Kevin Costner’s Achievements Through the Years: Divorces, More

Take the good with the bad. Kevin Costner has won critical acclaim as an actor and director, but has faced his fair share of personal hardships.

During a July 1995 interview with the Seattle Timesthe Postman star opened up about his 1994 divorce from Cindy Silva after 16 years of marriage. At the time, his film Water world – which he co-produced and starred in – had just hit theaters and failed to recoup its huge budget.

“This is the hardest year of my life. I am no longer with Cindy, my partner since childhood,” Costner told the outlet at the time. “And I was working on this very difficult picture. A series of events conspired to happen at the same time. I know it hurt some people that I failed in my marriage. And the marriage was my own failure.”

The California native and Silva exchanged vows in 1978 and welcomed three children during their marriage: daughters Annie and Lily, born in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and son Joe, born in 1988. Costner reflected on the dangers of divorce during an interview in May 2012 with The Hollywood Reporter.

“My faith was shaken,” he admitted. “No one wants their marriage to end, and it did. You are only going to see the people you love most, your children half as much. That’s a huge loss.”

After the split, the Field of Dreams the actor moved on with Bridget Rooney. Although their relationship was short, they welcomed a son, Liam, in 1996. Costner married Christine Baumgartner in 2004. They both went on to welcome to three children together: daughter Grace, born in 2010, and sons ​​​​Cayden and Hayes, born in 2007 and 2014, respectively.

Baumgartner by the The dragonfly star side for a number of career successes, including his 2012 Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Hatfields and McCoys) and its 2023 Golden Globe wins for Best Actor — Television Series Drama (Yellowstone).

After almost 19 years of marriage, however, the previous model file for divorce in May 2023, citing “irreconcilable differences.” Costner’s representative suggested in a statement that TMZ at the time that the director was not happy with his estranged wife’s decision.

“It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have come to light which have resulted in Mr Costner having to participate in the dissolution of marriage proceedings,” the statement read. “We ask that his, Christine’s and their children’s privacy be respected as they navigate this difficult time.”

The Thirteen Days the actor previously admitted that his fears of being a divorced father again almost stopped him from marrying Baumgartner.

“Finally, there came a moment where maybe this not going on,” he recalled Additional in July 2020. “As I thought to myself, I could be divorced againbut what I couldn’t be is to divorce again with children. That crushed me. I had to kind of face life and go, ‘Are you going to lose life, are you going to lose love because you’re afraid?’ And finally the answer came back, ‘I’m not going to lose her because I’m going to be scared.'”

Keep scrolling for a look at Costner’s ups and downs over the years: