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e e e e e e e e No Way Out is a 1987 American neon Noir one action thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Cosner Jean Hackman Will Patton and Sean Young Howard Duff George D zanza Jason Bernard Fred Thompson and Iman appear in supporting roles the film is based on the 1946 novel The Big Clock by Kenneth fearing previously filmed as the Big Clock 1948 and police python 3571 1976 in a house near the Pentagon Lieutenant Commander Tom frell of the Office of Naval intelligence is under interrogation asked how he came to meet Secretary of Defense David Bryce 6 months earlier frell is invited to an Inaugural Ball by his college buddy Scott Pritchard who introduces him to his boss secretary Bryce Pharaoh meets Susan Atwell and they begin an affair just before he ships out for the Philippines after Pharaoh risks his life to save a shipmate at Sea Bryce hires him to act as his eyes and ears within the CIA returning to Washington DC for his new post phell reunites with his old landlord and his friend Sam hesselman who works in the pentagon's new computer center Atwell and frell's Affair continues even after she reveals she is also Bryce's mistress after they return from a romantic weekend Bryce visits unexpectedly forcing frell to slip away suspicious that Atwell has another lover and enraged Bryce accidentally pushes her over an upstairs railing to her death he goes to Pritchard who removes all evidence of Bryce from atwell's apartment and discovers an indiscernable negative of a photograph she took of pharaoh Pritchard suggests that atwell's other lover could be conflated with a long rumored KGB Sleeper Agent code named Yuri who could be implicated ated in her death and killed by pritchard's operatives clearing Bryce from suspicion Army sit officers search atwell's apartment and Pritchard plants the photo negative among the evidence which hlan attempts to have enhanced by computer a process that may take days realizing that Bryce killed Atwell and Pritchard is covering up the evidence frell assists the bogus investigation aware that the physical evidence makes himself the prime suspect he and prited question atwell's friend Nina who pretends not to recognize frell but reveals that she knew Atwell was seeing Bryce Pritchard sends two assassins to eliminate her but frell intervenes and warns nah searching for real evidence to implicate Bryce frell investigates a jewel box from Morocco that Bryce gave Atwell as foreign gifts must be registered with the state department frell has hesselman raid the computerized registry he later convinces hesselman to delay the photo enhancement by confiding to him that he is the person in the photo that he was in love with Atwell and that Bryce killed her credit card statements lead the Sid to two witnesses who can identify atwell's mystery lover one of them spots frell at a distance confirming to the investigators that Yuri is inside the Pentagon in a room by room search begins frell informs hesselman of Bryce's guilt in the incriminating gift and eludes the search by climbing into a ceiling vent concern hesselman tells Pritchard of fal's suspicions and his relationship with lwell and Pritchard shoots him dead pursued by pritchard's assassin Pharaoh reaches Bryce's office and confronts him with a prin out of the gift registry Pritchard prepares to implicate Ferell as Yuri for atwell's and hesselman deaths but Bryce improvises a different story to by feral silence that Pritchard who is infatuated with Bryce killed Atwell out of jealousy devastated and betrayed Pritchard shoots himself and Bryce tells the investigators that Pritchard is Yuri concluding including the search frell sends the print out to the director of the CIA Bryce's political rival and leaves as the finished photograph reveals him as atwell's lover sitting at atwell's grave frell is picked up by a pair of operatives and interrogated at the house he is confronted by his landlord revealed to be his Handler they are all Soviet agents and Ferell actually is Yuri a deep cover spy raised as an American from a young age to serve as a highlevel mole having fulfilled his mission frell is warned to return to the Soviet Union but he refuses revealing that he genuinely loves Susan Atwell and has finished being a spy his Handler allows him to depart believing he will eventually return and frell drives away to an uncertain fate the screenplay is based on Kenneth fearing's 1946 novel The Big Clock Filman the exteriors were shot on location in Baltimore Annapolis Arlington Washington DC at Auckland New Zealand between April and June 1986 the film is dedicated to the memory of its Director of Photography John Alcott who died after principal photography had wrapped in July 1986 over a year prior to the film's eventual release music the film features original music by Academy award-winning composer Morris jar the title song No Way Out was performed by Paul Anka the film debuted at number two at the usbox office after Stakeout with $4.3 million three the film's budget was an estimated $15 million its totalist gross was $35.5 Million for critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 48 reviews with an average rating of seven 410 the website's critics consensus States Roger Donaldson's modern spin on the de stylish suspense films of the 1940s features fine work from Jean Hackman and sha young as well as the career making performance that made Kevin Cosner a star five on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 18 critics indicating generally favorable reviews six audiences ped by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A plus to f scale seven Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars calling it truly labyrinthine and ingenious 8 Richard skle of time wrote viewers who arrive at the movie 5 minutes late and leave 5 minutes early will avoid the setup and payoff for the Preposterous twist that spoils this Lively intelligent remake of 1948's The Big Clock n to son Thompson of the Washington Post wrote the film makes such good use of Washington and builds suspense so well that it transcends a plot bordering on ridiculous Kevin Michael cner born January 18th 1955 is an American actor and filmmaker he has received various accolades including two Academy Awards three Golden Globe Awards and a prime time Emmy Award Cosa Rose to prominent starring in such films as The Untouchables 1987 Bull Durham 1988 Field of Dreams 1989 JFK 1991 Robin Hood prince of Thieves 1991 The Bodyguard 199 2 a perfect world 1993 and Wyatt her 1994 during this time he directed and starred in the western epic Dances with Wolves 1990 for which he won two Academy Awards best picture and Best Director he then starred in and co-produced Water World 1995 and directed The Postman 1997 and open range 2003 one Costner's other notable films include Silverado 1985 No Way Out 198 87 Tim cup 1996 Message in a Bottle 1999 for Love of the Game 1999 13 days 2000 Mr Brooks 27 Swing Vote 2008 The Company Men 2010 3 Days to Kill 2014 draft day 2014 black or white 2014 McFarland USA 2015 and the high women 2019 toi has also played supporting Parts in such films as The Upside of Anger 2005 Man of Steel 2013 Jack Ryan shadow Recruit 2014 Hidden figures 2016 Molly's game 2017 and let him go 2020 on television Cosner portrayed devil an's Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields in McCoy's 2012 winning the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie from 2018 to 2023 he portrayed John Dutton on the Paramount Network original drama series Yellowstone for which he received a screen actor's guild award nomination and a Golden Globe award Cosner was born on January 18th 1955 three in Lynwood California and grew up in Compton California four his parents were William and Sharon cner five he is the youngest of three boys the second of whom died at Birth Sharon Ray Cosner Nate tedric was a welfare worker and William cner was an electrician and a utilities executive six page needed seven Cosner's father's Heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s eight better Source needed and Cosner also has English Irish Scottish and Welsh ancestry N9 out of 10 Cosner was raised Baptist when a went earn 12 he was not academically inclined in school but did play sports especially football take piano lessons write poetry and sing in the First Baptist choir 613 he has said that watching the 1962 film How the West Was one as a child inspired his love for western films 14 Cosner has stated that he spent his teenage years in different parts of California as his father's career progressed he has described this time as a period when he lost a lot of confidence having to make new friends often cner lived in Ventura then in velia Cosner attended Mount Whitney High School where he was in the marching band eight better Source needed Cosner graduated from Villa Park High School in 1973 15 he played baseball at Villa Park and was teammates with Dennis Bert 16 he earned a bar from California State University Fullerton seu in 1978 when he 718 while at CV he became a brother in the Delta Kai fraternity six Cosner became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college eight better Source needed in 1978 while on an airplane returning from his honeymoon in Puerto Valera Cosner had a chance encounter with actor Richard Burton at that time Cosner was uncertain about whether he should become an actor and he approached Burton to ask his advice Cosner has said that Burton encouraged him to pursue acting 19 Cosner has also stated that he asked Burton whether it was possible to be an actor without experiencing turmoil in one's private life according to Cosner Burton replied that he thought it was possible cner credits Burton with inspiring him to become an actor 20 having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive cner began taking acting lessons five nights a week with the support of his wife his marketing job lasted 30 days he took jobs that allowed him to develop his acting skills by paying his tuition including working on fishing boats as a truck driver and giving tours of movie stars Hollywood homes this work supported the couple while Cosner attended auditions Cosner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach USA 1981 21 filmed in the winter of 1978-79 the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986 the release complications and lack of documentation led many to believe that Cosner's debut was in the touch also known as Stacy's knights in 1983 with Eve Lilith and Andre Millian citation needed Cosner played a minor role as frat boy hash1 in the Ron Howard film night shift 1982 22 he appears at the climax of a frat style blowout party in the New York City morg when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler Cosner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of Celebration citation needed Cosner appeared in a commercial for the Apple Lisa and table for five in 1983 and the same year had a small role in the nuclear Holocaust film Testament later he was cast in The Big Chill and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks but were removed from the Final Cut adah's role was that of Alex the friend who committed suicide the event that brings the rest of the cast together Cosner was a friend of director Lawrence Casten who promised the actor a role in a future project eight that became Silverado 1985 and a breakout role for cner a he also starred that year in the smaller films Fandango and American flyers and appeared alongside Kefir southernland in an hourlong special episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories 1987 1994 stardom and acclaim Elliot this pictured was portrayed by Cosner in The Untouchables 1987 Cosner achieved movie star status in 1987 when he started his federal agent Elliot nness In The Untouchables and in the leading role of the Thriller No Way Out a he solidified his alist status in the baseball themed films Bull Durham 1988 and Field of Dreams 1989 eight in 1990 he partnered with producer Jim Wilson to form the production company TIG Productions 823 tig's first film was the Epic Dances with Wolves which Cosner directed and starred in this film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and one seven including two for him personally best picture and Best Director eight the same year saw the release of Revenge in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and meline Stow directed by Tony Scott Cosner had wanted to direct it him himself Cosner portrayed Robin Hood in the action adventure film Robin Hood prince of Thieves 1991 where he also served as a producer Cosner starred alongside Alan Rickman Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater the film received mixed reviews but was an immense box office success he then starred as district attorney Jim Garrison in the Oliver Stone directed political epic Thriller JFK 1991 the film gained significant controversy for its historical inac accuracies but was also praised for its style Direction and performances Cosner received a Golden Globe award for best actor Motion Picture drama nomination for his role critic Roger eert praised his performance writing as Garrison Cosner gives a measured yet passionate performance like a man who has hold of an idea he cannot let go he forges ahead insisting that there is more to the assassination than meets the eye 24 he then starred opposite Whitney Houston in the romantic drama The Bodyguard 1992 where he also served as a producer the film was a pop culture sensation and financial success the next year he starred as a criminal on the run in Clint Eastwood's drama of perfect world 1993 film critic Owen gaberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote Cosner seems about as pathological as a koala bear and his gentle Charisma reinforces the film's touchy feely theme 258 he took the title role in the western biopic Wyatt herb 1994 directed by Lawrence Casten where he also served as a producer that same year he starred in the drama film The War the film also co-starred Elijah Wood the film seemed to gain little attention 1995 2011 career fluctuations cner visiting Andrew's Air Force Base in July 2003 the science fiction post-apocalyptic epics Water World 1995 and the postman 19 1997 the latter of which Cosner also directed were both commercial disappointments and both largely regarded by critics as artistic failures eight however while Waterworld achieved respectable box office and some positive reviews results for the postman were far worse and it ended up winning five golden raspberry Awards including worst picture worst actor and worst director for Cosner 26 cers starred in the golf comedy Tin Cup 1996 for Ron Shelton who had previously directed him in Bull Durham eight he developed the film Air Force One and was set to play the lead role of the president but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing the postman instead he personally offered the project to Harrison Ford in 1999 he starred a message in a bottle with Robin Wright based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas spars the film Drew mixed reviews and just about broke even at the box office 2728 cner at the 2003 cans Film Festival his career revived somewhat in 2000 with 13 days in which he portrayed Kenneth odonnell a top advisor to John F Kennedy the Western Open Range which he directed and starred in received critical Acclaim in 2003 and was a surprise success commercially he received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger for which he received a nomination from the broadcast film critics Association and won the San Francisco film critics Circle Award for best supporting actor after that Cosner starred in the guardian and in Mr Brooks in which he portrayed a serial killer in 2008 his TIG Productions company closed and was changed to Treehouse films 29 in 2008 Cosner starred in Swing Vote he starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 2005 movie Rumor Has It Cosner was honored on September 6th 26 when his hand and Footprints were set in concrete in front of Gran's Chinese Theater alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers in 2010 he appeared in The Company Men alongside Ben eel Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and received good reviews it was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011 the film was considered to be an Oscar Contender but did not get a nomination citation needed Cosner announced that he would be returning to the director's chair for the first time in 7 years in 2011 with a little war of our own he was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in learning Italian no updates have been released about either film since their original production announcement he also appears as a special cameo in funny or dies Field of Dreams 2 NFL lockout Cosner portrayed Jonathan Kent in the rebooted Superman film Man of Steel directed by Zack 30 Cosner was going to have a role in Quenton Tarantino's Django unchain 31 but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts 2012 present Resurgence and Yellowstone Cosner portrayed devil ants Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields and Mccoy's 2012 Cosner portrayed devil ants Hatfield in the three-part miniseries Hatfields in mcco which premiered on May 28th 2012 on the History Channel it broke a record by P pulling 13.9 million viewers the miniseries tells the true American story of a legendary Family Feud one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia the role earned Cosner the 2012 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a Min series or a movie 32 the 2013 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a Min series or television Movie 33 and the 2013 Golden Globe Award for best performance by an actor in a limited series or a motion picture made for television 34 in 2014 Cosner appeared in the spy movie Jack Ryan shadow Recruit is Thomas Harper a mentor for the series Title Character the same year he starred in the Thriller 3 Days to Kill and the drama draft day and produced and starred in black or white 35 black or white premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States in 2015 in 2015 Cosner played coach Jim White in the drama film McFarland USA about CrossCountry running in 2016 he played the fictional character Al Harrison a NASA space task group supervisor in Hidden figures and in 2017 he starred with Jessica Chastain in Aaron sorin's directorial debut film Molly's game since 2018 he has starred in and produced the television series Yellowstone marking the first regular TV series role of his career third 36 in 2019 cner starred in The Art of racing in the rain 37 where he voiced in zoo the dog it was his first voice over film in his career in August 2022 Cosner began production on Horizon an American Saga a western epic that will be split into at least four films each just under 3 hours in length 3,839 million 44142 Cosner plans on the films being released over a series of months cner will act as director of the project and said the film was proposed as an event television series production on the first film was expected to last at least 220 days but was completed by November 2022 43 production of the next films was underway by May 2023 Cosner is the singer in Kevin Cosner and modern West a country rock band which he founded with the encouragement of his wife Christine in October 2007 they began a worldwide tour with which included shows in istan buul and Rome the group also performed at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina the band released a country album and told truth on November 11th 2008 on universal South records the album peaked at No 61 on the Billboard top country albums and no 35 on the top heat Seekers chart three singles Superman 14 long hot night and backyard have been released to radio although none have charted for the single Superman 14 in Alive music video was made in 2009 they went on tour with opening act the alternate routes in August at The Big Valley jambur and Camrose Alberta Cosner and the band were scheduled next on stage when a severe thunderstorm struck causing the stage and stands on the main stage to collapse one person was reported dead and 40 injured 46 later an auction was held to raise money for the two young sons of the woman killed a dinner with cner was auctioned off for $41,000 two guitars one autographed by cner helped raise another $10,000 each 47 a second Kevin Cosner and modern West album turn it on was released in February 2010 in Europe 48 and was supported by a European tour 49 in July 2012 the band performed in Hal back Nova Scotia at the 20th annual Tellis World Skins game in support of the ewick Health Center Foundation donating a guitar autographed by Cosner 50 Kevin Cosner has also appeared in the documentary film Country Roads by Mar Scher 51 the most recent album released by Kevin Cosner and modern West Tales from Yellowstone was written by Cosner and his co-writers from the perspective of John Dutton Cosner's character on the hit TV series Yellowstone songs from the album were featured on season 3 of the show 52 baseball several of Cosner's films have included a baseball theme chasing dreams Bull Durham field dreamed for Love of the Game and The Upside of Anger in three of which his character is a pro baseball player and one a former pro baseball player Cosner has a home in Austin Texas and sometimes appears at Texas Longhorns baseball practices and games he was a close friend of former Longhorns baseball coach AI gito from Gitto's days coaching at Cal State Fullerton Cosner's alma mater he cast gito to play the role of the Yankee manager in for Love of the Game he tries to attend every College World Series game that the cesa Titans team plays in Omaha Nebraska Cosner walked on for a try out but did not make the team early in his time at the University Cosner was a partial owner of the Zion Illinois based Lake County fielders independent baseball team in the North American League the Fielder's name was in homage to Field of Dreams with a logo showing a ball player standing amid a field of corn FID 354 on August 12th 2021 he led the New York Yankees and Chicago White Socks onto the field prior to the MLB at Field of Dreams game held in Dyersville Iowa and gave a short speech 55 business interests Cosner's star on the Hollywood Walk Ro of Fame in 1995 Koster bought a company that was developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government the machines developed by the company were of little commercial interest until the deep water Horizon oil spill when BP took six of the machines from a company in which cner owned an interest ocean Therapy Solutions for testing in late May 2010 56 on June 16th 2010 BP entered into a lease with ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil water separation devices 57 although spyon curas and Steven Baldwin had previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions in mid June to another investor in the company they filed a lawsuit in Louisiana District Court claiming $10.64 million for Securities fraud and misrepresentation the suit claimed that Cosner kept a meeting with BP secret from them and the secret meeting resulted in a118 million down payment on a $52 million purchase and that after the down payment but before any announcement another investor used part of the down payment to buy out their shares thus excluding them from their share of the profits from the total sale on June 6th 2004 cner open Tatanka the story of the Bison 1 mile south of Deadwood South Dakota on US Route 85 saying he hoped it would be an educational and emotional place for people to learn about America's Westward Expansion promoters stated in a news release that the doll 5 million attraction had a new 3 800 sq ft interactive Center featuring exhibits retail and food and beverage areas as well as offices and a small theater The Visitor Center features graphics and text about the bison and the relationship of the Plains Indians to the animals historically hunting and now raising them for food and clothing among other things the centerpiece is a bronze sculpture depicting a Buffalo Jump by Hill City artist Peggy Detmer dep ing 14 bronze bison in the act of running from their pursuers and three bronze Lakota Riders on Horseback three of the massive bison are posed in midair cascading over the face of a cliff cner commissioned the work in 1994 from demmer's the five fourth scale bronzes each weighing between 2500 and 8,000 lb were cast at Eagle bronze Foundry and Lander Wyoming 60 full citation needed Cosner opened the Midnight Star casino and restaurant in Deadwood South Dakota in 1991 61 he hired Francis and Carla kba to manage the establishment and gave each of them a 3.25% ownership and paid them salaries and bonuses he terminated their employment in July 2004 and asked to agree to an amicable disassociation when they declined cner dissolved the partnership and hired an accountant who determined its fair market value to be $3.1 million the canvas suit cost to buy their shares based on twice that amount or sell the company on the open market they won in the lower court but on Costner's appeal lost in the South Dakota Supreme Court 62 63 cner closed the establishment in 2017 and sold it in 2020 61 in 2020 Cosner joined Woody sears's new audio entertainment travel app here her as a co-founder podcast narrator and investor Cosner narrates some of the audio stories provided by the iPhone subscription app for travelers on road trips across the United States who want to hear about the people places in histories they are encountering on their travels 64 philanthropy cner serves on an honorary board for the national World War I museum in Kansas City Missouri in Spring 2011 he recorded two radio spots for the museum that were aired on Kansas City Royals radio network 65 NASCAR Cosner was named ceremonial grandm Marshal of the Nascar Cup Series Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25th 2007 at the California Speedway 66 in 2008 he worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT films to help produced the NASCAR documentary The Ride of their lives which was released in December of that year 67 cner would be the narrator for that documentary also in 2009 he was named the spokesman for NASCAR day which took place on May 15th the next day May 16th he and his country music band would perform in the infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as participate as a judge in the second annual Victory challenge before the 25th running of the Nascar Sprint Allstar race writing in 2015 CER co-authored the Explorer Guild a passage to Shambhala a hybrid Adventure novel and graphic novel with John bear researcher Steven C mayor and illustrator Ross 68 Cosner has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferris book tools of Titans No Way Out is a 1987 American neon Noir one action thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin cner Jean Hackman Will Patton and sha young Howard Duff George D zanza Jason Bernard Fred Thompson and IM man appear in supporting roles the film is based on the 1946 novel The Big Clock by Kenneth fearing previously filmed as the Big Clock 1948 and police python 357 1976 in a house near the Pentagon Lieutenant Commander Tom frell of the Office of Naval intelligence is under interrogation asked how he came to meet Secretary of Defense David Bryce 6 months earlier frell is invited to an Inaugural Ball by his college buddy Scott Pritchard who introduces him to his boss secretary Bryce frell meets Susan Atwell and they begin in Affair just before he ships out for the Philippines after pharoh risks his life to save a shipmate at Sea Bryce hires him to act as his eyes and ears within the CIA returning to Washington DC for his new post phell reunites with his old landlord and his friend Sam hesselman who works in the pentagon's new computer center Atwell and frell's Affair continues even after she reveals she is also Bryce's mistress after they return from a romantic weekend Bryce visits expectedly forcing frell to slip away suspicious that Atwell has another lover an enraged Bryce accidentally pushes her over an upstairs railing to her death he goes to Pritchard who removes all evidence of Bryce from atwell's apartment and discovers an indiscernable negative of a photograph she took of pharaoh Pritchard suggests that atwell's other lover could be conflated with a long rumored KGB Sleeper Agent code named Yuri who could be implicated in her death and killed by pritchard's oper clearing Bryce from suspicion Army sit officers search atwell's apartment and Pritchard plants the photo negative among the evidence which hlan attempts to have enhanced by computer a process that may take days realizing that Bryce killed Atwell and Pritchard is covering up the evidence Ferell assists the bogus investigation aware that the physical evidence makes himself the prime suspect he and prited question atwell's friend nah who pretends not to recognize Ferell but reveals that she knew Atwell was seeing Bryce Pritchard sends two assassins to eliminate her but frell intervenes and warns nah searching for real evidence to implicate Bryce frell investigates a jewel box from Morocco that Bryce gave Atwell as foreign gifts must be registered with the state department frell has hesselman raid the computerized registry he later convinces hesselman to delay the photo enhancement by confiding to him that he is the person in the photo that he was in love with Atwell and that Bryce killed her credit card statements lead the Sid to two witnesses who can identify atwell's mystery lover one of them spots Ferell at a distance confirming to the investigators that Yuri is inside the Pentagon and a room by room search begins frell informs hesselman of Bryce's guilt in the incriminating gift and eludes the search by climbing into a ceiling vent concern hlan tells Pritchard of frell's suspicions and his relationship with Atwell and Pritchard shoots him dead pursued by pritchard's assassin Pharaoh reaches Bryce's office and confronts him with a print out of the gift registry Pritchard prepares to implicate Ferell as Yuri for atwell's and hessel's deaths but Bryce improvises a different story to BU frell silence that Pritchard who is infatuated with Bryce killed Atwell out of jealousy devastated and betrayed Pritchard shoots himself and Bryce tells the investigators that Pritchard is Yuri concluding the search frell sends the print out to the director of the CIA Bryce's political rival and leaves as the finished photograph reveals him as atwell's lover sitting at atwell's grave frell is picked up by a pair of operatives and interrogated at the house he is confronted by his landlord revealed to be his Handler they are all Soviet agents and frell actually is Yuri a deep cover spy raised as an American from a young age to serve as a highlevel mole having fulfilled his mission frell is warned to return return to the Soviet Union but he refuses revealing that he genuinely loves Susan Atwell and has finished being a spy his Handler allows him to depart believing he will eventually return and Ferell drives away to an uncertain fate the screenplay is based on Kenneth fearing's 1946 novel The Big Clock Filman the exteriors were shot on location and Baltimore Annapolis Arlington Washington DC and Auckland New Zealand between a ail and June 1986 the film is dedicated to the memory of its Director of Photography John Alcott who died after principal photography had wrapped in July 1986 over a year prior to the film's eventual release music the film features original music by Academy award-winning composer Morris jar the title song No Way Out was performed by Paul Ana the film debuted at number two at the US box office after Stakeout with with $4.3 million three the film's budget was an estimated $15 million its total as gross was $35.5 Million for critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 48 reviews with an average rating of seven 410 the website's critics consensus States Roger Donaldson's modern spin on the dents stylish suspense films of the 1940s features fine work from Jean Hackman and sha young as well as the career making performance that made Kevin Cosner a star five on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 18 critics indicating generally favorable reviews six audiences pulled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A plus to f scale seven Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars calling it truly labyrinthine and ingenious 8 Richard skle of time wrote viewers who arrive at the movie five minutes late and leave 5 minutes early will avoid the setup and payoff for the Preposterous twist that spoils this Lively intelligent remake of 1948's The Big Clock n to son Thompson of the Washington Post wrote the film makes such good use of Washington and builds suspense so well that it transcends a plot bordering on ridiculous Kevin Michael Cosner born January ar ar 18th 1955 is an American actor and filmmaker he has received various accolades including two Academy Awards three Golden Globe Awards and a prime time Emmy Award Cosa Rose to prominent starring in such films as The Untouchables 1987 Bull Durham 1988 Field of Dreams 1989 JFK 1991 Robin Hood prince of Thieves 1991 The Bodyguard 1992 a perfect world 1993 and Wyatt her 1994 during this time he directed and starred in the western epic Dances with Wolves 1990 for which he won two Academy Awards best picture and Best Director he then starred in and co-produced Waterworld 1995 and directed The Postman 1997 and open range 2003 one Cosner's other notable films include Silverado 1985 No Way Out 1987 Tin Cup 1996 Message in a Bottle 1999 for Love of the Game 1999 13 days 2000 Mr Brooks 27 Swing Vote 2008 The Company Men 2010 3 Days to Kill 2014 draft day 2014 black or white 2014 McFarland USA 2015 and the high women 2019 toi has also played supporting Parts in such films as The Upside of Anger 2005 Man of Steel 2013 Jack Ryan shadow Recruit 2014 Hidden figure 2016 Molly's game 2017 and let him go 2020 on television Cosner portrayed devil ant's Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields in McCoy's 2012 winning the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie from 2018 to 2023 he portrayed John Dutton on the Paramount Network original drama series Yellowstone for which he received a Screen Actors Guild award nomination and a Golden Globe award cner was born on January 18th 1955 three in Lynwood California and grew up in Compton California four his parents were William and Sharon cner five he is the youngest of three boys the second of whom died at Birth Sharon Ray cner Nate tedric was a welfare worker and William cner was an electrician and a utilities executive six page needed seven Cosner's father's Heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 7 1900s eight better Source needed and Cosner also has English Irish Scottish and Welsh ancestry n out of 10 Costner was raised Baptist when a went earn 12 he was not academically inclined in school but did play sports especially football take piano lessons write poetry and sing in the First Baptist choir 613 he has said that watching the 1962 film How the West Was one as a child inspired his love for western films 14 Cosner has stated that he spent his teenage years in different parts of California as his father's career progressed he has described this time as a period when he lost a lot of confidence having to make new friends often Cosner lived in Ventura then in velia Cosner attended Mount Whitney High School where he was in the marching band eight better Source needed Cosner graduated from Villa Park High School in 1973 15 he played baseball at Villa Park and was teammates with Dennis Bert 16 he earned a bar from California State University Fullerton seu in 1978 178 while at CV he became a brother in the Delta Kai fraternity six Cosner became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college eight better Source needed in 1978 while on an airplane returning from his honeymoon in Puerto Valera cner had a chance encounter with actor Richard Burton at that time cner was uncertain about whether he should become an actor and he approached Burton to ask his advice Cosner has said that Burton encouraged him to pursue acting 19 Cosner has also stated that he asked Burton whether it was possible to be an actor without experiencing turmoil in one's private life according to Cosner Burton replied that he thought it was possible Cosner credits Burton with inspiring him to become an actor 20 having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive cner began taking acting lessons five nights a week with the support of his wife his marketing job lasted 30 days he took jobs that allowed him to develop his acting skills by paying his tuition including working on fishing boats as a truck driver and giving tours of movie stars Hollywood homes this work supported the couple while Cosner attended auditions Cosner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach USA 1981 21 filmed in the winter of 1978-79 the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986 the release complications and lack of documentation led many to believe that Cosner's debut was in the touch also known as Stacy's knights in 1983 with Eve Lilith and Andra Millian citation needed Cosner played a minor role as frat boy hash one in the Ron Howard film night shift 1982 22 he appears at the climax of a frat style blowout party in the New York City morg when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler Cosner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of Celebration citation needed Cosner appeared in a commercial for the Apple Lisa and table for five in 1983 and the same year had a small role in the nuclear Holocaust film Testament later he was cast in The Big Chill and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks but they were removed from the final cut a his role was that of Alex the friend who committed suicide the event that brings the rest of the cast together Cosner was a friend of director Lawrence Casten who promised the actor a role in a future project eight that became Silverado 1985 and a breakout role for cner eight he also starred that year in the smaller films Fandango and American flyers and appeared alongside kefir Southerland in an hourlong special episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories 19 87 1994 stardom and a claim Elliot nness pictured was portrayed by Cosner in The Untouchables 1987 Cosner achieved movie star status in 1987 when he starred his federal agent Elliot nness In The Untouchables and in the leading role of the Thriller No Way Out a he solidified his alist status in the baseball themed films Bull Durham 1988 and Field of Dreams 1989 eight in 1990 he partnered with producers Jim Wilson to form the production company TIG Productions 823 tig's first film was the Epic Dances with Wolves which cner directed and starred in this film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and one seven including two for him personally best picture and best director at the same year saw the release of Revenge in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and meline Stow directed by Tony Scott Cosner had wanted to direct it himself Cosner portrayed Robin Hood in the action adventure film Robin Hood prince of Thieves 1991 where he also served as a producer Cosner start alongside Alan Rickman Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater the film received mixed reviews but was an immense box office success he then starred as district attorney Jim Garrison in the Oliver Stone directed political epic Thriller JFK 1991 the film gained significant controversy for its historical inaccuracies but was also praised for its style Direction and performances Cosner received a Golden Globe award for best actor Motion Picture drama nomination for his role critic Roger eert praised his performance writing as Garrison Cosner gives a measured yet passionate performance like a man who has hold of an idea he cannot let go he forges ahead insisting that there is more to the assassination than meets the eye 24 he then starred opposite Whitney Houston in the romantic drama the body guard 1992 where he also served as a producer the film was a pop culture sensation and financial success the next year he starred as a criminal on the run in Clint Eastwood's drama a perfect world 1993 film critic enen gaberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote Cosner seems about as pathological as a koala bear and his gentle Charisma reinforces the film's touchy feely theme 258 he took the title role in the western biopic Wyatt herb 19 1994 directed by Lawrence Casten where he also served as a producer that same year he starred in the drama film The War the film also co-starred Elijah Wood the film seemed to gain little attention 1995 2011 career fluctuations cner visiting Andrew's Air Force Base in July 2003 the science fiction post apocalyptic epics waterw World 1995 and the postman 1997 the latter of which cner also directed were both commercial disappointments and both largely regarded by critics as artistic failures eight however while Waterworld achieved respectable box office and some positive reviews results for the postman were far worse and it ended up winning five golden raspberry Awards including worst picture worst actor and worst director for Cosner 26 Cosner starred in the golf comedy Tin Cup 1996 for Ron Shelton who had previously directed him in Bull Durham eight he developed the film Air Force One and was set to play the lead role of the president but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing the postman instead he personally offered the project to Harrison Ford in 1999 he starred a message in a bottle with Robin W based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas spars the film Drew mixed reviews and just about broke even at the box office 2728 cner at the 2003 cans Film Festival his career revived somewhat in 2000 with 13 days in which he portrayed Kenneth odonnell a top advisor to John F Kennedy the Western Open Range which he directed and starred in received critical Acclaim in 2003 and was a surprise success commercially he received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger for which he received a nomination from the broadcast film critics Association and won the San Francisco film critics Circle Award for best supporting actor after that Cosner starred in the guardian and in Mr Brooks in which he portrayed a serial killer in 2008 his TIG Productions company closed and was changed to Treehouse films 29 in 2008 Cosner starred in Swing Vote he starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 2005 movie Rumor Has It Cosner was honored on September 6 26 when his hand and footprint were set in concrete in front of Gran's Chinese Theater alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers in 2010 he appeared in The Company Men alongside Ben eel Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and received good reviews it was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011 the film was considered to be an Oscar Contender but did not get a nomination citation needed Cosner announced that he would be returning to to the director's chair for the first time in 7 years in 2011 with a little war of our own he was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in learning Italian no updates have been released about either film since their original production announcement he also appears as a special cameo in funny or dies Field of Dreams 2 NFL lockout Cosner portrayed Jonathan Kent in the rebooted Superman film Man of Steel directed by Zack Snyder 30 Cosner was going to have a role in Quenton Tarantino's Django unchain 31 but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts 2012 present Resurgence and Yellowstone Cosner portrayed devil ant's Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields and Mccoy's 2012 Cosner portrayed devil ants Hatfield in the three-part miniss series hat fields in McCoy which premiered on May 28th 2012 on the History Channel it broke a record by pulling 13.9 million viewers the miniseries tells the true American story of a legendary Family Feud one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia the role earned Cosner the 2012 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a Min series or a movie 32 the 2013 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a Min series or television Movie 33 and the 2013 Golden Globe Award for best performance by an actor in a limited series or motion picture made for television 34 in 2014 Cosner appeared in the spy movie Jack Ryan shadow Recruit is Thomas Harper a mentor for the series Title Character the same year he starred in the Thriller Three Days to Kill and the drama draft day and produced and starred in black or white 35 black or white premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States in 2015 in 2015 Cosner played coach Jim White in the drama film McFarland USA about CrossCountry running in 2016 he played the fictional character Al Harrison a NASA space task group supervisor in Hidden figures and in 2017 he starred with Jessica Chastain and Aaron sorin's directorial debut film Molly's game since 2018 he has starred in and produced the television series Yellowstone marking the first regular TV series role of his career 36 in 2019 cner started in the art of racing in the rain 37 where he voiced in zoo the dog it was his first voice over film in his career in August 2022 Cosner began production on Horizon an American Saga a western epic that will be split into at least four films each just under 3 hours in length 3,839 m441 42 cner plans on the films being released over a series of months Cosner will act as director of the project and said the film was proposed as an event television series production on the first film was expected to last at least 220 days but was completed by November 2022 43 production of the next films was underway by May 2023 Cosner is the singer in Kevin Cosner and modern West a country rock band which he founded with the encouragement of his wife Christine in October 2007 they began a worldwide tour which included shows in istan buul and Rome the group also performed at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina the band released a country album and told truth on November 11th 2008 on universal South records the album peaked at No 61 on the Billboard top country albums and no 35 on the top heat Seekers chart three singles Superman 14 long hot night and backyard have been released to radio although none have charted with a single Superman 14 in of live music video was made in 2009 they went on tour with opening act the alternate routes in August at The Big Valley jambur and Camrose Alberta Cosner and the band were scheduled next on stage when a severe thunderstorm struck causing the stage and stands on the main stage to collapse one person was reported dead and 40 injured 46 later an auction was held to ra raise money for the two young sons of the woman killed a dinner with cner was auctioned off for $41,000 two guitars one autograph by cner helped raise another $10,000 each 47 a second Kevin cner and modern West album turn it on was released in February 2010 in Europe 48 and was supported by a European tour 49 in July 2012 the band performed in Halifax Nova Scotia at the 20th annual Will Tell Us world Skins game in support of the ewick Health Center Foundation donating a guitar autographed by cner 50 Kevin Cosner has also appeared in the documentary film Country Roads by Mar scherder 51 the most recent album released by Kevin Cosner and modern West Tales from Yellowstone was written by Cosner and his co-writers from the perspective of John Dutton Cosner's character on the hit TV series Yellowstone songs from the album were featured on season 3 of the show 52 baseball several of Cosner's films have included a baseball theme chasing dreams Bull Durham fi dreamed for Love of the Game and The Upside of Anger in three of which is character is a pro baseball player and one a former pro baseball player Cosner has a home in Austin Texas and sometimes appears at Texas Longhorns baseball practices and games he was a close friend of former long on Horn's baseball coach AI gito from Gitto's days coaching at Cal State Fullerton Cosner's alma mater he cast gito to play the role of the Yankee manager in for Love of the Game he tries to attend every College World Series game that the sea Titans team plays in Omaha Nebraska Cosner walked on for a try out but did not make the team early in his time at the University Cosner was a partial owner of the Zion Illinois based Lake County fielders independent baseball team in the North American League the Fielder's name was in homage to Field of Dreams with a logo showing a ball player standing amid a field of corn FID 354 on August 12th 2021 he led the New York Yankees and Chicago White Socks onto the field prior to the MLB at Field of Dreams game held in Dyersville Iowa and gave a short speech 55 business interests Cosner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995 Koster bought a company that was developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government the machines developed by the company were of little commercial interest until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when BP took six of the machines from a company in which cner owned an interest ocean Therapy Solutions for testing in late May 2010 56 on June 16 2010 BP entered into a lease with ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil water separation devices 57 although spyon curas and Steven Baldwin had previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions in mid June to another investor in the company they filed a lawsuit in Louisiana District Court claiming $10.64 million for Securities fraud and misrepresentation the suit claimed that Cosner kept a meeting with BP secret from them and the secret meeting resulted in a118 million down payment on a $52 million purchase and that after the down payment but before any announcement another investor used part of the down payment to buy out their shares thus excluding them from their share of the profits from the total sale on June 6th 2004 cner opened Tatanka the story of the Bison 1 mile south of Deadwood South Dakota on US Route 85 saying he hoped it would be an educational and emotional place for people to learn about America's Westward Expansion promoters stated in a news release that the do5 million attraction had a new three 800 sq ft interactive Center featuring exhibits retail and food and beverage areas as well as offices and a small theater The Visitor Center features graphics and text about the bison and the relationship of the Plains Indians to the animals historically hunting and now raising them for food and clothing among other things the centerpiece is a bronze sculpture depicting a Buffalo Jump by Hill City artist Peggy Detmer depicting 14 bronze bison in the act of running from their pursuers and three bronze Lakota Riders on Horseback three of the massive bison are posed in midair cascading over the face of a cliff cner commissioned the work in 1994 from demmer's the five4 scale bronzes each weighing between 2500 and 8,000 lb were cast at Eagle bronze Foundry in Lander Wyoming 60 full citation needed Cosner opened the Midnight Star casino and restaurant in Deadwood South Dakota in 1991 61 he hired Francis and Carla KVA to manage the establishment and gave each of them a 3.25% ownership and paid them salaries and bonuses he terminated their employment in July 2004 and asked to agree to an amicable disassociation when they declined Cosner dissolved the partnership and hired an accountant who determined its fair market value to be $3.1 million the canvas sued cner to buy their shares based on twice that amount or sell the company on the open market they won in the lower court but on Costner's appeal lost in the South Dakota Supreme Court 62 63 cner closed the establishment in 2017 and sold it in 2020 61 in 2020 Cosner joined Woody sears's new audio entertainment travel app here her as a co-founder podcast narrator and investor Cosner narrates some of the audio stories provided by the iPhone subscription app for for travelers on road trips across the United States who want to hear about the people places and histories they are encountering on their travels 64 philanthropy cner serves on an honorary board for the national World War I museum in Kansas City Missouri in Spring 2011 he recorded two radio spots for the museum that were aired on Kansas City Royals radio network 65 NASCAR Cosner was named ceremonial Grand Marshall of the Nascar Cup Series Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25th 2007 at the California Speedway 66 in 2008 he worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT films to help produce the NASCAR documentary The Ride of their lives which was released in December of that year 67 cner would be the narrator for that documentary also in 2009 he was named the spokesman for NASCAR day which took place on May 15th the next day May 16th he and his country music band would perform in the infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as participate as a judge in the second annual Victory challenge before the 25th running of the Nascar Sprint Allstar race writing in 2015 CER co-authored the Explorers Guild a passage to Shambhala a hybrid Adventure novel and graphic novel with John bear researcher Steven C mayor and illustrator Rick Ross 68 Cosner has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferris book tools of Titans No Way Out is a 1987 American neon Noir one action thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Cosner Jean Hackman Will Patton and sha young Howard Duff George dianza Jason Bernard Fred Thompson and IM man appear in supporting roles the film is based on the 1946 novel The Big Clock by Kenneth fearing previously filmed as the big clock 19 48 and police python 3571 1976 in a house near the Pentagon Lieutenant Commander Tom Ferell of the Office of Naval intelligence is under interrogation asked how he came to meet Secretary of Defense David Bryce 6 months earlier frell is invited to an Inaugural Ball by his college buddy Scott Pritchard who introduces him to his boss secretary Bryce frell meets Susan Atwell and they begin an affair just before he ships out for the Philippines after Pharaoh risks his life to save a shipmate at Sea Bryce hires him to act as his eyes and ears within the CIA returning to Washington DC for his new post phell reunites with his old landlord and his friend Sam hesselman who works in the pentagon's new computer center Atwell and frell's Affair continues even after she reveals she is also Bryce's mistress after they return from a romantic weekend Bryce visits unexpectedly forcing frell to slip away suspicious that Atwell has another lover an enraged Bryce accidentally pushes her over and upstairs railing to her death he goes to Pritchard who removes all evidence of Bryce from atwell's apartment and discovers an indiscernable negative of a photograph she took a pharaoh Pritchard suggests that atwell's other lover could be conflated with a long rumored KGB Sleeper Agent code named Yuri who could be implicated in her death and killed by pritchard's operatives clearing Bryce from suspicion Army s officers search atwell's apartment and Pritchard plants the photo negative among the evidence which hlan attempts to have enhanced by computer a process that may take days realizing that Bryce killed Atwell and Pritchard is covering up the evidence frell assists the bogus investigation aware that the physical evidence makes himself the prime suspect he inited question atwell's friend Nina who pretends not to recognize Ferell but reveals that she knew Atwell was seeing Bryce Pritchard sends two assassins to eliminate her but frell intervenes and warns nah searching for real evidence to implicate Bryce frell investigates a jewel box from Morocco that Bryce gave Atwell as foreign gifts must be registered with the state department frell has hesselman raid the computerized registry he later convinces hesselman to delay the photo enhancement by confiding to him that he is the person in the photo that he was in love with Atwell and that Bryce killed her CR Card statements lead the Sid to two witnesses who can identify atwell's mystery lover one of them spots Ferell at a distance confirming to the investigators that Yuri is inside the Pentagon and a room byro search begins frell informs hesselman of Bryce's guilt in the incriminating gift and eludes the search by climbing into a ceiling vent concern hesselman tells Pritchard of feral suspicions and his relationship with Atwell and Pritchard shoots him dead pursued by pritchard's assassin frell reaches Bryce's office and confronts him with a print out of the gift registry Pritchard prepares to implicate frell as Yuri for atwell's and hesselman deaths but Bryce improvises a different story to by feral silence that Pritchard who is infatuated with Bryce killed Atwell out of jealousy devastated and betrayed Pritchard shoots himself and Bryce tells the investigators that Pritchard is Yuri concluding the search frell sends the print out to the director of the CIA his political rival and leaves as the finished photograph reveals him as atwell's lover sitting at atwell's grave phell is picked up by a pair of operatives and interrogated at the house he is confronted by his landlord revealed to be his Handler they are all Soviet agents and frell actually is Yuri a deep cover spy raised as an American from a young age to serve as a highlevel mole having fulfilled his mission frell is warned to return to the Soviet Union but he refuses revealing that he genuinely loves Susan Atwell and has finished being a spy his Handler allows him to depart believing he will eventually return and Ferell drives away to an uncertain fate the screenplay is based on Kenneth fearing's 1946 novel The Big Clock Filman the exteriors were shot on location in Baltimore Annapolis Arlington Washington DC and Auckland New Zealand between April and June 1986 the film is dedicated to the memory of its Director of Photography John alcot who died after principal photography had wrapped in July 1986 over a year prior to the film's eventual release music the film features original music by Academy award-winning composer Morris jar the title song No Way Out was performed by Paul Anka the film debuted at number two at the US box office after Stakeout with $4.3 million three the film's budget was an estimated $15 million its total as gross was $35.5 Million four critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 48 reviews with an average rating of seven 410 the website's critics consensus States Roger Donaldson's modern spin on the dents stylish suspense films of the 1940s features fine work from Jean Pacman and Shawn young as well as the career- making performance that made Kevin Cosner a star five on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 18 critics indicating generally favorable reviews six audiences ped by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A plus to f scale seven Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars calling it truly labyrinthine and ingenious 8 Richard skle of time wrote viewers who arrive at the movie 5 minutes late and leave 5 minutes early will avoid the setup and payoff for the Preposterous twist that spoils this Lively intelligent remake of 1948's The Big Clock nasan Thompson of the Washington Post wrote the film makes such good use of Washington and builds suspense so well that it transcends a plot bordering on ridiculous Kevin Michael cner born January 18th 1955 is an American actor and filmmaker he has received various accolades including two Academy Awards three Golden Globe Awards and a prime time Emmy Award cosna Rose to prominent starring in such films as The Untouchables 1987 Bull Durham 1988 Field of Dreams 1989 JFK 1991 Robin Hood prince of Thieves 1991 The Bodyguard 1992 a perfect world 1993 and Wyatt herb 1994 during this time he directed and starred in the western epic Dances with Wolves 1990 for which he won two Academy Awards best picture and Best Director he then starred in and co-produced Waterworld 1995 and directed The Postman 1997 and open range 2003 one Costner's other notable films include Silverado 1985 No Way Out 1987 Tin Cup 1996 Message in a Bottle 1999 for for Love of the Game 1999 13 days 2000 Mr Brooks 27 Swing Vote 2008 The Company Men 2010 3 Days to Kill 2014 draft day 2014 black or white 2014 McFarland USA 2015 and the high women 2019 toi has also played supporting Parts in such films as The Upside of Anger 2005 Man of Steel 2013 Jack Ryan shadow Recruit 2014 Hidden figures 2016 Molly's game 27 17 and let him go 2020 on television Cosner portrayed devil an's Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields in McCoy 2012 winning the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie from 2018 to 2023 he portrayed John Dutton on the Paramount Network original drama series Yellowstone for which he received a Screen Actors Guild award nomination and a Golden Globe award cner was born on January uary 18th 1955 three in Lynnwood California and grew up in Compton California four his parents were William and Sharon cner five he is the youngest of three boys the second of whom died at Birth Sharon Ray cner Nate tedric was a welfare worker and William Cosner was an electrician and a utilities executive six page needed seven Cosner's father's Heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s eight better Source needed in Cosner also has English Irish Scottish and Welsh ancestry N9 out of 10 Cosner was raised Baptist when a went earn 12 he was not academically inclined in school but did play sports especially football take piano lessons write poetry and sing in the First Baptist choir 613 he has said that watching the 1962 film How the West Was Won as a child inspired his love for western films 14 Cosner has stated that he spent his teenage years in different parts of California as his father's career progressed he has described this time as a period when he lost a lot of confidence having to make new friends often Cosner lived in Ventura then in velia Cosner attended Mount Whitney High School where he was in the marching band eight better Source needed Cosner graduated from Villa Park High School in 1973 15 he played baseball at Villa Park and was teammates with Dennis Bert 16 he earned a b from California State University Fullerton seu in 1978 when he 78 while at seu he became a brother in the Delta Kai fraternity six Cosner became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college eight better Source needed in 1978 while on an airplane returning from his honeymoon in Puerto Valera cner had a chance encounter with actor Richard Burton at that time Cosner was uncertain about whether he should become an actor and he approached Burton to ask his advice cner has said that Burton encouraged him to pursue acting 19 cner has also stated that he asked Burton whether it was possible to be an actor without experiencing turmoil in one's private life according to Cosner Burton replied that he thought it was possible Cosner credits Burton with inspiring him to become an actor 20 having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive cner began taking acting lessons five nights a week with the support of his wife his marketing job lasted 30 days he took jobs that allowed him to develop his acting skills by paying his tuition including working on fishing boats as a truck driver and giving tours of movie stars Hollywood homes this work supported the couple while Cosner attended auditions Cosner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach USA 1981 21 filmed in the winter of 1978-79 the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986 the release complications and lack of documentation led many to believe that Cosner's debut was in the touch also known as Stacy's kns in 1983 with Eve Lilith and Andra Millian citation needed Cosner played a minor role as frat boy hash one in the Ron Howard film night shift 1982 22 he appears at the climax of a frat style blowout party in the New York City morg when the music is ly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler Cosner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of Celebration citation needed Cosner appeared in a commercial for the Apple Lisa and table for five in 1983 and the same year had a small role in the nuclear Holocaust film Testament later he was cast in The Big Chill and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks but they were removed from the Final Cut ad's role was that of Alex the friend who Comm committed suicide the event that brings the rest of the cast together cner was a friend of director Lawrence Casten who promised the actor a role in a future project eight that became Silverado 1985 and a breakout role for cner eight he also starred that year in the smaller films Fandango and American flyers and appeared alongside kefir Sutherland in an hour-long special episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories 1987 1994 stardom and claim Elliot nness pictured was portrayed by Cosner in The Untouchables 1987 Cosner achieved movie star status in 1987 when he starred as federal agent Elliot Ness in The Untouchables and in the leading role of the Thriller No Way Out eight he solidified his alist status in the baseball themed films Bull Durham 1988 and Field of Dreams 1989 eight in 1990 he partnered with producer Jim Wilson to form the production company TIG Productions 823 tig's first film was the Epic Dances with Wolves which Cosner directed and starred in this film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards and one seven including two for him personally best picture and Best Director eight the same year saw the release of Revenge in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and meline Stow directed by Tony Scott Cosner had wanted to direct it himself Cosner portrayed Robin Hood in the action adventure film Rob Hood prince of Thieves 1991 where he also served as a producer Cosner starred alongside Alan Rickman Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater the film received mixed reviews but was an immense box office success he then starred as district attorney Jim Garrison in the Oliver Stone directed political epic Thriller JFK 1991 the film gained significant controversy for its historical inaccuracies but was also praised for its style Direction and performances Cosner received a Golden Globe award for best actor Motion Picture drama nomination for his role critic Roger Ebert praised his performance writing as Garrison Cosner gives a measured yet passionate performance like a man who has hold of an idea he cannot let go he forges ahead insisting that there is more to the assassination than meets the eye 24 he then starred opposite Whitney Houston in the romantic drama The Bodyguard 1992 where he also served as as a producer the film was a pop culture sensation and financial success the next year he starred as a criminal on the run in Clint Eastwood's drama a perfect world 1993 film critic Owen glaberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote Cosner seems about as pathological as a koala bear and his gentle Charisma reinforces the film's touchy feely theme 258 he took the title role in the western biopic Wyatt herb 1994 directed by Lawrence Casten where he also served as a producer that same year he starred in the drama film The War the film also co-starred Elijah Wood the film seemed to gain little attention 1995 2011 career fluctuations Cosner visiting Andrew's Air Force Base in July 2003 the science fiction post-apocalyptic epics Water World 1995 and the postman 1997 the latter of which cner also directed were both commercial disappointments and both largely regarded by critics as artistic failures eight however while Waterworld achieved respectable box office and some positive reviews results for the postman were far worse and it ended up winning five golden raspberry Awards including worst picture worst actor and worst director for Cosner 26 Cosner starred in the golf comedy Tin Cup 1996 for Ron Shelton who had previously directed him in Bull Durham 8 he developed the film Air Force One and was set to play the lead role of the president but ultimately decided to concentrate on finishing the postman instead he personally offered the project to Harrison Ford in 1999 he starred a message in a bottle with Robin Wright based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks the film Drew mixed reviews and just about broke even at the box office 2728 cner at the 2003 can's Film Festival his career revived somewhat 2000 with 13 days in which he portrayed Kenneth odonnell a top advisor to John F Kennedy the Western Open Range which he directed and starred in received critical Acclaim in 2003 and was a surprise success commercially he received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in The Upside of Anger for which he received a nomination from the broadcast film critics Association and won the San Francisco film critics Circle Award for best supporting actor after that Cosner starred in the guardian and in Mr Brooks in which he portrayed a serial killer in 2008 his TIG Productions company closed and was changed to Treehouse films 29 in 2008 Cosner starred in Swing Vote he starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 2005 movie Rumor Has It Cosner was honored on September 6th 26 when his hand and Footprints were set in concrete in front of gramman Chinese Theater alongside those of other celebrated actors and entertainers in 2010 he appeared in The Company Men alongside benl Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and received good reviews it was released in cinemas worldwide in January 2011 the film was considered to be an Oscar Contender but did not get a nomination citation needed Cosner announced that he would be returning to the director's chair for the first time in seven years in 20111 with a little war of our own he was also about to team up again with director Kevin Reynolds in learning Italian no updates have been released about either film since their original production announcement he also appears as a special cameo in funny or dies Field of Dreams 2 NFL lockout Cosner portrayed Jonathan Kent in the rebooted Superman film Man of Steel directed by Zack Snyder 30 CER was going to have a role in Quenton Tarantino's Django Unchained 31 but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts 2012 present Resurgence and Yellowstone Cosner portrayed devil ants Hatfield in the miner's Hatfields at McCoy's 2012 Cosner portrayed devil ants Hatfield in the three-part miniseries hat fields in McCoy which premiered on May 28th 2012 on the History Channel it broke a record by pulling 13.9 million viewers the miniseries tells the true American story of a legendary Family Feud one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia the role earn Cosner the 2012 Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a Min series or a movie 32 the 2013 Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a miniss series or television Movie 33 and the 2013 Golden Globe Award for best performance by an actor in a limited series or a motion picture made for television 34 in 2014 Cosner appeared in the spy movie Jack Ryan shadow Recruit as Thomas Harper a mentor for the series Title Character the same year he starred in the Thriller Three Days to Kill and the drama draft day and produced and starred in black or white 35 black or white premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and opened in the United States in 2015 in 2015 Cosner played coach Jim White in the drama film McFarland USA about CrossCountry running in 2016 he played the fictional character Al Harrison a NASA space task group supervisor in Hidden figures and in 2017 he starred with Jessica Chastain in Aaron sorin's directorial debut film Molly's game since 2018 he has starred in and produced the television series Yellowstone marking the first regular TV series role of his career 36 in 2019 cner starred in The Art of racing in the rain 37 where he voiced in zoo the dog it was his first voice over film in his career in August 2022 Cosner began production on Horizon an American Saga a western epic that will be split into at least four films each just under 3 hours in length 3,839 m441 42 cner plans on the films being released over a series of months Cosner will act as director of the project and said the film was proposed as an event television series production on the first film was expected to last at least 220 days but was completed by November 2022 43 production of the next films was underway by May 2023 Cosner is the singer in Kevin cner and modern West a country rock band which he founded with the encouragement of his wife Christine in October 2007 they began a worldwide tour which included shows in istan buul and Rome the group also performed at NASA scar Sprint Cup Series races at Daytona International Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina the band released a country album and told truth on November 11th 2008 on universal South records the album peaked at No 61 on the Billboard top country albums and no 35 on the top heat Seekers chart three singles Superman 14 long hot night and backyard have been released to radio although none have chared for the single Superman 14 in a live music video was made in 2009 they went on tour with opening act the alternate routes in August at The Big Valley jambur and Camrose Alberta Cosner and the band were scheduled next on stage when a severe thunderstorm struck causing the stage and stands on the main stage to collapse one person was reported dead in 40 injured 46 later an auction was held to raise money for the two young sons of the woman killed a dinner with Cosner was auctioned off for $41,000 two guitars one autographed by Cosner helped raise another $10,000 each 47 a second Kevin cner and modern West album turn it on was released in February 2010 in Europe 48 and was supported by a European tour 49 in July 2012 the band performed in Halifax Nova Scotia at the 20th annual tell us World Skins game in support of of the ewick Health Center Foundation donating a guitar autographed by Cosner 50 Kevin Cosner has also appeared in the documentary film Country Roads by Mar schrder 51 the most recent album released by Kevin cner and modern West Tales from Yellowstone was written by Cosner and his co-writers from the perspective of John Dutton Cosner's character on the hit TV series Yellowstone songs from the album were featured on season 3 of the show 52 baseball several of Cosner's films have included a baseball theme chasing dreams Bull Durham feeli dreamed for Love of the Game and The Upside of Anger in three of which his character is a pro baseball player and one a former pro baseball player cner has a home in Austin Texas and sometimes appears at Texas Longhorns baseball practices and games he was a close friend of former LongHorn's baseball coach AI gito from Gitto's days coaching at Cal State Fullerton Cosner's alma mater he cast gito to play the role of the Yankee manager in for Love of the Game he tries to attend every College World Series game that the cesa Titans team plays in Omaha Nebraska cner walked on for a try out but did not make the team early in his time at the University Cosner was a partial owner of the Zion Illinois based Lake County fielders independent baseball team in the North American League the field 's name was in homage to Field of Dreams with a logo showing a ball player standing amid a field of corn F 354 on August 12th 2021 he led the New York Yankees and Chicago White Socks onto the field prior to the MLB at Field of Dreams game held in Dyersville Iowa and gave a short speech 55 business interests cner star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995 Coster bought a company that was developing oil separation machines based on a patent he purchased from the US government the machines developed by the company were of little commercial interest until the Deep waterer Horizon oil spill when BP took six of the machines from a company in which Cosner owned an interest ocean Therapy Solutions for testing in late May 2010 56 on June 16th 2010 BP entered into a lease with ocean Therapy Solutions for 32 of the oil water separation devices 57 although Byron curas and Steven Baldwin had previously sold their interests in Ocean Therapy Solutions in mid June to another investor in the company they filed a lawsuit in Louisiana District Court claiming $10.64 million for Securities fraud and misrepresentation the suit claimed that Cosner kept a meeting with BP secret from them and the secret meeting resulted in a dollar1 18 million down payment on a $52 million purchase and that after the down payment but before any announcement another investor used part of the down payment to buy out their shares thus excluding them from their share of the profits from the total sale on June 6 2004 Cosner opened Tatanka the story of the Bison 1 mile south of Deadwood South Dakota on US Route 85 saying he hoped it would be an educational and emotional place for people to learn about America's Westward Expansion promoters stated in a news release that the doll5 million attraction had a new 3800 squ foot interactive Center featuring exhibits retail and food and beverage areas as well as offices and a small theater The Visitor Center features graphics and text about the bison and the relationship of the Plains Indians to the animals historically hunting and now raising them for food and clothing among other things the centerpiece is a bronze sculpture depicting a Buffalo Jump by Hill City artist Peggy detmers depicting 14 bronze bison in the act of running from their pursuers and three bronze look coder Riders on Horseback three of the massive bison are posed in midair cascading over the face of a cliff cner commissioned the work in 1994 from demmer's the five4 scale bronzes each weighing between 2500 and 8,000 lb were cast at Eagle bronze Foundry in Lander Wyoming 60 full citation needed Cosner opened the Midnight Star casino and restaurant in Deadwood South Dakota in 1991 61 he hired Francis and Carla kba to manage the establishment and gave each of them a 3.25% ownership and paid them salaries and bonuses he terminated their employment in July 2004 and asked to agree to an amicable disassociation when they decline cner dissolved the partnership and hired an accountant who determined its fair market value to be $3.1 million the canvas sued cner to buy their shares based on twice that amount or sell the company on the open market they won in the lower court but on Costner's appeal lost in the South Dakota Supreme Court 6263 Costner closed the establishment in 2017 and sold it in 2020 61 in 2020 cner joined Woody sears's new audio entertainment travel app here her as a co-founder podcast narrator and investor cner narrates some of the audio stories provided by the iPhone subscription app for travelers on road trips across the United States who want to hear about the people places and histories they are encountering on their travels 64 philanthropy cner serves on an honorary board for the national World War I museum in Kansas City Missouri in Spring 2011 he recorded two radio spots for the museum that were aired on Kansas City Royals radio network 65 NASCAR cner was named ceremonial Grand Marshal of the Nascar Cup Series Auto Club 500 which took place on February 25th 2007 at the California Speedway 66 in 2008 he worked with the NASCAR Media Group and CMT films to help produce the NASCAR documentary The Ride of their lives which was released in December of that year 67 Cosner would be the narrator for that documentary also in 2009 he was named the spokesman for nasar day which took place on May 15th the next day May 16th he and his country music B would perform in the infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway as well as participate as a judge in the second annual Victory challenge before the 25th running of the Nascar Sprint All-Star Race writing in 2015 CER co-authored the Explorer Guild a passage to Shambhala a hybrid Adventure novel and graphic novel with John bear researcher Steven C mayor and illustrator Rick Ross 68 clner has a chapter giving advice and Tim Ferris book tools of Titans No Way Out is a 1987 American neon Noir one action thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Kevin Cosner Jean Hackman Will Patton and Sean Young Howard Duff George dza Jason Bernard Fred Thompson and Iman appear in supporting roles the film is based on the 1946 novel The Big Clock by Kenneth fearing previously filmed as the Big Clock 1948 and police python 35 57 1976 in a house near the Pentagon Lieutenant Commander Tom frell of the Office of Naval intelligence is under interrogation asked how he came to meet Secretary of Defense David Bryce 6 months earlier frell is invited to an Inaugural Ball by his college buddy Scott Pritchard who introduces him to his boss secretary Bryce frell meets Susan Atwell and they begin an affair just before he ships out for the Philippines after Pharaoh risks his life to save a ship made at Sea Bryce hires him to act as his eyes and ears within the CIA returning to Washington DC for his new post phell reunites with his old landlord and his friend Sam hesselman who works in the pentagon's new computer center Atwell and frell's Affair continues even after she reveals she is also Bryce's mistress after they return from a romantic weekend Bryce visits unexpectedly forcing frell to slip away suspicious that Atwell has another lover and enraged Bryce accidentally pushes her over and upstairs railing to her death he goes to Pritchard who removes all evidence of Bryce from atwell's apartment and discovers an indiscernable negative of a photograph she took of pharaoh Pritchard suggests that atwell's other lover could be conflated with a long rumored KGB Sleeper Agent code named Yuri who could be implicated in her death and killed by pritchard's operatives clearing Bryce from suspicion Army sit officers search atwell's apartment and Pritchard plants the photo negative among the evidence which hlan attempts to have enhanced by computer a process that may take days realizing that Bryce killed Atwell and Pritchard is covering up the evidence frell assists the bogus investigation aware that the physical evidence makes himself the prime suspect he and prited question atwell's friend nah who pretends not to recognize farral but reveals that she knew Atwell was seeing Bryce Pritchard sends two assassins to eliminate her but frell intervenes and warns nah searching for real evidence to implicate Bryce frell investigates a jewel box from Morocco that Bryce gave Atwell as foreign gifts must be registered with the state department frell has hesselman raid the computerized registry he later convinces hesselman to delay the photo enhancement by confiding to him that he is the person in the photo that he was in love with Atwell and that Bryce killed her credit card statements lead the Sid to two witnesses who can identify atwell's mystery lover one of them spots Ferell at a distance confirming to the investigators that Yuri is inside the Pentagon and a room by room search begins frell informs hesselman of Bryce's guilt in the incriminating gift and eludes the search by climbing into a ceiling vent concern hesselman tells Pritchard of frell's suspicions and his relationship with Atwell and Pritchard shoots him dead pursued by pritchard's assassins Pharaoh reaches Bryce's office and conf conf fronts him with a print out of the gift registry Pritchard prepares to implicate frell as Yuri for atwell's and hesselman deaths but Bry improvises a different story to by feral silence that Pritchard who is infatuated with Bryce killed Atwell out of jealousy devastated and betrayed Pritchard shoots himself and Bryce tells the investigators that Pritchard is Yuri concluding the search frell sends the print out to the director of the CIA Bryce's political rival and leaves the finished photograph reveals him as atwell's lover sitting at atwell's grave frell is picked up by a pair of operatives and interrogated at the house he is confronted by his landlord revealed to be his Handler they are all Soviet agents and frell actually is Yuri a deep cover spy raised as an American from a young age to serve as a highlevel mole having fulfilled his mission frell is warned to return to the Soviet Union but he refuses revealing that he genuinely loves suan Atwell and has finished being a spy his Handler allows him to depart believing he will eventually return and Ferell drives away to an uncertain fate the screenplay is based on Kenneth fearing's 1946 novel The Big Clock filing the exteriors were shot on location in Baltimore Annapolis Arlington Washington DC and Auckland New Zealand between April and June 1986 the film is dedicated to the memory of its Direct dor of Photography John Alcott who died after principal photography had wrapped in July 1986 over a year prior to the film's eventual release music the film features original music by Academy award-winning composer Morris jar the title song No Way Out was performed by Paul Anka the film debuted at number two at the US box office after Stakeout with $4.3 million three the film's budget was an estimated $15 million its totalist gross was $35.5 Million for critical response on Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 48 reviews with an average rating of seven 410 the website's critics consensus States Roger Donaldson's modern spin on the dents stylish suspense films of the 1940s features fine work from Jean Hackman and Shawn young as well as the career making performance that made Kevin cner a star five on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 18 critics indicating generally favorable reviews six audiences pulled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A plus to f scale seven Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars calling it truly labyrinthine and ingenious 8 Richard skle of time wrote viewers who arrive at the movie 5 minutes late and leave 5 minutes early will avoid the setup and payoff for the Preposterous twist that spoils this Lively intelligent remake of 1948's The Big Clock n to son Thompson of the Washington Post wrote the film makes such good use of Washington and builds suspense so well that it transcends a plot bordering on ridiculous Kevin Michael Cosner born January 18th 1955 is an American actor and filmmaker he has received various accolades including two Academy Awards three Golden Globe Awards and a prime time Emmy Award Cosa Rose to prominent starring in such films as The Untouchables 1987 Bull Durham 1988 Field of Dreams 1989 JFK 1991 Robin Hood prince of Thieves 1991 The Bodyguard 1992 a perfect world 1993 and Wyatt her 1994 during this time he directed and stared in the western epic Dances with Wolves 1990 for which he won two Academy Awards best picture and Best Director he then starred in and co-produced Waterworld 1995 and directed The Postman 1997 and open range 2003 one Costner's other notable films include Silverado 1985 No Way Out 1987 Tin Cup 1996 Message in a Bottle 1999 for Love of the Game 1999 13 days 2000 Mr Brooks 27 Swing Vote 2008 The Company Men 2010 3 Days to Kill 2014 draft day 2014 black or white 2014 McFarland USA 2015 and the high women 2019 Tui has also played supporting Parts in such films as The Upside of Anger 2005 Man of Steel 2013 Jack Ryan shadow Recruit 2014 Hidden figures 2016 Molly's game 2017 and let him go 2020 on television Cosner portrayed devil ant's Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields in McCoy's 2012 winning the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie from 2018 to 2023 he portray John Dutton on the Paramount Network original drama series Yellowstone for which he received a Screen Actor Guild award nomination and a Golden Globe award cner was born on January 18th 1955 3 in Lynwood California and grew up in Compton California four his parents were William and Sharon cner five he is the youngest of three boys the second of whom died at Birth Sharon Ray cner Nate tedric was a welfare worker and William cner was an electrician and a utilities executive six page needed seven Cosner's father's Heritage originates with German immigrants to North Carolina in the 1700s eight better Source needed and Cosner also has English Irish Scottish in Welsh ancestry N9 out of 10 Cosner was raised Baptist when they went earned 12 he was not academically inclined in school but did play sports especially football take piano lessons write poetry and sing in the First Baptist choir 613 he has said that watching the 1962 film How the West Was Won as a child inspired his love for western films 14 Cosner has stated that he spent his teenage years in different parts of California as his father's career progressed he is described this time as a period when he lost a lot of confidence having to make new friends often Cosner lived in Ventura then in velia Cosner attended Mount Whitney High School where he was in the marching band eight better Source needed cner graduated from Villa Park High School in 1973 15 he played baseball at Villa Park and was teammates with Dennis Bert 16 he earned a b from California State University full seu in 1978 when he 78 while at seu he became a brother in the Delta Kai fraternity six Cosner became interested in acting and dancing while in his last year of college eight better Source needed in 1978 while on an airplane returning from his honeymoon in Puerto Valera Cosner had a chance encounter with actor Richard Burton at that time Cosner was uncertain about whether he should become an actor and he approached Burton to ask his advice Cosner has said that Burton encouraged him to pursue acting 19 Cosner has also stated that he asked Burton whether it was possible to be an actor without experiencing turmoil in one's private life according to Cosner Burton replied that he thought it was possible cner credits Burton with inspiring him to become an actor 20 having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive Cosner began taking acting lessons five nights a week with the support of his wife wife his marketing job lasted 30 days he took jobs that allowed him to develop his acting skills by paying his tuition including working on fishing boats as a truck driver and giving tours of movie stars Hollywood homes this work supported the couple while Cosner attended auditions Cosner made his film debut in Sizzle Beach USA 1981 21 filmed in the winter of 1978-79 the film was not released until 1981 and re-released in 1986 the release complications and lack of documentation led many to believe that Cosner's debut was in the touch also known as Stacy's knights in 1983 with Eve Lilith and Andra Millian citation needed Cosner played a minor role as frat boy hash1 in the Ron Howard film night shift 1982 22 he appears at the climax of a frat style blowout party in the New York City morg when the music is suddenly stopped by a frantic Henry Winkler cner can be seen holding a beer and looking surprised at the sudden halt of Celebration citation needed Cosner appeared in a commercial for the Apple Lisa and table for five in 1983 and the same year had a small role in the nuclear Holocaust film Testament later he was cast in The Big Chill and filmed several scenes that were planned as flashbacks but they were removed from the Final Cut A's role was that of Alex the friend who committed suicide the event that brings the of the cast together cner was a friend of director Lawrence Casten who promised the actor a role in a future project eight that became Silverado 1985 and a breakout role for cner eight he also starred that year in the smaller films Fandango and American flyers and appeared alongside Kefir southernland in an hour-long special episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories 1987 1994 stardom and a claim Elliot nness pictured was portrayed by Cosner in The Untouchables 1987 Cosner achieved movie star status in 1987 when he starred his federal agent Elliot Ness in The Untouchables and in the leading role of the Thriller No Way Out a he solidified his aist status in the