Cowboy cool! Yellowstone has taken TV by storm since its 2018 debut on Paramount, however a lot of its stars aren’t new to the appearing world.
The present’s main man, Kevin Costner, who performs Montana ranch proprietor John Dutton, isn’t the solely actor on the sequence with plenty of expertise. Luke Grimes, who performs John’s youngest son Kayce Dutton, for instance, obtained his actual begin on TV with a component on Brothers & Sisters in 2009.
The function of Kayce, nonetheless, is in contrast to every other for Grimes, who hails from the Midwest.
“When you’re a little boy and you want to be an actor, what are some things you want to play? A cowboy, a soldier,” Grimes informed Entertainment Tonight in January 2022. “It’s kind of all of the dream roles wrapped into one. He’s just an emotionally complex guy but also a badass. It’s all good stuff.”
Costner, for his half, gushed over the writing behind Yellowstone, crediting the relatability to the motive the drama turned one in every of the most-watched cable sequence in 2021.
“I think [cocreator] Taylor [Sheridan] has written dialogue that sometimes we wish would come out of our mouth. … There’s that great dialogue,” the Field of Dreams star informed E! News at the SAG Awards in February 2022. “Then if you take that idea of that dialogue singing that way, and you put it against mountains and rivers and horses running, there’s an appeal that has caught people’s attention at least.”
The cast, which was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the SAGs, didn’t win, nevertheless it was nonetheless an enormous accomplishment for the showrunners, and all concerned.
“There’s no bigger compliment to an actor than being recognized by their peers,” Sheridan mentioned in a press release forward of the 2022 awards present, noting it was the first SAGs nod his crew obtained after 4 seasons on the air. “Congratulations to our incredibly talented cast on this wonderful and well-deserved nomination.”
The Paramount present follows the dealings of the Dutton household, who personal the largest ranch in Montana. The cast additionally consists of Kelly Reilly as John Dutton’s daughter, Beth, and Wes Bentley as his different son, Jamie. Gil Birmingham, Danny Huston, Cole Hauser and Kelsey Asbille spherical out the ensemble.
Scroll right down to see which Yellowstone stars had large careers earlier than changing into part of the sequence — and which actors are nonetheless comparatively new.
