Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards and has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J. Dunbar in the film Dances with Wolves, Jim Garrison in JFK, Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Crash Davis in Bull Durham, Robert "Butch" Haynes in A Perfect World, Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard and Eliot Ness in The Untouchables. Costner also founded the band Modern West, and has performed with the band since... 2007. Costner was born in Lynwood, California, the youngest of three sons . His mother, Sharon Rae , was a welfare worker, and his father, William Costner, was an electrician and later utilities executive at Southern California Edison. Costner's patrilineal ancestry originates with German immigrants to South Carolina in the 1700s; he also has English and Irish ancestry, and has said that one of his ancestors had "married a Cherokee woman". Costner was raised Baptist.
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| Birthdate: | January 18, 1955 |
| Birthplace: | Lynwood, California |
| Age: | 57 |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Education: | Cabrillo Middle School, Villa Park High School |
| Religion: | Baptist |
| Also known as: | Kevin Michael Costner, Kevin Costner, kevin_costner |