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Kevin Costner and Sienna Miller in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

Kevin Costner and Luke Wilson in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

Kevin Costner and Dennis Hopper in Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Tina Majorino in Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner and Jeanne Tripplehorn in Waterworld (1995)

Kevin Costner and Elijah Wood in The War (1994)

Kevin Costner and Cole Hauser in The Dream Is Not Me (2022)

Kevin Costner and Kelly Reilly in Watch 'Em Ride Away (2022)

Kevin Costner and Lilli Kay in Watch 'Em Ride Away (2022)

Kevin Costner and Cole Hauser in Watch 'Em Ride Away (2022)

Kevin Costner and Gil Birmingham in Horses in Heaven (2022)

Kevin Costner and Luke Grimes in Tall Drink of Water (2022)

Kevin Costner, Wes Bentley, and Kelly Reilly in One Hundred Years Is Nothing (2022)

Kevin Costner in One Hundred Years Is Nothing (2022)

Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell in Dances with Wolves (1990)

Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves (1990)

Kevin Costner, George Dzundza, and Will Patton in No Way Out (1987)

Kevin Costner and T.J. Lowther in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner, Mary Alice, Wayne Dehart, and Kevin Jamal Woods in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner and Wayne Dehart in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner and Linda Hart in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner, Cameron Finley, T.J. Lowther, and Katy Wottrich in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner and John M. Jackson in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner, T.J. Lowther, and Keith Szarabajka in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner, Jennifer Griffin, T.J. Lowther, and Keith Szarabajka in A Perfect World (1993)

Kevin Costner and Josh Holloway in Yellowstone (2018)

Kevin Costner and Billy Drago in The Untouchables (1987)

Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan in Field of Dreams (1989)

Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, and Amy Madigan in Field of Dreams (1989)

Kevin Costner and Gaby Hoffmann in Field of Dreams (1989)

Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle brother died at birth in 1953. His father's job required him to move regularly, which caused Kevin to feel like an Army kid, always the new kid at school, which led to him being a daydreamer. As a teen, he sang in the Baptist church choir, wrote poetry, and took writing classes. At 18, he built his own canoe and paddled his way down the rivers that Lewis & Clark followed to the Pacific. Despite his present height, he was only 5'2" when he graduated high school. Nonetheless, he still managed to be a basketball, football and baseball star. In 1973, he enrolled at California State University at Fullerton, where he majored in business. During that period, Kevin decided to take acting lessons five nights a week. He graduated with a business degree in 1978 and married his college sweetheart, Cindy Costner. He initially took a marketing job in Orange County. Everything changed when he accidentally met Richard Burton on a flight from Mexico. Burton advised him to go completely after acting if that is what he wanted. He quit his job and moved to Hollywood soon after. He drove a truck, worked on a deep sea fishing boat, and gave bus tours to stars' homes before finally making his own way into the films. After making one soft core sex film, he vowed to not work again if that was the only work he could do. He didn't work for nearly six years, while he waited for a proper break. That break came with The Big Chill (1983), even though his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor -- he was remembered by director Lawrence Kasdan when he decided to make Silverado (1985). Costner's career took off after that.

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