StatsBirth Name: Kevin Michael Costner Age: 58, born 18 January 1955 Country of origin:  United States Height: 6' 1" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Relationship Status: Married Partner: Christine Baumgartner
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Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, on January 18, 1955, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle brother died at birth in 1953. His Dad'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 poetr
Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, on January 18, 1955, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle brother died at birth in 1953. His Dad'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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*WINNER* Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television - Hatfields & McCoys
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*WINNER* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Hatfields & McCoys"
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 Vastly Overrated (11 person items)"Where the hell do I even start... First of BAD actor, stars in crap films all of the time including ''Dances With Wolves''. And after seeing ''The Bodyguard'' I made my opinion on him official...He sucks. "
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 Actors who turned down legendary roles (10 person items)"Andy Dufresne in 'The Shawshank Redemption'
Kevin Costner was one of the biggest movie stars on the planet for the majority of the 80s and the early 90s. Sadly, Costner's reign took a devastating blow when he decided to pursue his disastrous passion project of 'Waterworld' (one of the biggest bombs in film history), instead of taking the legendary role of Andy Dufresne in 'The Shawshank Redemption.'"
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Clean, Shaven (Kerrigan, 1993)
In the Year of the Pig (de Antonio, 1968)
Sink or Swim (Friedrich, 1990)
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Ruttmann, 1927)
In a Glass Cage (Villaronga, 1987)
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