Actor, director, country musician, minor league baseball team owner, NASCAR spokesman, and casino owner, this two-time Oscar winner seems to have his finger in a plethora of pies.
He made his film debut at age 19, in 1974, however, the film was not released until 1986.
He has six children with three different baby mommas.
He is a regular player in celebrity golf tournaments.
He has financially supported a variety of Democratic Party politicians, and campaigned for Barack Obama.
Who is he?
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In addition to acting and directing, Kevin Costner is the lead singer in a rock/country band called “Kevin Costner and Modern West,” which released an album, “Untold Truths,” on November 11, 2008.
He is partial owner of the Zion, Illinois-based Lake County Fielders minor league baseball team in the Northern League. The Fielders name is an homage to Costner’s film, “Field of Dreams,” with the logo showing a ballplayer standing amid a field of corn.
He also owns 93.5% of the “Midnight Star” casino, in Deadwood, South Dakota. The casino, its sports bar, “Diamond Lil’s”, and its restaurant, “Jake’s”, are named after characters and locations from the movie Silverado and the facility contains posters, costumes, and other memorabilia from Costner’s films.
Costner was named ceremonial Grand Marshall of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series’ Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25, 2007, at the California Speedway. In 2008, he worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT Films to help produce the NASCAR Documentary, “The Ride of Their Lives” which would be released in 2009. Costner would be the narrator for that documentary. Also in 2009, he was named the spokesperson for NASCAR Day which took place on May 15. The next day, May 16, he and his country music band would perform in the infield of Lowe’s Motor Speedway as well as participate as a judge in the 2nd annual Pennzoil Victory Challenge before the 25th Running of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. marked Costner’s film debut in 1974, but the film was not released until 1986.
Costner has three children, Annie (born in 1984), Lily (born in 1986), and Joe (born in 1988), with first wife Cindy Silva. He has one child, Liam (born in 1996), with former girlfriend Bridget Rooney, and two children, Cayden Wyatt (born in 2007), and Hayes Logan (born in 2009), with current wife Christine Baumgartner.
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