Portrait of Kevin Costner

Acting

Kevin Costner

Career

Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 1990 and 2016 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
61
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kevin Costner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.6, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Redemption 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Western Epic 2
  • Frontier Life 2
  • American West 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

6 titles
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka
Custer State Park: Spirit of Tatanka

as Narrator

Headhunters
Headhunters

as Lazer

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4

as Hayes Ellison

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3

as Hayes Ellison

Honeymoon with Harry
Honeymoon with Harry

as Harry

Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project
Untitled Kevin Costner/Ariel Vromen Project

Producer, Writer

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 63
Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas
Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

Executive Producer

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
GoodWatch score 57

as Hayes Ellison

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 (2024)
GoodWatch score 50

as Hayes Ellison

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jonathan Kent (voice) (uncredited)

Let Him Go
Let Him Go (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

as George Blackledge

2010s

22 titles ยท average score 61
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

as Enzo (voice)

The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen (2019)
GoodWatch score 63

as Frank Hamer

Yellowstone
Yellowstone (2018)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as John Dutton

Molly's Game
Molly's Game (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

as Larry Bloom

Criminal
Criminal (2016)
GoodWatch score 44

as Jerico Stewart

Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

as Al Harrison

McFarland, USA
McFarland, USA (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jim White

Black or White
Black or White (2015)
GoodWatch score 52

as Elliot Anderson

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

as William Harper

3 Days to Kill
3 Days to Kill (2014)
GoodWatch score 44

as Agent Ethan Renner

Draft Day
Draft Day (2014)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sonny Weaver Jr.

Hatfields & McCoys
Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield

2000s

14 titles ยท average score 55
The New Daughter
The New Daughter (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as John James

Swing Vote
Swing Vote (2008)
GoodWatch score 49

as Bud Johnson

Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

as Earl Brooks

The Guardian
The Guardian (2006)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ben Randall

On Native Soil
On Native Soil (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator (voice)

Rumor Has It...
Rumor Has It... (2005)
GoodWatch score 38

as Beau Burroughs

The Upside of Anger
The Upside of Anger (2005)
GoodWatch score 65

as Denny Davies

Open Range
Open Range (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

as Charley Waite

Dragonfly
Dragonfly (2002)
GoodWatch score 38

as Joe Darrow

3000 Miles to Graceland
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
GoodWatch score 35

as Thomas J. Murphy

Thirteen Days
Thirteen Days (2000)
GoodWatch score 74

as Kenneth O'Donnell

When It Was a Game 3
When It Was a Game 3 (2000)

as Passage Narrator (voice)

1990s

20 titles ยท average score 56
Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle (1999)
GoodWatch score 49

as Garrett Blake

For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

as Billy Chapel

The Postman
The Postman (1997)
GoodWatch score 40

as The Postman

Tin Cup
Tin Cup (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

as Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy

Waterworld
Waterworld (1995)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mariner

Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Wyatt Earp

A Perfect World
A Perfect World (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

as Robert 'Butch' Haynes

The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard (1992)
GoodWatch score 52

as Frank Farmer

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
GoodWatch score 60

as Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

JFK
JFK (1991)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jim Garrison

Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves (1990)
GoodWatch score 80

as Lieutenant Dunbar

Revenge
Revenge (1990)
GoodWatch score 46

as Michael J. Cochran

1980s

20 titles ยท average score 60
Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams (1989)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ray Kinsella

Chasing Dreams
Chasing Dreams (1989)
GoodWatch score 34

as Ed

Bull Durham
Bull Durham (1988)
GoodWatch score 78

as Crash Davis

The Untouchables
The Untouchables (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

as Eliot Ness

No Way Out
No Way Out (1987)
GoodWatch score 77

as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell

Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (1986)
GoodWatch score 65

as Captain

Fandango
Fandango (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gardner Barnes

American Flyers
American Flyers (1985)
GoodWatch score 56

as Marcus Sommers

Silverado
Silverado (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jake

Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories (1985)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Captain

Stacy's Knights
Stacy's Knights (1983)
GoodWatch score 35

as Will Bonner

Malibu Hot Summer
Malibu Hot Summer (1981)
GoodWatch score 29

as John Logan