Kevin Costner

Against all odds, Kevin Costner has forged an admirable career based on his attractiveness and his ability to face challenges that are assumed to be insurmountable. On the other hand, much of the critics have accused him on occasions of being a magalómaniac, a fan of being a flirt (as if that were rare in Hollywood). Kevin has remained unfazed by the attacks and has continued to do what he knows how to do: perform and win over his audience, especially the female one. Capable of embodying roles of all kinds, his dramatic talent is enhanced, however, when he gets into the skin of seducers, adventurers or athletes, roles with which he has reaped many cinematographic successes.

Born on January 18, 1955 in Lynnwood, California, Kevin enjoyed literature from a young age and was especially thrilled with sports. He studied business at California Public University, graduating in 1978. Around this time he began studying acting and, although he initially took a marketing job in Orange County, a chance run-in with Richard Burton on an airplane seems to have convinced him which one he should take. be your career path. He left his job and went to Hollywood, where he survived for a time by driving trucks or as a tour guide. He made his film debut with The Night Shift (1982) and then went through small-time movies. In one of them, Reunion (1983), director Lawrence Kasdanhe suppressed his presence in the production and perhaps to settle the “debt”, two years later he offered Costner his first great role: that of the young and crazy gunman from Silverado . Later he would leave everyone with their mouths open starring in Eliot Ness ‘s The Untouchables (1987), between two monsters like Connery and De Niro. From there he fostered intrigue – There is no way out (1987) – and baseball – The Durham Buffaloes (1988), Field of Dreams (1989) – until the exceptional Dances with Wolves (1990) arrived. Kevin Costner directed, produced and starred in an unforgettable epic film of vast sensitivity. The Academy awarded him 7 Oscars, one of them for the realization.

But lean times were waiting at the door. After notable interventions in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991), JFK (1991) or A Perfect World (1993), Costner undertook a huge budget project that ended his prestige on the ground: Waterworld (1995). The film didn’t do badly at the box office, but the critics were merciless with it. He wanted to make up for it by directing Mensajero del futuro (1997), but his divorce with criticism deepened. She had no choice but to fold her wings and choose more discreet roles in the romantic Message in a Bottle and Between Love and the Game , both from 1999. In recent times she has succeeded withThirteen days (2000) and perhaps that has given him the strength to undertake his third film as a director: the western Open Range . We’ll see who wins the third round