Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)
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Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film Footloose (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller JFK (1991), the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), the historical docudrama Apollo 13 (1995), and the mystery drama Mystic River (2003). Bacon is also known for voicing the title character in Balto (1995), and was taking on darker roles, such as that of a sadistic guard in Sleepers (1996), and troubled former child abuser in The Woodsman (2004). He is further known for the hit comedies National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Diner (1982), Tremors (1990) and Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011). His other well-known films are Friday the 13th (1980), Flatliners (1990), The River Wild (1994), Wild Things (1998), Stir of Echoes (1999), Hollow Man (2000), Frost/Nixon (2008), X-Men: First Class (2011), Black Mass (2015) and Patriots Day (2016). He is equally prolific on television, having starred in the Fox drama series The Following (2013–2015). For the HBO original film Taking Chance (2009), Bacon won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, also receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. More recently, Bacon portrayed the title character, and was the series lead, of the Amazon Prime web television series I Love Dick, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

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Kevin Bacon was born on Tuesday, 8 July 1958 in Philadelphia, PA. His full name at birth was Kevin Norwood Bacon. He is best known as an actor. Bacon's country of citizenship (nationality) is American. Kevin attended high school at Kent School. For university, he studied at Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. He is considered to be politically left leaning and is affiliated with the Democratic Party (USA). His religion is listed as Atheist. He is 5' 10½" (179 cm) tall with an athletic build. He has blue eyes and light brown hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $30,000,000 US dollars. Kevin Bacon is 66 years old and his zodiac star sign is Cancer.

You can find people similar to Kevin Bacon by visiting our lists People from the Upper West Side and The Bacon Brothers members.

Full name at birth
Kevin Norwood Bacon
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Claim to fame
Footloose
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Date of birth
8 July 1958
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Philadelphia, PA
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Actor, Director, Singer
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5' 10½" (179 cm)
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Paulie (dog)
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Net worth
$30,000,000 USD
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High school
Kent School
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University
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts
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  • The Schiff Company, Llc
  • Celebrity Talent International
  • Paradigm Talent
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Partner: Kyra Sedgwick (Married) 2 children
Feb 1987-
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
I think there is a puritanical wind that is blowing. I have never seen such a lack of separation between church and state in America, I don't believe in God, but if I did I would say that sex is a Godgiven right. Otherwise it's the end of our species.
  • Is part of The Bacon Brothers, with brother Michael Bacon. The band has released three albums: "Forosoco" (1997), "Getting There" (1999) and "Can't Complain" (2001).
  • Met wife Kyra Sedgwick on the set of Lemon Sky (1988) (TV).
  • Has never lived in Hollywood or Los Angeles.
  • Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#61). [1995]
  • He was the first choice for the Charlie Sheen part in Being John Malkovich (1999).

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