Kevin Costner Biography

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NAME: Kevin Costner
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Director
BIRTH DATE: January 18, 1955 (Age: 57)
EDUCATION: California State University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Compton, California

ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

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Film actor and director Kevin Costner directed and starred in the epic film Dances With Wolves (1990), a major triumph which won seven Oscars.

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Kevin Costner was born January 18, 1955 in Compton, California. he studied at California State University (1978), became an actor, and established a reputation in the critically acclaimed films Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989). He directed and starred in the epic film Dances With Wolves (1990), a major triumph which won seven Oscars. Further successes followed.

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Film actor and director, born on January 18, 1955 in Compton, California, USA. Kevin Costner studied at California State University (1978), became an actor, and established a reputation in the critically acclaimed films Bull Durham (1988) and Field of Dreams (1989). He directed and starred in the epic film Dances With Wolves (1990), a major triumph which won seven Oscars. Further successes followed with starring roles in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), JFK (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), and Waterworld (1995). The Postman (1997), which he also directed, Message in a Bottle (1999), and For the Love of the Game (1999), were less favourably received. Later films include Open Range (2003), The Upside of Anger (2005), and Swing Vote (2008).

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