | url = http://kevincostnermodernwest.com/news/comments/new-album-turn-it-on/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110819095309/http://kevincostnermodernwest.com/news/comments/new-album-turn-it-on/ | url-status = dead | title = New Album – "Turn It On" – News – Kevin Costner & Modern West | archive-date = August 19, 2011}}</ref> and was supported by a European tour.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://kevincostnermodernwest.com/news/comments/new-tour-dates-announced-new-album-in-the-works/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110920201900/http://kevincostnermodernwest.com/news/comments/new-tour-dates-announced-new-album-in-the-works/ | url-status = dead | title = New Tour Dates Announced / New Album In the Works – News – Kevin Costner & Modern West | archive-date = September 20, 2011}}</ref> In July 2012, the band performed in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], at the 20th annual [[Telus World Skins Game]] in support of the [[IWK Health Centre]] Foundation, donating a guitar autographed by Costner.<ref>[http://www.telusskins.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1342189346&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& Academy Award winner, actor, director and musician, Kevin Costner and Juno Award winner Canadian musician and humanitarian Tom Cochrane to play at 2012 TELUS World Skins ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602044103/http://www.telusskins.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1342189346&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& |date=June 2, 2013 }}</ref>

Kevin Costner has also appeared in the documentary film ''Country Roads'' by Marieke Schröder.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.euroarts.com/tv-license/6071-country-roads-heartbeat-america | date = June 2, 2013 | title = Country Roads – The Heartbeat of America | website = EuroArts}}</ref>

The most recent album released by Kevin Costner and Modern West, ''Tales from Yellowstone'', was written by Costner and his co-writers from the perspective of John Dutton, Costner's character on the hit TV series ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]''. Songs from the album were featured on Season 3 of the show.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tasteofcountry.com/kevin-costner-modern-west-tales-from-yellowstone-album/ | date = July 21, 2021 | title = Did You Know Kevin Costner Recorded a 'Yellowstone' Album? | website = Taste of Country}}</ref>

===Baseball===
Several of Costner's films have included a baseball theme: ''[[Chasing Dreams (film)|Chasing Dreams]]'', ''[[Bull Durham]]'', ''[[Field of Dreams]]'', ''[[For Love of the Game (film)|For Love of the Game]]'', and ''[[The Upside of Anger]]'', in three of which his character is a pro baseball player and one a former pro baseball player.

Costner has a home in [[Austin, Texas]], and sometimes appears at [[Texas Longhorns baseball]] practices and games. He was a close friend of former Longhorns baseball coach [[Augie Garrido]] from Garrido's days coaching at [[Cal State Fullerton]], Costner's alma mater. He cast Garrido to play the role of the Yankee manager in ''For Love of the Game''. He tries to attend every [[College World Series]] game that [[CSUF Titans]] plays in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. Costner walked-on for a try-out, but did not make the team early in his time at the university.

Costner was a partial owner of the [[Zion, Illinois]]-based [[Lake County Fielders]] [[Independent league baseball|independent baseball team]] in the [[North American League (baseball)|North American League]]. The Fielders name was an homage to ''Field of Dreams'', with the logo showing a ballplayer standing amid a field of corn.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Rotenbirk | first = Lori | title = Major League Hopes Pinned on the Minors | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/us/05zion.html | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = April 5, 2009 | page = A23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Zion, IL 2010 Northern League Expansion Team Named the Lake County Fielders | url = http://www.fieldersbaseball.com/zion-il-2010-northern-league-expansion-team-named-lake-county-fielders | work = Lake County Fielders web site | access-date = July 28, 2013 | date = October 5, 2009 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150404014641/http://www.fieldersbaseball.com/zion-il-2010-northern-league-expansion-team-named-lake-county-fielders | archive-date = April 4, 2015 }}</ref> On August 12, 2021, he 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.<ref>{{Citation|title=Kevin Costner leads Yankees and White Sox from cornfield onto the Field of Dreams {{!}} FOX SPORTS|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmZ1Oz_nTg| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/jbmZ1Oz_nTg| archive-date=October 28, 2021|language=en|access-date=August 13, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Business interests===
[[File:Kevin Costner - Stella nella Walk of Fame - Hollywood - USA - agosto 2011.jpg|thumb|Costner's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
In 1995, Costner began developing [[oil separation]] machines based on a patent he purchased from the [[US government]]. The machines developed by the company were of little commercial interest until the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill]], when [[BP]] took six of the machines from a company in which Costner owned an interest, Ocean Therapy Solutions, for testing in late May 2010.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/if-you-build-it/?dbk | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | title = If You Build It ... | first = Liz | last = Robbins | date = May 19, 2010}}</ref> On June 16, 2010, BP entered into a lease with Ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil-water separation devices.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.reefrelieffounders.com/drilling/2010/06/11/examiner-kevin-costner-sells-32-oil-spill-machines-to-bp-to-recycle-6-million-gallons-of-water-a-day-photos | title = Examiner: Kevin Costner sells 32 oil spill machines to BP to recycle 6 million gallons of water a day (photos)}}</ref> Although Spyron Contoguris and [[Stephen Baldwin]] previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions in mid-June to another investor in the company, they filed a lawsuit in Louisiana District Court claiming $10.64&nbsp;million for securities fraud and misrepresentation. The suit claimed that Costner kept a meeting with BP secret from them, and the secret meeting resulted in an $18-million down payment on a $52&nbsp;million purchase, and that after the down payment, but before any announcement, another investor used part of the down payment to buy out their shares, thus excluding them from their share of the profits from the total sale.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/12/23/stephen-baldwin-kevin-costner-lawsuit-bp/?hpt=T2 | title = Stephen Baldwin spills lawsuit on Kevin Costner | author = Kate Ward}}</ref> The suit claimed that, despite public statements by Costner, Ocean Therapy Solutions, BP and others to the contrary, Baldwin and Contogouris were told that BP was still testing the machines and had not yet committed to lease the machines from Ocean Therapy Solutions and that the other investor in Ocean Therapy Solutions purchased their shares for $1.4&nbsp;million to Baldwin and $500,000, to Contogouris.<ref>Detroit Free Press, Friday, December 24, 2010, page 3C</ref>{{full citation needed|date=June 2018}} In June 2012, a federal jury in Louisiana deliberated for less than 2 hours before rejecting Baldwin's and Contogouris' claims in the multimillion-dollar oil-clean-up case, and the court ordered Baldwin and Contogouris to reimburse Costner and the other defendants in the case for their costs.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}

On June 6, 2004, Costner opened ''Tatanka: The Story of the Bison'' one mile south of [[Deadwood, South Dakota]], on [[U.S. Route 85]], saying he hoped it would be an educational and emotional place for people to learn about America's westward expansion. Promoters stated in a news release that the $5-million attraction had a new, 3,800-square-foot interactive center featuring exhibits, retail, and food and beverage areas, as well as offices and a small theater. The visitor center features graphics and text about the bison and the relationship of the [[Plains Indians]] to the animals - historically hunting and now raising them for food and clothing, among other things. The centerpiece is a bronze sculpture depicting a [[buffalo jump]] by [[Hill City, South Dakota|Hill City]] artist [[Peggy Detmers]], depicting 14 bronze bison in the act of running from their pursuers and three bronze [[Lakota people|Lakota]] riders on horseback. Three of the massive bison are posed in midair, cascading over the face of a cliff. Costner commissioned the work in 1994 from Detmers. The five-fourths-scale bronzes, each weighing between 2,500 and 8,000 pounds, were cast at Eagle Bronze Foundry in [[Lander, Wyoming]].<ref>Rapid City Journal, June 6, 2004</ref>{{full citation needed|date=May 2018}}

Costner opened the Midnight Star Casino and Restaurant in Deadwood, S.D., in 1991.<ref name="jh">{{cite news |last=Holland |first=Jim |url=https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/deadwood-s-midnight-star-sold-to-reopen-in-july/article_81752b78-1b1e-5380-99f3-a1c1910c1998.html | title=Deadwood's Midnight Star sold, to reopen in July |date=February 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217212832/https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/deadwood-s-midnight-star-sold-to-reopen-in-july/article_81752b78-1b1e-5380-99f3-a1c1910c1998.html |archive-date=February 17, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> He hired Francis and Carla Caneva to manage the establishment and gave each of them a 3.25 percent ownership and paid them salaries and bonuses. He terminated their employment in July 2004 and asked to agree to an amicable disassociation. When they declined, Costner dissolved the partnership and hired an accountant who determined its fair market value to be $3.1 million. The Canevas sued Costner to buy their shares based on twice that amount or sell the company on the open market. They won in the lower court but, on Costner's appeal, lost in the South Dakota Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/court-rules-costners-favor-casino-dispute-1C9428197 |title=Court rules in Costner's favor in casino dispute |agency=[[Associated Press]] |via=[[Today (American TV program)]] |date=November 9, 2006 |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite case |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/sd-supreme-court/1451770.html |title=IN RE: the DISSOLUTION OF MIDNIGHT STAR ENTERPRISES |via=[[FindLaw]] |date=November 8, 2006 |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> Costner closed the establishment in 2017 and sold it in 2020.<ref name="jh"/>

In 2020, Costner joined Woody Sears's new audio entertainment travel app, HearHere, as a co-founder, podcast narrator, and investor. Costner narrates some of the audio stories provided by the iPhone subscription app for travelers on road trips across the United States who want to hear about the people, places, and histories they are encountering on their travels.<ref>{{cite web|title=Want to take a road trip with Kevin Costner? Investors are betting you will|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/04/02/want-to-take-a-road-trip-with-kevin-costner-investors-are-betting-you-might/|access-date=April 4, 2021|website=TechCrunch|date=April 2, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
Costner serves on an honorary board for the [[National World War I Museum]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. In spring 2011, he recorded two radio spots for the museum that were aired on [[Kansas City Royals]] Radio Network.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index.aspx?pgid=1194 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130420183858/http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index.aspx?pgid=1194 | url-status = dead | title = Costner Lends Voice to Museum | archive-date = April 20, 2013}}</ref>

===NASCAR===
Costner was named ceremonial [[Grand Marshal]] of the [[NASCAR Cup Series]]' [[Auto Club 500]] which took place on February 25, 2007, at the [[California Speedway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/3997065-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090108025257/http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/3997065-1.html | url-status = dead | title = Kevin Costner Named Grand Marshal | archive-date = January 8, 2009}}</ref> In 2008, he 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.<ref>{{Citation |last=Karpf |first=Rory |title=NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1381509/ |type=Documentary, Sport |publisher=NASCAR Media Group |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref> Costner would be the narrator for that documentary. Also in 2009, he was named the spokesman for NASCAR Day which took place on May 15. The next day, May 16, he and his country music band would perform in the infield of [[Charlotte Motor Speedway]] as well as participate as a judge in the 2nd annual Victory Challenge before the [[NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race XXV|25th Running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race]].

=== Writing ===
In 2015, Costner co-authored ''The Explorer's Guild: A Passage to Shambhala'', a hybrid [[adventure novel]] and [[graphic novel]], with John Baird, researcher [[Stephen C. Meyer]], and illustrator Rick Ross.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Costner on Building His Career, Positive Self-Talk, and Making Dances with Wolves Happen|url=https://tim.blog/2015/11/16/kevin-costner-the-near-death-audition-work-ethic-and-the-explorers-guild/|access-date=October 11, 2020|website=tim.blog|date=November 17, 2015}}</ref>

Costner has a chapter giving advice in [[Tim Ferriss]]' book ''[[Tools of Titans]]''.

==Personal life==
[[File:Kevin Costner Césars 2013 2.jpg|thumb|Costner with his wife Christine Baumgartner in 2013]]
Costner has been married twice and has seven children from three relationships. In 1975 while in college, Costner started dating fellow student Cindy Silva, and they married three years later. During their marriage, they had three children: daughters Annie (b. 1984) and Lily (b. 1986), and son Joe (b. 1988). The couple divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage. He has a son, Liam Timothy (b. 1996), with Bridget Rooney, with whom he had a brief relationship following his divorce,<ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Perry | first = Simon | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20011398,00.html | title = Kevin Costner, Wife Christine Are Expecting | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = February 9, 2007}}</ref> and then dated political activist [[Birgit Cunningham]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Roberts | first = Alison | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/party-girls-turn-single-mums-6318767.html | title = Party-girls turn single-mums | newspaper = [[London Evening Standard]] | date = July 11, 2002}}</ref> In 1996, he lived with supermodel [[Elle Macpherson]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Pringle | first = Gill | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19960630/ai_n14450888 | title = Kevin Costner Gets an Elle of a Girl. | newspaper = [[Sunday Mirror]] | date = June 3, 1996 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016193753/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19960630/ai_n14450888 | archive-date = October 16, 2015 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 25, 2004, Costner married his girlfriend of four years, model and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner,<ref>{{Cite magazine | last1 = Kappes | first1 = Serena | first2 = Jason | last2 = Bane | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,702154,00.html | title = Kevin Costner Marries Girlfriend in Aspen | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = September 26, 2004}}</ref> at his ranch in [[Aspen, Colorado]]. They have three children: sons Cayden (b. 2007) and Hayes (b. 2009), and daughter Grace (b. 2010).<ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Nudd | first = Tim | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20038070,00.html | title = Kevin Costner, Wife Have a Baby Boy | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = May 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Silverman | first = Stephen M. | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20258995,00.html | title = It's Another Boy for Kevin Costner | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = February 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine | first = Sarah | last = Michaud | url = http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20352305,00.html | title = Seventh Child on the Way for Kevin Costner | magazine = [[People (magazine)|People]] | date = March 17, 2010 | access-date = May 27, 2010}}</ref>

==Political activism==
Early in his life, Costner was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He was a supporter and good friend of [[Ronald Reagan]], frequently playing golf with the former president. He eventually switched his affiliation in the early 1990s. Since 1992, Costner has financially supported a variety of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politicians, including [[Al Gore]] and [[Tom Daschle]], but also made contributions to Republican [[Phil Gramm]] as late as 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Kevin_Costner.php | title = FreshMeat:Celebrity Donations | publisher = FreshMeat.com |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130116015928/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Kevin_Costner.php | archive-date = January 16, 2013 }}</ref> He said publicly in 2008 that he has no ambition to run for political office, adding "I've lived quite a colorful life".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=178462 | title = Comedy Central: Kevin Costner | date = August 6, 2008 | access-date = August 24, 2009 |url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090113163257/http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=178462 | archive-date = January 13, 2009}}</ref>

In the final days before the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 election]], Costner campaigned for [[Barack Obama]], visiting various places in [[Colorado]], where he has a home. In his speech, Costner stated the need for young voters to get to the polls, early and with enthusiasm. "We were going to change the world and we haven't", Costner said at a [[Colorado State University]] rally. "My generation didn't get it done, and we need you to help us".<ref>{{Cite news | title = University continues to host | work = Fort Collins Coloradoan | author = Trevor Hughes | date = October 29, 2008 | page = A1}}</ref>

In October 2014, Costner sent a tribute to British troops serving around the world thanking them for their work.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itv.com/news/2014-10-08/i-can-offer-you-nothing-but-respect-kevin-costner-pays-tribute-to-british-forces/ | title = Kevin Costner pays tribute to British soldiers | date = October 8, 2014 | publisher = [[itv.com]]}}</ref>

On December 22, 2019, Costner endorsed Democratic presidential candidate [[Pete Buttigieg]] at a rally in [[Indianola, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/politics/kevin-costner-endorses-pete-buttigieg/index.html|title=Kevin Costner to endorse Pete Buttigieg in Iowa|author=Donald Judd|website=CNN}}</ref> Later Costner supported Democratic candidate [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Malkin |first1=Marc |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Kevin Costner Is Voting for Joe Biden, but Still Thinks Pete Buttigieg Could Have Won the White House |url=https://variety.com/video/kevin-costner-joe-biden-pete-buttigieg/ |access-date=July 24, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Costner narrated a commercial for [[J. D. Scholten]], a Democrat running for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from {{ushr|IA|4}}.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/jd-scholten-challenges-steve-king/index.html |title = Iowa native JD Scholten announces second bid to unseat GOP Rep. Steve King|website = [[CNN]]}}</ref>
In [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming|2022]] Costner endorsed [[Liz Cheney]] for reelection.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kevin-costner-liz-cheney-shirt-b2136415.html | title=Kevin Costner dons 'I'm for Liz Cheney' shirt while filming 'Yellowstone' | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=August 2, 2022 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Costner}}

===Honors===
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| 1992
|Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Morrison |first=Jane Ann |date= June 28, 1992 |title= Bright students, stars shine together |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Las-Vegas-Review-Journal-June-28-1992.pdf|work= Las Vegas Review Journal}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
|[[Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum|World of Little League Museum Hall of Excellence]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Little League Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://www.espn.com/moresports/llws00/s/000815halloffame.html |website=ESPN |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Excellence |url=https://www.littleleague.org/world-of-little-league/hall-of-excellence/ |website=World of Little League Museum |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|[[Hollywood Walk of Fame|The Hollywood Walk of Fame]], 6807 Hollywood Boulevard, August 11, 2003, Motion Pictures<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Costner |url=http://www.hwof.com/star/motion-pictures/kevin-costner/2441 |website=The Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
|[[Hall of Great Western Performers]] at the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]] in [[Oklahoma City]], Oklahoma<ref>{{cite web |title=A Star-Studded 2019 Western Heritage Awards |url=https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/04/a-star-studded-2019-western-heritage-awards/ |website=Cowboys and Indians Magazine |access-date=April 3, 2020 |date=April 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Great Western Performers |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/awards-halls-of-fame/great-western-performers/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=April 3, 2020}}</ref>
|}

== Filmography ==
{{main |Kevin Costner filmography}}

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