The Cast of ‘Yellowstone’: Everything to Know

The allure of Yellowstone — outside of cowboying, gun fights and extreme use of profanity — is the complex characters.

From their former roles to their Yellowstone casting stories, here’s everything to know about the cast of this modern-day western TV series.

Kevin Costner as John Dutton

Kevin Costner, 68, was a household namelong before he took on the role of John Dutton. The two-time Oscar and Golden Globe winner has been acting for more than 40 years — and is well known for his work in Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard, Hidden Figures and The Highwaymen.

“I love working in this genre,” he shared. “There’s a musical dance that I feel when I do a western. My draw to it isn’t the gunfight, my draw is how people talk to each other and the type of characters.”

When he’s not riding horses around Montana, Costner told PEOPLE that his life revolves around his wife, Christine Baumgartner, and his seven children.

“When I’m not making a movie, I’m living and on the freeway with my wife, getting the kids to their stuff or I’m waiting for them to come out of a party. I’m just twiddling my thumbs,” he said.

The actor shares three adult children — Annie, Lily and Joe — with his ex-wife Cindy Silva, and son Liam with former partner Bridget Rooney. Costner married Baumgartner in September 2004, and they welcomed three children: Cayden Wyatt, Logan Hayes and Grace Avery.

Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton

You might recognize Luke Grimes, 39, from Brothers & Sisters, in which he played the illegitimate son, Ryan Lafferty. He also held the role of Christian Grey’s older brother in the Fifty Shades of Grey film trilogy.

Today, he’s best known for his part in Yellowstone as John Dutton’s favorite son, Kayce. Grimes didn’t personally know Costner before joining the cast — but the pair met briefly when the actor was just 17 years old.

“[Kevin Costner] was my first-ever celebrity sighting,” he told Jimmy Kimmel. “The first time I came to L.A., I was walking down Sunset and he gets out of a car. My mom shortcircuited. She lost her mind. It was the first time I saw the power of Kevin Costner.”

Grimes fell in love with Montana while filming Yellowstone. He now lives there full-time with his wife, Bianca Rodrigues.

Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton

It’s hard to believe that Kelly Reilly, 46, isn’t from the American West by the way she masterfully plays the tough-as-nails Beth Dutton.

“People call me Beth. They’ll come up to me wanting to high-five or start a fight. It’s really interesting how people believe that you’re your character,” the English actress told Entertainment Tonight.

Reilly admits that she didn’t share the same confidence that Taylor Sheridan had in her ability to play the crude and incredibly witty character.

Before Yellowstone, Reilly played a role on the opposite end of the character spectrum — a kind, God-fearing mother in the film Heaven is for Real. Her other acting credits include Pride & Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes and Flight.

Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton

Wes Bentley, 45, has been in many major movies, including American Beauty, The Hunger Games and Interstellar. His role in American Horror Story: Hotel, where he played detective John Lowe, arguably put him on the map for TV viewers.

In December 2022, Bentley appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about the character everybody loves to hate on Yellowstone, Jamie Dutton.

Bentley shared that his grandfather, a retired evangelical minister, refuses to watch the show.

Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler

Everybody loves Rip — but Cole Hauser, 48, has been a Hollywood hottie for decades. Remove the cowboy hat and shave the beard, and you’ll recognize him as Billy from Good Will Hunting and Carter Verone from 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Taylor Sheridan always had Hauser in mind when he imagined who would play Rip Wheeler.

In November 2023, Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch sued Hauser’s coffee company, Free Rein, for “trademark infringement, unfair competition and false advertising.” The lawsuit notes that both companies use branding marks with two overlapping letters.

Kelsey Asbille as Monica Dutton

Kelsey Asbille, 32, sheds light on the trials and tribulations of the Native American population in the West as Yellowstone‘s Monica Dutton.

“I think what Taylor Sheridan does so beautifully is he puts two groups of people in conversation with each other to talk about issues, especially Native issues, that matter,” she said during an interview on CBS Mornings with her on-screen husband, Luke Grimes.

Asbille first worked with Sheridan on Wind River, a film that premiered in 2017.

Taylor Sheridan as Travis

Nearly 30 years ago, Taylor Sheridan, 53, kicked off his Hollywood career as an actor. He made appearances in hit TV shows, including Walker, Texas Ranger, Veronica Mars and Sons of Anarchy. Frustrated that he hadn’t landed a lead role, he tried his hand at scriptwriting.

“An interesting thing about Hollywood is, if you let, it will tell you exactly what you’re supposed to be doing. The best I was ever going to be was 10th on the call sheet,” he said during his CBS Sunday Morning interview. “The first thing that I wrote was Mayor of Kingston. When I was done, I said, ‘Man, I wish I had done this 15 years ago.”

Sheridan can write so accurately about the Western lifestyle because he lives and breathes it. As a horseman and ranch owner, he can ride and rope with the best of them.

Ryan Bingham as Walker

A Grammy-winning musician, Ryan Bingham, 43, didn’t have much acting experience prior to joining the cast of Yellowstone. He plays an ex-felon who gets a second chance working as a ranch hand at the Dutton family ranch. Bingham has been on the show since season 1 but became a series regular in season 4.

Bingham and costar Hassie Harrison got married on October 7, 2023, six months after taking their relationship public that spring. The couple, who met on the set of Yellowstone, didn’t share their wedding news until May 2024, when photos from the nuptials were published by Vogue.

Hassie Harrison as Laramie

Hassie Harrison, 34, made her Yellowstone debut during season 3, playing Laramie, a ranch hand on the Dutton ranch and a barrel racer who begins a relationship with Walker. Fittingly, she and the actor who plays Walker, Ryan Bingham, are now married after having debuted their relationship in April 2023.

Outside of the Yellowstone world, Harrison has appeared in several TV shows and movies, including The Iron Orchard, The Astronaut Wives Club and Hart of Dixie.