Which actor from the series “Yellowstone” won an Oscar and also a Grammy Award?
Which Yellowstone actor won an Oscar? The most obvious answer is Kevin Costner, actually rewarded in the early 90s with the statuettes for Best Film and Best Director for Dances with Wolves.
Also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for this same film (the only nomination of his career in this category), the latter has however never been rewarded as an actor by the Academy Awards.
But Kevin Costner is not the only actor from the Yellowstone series to have won an Academy Award! Another performer in the program was also awarded an Oscar, but also a Grammy Award.
A country star stars in Yellowstone!
Ryan Bingham is known to Yellowstone fans for his role as Walker, one of the cowboys on the Dutton ranch. A renowned singer/songwriter in the United States, the latter never misses an opportunity to demonstrate his musical talents, and these sequences gave the western series some memorable moments.
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In 2009, his name appears in the credits of the film Crazy Heart. This feature film retracing the life of a fictional country star allowed its lead actor Jeff Bridges to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Although he also made his acting debut in the film, it was for his role as composer that Ryan Bingham also won an Oscar.
The song The Weary Kind, co-written with the legendary T Bone Burnett, was awarded the prize for Best Original Song. Performer of the title which serves as the main theme of the film, Ryan Bingham also won a Grammy Award, as well as a Golden Globe, for this same song.
The song The Weary King performed by Ryan Bingham:
Several music taken from Ryan Bingham’s personal albums were also used in Yellowstone. And in particular the title Wolves (from his latest album, American Love Song), performed in an acoustic version in one of the first seasons of the western series.
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