Kevin Costner spoke candidly about his Christian faith after narrating the ABC TV special Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas. In an interview with Deseret News, published on Monday, December 8, Costner, 70, said it was "appropriate" that he served as the two-hour TV special's narrator given his devout faith. "I've been a part of all kinds of stories, but to be able to narrate the birth of Christ, it seemed appropriate to me, given my history with the church," Costner said. "I was raised in a church. I haven't probably proclaimed that to the world, but anybody who knows me, knows that.