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Kevin Costner

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Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He rose to prominence starring in such films as The Untouchables (1987), Bull Durham (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), JFK (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), A Perfect World (1993), and Wyatt Earp (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Costner has received more than 30,695,968 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Kevin Costner is the 120th most popular actor (up from 209th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from United States (up from 386th in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Actor.

Kevin Costner is most famous for his leading roles in the movies, "Bull Durham," "Field of Dreams," "JFK," "The Bodyguard," and "Waterworld."

Memorability Metrics

  • 31M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 101

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kevin Costner ranks 120 out of 13,578. Before him are Roberto Benigni, Monica Bellucci, Gwyneth Paltrow, Peter Falk, Jason Statham, and Aishwarya Rai. After him are Jean Gabin, Diane Keaton, Audie Murphy, Charlton Heston, Simone Signoret, and Klaus Kinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Kevin Costner ranks 10. Before him are Nicolas Sarkozy, Rowan Atkinson, Michel Platini, Tim Berners-Lee, Jair Bolsonaro, and Koji Tanaka. After him are Alain Prost, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ornella Muti, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Willem Dafoe, and Isabelle Adjani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin Costner ranks 235 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Miller (1915), Peter Falk (1927), Walt Whitman (1819), Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), Michael Jordan (1963), and Steve Ballmer (1956). After him are Robert Wadlow (1918), Carl David Anderson (1905), Diane Keaton (1946), Audie Murphy (1925), Charlton Heston (1923), and Samuel Colt (1814).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kevin Costner ranks 58. Before him are Steve McQueen (1930), Cameron Diaz (1972), Richard Gere (1949), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), and Peter Falk (1927). After him are Diane Keaton (1946), Audie Murphy (1925), Charlton Heston (1923), Robert Forster (1941), Joe Pesci (1943), and Lee Van Cleef (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Untouchables
Eliot Ness
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Jun 3o 19877.771 / 10
Dances with Wolves
Lieutenant Dunbar
Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
Mar 30o 19907.851 / 10
Waterworld
Mariner
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
Jul 28o 19956.212 / 10