Kevin Costner Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. The hero, ready for everything for the sake of love, Robin Hood and the bodyguard for all times - Kevin Costner is called the last romantic of Hollywood. Kevin is the youngest of the three sons of William and Sharon Costner. The family was considered quite wealthy, the senior Costner was an electrical engineer, and Sharon served in the Health Department.

Kevin Costner in childhood and youth like any American boy, Kevin was obsessed with Basbole, a man for him was always a father, a former baseball player, who had been convicting baseball matches in his free time. The boy dreamed of becoming a professional player in baseball, but at the insistence of his father entered the University of California for the course of marketing and finance.

The young man was one of the best students in his course and he was seen a brilliant career of the financier. During his studies, he unexpectedly became interested in art and began to play in the student theater. Young Kevin Costner graduated from the university in the year, Kevin married his classmate Cindy Silva, in whom he was in love with the school bench. Cindy was a stewardess, and Kevin got a place in the marketing department in a large construction company.

Surprisingly, Kevin did not abandon the student hobby and attended acting courses in the evenings. The first appearance of Kevin Costner on the screen took place in the year in the comedy “Wild Beach”, in it he played an episodic role, but the picture was not successful. Neither the sexy beauties in the bikini who played the roles of three girlfriends who went to Malibu, nor the luxurious views of the night Los Angeles could cover the rather weak script and triviality of the plot.

The frame from the film “Wild Beach” Kevin participated in many pictures similar to each other, and acquired his first fame, playing the role of Eliot Ness in the criminal drama “Unsheated” director Brian de Palma, approved him on the role of agent thanks to the tightened figure of Kevin and his image of a “good guy”, which was supposed to make a contrast with Robert de Niro, who played The famous Al Capone.

But the idea failed. Critics named the picture of one of the most flat works of the master, the same unflattering reviews were received by Costner with de Niro, and only the skill of Sean Connery allowed to “pull out” the picture. Kevin Costner in the film “Untouchable” despite the opinion of critics, the appearance of a young beautiful actor in the company of recognized Hollywood stars laid the beginning of a brilliant career of Kevin Costner.

The next picture, published in the year, was much succession in the “untouchables”. The role of the minister was played by Jin Hackman, and the image of the lover of Tom, killed by a jealous minister, was embodied by the beautiful Sean Young. In this picture, Kevin managed to reveal the potential of a large dramatic actor capable of expressing pain from loss of his beloved and a fierce desire to punish the criminal.

The recognition of Kevin’s career for the year of Kevin’s career expectedly and smoothly moved up. В этот период он сыграл главные роли в драме «Дархэмские быки», в которой его партнёршей была Сьюзан Сарандон , в фэнтези «Поле чудес», где он играл в компании Рэя Лиотты и Эми Мэдиган, а также в криминальной драме «Контрабандист», в которой появился уже в знакомом зрителям амплуа хорошего парня.

The frame from the film “Field of Miracles” was a real event in Kinomir's Mirarian “Revenge”, which came out in the year and put a young actor on a par with the brightest stars of Hollywood. In this heavy and dramatic story, Kevin played the role of a former military pilot who falls in love with his friend's wife, Mexican Mafiosi. Unable to resist the feelings that fell upon them, the lovers were caught by a jealous husband, whose role was played by Anthony Quinn.

The role of the unfaithful wife of the boss, who could not stand in front of a young pilot, and paid for her love, was played by Madelin Stone. In the same year, Costner released his directorial debut “Dancing with Wolves”. In the historical drama about the events of the Civil War, he played the main role of an officer, for whom the Indian tribe became a family. The picture received 12 Oscar nominations and 7 gold figurines, including for the best film and the best directing.

In addition to the awards and applause, the picture brought Kevin also 50 million dollars. The best roles were marked by the release of the adventure painting “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”, which was loved by the audience of different ages. Robin Hood performed by Kevin Costner is still considered the best Robin Hood, whose image was ever embodied on the screen. To the great disappointment of Kevin's fans, in the stage of the fountain, where he appears completely naked, the actor replaced the understudy.

This film was the legendary “bodyguard”, and actors who were called the worst - Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. However, neither the opinion of high-glory experts in cinema, nor negative publications in the press could reduce the huge popularity of this luxurious loving-detective story, considered one of the best melodramas in the history of cinema. As in most Clint Eastwood films, in this picture there is no Happy End.The sad but logical end of the story, when the Butch dies, and the boy does not want to leave him, forced not one generation of spectators to test.

The frame from the film “Perfect World” in the fantastic action movie “Water World” of the year Kevin was both the main actor and one of the directors. The film, the action of which develops in the future, when, as a result of the disaster, the whole earth became a huge sea, was a huge success due to the scope of the filming and the unique directorial idea and its performance.

The trailer for the film “Water World” is the next directorial work of Kevin, in which, according to the current tradition, he played the main role, was nominated for “golden raspberries” and won in all nominations. We are talking about the drama "Postman", published in the year. Despite the full cash failure, the audience was delighted with the tape, singing kindness and fidelity, as well as the pronounced characters played by Giovanni Ribizi, Olivia Williams and Ryan Hurst.

Kevin Costner in the painting “Postman” The period from the software became one of the most successful periods in the work of Kevin Costner and presented the world with paintings that earned the title of cult and masterpiece. In one of the most beautiful love stories, the “Message in the bottle” of Kevin’s partner was Robin Wright Penn, and the fantastic detective drama “Dragonfly” was called critics “A film cleansing the soul”.

The drama telling about the relationship between the coach and the young swimmer, which ended with the tragic death of the Kostner character, became one of the most box office projects of the year. In the picture, Kevin appeared in an unexpected role of a cynical and prudent killer, a maniac hiding behind the personality of a respectable businessman. The mini-series on the military-historical theme of Hatfield and McCoi has become the most successful project of the History channel of the year of both critics and spectators.

Kevin Costner, who plays in him a representative of the Hatfield clan, warring with McCoi, became one of the most colorful characters. Kevin Kostner in the series “Hatfield and McCoi” in the criminal action movie “Three Days for the Murder”, released in the year, Costner played the role of Itan Ranner, a dying killer, whose life saves a mysterious medicine. In the years, the actor starred in paintings on his favorite topic, sports.

In the year, the actor composed the company Jessica Chastain in the Drama "Big Game", which tells of the owner of an underground casino, who managed to avoid getting a long time for an illegal business. Idris Elba also starred in the picture. In the drama, he played John Datton, the owner of the largest ranch on the territory of America, in every way trying to preserve his land from the claims of developers, city authorities and Indian tribes, considering his land.

Kevin Costner in the series "Yelloustone" has become the year of the triumph of Costner as Datton - the second season of Yellowstone attracted even more audience attention. The image of the harsh owner of the ranch was so loved by the public that the actor became almost the synonym for the modern star of Western. In the same year, he voiced the documentary series “Around the World on the Ball” for National Geographic.

However, at the same time, the first rumors began to appear about the disagreements between the Costner and the Showranners. The apple of contention served as a schedule schedule-the actor wanted to devote more time to other projects in the year a public conflict with the creators of Yellowstone still flared up: Costner curled up that in the fifth season of the project he could devote only a few weeks instead of the previously promised 65 days.

The whole thing was in the new Costner project “Horizons”, in which the actor not only played the main role, but also acted as a director and producer. The genre painfully resembled Yellowstone - in the center of the plot were American settlers building a city on Indian land. The situation was heated when Paramount Network refused to accept Costner conditions. According to sources close to production, the actor demanded an increase in the fee while reducing the shooting days.

His salary was already very impressive - about 1.3 million dollars per episode. The Yellowstone Showranner Taylor Sheridan publicly expressed his disappointment, noting that the Kostner behavior created serious problems for the entire film crew and the rest of the acting. By the middle of the year, it became clear that the compromise would not be able to find.

Paramount officially announced that Yellowstone will end after the fifth season, and the final episodes will be removed without the participation of Costner. The decision was a surprise to fans, given that the series was at the peak of popularity. In parallel with this conflict, Costner experienced a divorce proceedings, which, according to some insiders, could affect his decision regarding the work schedule.

The actor himself refrained from public comments for a long time, and only at the end of the year he recognized the presence of disagreements with producers, emphasizing that all his requirements were associated exclusively with professional considerations. Kevin Kevin’s personal life in his first marriage Kevin Costner entered immediately after graduating from the university in the year.

The actor’s wife was his school love Cindy Silva, in the marriage of which three children were born: Annie, Lily and Joe in the year the couple divorced by mutual decision. In the year, Kevin Costner married Christine Baumgartner, who is almost 20 years younger than the actor. Kevin met a beautiful blonde on a golf field, and the case quickly grew into mutual love. Spouses raised three children: Keiden, Hayes and Grace Kevin Coevin Costner with his wife and children at the beginning of the year, Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage, indicating the standard formulation of “irreconcilable disagreements” as a reason.

Kevin was taken by surprise - he learned about the decision of his wife almost simultaneously with the press. One of the most acute moments of the divorce was the dispute about the house in Santa Barbar worth the cost of millions of dollars. According to the marriage contract, Christine was supposed to free the main dwelling within 30 days after the submission. However, she refused to leave the house.

The financial side of the divorce was especially complicated. Initially, Christine requested alimony in the amount of thousands of dollars per month, arguing this by the need to maintain a familiar lifestyle for their three children. Costner considered this amount excessive and offered 51 thousand dollars a month. After several months of judicial battles, the parties came to an agreement of 63 thousand dollars monthly.

Costner and his wife divorced after 18 years of marriage, the divorce process ended in September. In addition to monthly payments, Christine received a one -time compensation of $ 1.5 million. Costner retained the rights to his luxurious estate in Santa Barbar, as well as all the assets that were indicated as his personal property in the marriage contract.

Kevin Costner has now been marked by a new ambitious project for Costner - the series “Horizons”, in which he acted as a director, producer and main role. Horizons - trailer, despite the contradictions and complexity of recent years, Costner's career demonstrates amazing stability. His role in Yellowstone reminded the public about his brutal magnetism, who at one time made him a star, and new projects show that he is not afraid to take risks and take on large -scale tasks even after decades in the industry.

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