Actor Costner Kevin: biography with photo

Kevin Costner is an actor, best known for his role in the movie "Bodyguard." But this is not his only role. He is also a talented director, producer and screenwriter.

Childhood. Youth

Kevin Costner, whose filmography is quite large, was born in hot California in January 1955. He was the third child in the family. His mother worked in the State Department of Health, his father was an employee of the housing and communal enterprise.

The Costner family lived in small prosperity. But the parents did not deprive them of parental love. The house created all the conditions for their harmonious development. The father never neglected his parental responsibilities. Even after a long shift, he found the strength to play with his sons in the ball.

Early childhood Kevin passed in the small town of Compton. But because of the father's work, the family had to move often. Perhaps that's why Kevin was a closed child and could hardly find friends.

In order to somehow help her son overcome herself and her shyness, Mrs. Costner wrote Kevin to the choir, where, oddly enough, he walked with pleasure.

In Kostner's school Kevin was a baseball player and dreamed of a professional career. Then he had thoughts of becoming a financier. Father dreamed that children had an excellent education and a promising career.

Actually, therefore, the young man entered the University of California at the Department of Marketing and Finance. The study was easy for him, he was satisfied with the chosen specialty.

After the first course, Kevin began attending a theatrical circle, which began to attract him more and more every new day. However, he had not yet thought about acting.

Having received his red diploma, Costner Kevin got a job in a marketing company. But I did not get the expected euphoria. At the same time, he married his school friend Cindy. She supported her husband in his dreams of a great career as an artist.

After a honeymoon in Mexico, the couple returned home on the same plane as actor Richard Burton. Overcoming the embarrassment, the young man approached the artist, and they started talking about the profession of dreams. This conversation became decisive in the life of Costner.

A week later he went to conquer Hollywood.

The first role

The first time after leaving the house Costner had a hard time. He rented a tiny apartment and worked hard to pay for acting courses. What kind of profession he did not try: the driver of the truck, and the tourist guide, and even the fisherman managed to visit Costner.

Kevin was very tired, and one day because of the decline of his strength, he just did not go to work. The money is over. His teacher found out about this and offered the beginning actor a role in the film "Wild Beach", which belonged to the erotic genre. Kevin agreed. Later, when he became a respected actor, this work laid a blot on his reputation. Especially after the company "Troma" bought this picture and released it on a wide screen, in every possible way speculating the name of the already famous actor.

After this incident, he decided to seek his work exclusively on his own. That's why I tried not to miss a single casting. Kevin Costner, whose roles were only episodic, did not give up and waited for his high point.

First Fame

The first more or less large role went to Kevin in 1983. The film "Big disappointment" told about friends who became friends after the suicide of one of them. Of course, Costner was also a suicide. He had several major episodes in this film, but they did not enter the final montage. Kevin appeared only at the beginning of the movie as a corpse in a coffin.

Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, as an apology for the cut scenes, he offered the man a major role in the film "Silverado". After his release in 1985, Kostner Kevin appeared first fans.

In 1987, the actor starred in the film "Untouchables" with stars such as Sean Connery, Robert de Niro and Andy Garcia. But he did not get lost among his eminent partners, but, on the contrary, proved that he can play no worse than them.

In 1988, Kevin Costner, whose filmography grew as a leap, received a new role. It was the film "No Way out", very approved by the public.

Career in the 1990's

The actor's name became associated with successful films and huge box office fees. Costner began to receive dozens of invitations, and the entire period of the 90's can be called the most successful in his entire career.

Movies with Kevin Costner in the title role now and then appeared on the wide screens. But he decided to go beyond just acting and founded his production company. In 1990, he released the film "Dances with wolves," where he appeared not only as a producer, but also as a director. For this work, Costner was awarded the Academy Award.

Next followed commercially successful films "Robin Hood" and "Bodyguard." Both projects were produced by Costner and brought him tangible income.

Then in a personal and life and career a small decline began. After many years of marriage, the actor divorced his wife Cindy, from whom he had three children (Annie, Lily, Joe). And his production work during this period went unnoticed.

Director's work

In 1995, the screen came out the film "Water World", directed by Costner. Kevin created a picture telling about the consequences of global warming. The budget for those times was huge ($ 180 million). And the expected profit was not followed. The picture failed at the box office, yielding one loss. Kostner's reputation as a filmmaker has suffered greatly.

Kevin Costner, whose photos at that time could be found in each tabloid, long experienced his failure, but then pulled himself together. In 1997, he shot another film - "The Postman" (about life after a nuclear war). Unfortunately, he too was not accepted by critics or spectators.

For a long time Costner did not do directing, but in 2003 he again made a movie. It was a picture of "Open space" in the genre of western. And this work fell to the public liking.

Nowadays

Movies with Kevin Costner in the title role began to go less and less, but he continues to work and delight his fans. Of his recent paintings can be identified several.

• "Hatfields and McCoys." This is a mini-series, for which the actor received his second Golden Globe. There he played the role of William Hetfield.
• "Three days to kill." Action directed by Luc Besson 's script . Fans are always happy to meet such films. Cast: Kevin Costner, Connie Nielsen, Hayley Steinfield.
• "Day of Draft". Partner Costner was Jennifer Garner.

In 2004, Kevin Costner, whose photo became less and less published in the press, married for the second time. His chosen one was Christine Baumgartner. The couple have three children.

Interesting Facts

1. Costner has a illegitimate son Liam.
2. The actor has Irish and German roots.
3. It was Costner who insisted that Whitney Houston play the main female role in The Body-Keeper.