Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American movie actor, director, producer and musician. He is most known for his role in Dances with Wolves (1990), which won seven Academy Awards, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Bodyguard (1992).

 Biography 
Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, on January 18, 1955. He was the third child of Bill Costner and Sharon Costner. He has two older brothers (Dan born 1950 and a middle brother who died at birth in 1953). He is of Cherokee Native American, English, German, Irish, Scottish, Swiss and Welsh descent. When he finished high school, he was a basketball, football and baseball star. In 1978, he married his college friend Cindy Costner. (Cindy Costner later played a role in "Dances with Wolves"). Some time later, he met Richard Burton, and this made him go after acting. He has made or participated in the making of 47 movies.

Kevin has three children from his first wife, Cindy: Annie (1984), Lily (1986) and Joe (1988). Kevin and Cindy divorced on 1994. He had relations with Bridget Rooney, and his fourth child, Liam (1996) is from her. Kevin remained divorced for 10 years; he married Christine Baumgartner on September 25, 2004. His fifth child, Cayden, was born in 2006. A sixth child, another son, was born February 12, 2009. He was named Hayes Logan. 

Costner is a Democrat.

 Movies 
 Stacy's Knights (1982)
 Chasing Dreams (1982)
 Night Shift (1982)
 Frances (1982)
 Table for Five (1983)
 The Big Chill (1983) (scenes deleted)
 Testament (1983)
 The Gunrunner (1984)
 Fandango (1985)
 Silverado (1985)
 American Flyers (1985)
 Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. (1986) (originally filmed in 1974)
 Shadows Run Black (1986)
 The Untouchables (1987)
 No Way Out (1987)
 Bull Durham (1988)
 Field of Dreams (1989)
 Revenge (1990) (actor and executive producer)
 Dances with Wolves (1990) (actor, director and producer)
 Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary)
 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) (actor, producer)
 JFK (1991)
 Oliver Stone (1992) (documentary)
 Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992) (documentary)
 The Bodyguard (1992) (actor, producer)
 Amazing Stories: Book One (1992), episode: The Mission, in which he plays the captain of the plane
 A Perfect World (1993)
 A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
 Wyatt Earp (1994) (actor, producer)
 The War (1994)
 Waterworld (1995) (actor, producer, and uncredited director)
 Tin Cup (1996)
 Sean Connery, An Intimate Portrait (1997) (documentary)
 The Postman (1997) (director, producer, and actor)
 Message in a Bottle (1999) (actor, producer)
 For Love of the Game (1999)
 Play It to the Bone (1999) (Cameo)
 Thirteen Days (2000) (actor, producer)
 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
 Dragonfly (2002)
 Open Range (2003) (actor, director, and producer)
 The Upside of Anger (2005)
 Rumor Has It (2005)
 The Guardian (2006)
 Mr. Brooks (2007)
 Swing Vote (2008)
 Man of Steel'' (2013)

References

Other websites 

KevinCostner.com
KevinCostnerModernWest.com 

1955 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Democrats (United States)
Academy Award winning directors
Actors from Los Angeles County, California
American Baptists
Musicians from Los Angeles County, California
Movie directors from Los Angeles County, California
Movie producers from Los Angeles County, California