Kevin Costner honors his younger self on 69th birthday
Kevin Costner gives his younger self a shoutout as he reminisces about his 69th birthday.
“Celebrating another year of life today and taking a moment to honor this child who had big dreams,” Costner, 69, wrote. via Instagram on Thursday, January 18, alongside a throwback photo of himself wearing a cowboy hat. “It's hard to believe how far we've come.”
The actor thanked his fans for “all the birthday wishes” and thanked them for his decades of success. “Your support has allowed me to pursue my dreams all these years,” he added.
Costner has quite a career to look back on. After gaining fame in a series of films such as The untouchables And Field of dreams in the 1980s he rose to fame by starring in and directing the 1990 Western epic Dancing with wolves, a film that earned him two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Since then, he has starred in several other critically acclaimed blockbusters, earning three Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
More recently, Costner's life has been filled with changes. In 2022, he concluded the fifth and final season of his hit Paramount series Yellowstone, on which he plays family patriarch John Dutton. He is also gearing up for his next project, Horizon: A Western Sagawhich will be released in theaters later this year.
Costner has also faced ups and downs in his personal life. Him and ex-wife Christine Baumgartner separated in May 2023 when she filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage. The couple was involved in a controversial and messy legal battle, including a lengthy child support dispute, before finalizing their divorce in September 2023. The exes share three children: Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13. (Costner shares children Annie, 39, and Lily, 37, and Joe, 35, with ex-wife Cindy Silva and son Liam, 27, with ex Bridget Rooney.)
Costner has since moved on Jewel. The pair first became romantically involved in December 2023 when they were spotted vacationing together in the Caribbean. A source later said this exclusively We weekly that the duo has known each other for much longer and ran in the same social circles for 'years' before their relationship started.
The insider added that Costner and Jewel's mutual love of music “organically” led to a connection between them. “He really loves him [band, Modern West], and sings, and she's very much a part of that country-and-western world,” the source explained. “Some of their mutual friends joke that it's surprising they didn't get together years ago.”
The couple has always had an extremely high opinion of each other and always got along well thanks to their 'go with the flow' attitude, the insider said. Us.
“The consensus is that he has found a real keeper in Jewel and that this has the makings of something that could be very special,” the source said. Us that there is no “pressure” or “expectation” from either side. “The consensus is that he has found a real keeper in Jewel and that this has the makings of something that could be very special.”