He worked as a skipper on the Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland before his acting career took off.His favorite Western star—and the one he says most influenced his work—was JamesStewart.
The lead role in Air Force One (1997) was written for him but he was still filming ThePostman and HarrisonFord got the role of the U.S. president.He won a Best Director Oscar for Dances With Wolves (1990), his directorial debut.He makes music as the lead singer of the country-rock band Kevin Costner & the Modern West.Even though he’s won two Oscars (both for Dances With Wolves), he’s also won two Razzies (for worst picture or performance), for The Postman and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.Costner graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a BA in marketing and finance.One of Costner’s odd jobs while trying to make it as an actor was giving tours of stars’ homes.Costner is a member of the Delta Chi fraternity.Has starred in two films about John F. Kennedy but has not played Kennedy; the two films are JFK and Thirteen Days.He previously owned the Midnight Star casino in Deadwood, South Dakota, which he shuttered in 2017.He is a supporter of the Arsenal Football Club in the U.K.To play the role of former Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in the 2019 film The Highwaymen, Costner packed on 15 pounds.
How tall is Kevin Costner?
Kevin Costner was only 5 feet 2 inches when he graduated high school, almost a foot shy of his adult height of 6 feet 1 inch.
