Do You Know Kevin Costner? Trivia Quiz

Answer: January 18, 1955

Kevin Michael Costner was the third child of Bill and Sharon Costner. He has an older brother Dan. Kevin's sign is Capricorn. He was born in Lynwood, CA and he graduated from Villa High. He has a business degree from the California State University.

Answer: Yes

In the movie, "The Big Chill" Kevin was to appear as Alex, perhaps in the form of flashbacks. His part was cut from the final product, but he still appeared in the film. At the beginning of the movie, "the corpse" we see was actually Kevin Costner!
Kevin was given his first real movie role because Lawrence Kasdan remembered him from "The Big Chill" and he appeared in "Silverado" (1985) which escalated his career.

Answer: True

It is every celebrity's dream to have a star with their name on it in Hollywood. Kevin's star was cemented on August 11, 2003 in front of approximately 2000 fans.

Answer: False

With Kevin's athletic ability and baseball background, his scenes were realistic because he did not use a stand-in for his pitching.

Answer: True

The couple were married September 25, 2004 in front of approximately 500 wedding guests. When they were first married, they owned a 165 acre ranch located outside Aspen, Colorado.

Answer: True

Kevin was listed two years in a row. In 1990 and 1991. In 1995, he was one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history by Empire magazine, placing him at #87.

Answer: JFK

There was controversy over all of these deaths but the listed movies were made before 1991. In "JFK," Kevin portrayed a New Orleans District Attorney named Jim Garrison. He was driven by the suspicion that there was a conspiracy surrounding the JFK assassination and wanted answers! Kevin was nominated for Best Actor for the Golden Globe Award for his performance in "JFK."

Answer: The Bodyguard

This movie was produced by Kevin. He played Frank Farmer, who reluctantly became the body guard for Rachel Marron. Kevin took extra measures to make Whitney look sensational in this movie. This movie was nominated for Academy Awards including Best Music for "I Have Nothing" and "Run to You," as well as winning Grammy Awards. Kevin was nominated in the MTV Movie Awards for: Best Male Performance, Most Desirable Male and Costner/Houston were also nomimated for Best Duo. "Dances with Wolves" received various awards for Kevin's efforts.

In 1997, Kevin was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in "Tin Cup."

Answer: True

This western epic movie about the Sioux Indians and a Civil War soldier (Costner) went over budget, but was Kevin's successful debut as a director in 1990. He was also credited as having produced it. This movie won 7 of 12 nominations at the Academy Awards including Best Picture.

It was also nominated with 28 wins in other award ceremonies including Costner being nominated for Best Actor in 1991 for his efforts.

Answer: True

"Open Range" won this award for its film presentation of preserving the Old West in a realistic manner. I think it is wonderful that such organizations recognize these efforts and so glad that Kevin decided to take part in such a poignant story.