Cast & creator
Kevin Costner
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Late Night with Seth Meyers
Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Costner starred in Fandango, American Flyers, Silverado and many other films. He rose to prominence with his starring roles in The Untouchables and 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 (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), A Perfect World (1993), and Wyatt Earp (1994). In 1995, Costner starred in and co-produced Waterworld. His second directorial feature, The Postman, was released in 1997. He later starred in Message in a Bottle (1999), For Love of the Game (1999), Thirteen Days (2000), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Dragonfly (2002), Rumor Has It (2005), The Guardian (2006), Mr. Brooks (2007), 3 Days to Kill (2014), McFarland, USA (2015), Draft Day (2014), and Criminal (2016). He has also played supporting parts in such films as The Upside of Anger (2005), 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 (2012), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Since 2018, he has starred as John Dutton on the drama series Yellowstone for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
Also known as: Kevin Michael Costner
153
film credits
49
television credits
151
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.6
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (202)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Yellowstone
John Dutton
2018Yellowstone
Executive Producer
2018
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
American Playhouse
Phil Pitkin
1982
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998Good Day Live
Self
2001
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005Film '72
Self
1971
Parkinson
Self
1998
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Amazing Stories
Captain
1985
Man of Steel
Jonathan Kent
2013
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hidden Figures
Al Harrison
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Jonathan Kent
2016
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)
2021Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
The Untouchables
Eliot Ness
1987Where Are They Now?
Self
1999
Dances with Wolves
Lieutenant Dunbar
1990Dances with Wolves
Director
1990Dances with Wolves
Producer
1990
Molly's Game
Larry Bloom
2017
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self
2023
The Early Show
Self
1999
The Bodyguard
Frank Farmer
1992The Bodyguard
Producer
1992
The Guardian
Ben Randall
2006
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Producer
1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Production Consultant
1991
Waterworld
Mariner
1995Waterworld
Producer
1995
A Perfect World
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
1993
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Enzo (voice)
2019
Field of Dreams
Ray Kinsella
1989
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
William Harper
2014
JFK
Jim Garrison
1991
3 Days to Kill
Agent Ethan Renner
2014
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Hayes Ellison
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Director
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Producer
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Story
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Screenplay
2024
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2025
The Highwaymen
Frank Hamer
2019The Highwaymen
Executive Producer
2019
The Postman
The Postman
1997The Postman
Producer
1997The Postman
Director
1997
Let Him Go
George Blackledge
2020Let Him Go
Executive Producer
2020
The Frame
Jonathan Kent
2013
Hatfields & McCoys
'Devil' Anse Hatfield
2012Hatfields & McCoys
Producer
2012
Silverado
Jake
1985
No Way Out
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
1987
Thirteen Days
Kenneth O'Donnell
2000Thirteen Days
Producer
2000
Rumor Has It...
Beau Burroughs
2005
Criminal
Jerico Stewart
2016
Message in a Bottle
Garrett Blake
1999Message in a Bottle
Producer
1999
Draft Day
Sonny Weaver Jr.
2014
Open Range
Charley Waite
2003Open Range
Director
2003Open Range
Producer
2003
500 Nations
Himself - Host
1995500 Nations
Producer
1995
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
Mr. Brooks
Earl Brooks
2007Mr. Brooks
Producer
2007
Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas
Self - Host
2025Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas
Executive Producer
2025
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
1994Wyatt Earp
Producer
1994
For Love of the Game
Billy Chapel
1999
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest
2021
Dragonfly
Joe Darrow
2002
McFarland, USA
Jim White
2015
The Gray House
Executive Producer
2026
Bull Durham
Crash Davis
1988
Play It to the Bone
Kevin Costner (Ringside Fan)
1999
3000 Miles to Graceland
Thomas J. Murphy
2001
Revenge
Michael J. Cochran
1990Revenge
Executive Producer
1990
The Big Chill
Alex (corpse)
1983
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Hayes Ellison
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Producer
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Director
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Story
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Screenplay
2024
Kevin Costner's The West
Self - Host
2025Kevin Costner's The West
Executive Producer
2025Kevin Costner's The West
Creator
2025
The Company Men
Jack Dolan
2010
Night Shift
Frat Boy #1
1982
Tin Cup
Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy
1996
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
The Upside of Anger
Denny Davies
2005
The War
Stephen Simmons
1994
The New Daughter
John James
2009
Whitney
Self - Actor
2018
Swing Vote
Bud Johnson
2008Swing Vote
Producer
2008
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Self
1991
Fierce Creatures
Thanks
1997
Amazing Stories
Captain
1986
American Flyers
Marcus Sommers
1985
Hollywood Banker
Self
2014
Testament
Phil Pitkin
1983
Black or White
Elliot Anderson
2015Black or White
Producer
2015
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Yellowstone: One-Fifty
Self
2022Yellowstone: One-Fifty
Executive Producer
2022
The Earth Day Special
Bartender
1990
Frances
Luther (uncredited)
1982
Fandango
Gardner Barnes
1985
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
1998
The Man Who Saved the World
Self
2014
Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner
Self - Host
2025Yellowstone to Yosemite with Kevin Costner
Executive Producer
2025Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
1990
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
Iowa Farmer's Dad
2011
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
1996
Rapa Nui
Producer
1994Clint Eastwood's West
Self
2011
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
1991
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
Himself / The Mariner (archive footage)
2018
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
1993
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Self
2013
Table for Five
Newlywed Husband
1983
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Himself
1990
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
2022
Shadows Run Black
Jimmy Scott
1986
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self (archive footage)
2004
Pennis from Heaven
Self
2005
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
2003
The Gunrunner
Ted
1990
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self (archive footage)
2004
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
2021
Billy The Kid: New Evidence
Narrator (voice)
2015
Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Self
2002When It Was a Game 3
Passage Narrator (voice)
2000
Headhunters
Lazer
Headhunters
Writer
Headhunters
Producer
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
2004
Fastball
Narrator
2016
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Hayes Ellison
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Producer
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Director
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Story
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Screenplay
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self (archive footage)
2004
Chasing Dreams
Ed
1989
Stacy's Knights
Will Bonner
1983
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Hayes Ellison
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Producer
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Director
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Screenplay
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Story
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
Self
1992
Human Highway
Manager of Operations
1982Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Self
2004
The Hurt Business
Narrator (voice)
2016Honeymoon with Harry
Harry
Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song
Narrator
1998
NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
Narrator (voice)
2008
Petty Blue
Narrator (voice)
2010
Malibu Hot Summer
John Logan
1981Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Producer
Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Writer
Ever Again
Narrator (voice)
2006
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
Narrator
Kevin Costner : le secret d'une image parfaite
Self
2013
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
2006Testament: Nuclear Thoughts
Self
2004The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America
Narrator (voice)
2017