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Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an Oscar winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. Costner's films have grossed over $1.3 billion.
He's 52!
Costner was born in Lynwood, California, the youngest of the three sons (the middle son died at childbirth) of William Costner, an electrician, and Sharon Tedrick; he has English, Irish, and distant Native American and German ancestry. He attended elementary school at McKevette School in Santa Paula, California. He spent his teenage years in various parts of California; he lived in Orange County, then in Visalia (Tulare County) attending Mt. Whitney High School, and finally graduated from Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California in 1973. He went on to earn a B.A. in business from California State University, Fullerton in 1978, where he was a member and President of the Delta Chi Fraternity.
Costner became interested in acting while still in college, and began taking acting lessons five nights a week. Costner later worked briefly with a California marketing firm. During a chance encounter with actor Richard Burton, who struck up a conversation with him, Burton advised the young man that if he wanted to pursue acting, he should give everything up completely and go after it with both hands. Costner married a Portuguese-American by the name of Cindy Silva. With his wife behind him, Costner worked on fishing boats and as a truck driver, and gave tours of stars' Hollywood homes to support the two while he made the audition rounds.
Personal Life:Costner has three children with his former wife Cindy Silva: Annie (born in 1984), Lily (born in 1986) and Joe (born in 1988). Lily is currently attending Wesleyan University. Joe is currently a freshman, and Annie graduated from Brown University in 2006. All three of his children with Cindy were educated in part at the Chandler School in Pasadena, California. He also has a son, Liam (born in 1996), with Bridget Rooney, with whom he had a brief relationship following his divorce from Cindy. Only through blood tests was it revealed that Costner was Liam's father. Kevin and Cindy divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage.
On September 25, 2004, after ten years of being single, Costner married his girlfriend of four years, Christine Baumgartner at his ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Guests, including Oprah Winfrey, Oliver Stone and Bruce Willis, were treated to activities including horse riding and baseball during the weekend festivities. Costner took his new bride for a canoe ride on a lake following the ceremony. The couple planned to honeymoon in Scotland.
Costner was registered as a Republican until the 1996 election, when he changed his registration to Independent. He supported Democratic candidates in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Presidential elections; however, he still prefers to be known as a "conservative".
Several of Costner's films have included a baseball theme. They include Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, and For Love of the Game. Costner has a love for baseball and has stated he loves to play baseball even more than he loves to watch it. Costner plays regularly in celebrity golf tournaments, including the annual BMW Pro-Am held each April in Greenville County, South Carolina.
He has a house in Montecito, CA - near Santa Barbara, CA. He lives here most of the year.
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