
Highest rated as cast or director
Kevin Costner's 7 titles from the 1980s have a median Balasaur Score of 73, led by The Untouchables (79) and Bull Durham (76), against 64 for those from the 2010s.
Biography
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.
Acted in 70
2020s
- 2024
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
Iowa Farmer's Dad
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
The Gunrunner
Ted
1980s
- 1989
Chasing Dreams
Ed
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
Amazing Stories
Captain
Shadows Run Black
Jimmy Scott
- 1985
- 1983
Table for Five
Newlywed Husband
- 1982
- 1981
Malibu Hot Summer
John Logan
No release date
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Hayes Ellison
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Hayes Ellison
Headhunters
Lazer
Produced 29
2020s
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2015
- 2012
2000s
- 2008
- 2007
- 2003
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
Rapa Nui
Producer
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
No release date
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Producer
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Producer
Headhunters
Producer
Directed 7
2020s
- 2024
2000s
- 2003
1990s
- 1997
- 1990
No release date
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Director
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Director
Wrote 5
2020s
- 2024
No release date
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Story, Screenplay
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Screenplay, Story
Headhunters
Writer
Other crew 1
1980s
- 1982
Human Highway
Manager of Operations
Created 1
2020s
- 2025
Appearances66
2020s
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self · 9 episodes
Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All
Self (archive footage)
The Eisen Hour
Self - Guest · 1 episode
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld
Himself / The Mariner (archive footage)
- 2016
Fastball
Narrator
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Bruce Willis: Why the Legend Never Dies
Self
- 2012
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
- 2010
Petty Blue
Narrator (voice)
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives
Narrator (voice)
- 2007
- 2006
Ever Again
Narrator (voice)
On Native Soil
Narrator (voice)
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
- 2005
Pennis from Heaven
Self
- 2004
The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast
Self (archive footage)
The Untouchables: Re-Inventing the Genre
Self (archive footage)
The Untouchables: Production Stories
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the 'Open Range'
Self
- 2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
- 2002
Bull Durham: Between the Lines
Self
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
Self
Spirit: A Journey in Dance, Drums & Song
Narrator
- 1997
- 1996
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
- 1995
- 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
- 1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self
- 1992
Whitney Houston: This is My Life
Self
- 1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
- 1990
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Himself
1980s
- 1981
1970s
- 1971
1950s
- 1953
No release date
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
Narrator
Thanked in the credits1
1990s
- 1997





