![]() ![]() ![]() Costner will appear in the final six episodes of the acclaimed Paramount+ show that is set to conclude earlier than it would have initially liked to as a result of Costner's surprising departure. ![]() Kevin Costner's highly-anticipated new Western movie Horizon: An American Saga appears to take great influence from the wildly popular series Yellowstone. Costner's decision to leave Yellowstone shows his confidence in creating a successful and high-quality Western franchise with Horizon, potentially surpassing his previous achievements. Horizon, a four-movie franchise directed by Costner, will explore several eras of the American West, similar to the Yellowstone universe. He is divorced and has two children.Kevin Costner's departure from Yellowstone is due to behind-the-scenes issues and his focus on his passion project, Horizon: An American Saga. Back in "bad guy" form, Russo offered manly malice and menace in such low-budget indies as Pendulum (2001), Kings of the Evening (2008), The House Next Door (2002), The Hit (2007), Dark World (2008), Django Unchained (2012), Samuel Bleak (2013) and Badland (2019). On stage, James has to his credit, powerful roles in "Welcome to Andromeda," "Deathwatch" and "Marat/Sade." On TV he appeared as a guest on such crime series as "The Equalizer," "Miami Vice," "Crime Story," "Gabriel's Fire" and "Dellaventura." His looks hardening into the millennium, the veteran "bad guy" offered a penetrating cameo as Frank Sinatra in Stealing Sinatra (2003) and Rocky Graziano in The Bronx Bull (2016), plus rare-anti-hero parts in The Box (2003), which he also wrote, and Dreams and Shadows (2009). Russo appeared opposite Johnny Depp in Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (1999). Other potent roles in films include We're No Angels (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), Illicit Behavior (1992), Da Vinci's War (1993), Condition Red (1995), Kevin Costner's The Postman (1997), No Way Home (1996), Donnie Brasco (1997) and Open Range (2003). One only needs to be reminded of his sadistic sexual animal role in "Extremities" on stage (in which he won a 1983 Theatre World) and in the film version Extremities (1986) (in which he terrorized poor Farrah Fawcett), to recall how chillingly effective he could be. Surprisingly, Russo is not a name or commodity, yet an intense and dependable "tough guy" performer he has proven to be. Possessed with a stare that could easily bring shivers down one's back, Russo would become an accessible villain over the years, memorably portraying a number of secondary psychopaths and gangsters, among other urban lowlifes, in such 80's films as Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Cotton Club (1984), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and The Blue Iguana (1988). It helped to give him the lead role in the highly obscure, low-budgeted noir-ish thriller Vortex (1982). His first break came as a convenience store robber in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Making his on-camera debut in the TV movie Chicago Story (1981), James' first film was in the thriller A Stranger Is Watching (1982). He attended New York University where he wrote and starred in a prize-winning short film, "The Candy Store." Developing an interest in acting, he drove a cab and worked as a construction worker and gravedigger while pursuing acting jobs. Raised in Flushing, New York, he graduated from the High School of Art and Design. A Manhattan-born "tough guy" character lead and support, James (Vincent) Russo was born in New York City on April 23, 1953, to an Italian father and German mother. ![]()
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