---
name: "Bob Costas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-costas"
fi1m_id: "bob-costas"
imdb_id: "nm0182471"
tmdb_id: 160042
wikidata_id: "Q2458861"
roles: []
born: "22 March 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T20:16:15.388556+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Costas

## Identity

Bob Costas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-costas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-costas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0182471
- **TMDB ID:** 160042
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2458861
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Costas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160042

Actor. Born 22 March 1952 in Queens, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 March 1952, Queens, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1992–2017
- **Also known as:** Robert Quinlan Costas
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 91 (1), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $494m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Costas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2458861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160042

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cars 3*](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bob Costas is an American sportscaster and voice actor. He is credited as the voice of Bob Cutlass in the Pixar films *Cars* (2006) and *Cars 3* (2017). He has also provided voice work or appeared as himself in series including *The Simpsons*, *Family Guy*, *Monk* and *Frasier*, and in films such as *Moneyball* (2011) and *BASEketball* (1998).

Costas worked with NBC Sports from 1980 to 2019. He hosted the prime-time coverage of eleven Olympic Games between 1992 and 2016 and received 28 Emmy awards for his broadcasting.

*Sources: imdb.com, behindthevoiceactors.com, pixar.fandom.com, dpcarswiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cars 3* (2017), Fi1m 58, as Bob Cutlass (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Moneyball* (2011), Fi1m 83, as Sports Announcer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, as Bob Costas — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ueck* (2026), Actor
- *Baseball Mensch:  The Marty Lurie Story* (2025), as Narrator
- *The Waiting Game* (2024), Actor
- *Brick by Brick: The Story of Wrigley Field* (2023), Actor
- *Here Today* (2021), as Bob Costas
- *Rulon Gardner Won't Die* (2021), Actor
- *The Sandberg Game* (2020), Actor
- *AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.* (2020), as (archive footage)
- *The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault* (2020), as (archive footage)
- *Generations of the Game* (2018), Actor
- *Cars 3* (2017), as Bob Cutlass (voice) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Brockmire* (2017), series, as Bob Costas
- *The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs* (2015), Actor
- *Iron: The Legacy of Cal Ripken Jr* (2015), Actor
- *Randy Johnson: The Big Picture* (2015), Actor
- *The United States of Football* (2013), Actor
- *Hawk: The Colorful Life of Ken Harrelson* (2013), as Narrator
- *MLB's 20 Greatest Games* (2012), series, Actor
- *Moneyball* (2011), as Sports Announcer (voice) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/moneyball.md)
- *On the Shoulders of Giants* (2011), Actor
- *A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939* (2010), Actor
- *WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology* (2006), as Bob Costas
- *Home Base: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum* (2006), Actor
- *Football Night in America* (2006), series, Actor
- *Cars* (2006), as Bob Cutlass (voice)
- *Coach Carter* (2005), as Bob Costas
- *Forever Loyal: A Salute to the Cubs Fans and Their Field* (2003), as The Narrator
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Bob Costas
- *The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Olympic Highlights* (2002), as Narrator
- *Tony Gwynn - Mr. Padre* (2001), Actor
- *Pootie Tang* (2001), as Bob Costas
- *Major League Baseball: All Century Team* (2000), as Narrator
- *Baby Blues* (2000), series, Actor
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Bob Costas (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *BASEketball* (1998), as Bob Costas
- *Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association* (1997), Actor
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as Bob Costas (voice)
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Bob Costas
- *NewsRadio* (1995), series, as Bob Costas
- *Open Season* (1995), as Bob Costas
- *The Scout* (1994), as Bob Costas
- *The Critic* (1994), series, as Bob Costas (voice)
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Jake (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Bob Costas — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Bob Costas (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Gallery

- ![Bob Costas](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-16abcd1155b2.jpg) Bob Costas — Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Bob_Costas.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-6858cc0859da.jpg) 66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4, 2007 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bob_Costas_%288240866231%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Costas_%288240866231%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-6882abfee8f8.jpg) 66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4, 2007 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Bob_Costas_%288240880327%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Costas_%288240880327%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4th, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-e70bbb278eef.jpg) 66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4th, 2007 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bob_Costas_%288241567776%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Costas_%288241567776%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bob Costas](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-2a0327df0cee.jpg) Bob Costas — Image via TMDB
- ![66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4th, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-11f44cc83fb3.jpg) 66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4th, 2007 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Bob_Costas_%288241572798%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Costas_%288241572798%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/361408/gallery-1c86e0701854.jpg) 66th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 4, 2007 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Bob_Costas_%288241929716%29.jpg/1280px-Bob_Costas_%288241929716%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism 2012: Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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