 He received some of his best reviews for his supporting role as retired professional baseball player Denny Davies in "The Upside of Anger", for which he received a nomination from the Broadcast Film Critics Association and won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor.After that, Costner starred in "The Guardian" and in "Mr. Brooks", in which he portrayed a serial killer.In 2008, his Tig Productions company closed and was changed to Tree House Films.