International Dairy Deli Bakery Association Announces Kevin Costner to Join IDDBA 2025 Speaker Lineup
Madison, WI — The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) announces that Academy Award-winning director, producer, and actor Kevin Costner will be part of the star-studded IDDBA 2025 speaker lineup.
While working at the famed Raleigh Studios and taking acting classes at night, Kevin Costner’s career in film officially began when he landed a role in the ensemble drama The Big Chill. Although he would not make the final cut in the film, it would set the stage for starring roles in a string of seminal films, the first of which being the coming-of-age comedy, Fandango.
Throughout his career, Costner has varied his choices with comedy, action and drama roles. He has appeared in such popular box-office hits as Silverado, No Way Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Bodyguard and Wyatt Earp.
Costner’s exceptional filmmaking abilities were showcased in Dances with Wolves, which he produced, directed and starred in, and which won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
In addition to appearing in memorable roles in JFK, The Untouchables and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, he re-teamed with his Bull Durham director Ron Shelton for the hit feature Tin Cup.
Costner also starred in Thirteen Days, successfully collaborating again with his No Way Out director Roger Donaldson. His other film credits include For Love of the Game, The War, 3,000 Miles to Graceland, Dragonfly and The Postman, his second directing effort.
Kevin Costner last directed the box office hit and critically acclaimed film Open Range, which he also co-starred in alongside Robert Duvall and Annette Bening.
