Kevin CostnerKevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. Born in Lynwood, California, Costner spent his teenage years and pre-actor adulthood in Orange County, California, graduating from Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California in 1973, and earning a B.A. in business from California State University, Fullerton in 1978. Costner's most popular success was with the epic Dances with Wolves. He directed and starred in the film and served as one of two producers. The film was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won seven, including two for him personally (Best Picture and Best Director). A number of his film efforts after that success have been criticized for being too long and overly serious, and for squandering financial resources. The science-fiction epics Waterworld and The Postman was both major disappointments at the box office. Trivia
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The science-fiction epics Waterworld and The Postman was both major disappointments at the box office. See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. A number of his film efforts after that success have been criticized for being too long and overly serious, and for squandering financial resources. A few of them are:. The film was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won seven, including two for him personally (Best Picture and Best Director). During his career, Sam De Grasse appeared in 107 films. He directed and starred in the film and served as one of two producers. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Costner's most popular success was with the epic Dances with Wolves. He lived on the west coast until his death in Hollywood. in business from California State University, Fullerton in 1978. Sam de Grasse married actress Ada Fuller Golden and had a daughter, Clementine. Born in Lynwood, California, Costner spent his teenage years and pre-actor adulthood in Orange County, California, graduating from Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California in 1973, and earning a B.A. Skillfully cast as a shifty-eyed villain, after this, De Grasse began to specialize in the role of the "bad guy". Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. At first, Sam De Grasse played standard secondary characters but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her own studio with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them. The Tortilla Curtain (2005). He traveled to New York City and in 1912 he acted in his first motion picture. Rumor Has It (2005). After his older brother Joe had gone into the fledgling movie business, Samuel decided to also give it a try. The Upside of Anger (2004). Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he trained to be a dentist. Open Range (2003). Samuel Alfred De Grace (June 12, 1875 - November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. Dragonfly (2002). Captain of the Guard - (1930). Thirteen Days (2000). Wall Street - (1929). For Love of the Game (1999). The Man Who Laughs - (1928). Message in a Bottle (1999). Our Dancing Daughters - (1928). The Postman (1997). King of Kings - (1927). Tin Cup (1996). The Fighting Eagle - (1927). Waterworld (1995). The Black Pirate (1926). Wyatt Earp (1994). Painted People - (1924). A Perfect World (1993). Slippy McGee - (1923). The Bodyguard (1992). Forsaking All Others - (1922). JFK (1991). The Spoilers - (1922). Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). Robin Hood - (1922). Revenge (1990). Blind Husbands - (1919). Dances with Wolves (1990). An Old Fashioned Young Man - (1917). Field of Dreams (1989). Wild and Woolly - (1917). Bull Durham (1988). Intolerance - (1916). No Way Out (1987). The Good Bad Man - (1915). The Untouchables (1987). The Birth of a Nation - (1915). American Flyers (1985). Silverado (1985). All that is seen of him are his slashed wrists as the mortician dresses his corpse in the movie's opening scenes. He was the friend who committed suicide, the event around which the plot of the movie revolves. Costner was cast in the hit The Big Chill. He filmed several scenes which were planned as flashbacks, but they never made it to the final cut. |