Top 4 Movies Featuring Kevin Costner’s Favorite Co-Star Revealed!

Kevin Costner, who won two Academy Awards in 1991 for Best Director and Best Picture for “Dances with Wolves,” has featured in numerous films by acclaimed directors such as Clint Eastwood in “A Perfect World,” Brian De Palma in “The Untouchables,” and Oliver Stone in “JFK.” He also starred in popular films like “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “The Bodyguard,” and “Man of Steel.” Recently, Costner has been the lead in the series “Yellowstone,” and he has repeatedly worked with an actor who often portrayed the quintessential Midwestern American everyman, making him the actor who has most frequently appeared in films with him.

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This American actor is named James Gammon, and he collaborated with Kevin Costner several times. Recognizable in the westerns “Silverado” (1985) and “Wyatt Earp” (1994), he also appeared in “Revenge” (1990) and the lesser-known “The New Daughter” (2009), which was his final film. He passed away on July 16, 2010, at the age of 70.

James Gammon started his career with roles in “The Wild Wild West” and other 1960s series such as “Batman,” “The Invaders,” and “Laredo.” A frequent face in small film roles, he could be spotted as a bartender in “Any Which Way You Can” (1980), a redneck in “Natural Born Killers,” in Stephen King’s “Silver Bullet,” a reverend in “Ironweed,” and a sheriff in “The Adventures of Huck Finn.”

However, he had more prominent roles in films like “Major League,” “Wild Bill,” and “Cool Hand Luke.” From 1996 to 2001, he portrayed retired dockworker Nick Bridges in 96 episodes of the crime series “Nash Bridges.” Besides “The New Daughter,” his final roles included appearances in Ed Harris’s “Appaloosa” and Bertrand Tavernier’s “In the Electric Mist” (2009).