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<html> <head> <title>Kevin Costner</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/758/000022692/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Kevin Costner<img src="costner-sm.jpg" height=260 width=207 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Kevin Costner">AKA Kevin Michael CostnerBorn: <a href="/lists/535/000106217/" class=proflink>18-Jan</a>-<a href="/lists/954/000105639/" class=proflink>1955</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/587/000069380/" class=proflink>Lynwood, CA</a> Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/871/000071658/" class=proflink>Baptist</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor, <a href="/lists/166/000068959/" class=proflink>Film Director</a>, Film/TV Producer Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: Dances with WolvesKevin Costner is a lanky, likeably laconic movie star, best known for action hits like The Untouchables and The Guardian and colossal flops like Waterworld and The Postman. He won two Oscars as director and producer of the epic western Dances With Wolves. As a boy, Costner sang in his church choir, wrote poetry, and yearned to be an actor, but his high school did not offer drama classes or stage plays. His father was a ditch-digger who urged his son to get a good education and a better job, so Costner went to college and majored in business, but took acting lessons in the evenings. At 19, he lucked into a small role in Sizzle Beach U.S.A., a soft-core farce that was not even released until 1986, when Costner's name made it suddenly marketable. Meanwhile, Costner got his degree and took an office job, while occasionally acting at a local playhouse. Returning from a vacation in Mexico, Costner met actor <a href="/people/260/000032164/">Richard Burton</a> on a plane flight and cajoled the superstar for advice. Burton told him he would never make it as an actor unless he dropped everything else to pursue acting. Costner has said that his wife was furious when he came home and announced he was quitting his steady day job to become a professional actor. They resettled in Los Angeles, where Costner auditioned for everything but was hired for nothing. He worked as a truck-driver, a Hollywood tour guide, and piloted the Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland, where his wife wandered the grounds as Snow White. He was an extra in <a href="/people/365/000025290/">Ron Howard</a>'s Night Shift, and he was the dead friend in the coffin whose funeral propelled the plot in The Big Chill, but Costner's face was not even seen on screen. His breakthrough was a supporting role as <a href="/people/491/000109164/">Scott Glenn</a>'s endearingly goofy brother in the wild western Silverado, and he solidified his star status as Elliot Ness in The Untouchables with <a href="/people/881/000022815/">Sean Connery</a> and <a href="/people/765/000023696/">Robert De Niro</a>. Among his many hits and bombs, Costner has made three movies about baseball, playing the washed-up minor-leaguer in Bull Durham with <a href="/people/762/000024690/">Susan Sarandon</a>, the farmer whose corn field spawns the ultimate fantasy league in Field of Dreams, and a veteran pitcher having a pretty good day on the mound in For the Love of the Game. He also played a paunchy, retired ballplayer in The Upside of Anger with <a href="/people/464/000025389/">Joan Allen</a>. Costner has invested over $20M in Ocean Therapy Solutions, a company that manufactures machines which, at least in demonstrations, are capable of removing about 97% of oil from water after oil spills. The machines work by spinning the contaminated water in centrifuge to separate the oil from the water. In the wake of <a href="/company/026/000051870/">BP</a>'s massive 2010 oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, the company tested and bought several dozen of Costner's devices, which might prove useful in helping to clean waters nearest the coast, but are doubtless unable to solve the larger problem of oil settling deep in the Gulf. His first marriage ended, reportedly, due to Costner's serial philandering. His ex-wife walked away with $80M, one of the largest settlements in Hollywood's long history of divorce. In 2004, Costner honeymooned in Scotland with his second wife, model Christine Baumgartner. During his stay, a masseuse at the hotel was fired after telling her employer that while massaging Costner, he had removed the towel covering his midsection and masturbated. The woman complained to local labor authorities that her firing had been unfair, and she was awarded an undisclosed settlement, while the hotel kept Costner's name out of the papers for two years. The allegations were disclosed by the Daily Mail in 2006, with the legal reminder that the masseuse's allegations were only allegations.Father: Bill Costner (ditch-digger) Mother: Sharon Rae Tedrick Costner (welfare worker) Brother: Daniel Craig Costner (b. 1950) Brother: Mark Douglas Costner (d. 1953 at birth) Wife: Cindy Silva (college sweetheart, m. 1978, div. 1994, two daughters, one son) Daughter: Annie Costner (b. 15-Apr-1984) Daughter: Lily Costner (b. 4-Aug-1986) Son: Joe Costner (b. 31-Jan-1988) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/890/000025815/">Mira Sorvino</a> (actress, dated mid-1990s) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/888/000025813/">Elle Macpherson</a> (model, dated mid-1990s) Girlfriend: Bridget Rooney (heiress, granddaughter of <a href="/people/116/000085858/">Art Rooney</a>, dated 1995-96, one son) Son: Liam Rooney (b. 1996) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/760/000025685/">Naomi Campbell</a> (model, dated mid-1990s) Girlfriend: <a href="/people/913/000025838/">Courteney Cox</a> (actress, dated mid-1990s) Wife: Christine Baumgartner (model, dated 2000-04, m. 25-Sep-2004, two sons, one daughter) Son: Cayden Wyatt Costner (b. 5-May-2007) Son: Hayes Logan Costner (b. 12-Feb-2009) Daughter: Grace Avery Costner (b. 2-Jun-2010)     High School: <a href="/edu/567/000098273/">Buena High School, Ventura, CA</a>     High School: Mt. Whitney High School, Visalia, CA     High School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, CA (1973)     University: <a href="/edu/573/000079336/">BA Business & Marketing, California State University Fullerton (1978)</a>     Endorsement of <a href="/company/697/000042571/">Apple</a> Lisa Computer (1983)     <a href="/company/119/000120756/">Disneyland</a> Ride operator     <a href="/org/845/000082599/">Caribou Club</a>     <a href="/org/781/000167280/">Gore 2000</a>     <a href="/org/805/000167304/">John Kerry for President</a>     <a href="/org/553/000041430/">Delta Chi Fraternity</a>     <a href="/honors/510/000032414/">Oscar for Best Director</a> 1991 for Dances with Wolves     <a href="/honors/636/000044504/">Golden Globe</a> 1991 for Dances with Wolves     <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 11-Aug-2003 at 6355 Hollywood Blvd.     <a href="/event/351/000083102/">Appendectomy</a> Oct-2002     <a href="/event/838/000159361/">Paternity Test</a>     <a href="/lists/644/000044512/">German Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/936/000043807/">Irish Ancestry</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/454/000159974/">Appendicitis</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR     <a href="/films/258/000035153/">Open Range (11-Aug-2003)</a>     <a href="/films/256/000035151/">The Postman (25-Dec-1997)</a>     <a href="/films/165/000033066/">Dances with Wolves (4-Nov-1990)</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/205/000403990/">The Highwaymen (10-Mar-2019)</a>     <a href="/films/290/000404075/">Molly's Game (8-Sep-2017)</a>     <a href="/films/985/000402776/">Hidden Figures (25-Dec-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/246/000405028/">Criminal (5-Apr-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/519/000402310/">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (12-Mar-2016)</a>     <a href="/films/360/000405142/">McFarland, USA (9-Feb-2015)</a>     <a href="/films/296/000389126/">Black or White (6-Sep-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/995/000380852/">Draft Day (11-Apr-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/462/000380319/">3 Days to Kill (12-Feb-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/783/000379643/">Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (15-Jan-2014)</a>     <a href="/films/134/000368027/">Man of Steel (12-Jun-2013)</a>     <a href="/films/154/000400948/">Hatfields & McCoys (28-May-2012)</a>     <a href="/films/159/000263367/">The Company Men (22-Jan-2010)</a> · Jack     <a href="/films/681/000227000/">The New Daughter (18-Dec-2009)</a> · John James     <a href="/films/984/000173465/">Swing Vote (20-May-2008)</a>     <a href="/films/560/000137149/">Mr. Brooks (31-May-2007)</a>     <a href="/films/813/000119456/">The Guardian (28-Sep-2006)</a>     <a href="/films/771/000108447/">Rumor Has It... (22-Dec-2005)</a>     <a href="/films/533/000085278/">The Upside of Anger (11-Mar-2005)</a>     <a href="/films/258/000035153/">Open Range (11-Aug-2003)</a> · Charley Waite     <a href="/films/259/000035154/">Dragonfly (18-Feb-2002)</a>     <a href="/films/905/000040785/">3000 Miles to Graceland (20-Feb-2001)</a> · Murphy     <a href="/films/411/000039294/">Thirteen Days (16-Dec-2000)</a>     <a href="/films/799/000039682/">Play It to the Bone (25-Dec-1999)</a>     <a href="/films/648/000033549/">For Love of the Game (15-Sep-1999)</a> · Billy Chapel     <a href="/films/257/000035152/">Message in a Bottle (12-Feb-1999)</a>     <a href="/films/256/000035151/">The Postman (25-Dec-1997)</a> · The Postman     <a href="/films/853/000040733/">Tin Cup (16-Aug-1996)</a>     <a href="/films/167/000033068/">Waterworld (28-Jul-1995)</a> · Mariner     <a href="/films/379/000036271/">The War (4-Nov-1994)</a>     <a href="/films/260/000035155/">Wyatt Earp (24-Jun-1994)</a>     <a href="/films/483/000038369/">A Perfect World (24-Nov-1993)</a> · Butch Haynes     <a href="/films/291/000034189/">The Bodyguard (25-Nov-1992)</a> · Frank Farmer     <a href="/films/598/000032502/">JFK (20-Dec-1991)</a> · Jim Garrison     <a href="/films/425/000034323/">Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (14-Jun-1991)</a> · Robin of Locksley     <a href="/films/165/000033066/">Dances with Wolves (4-Nov-1990)</a> · Lt. Dunbar     <a href="/films/663/000036555/">Revenge (16-Feb-1990)</a> · Cochran     <a href="/films/622/000033523/">Field of Dreams (21-Apr-1989)</a> · Ray Kinsella     <a href="/films/794/000039677/">Bull Durham (15-Jun-1988)</a> · Crash Davis     <a href="/films/254/000035149/">No Way Out (14-Aug-1987)</a> · Tom Farrell     <a href="/films/470/000037359/">The Untouchables (3-Jun-1987)</a> · Eliot Ness     <a href="/films/462/000259682/">Shadows Run Black (1986)</a>     <a href="/films/480/000084228/">Sizzle Beach, USA (1986)</a>     <a href="/films/253/000035148/">American Flyers (16-Aug-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/387/000033288/">Silverado (10-Jul-1985)</a> · Jake     <a href="/films/018/000033916/">Fandango (25-Jan-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/597/000134195/">The Gunrunner (1984)</a>     <a href="/films/720/000064528/">Testament (4-Nov-1983)</a>     <a href="/films/910/000260130/">Stacy's Knights (Jun-1983)</a>     <a href="/films/638/000084386/">Table for Five (1983)</a>     <a href="/films/904/000039787/">Night Shift (30-Jul-1982)</a>     <a href="/films/446/000253684/">Chasing Dreams (1982)</a> Official Website: <a href="http://www.kevincostner.com/" target=_blank>http://www.kevincostner.com/</a> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22692"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22692">Kevin Costner</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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