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Ranking Our Favorite Ten ‘Yellowstone’ Characters

The Paramount TV show Yellowstone is currently filming its fifth season and has been a fan favorite since day one. The show, starring Kevin Costner, sparked a prequel 1883, which…

Ranking Our Favorite Ten 'Yellowstone' Characters
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The Paramount TV show Yellowstone is currently filming its fifth season and has been a fan favorite since day one.

The show, starring Kevin Costner, sparked a prequel 1883, which stars country music royalty Tim McGraw and Faith Hil. But Yellowstone features a constant soundtrack of country music featuring songs from McGraw, Chris Stapleton, and many more. Not to mention the poster of Miranda Lambert that hangs on the door of the "bunk house" at Yellowstone, where so many great scenes and story plots take place.

Watching the show, it's easy to fall in love with many of the characters, and it's also easy to hate some of them for their dirty deeds.

We rank our favorite Top 10 characters of what is being called the best cowboy soap opera to hit television since Dallas first premiered in the early 1980s.

10 – Beth Dutton, played by Kelly Reilly

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Kelly Reilly attends the Premiere Party For Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)


9 – Jamie Dutton, played by Wes Bentley

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Wes Bentley attends the Premiere Party For Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)


8 - Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater, played by Gil Birmingham

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Gil Birmingham attends Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 Premiere Party at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Paramount Network)


7 – Monica Long Dutton, played by Kelsey Asbille

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Kelsey Asbille attends the Premiere Party For Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)


6 – Tate Dutton, played by Brecken Merrill

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Brecken Merrill attends Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 Premiere Party at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Paramount Network)


5 – Walker, played by Ryan Bingham

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Ryan Bingham attends Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 Premiere Party at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Paramount Network)


4 – Jimmy Hurdstrom, played by Jefferson White

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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 27: Jefferson White attends the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Barker Hangar on February 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)


3 – Rip Wheeler, played by Cole Hauser

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 30: Cole Hauser attends the Premiere Party For Paramount Network's "Yellowstone" Season 2 at Lombardi House on May 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)


2 – John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: Kevin Costner arrives at the Paramount+ UK launch at Outernet London on June 20, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images for Paramount+)


1 – Casey Dutton, played by Luke Grimes

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 07: Luke Grimes attends the 57th Academy of Country Music Awards at Allegiant Stadium on March 07, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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