The Life of All-American Actor Kevin Costner

After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Costner’s oil-water separation technology received major attention through Ocean Therapy Solutions. The company had developed machines designed to separate oil from water, and BP eventually ordered devices connected to the technology during the cleanup effort.

It was one of the strangest business chapters of his career because it had nothing to do with acting, Westerns, or baseball films. Suddenly, Costner was in the news for environmental technology, proving his offscreen interests could become as unexpected as some of his movie choices.