Bob Costas
Biography
Bob Costas is an American sportscaster known for his time at NBC Sports, which he joined in 1980 and where he became a fixture of NFL and NBA studio coverage, baseball play-by-play and the network's prime-time Olympic broadcasts. He grew up in Commack, New York, and got his start in broadcasting while studying at Syracuse University, taking his first professional job at WSYR-TV in Syracuse in 1973. He hosted 12 Olympic Games from 1988 until 2016, called Major League Baseball and NBA games, and fronted Later with Bob Costas from 1988 to 1994. His 29 Emmy Awards include wins in sports, news and entertainment, the only person in television to manage that. He also worked for HBO, TBS and MLB Network, and published Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball in 2000. He appeared as himself in BASEketball (1998) and voiced the car Bob Cutlass in Cars (2006) and Cars 3 (2017).
74years old
Turns 75 on March 22in 161 days
- Born Queens
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Robert Quinlan Costas and Robert Costas
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 24 years1998 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!IMDb rating 7.5
- 2017Cars 3IMDb rating 6.7
- 2017This Was the XFLIMDb rating 7.1
- 2006CarsIMDb rating 7.3
- 1998BASEketballIMDb rating 6.5
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Early training
As a Syracuse University freshman, Costas gained his first radio experience at WAER, a student run station. In the mid-1980s he set up the Robert Costas Scholarship at the Newhouse School, and Mike Tirico was its first recipient in 1987.
Big break
When Don Ohlmeyer hired Costas at NBC in 1980 to run the network's sports division, he told the 28-year-old Costas that he looked like a 14-year-old.
A role that slipped away
Costas refused to host an August 18, 2005 Larry King Live broadcast about missing teenager Natalee Holloway, saying there were no new developments and he was uncomfortable with television's drift toward tabloid stories.
Beyond film
Costas gave the voice of God in Spamalot, the Monty Python musical, at The Muny Repertory in St. Louis in June 2013.
Behind the camera
In his book Fair Ball, Costas suggested that just the three division winners in each league make the postseason, and that the team with the best record get a bye to the League Championship Series.
Bob Costas movies on Netflix
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Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together2 more actors
- Darrell WaltripCars 3 (2017) and Cars (2006)
- Guido QuaroniCars 3 (2017) and Cars (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Two awards and honors.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2012 | Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism | Won | |
| Ford C. Frick Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.