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 coproduced 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 Mollys 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