Kevin Costner - Biography

Last Editor: shakak_patil				Kevin Costner Biography -   Name : Kevin Costner Birth Name : Kevin Michael Costner Date Of Birth : 18th January 1955 Place Of Birth : Lynwood, California, USA Height : 6'2'' Eyes : Blue Hair : Brown Sign : Capricorn, Moon in Sagittarius Occupation : Actor, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous crew, Editor, Notable TV guest appearances Fan Mail : William Morris Agency 151 El Camino DriveBeverly Hills, CA 90212 USA Sometimes Called : Robin Hood

Kevin Costner Trivia -

Announced players who had been selected to Major League Baseball's All Century Team at the 1999 All Star game at Fenway Park in Boston. Voted most erotic male by the readers of the German magazine 'Amica'. [May 1998] Graduated from Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California. Father of Joe Costner (b. 1988), Annie Costner (b. 1984) and Lily Costner (b. 1987) Son of Bill Costner and Sharon Costner Ranked #27 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Revealed, via blood tests, that Costner is father of child born to Bridget Rooney. Child is called Liam, born November 1996. [January 1997] Born at 9:40pm-PST His wife, Cindy Silva, played Snow White for Disneyland. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991] Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1990] He turned down the leading role in WarGames (1983), which was played by Matthew Broderick, to play Alex in The Big Chill (1983). His part was later cut. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. [1986] He is a supporter of a British soccer team Arsenal. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#87). [1995] Was considered for the lead in Air Force One (1997) (the part eventually went to Harrison Ford). His frontal nude scene in For Love of the Game (1999) was reportedly deleted after being met with laughter at test screenings. His character in Dragonfly (2002) was written with the intention of Harrison Ford taking the film role. Ford turned down the role to take a year off from movies. Costner & Ford's casting choices have crossed paths many times before. Harrison Ford turned down the Jack Ryan role in The Hunt for Red October (1990) as did Kevin Costner. Harrison Ford instead made Presumed Innocent (1990) and Kevin Costner made his Oscar-winning Dances with Wolves (1990). The Jack Ryan role went to then character actor Alec Baldwin. Harrison Ford later turned down the Jim Garrison role in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) and Kevin Costner decided to take it after a meeting with the director Stone. The President of the United States role in the mega-blockbuster Air Force One (1997) was written specifically for Kevin Costner. In fact, Kevin Costner helped develop the action film with Beacon Communications and writer Andrew Marlowe in 1996. But, Kevin had to eventually pass on the film because of work delays with his futuristic The Postman (1997). Costner called up Harrison Ford personally and offered Harrison a once-in-a-lifetime role. Harrison Ford accepted the role and has always thanked Kevin Costner in interviews for his kind gesture. Air Force One (1997) went on to become one of the highest grossing films of all time. Member of the Delta Chi Fraternity, along with G.D. Spradlin Alan Heitz and Ashton Kutcher. Sioux nation gave Costner a tract of land after making Dances with Wolves (1990). Costner built a golf course on that land. Has starred in two films about John F. Kennedy, but hasn't played Kennedy; the two films are JFK (1991) and Thirteen Days (2000). Before hitting it big in the acting business Kevin worked as a skipper on the ride, the Jungle Cruise, at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. 26 June 2003 - Announced engagement to girlfriend Christine Baumgartner, they have been a couple for 4 years. For his entire career, he has purposely avoided doing sequels to his films. So far, he is one of the few blockbuster stars to never come back for a sequel. Turned down a role in Platoon (1986) because he thought it portrayed American soldiers in Vietnam negatively and didn't want to insult his brother, who was a Vietnam veteran. In his role as Crash Davis in Bull Durham (1988), he states his personal beliefs. One of those beliefs is "...Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone". In his role as Jim Garrison in JFK (1991), he plays a lawyer determined to prove that Oswald did not act alone. Co-owns the Midnight Star casino in Deadwood, South Dakota which displays some of his movie memorabilia. Opened the Tatanka Interpretive site in Deadwood, South Dakota in 2003. The site features a bronze statue depicting the Lakota Sioux buffalo hunt. There is also a museum, gift shop, and living history of the Lakota Sioux tribe. Tatanka is the Lakota word for buffalo. On his and Christine Baumgartner's wedding day, there were 500 guests, including: Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Willis, Tim Allen, Don Johnson, Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas and wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. Owns a 165 acre ranch outside of Aspen Supports Arsenal Football Club (UK). In 2003 he was working in London and decided to go to a game, only to find out Arsenal were playing away from home, so he booked a private helicopter to take him to the match 160 miles away! He has played at the celebrity golf tournament Pebble Beach, California every year starting from 1996. He joins Sylvester Stallone, Prince, Roberto Benigni, William Shatner, and Tom Green (III) as being the only actors to direct themselves in performances that would "win" them a Razzie Award for Worst Actor. Some of his favorite films are, How the West Was Won (1962), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Giant (1956) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Great Escape (1963), Hombre (1967), The Searchers (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Magnificent Seven (1960) Some of his favorite directors are, Frank Capra, George Stevens, John Sturges, Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg Movies he likes are Red River (1948), Ben-Hur (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Spartacus (1960) His favorite movies are long epics with a lot of stories. His favorite genre is the Western. Turned down the role as Bill in Quentin Tarantinos "Kill Bill: Vol. 1". Instead he directed "Open Range". Along with Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Richard Attenborough and Robert Redford one of 6 people to win and Academy Award for "Best Director", though they are mainly known as actors. Has done more baseball themed films than any other actor. Goes to Omaha, Nebraska during the summer for the College World Series if California State Fullerton (his alma mater) qualifies for the tournament. He and his second wife, Christine Baumgartner, honeymooned in St. Andrews, Scotland. Their honeymoon coincided with the annual Dunhill Links Celebrity Golf Tournament, where regulars include Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Cruise, and Michael Douglas.

Kevin Costner Detailed Biography -

While a marketing student at California State University inFullerton, American actor Kevin Costner became involvedwith community theatre. Upon graduation in 1978, Costnertook a marketing job that lasted all of 30 days before hedecided to take a crack at acting. At least that's the officialstory; though Costner would probably like to cremate thememory, the fact is that he made his film debut in 1974 in theultra-cheapie Sizzle Beach USA. No matter. When Costnerseriously decided to take up acting, he went the usualtheatre-workshop, multiple-audition route. Casting directorssaw potential, but weren't quite sure how to use Costner; besides, the novice actorhad a bad habit of speaking up if something bothered him on the set. That may bewhy his Big-Studio debut in Night Shift (1982) consisted of little more thanbackground decoration and the subsequent Frances (1982) featured Costner as anoffstage voice. Director Lawrence Kasdan liked Costner enough to cast him in theimportant role of the suicide victim who motivated the plot of The Big Chill (1983),but when the film was released, all we saw of Costner were his dress suit andnecktie as the undertaker prepared him for burial during the opening credits. Twoyears later, a guilt-ridden Lawrence Kasdan chose Costner for a major part as ahell-raising gunfighter in the ''retro'' Western Silverado(1985) - and this time he was on camera for virtually theentire film. Costner's big breakthrough came with a brace of baseballfilms, released within months of one another: in BullDurham (1988), the actor was taciturn minor-leagueballplayer Crash Davis, and in Field of Dreams he wasRay Kinsella, a farmer who constructed a baseballdiamond in his Iowa cornfield when The Voice said ''If youbuild it, he will come.'' His Hollywood clout amplified by thecombined box-office success of these films enabledCostner to make his directing debut. With a minusculebudget of $18 million, Costner went off to the Black Hills ofSouth Dakota to film the first Western Epic that Hollywoodhad seen in years, a revisionist look at Indian-Whiterelationships titled Dances With Wolves (1990).Detractors had a field day with this supposedly foredoomed project, labeling the film''Costner's Folly'' and ''Kevin's Gate.'' But he who laughs last...Dances with Wolveswas not only one of 1990's biggest moneymakers but also that year's AcademyAward-winning film; additionally, Costner copped an Oscar as Best Director. A curious costume epic Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)followed, with Costner as the world's first Oklahoma-accentedRobin Hood; this, too, made money, though it seriouslystrained Costner's longtime friendship with the film's director,the notoriously erratic Kevin Reynolds. The Bodyguard (1992),an improbable concoction which teamed Costner with WhitneyHouston, did so well at the box-office that it seemed the actorcould do no wrong. But A Perfect World (1993), directed byClint Eastwood and casting Costner against type as ahalf-psycho, half-benign prison escapee, was a majordisappointment, even though Costner came through withone of his best performances. Unfortunately, Costnerfollowed Perfect World with another cast-against-typefailure, the 1994 sagebrush dud Wyatt Earp, which provedthat even director Lawrence Kasdan can have his off days.Costner's most recent film Waterworld received anenormous amount of negative publicity prior to openingbecause it was way over budget and schedule, however, itopened to good critical reviews and so far, has beenenjoying box office success.