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Kevin Bacon
Born Kevin Norwood Bacon on July 8, 1958, he is an American actor known for his leading man and character roles, garnering numerous accolades like Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. His notable movies include JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Mystic River (2003), and Frost/Nixon (2008). Aside from film acting, he also received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role on Television as Lt. Col. Michael Strobl in the HBO original film Taking Chance (2009). He ventured into directing with the films Losing Chase (1996) and Loverboy (2005). Beyond acting, Bacon has been associated with the concept of interconnectedness among people, as evidenced by the trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". He also enjoys a musical career, forming a band called The Bacon Brothers with his brother, Michael.
Kevin was born and raised in Philadelphia in a close-knit family, being the youngest of six children. He left home at 17 to pursue a theatre career in New York City. Bacon made his feature film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and performed in Diner (1982) before his breakthrough role in the musical-drama film Footloose (1984). He achieved critical acclaim and commercial success, though faced typecasting in his early career. Bacon continues to work on both 'A' projects and character roles in films and TV series. His impact on Hollywood has been so great that the trivia game titled "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", based on the idea of his prolific career spanning diverse genres, was created signifying any Hollywood actor can be linked to another using their association with Bacon.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Kevin Norwood Bacon
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: July 8, 1958
Occupations: Actor, Director
Years Active: 1977-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Kyra Sedgwick
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Awards and Nominations Received by Kevin Bacon
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Supporting Actor)
The River WildMovies Featuring Kevin Bacon
R.I.P.D.
Frost/Nixon
Apollo 13
The River Wild
The Woodsman
Cop Car
Mystic River
Rails & Ties
Telling Lies in America
Tremors
Where the Truth Lies
My One and Only
Sleepers
Diner
My Dog Skip
The Air I Breathe
X-Men: First Class
Trapped
The Big Picture
Stir of Echoes
Footloose
Flatliners
Wild Things
Hollow Man
The Darkness
They/Them
You Should Have Left
Picture Perfect
Death Sentence
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Space Oddity
She's Having a Baby
One Way
White Water Summer
Quicksilver
Leave the World Behind
Brats
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
MaXXXine
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
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X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Elephant White
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA
Story of a Girl
The Words That Built America
Tour de Pharmacy
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “All in the Family” and “Good Times”
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon’s Words & Music
Forces Of Nature
Cavedweller
Queens Logic
Pyrates
He Said, She Said
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
The Demon Murder Case
The Tender Age
Only When I Laugh
End of the Line
Lemon Sky
Criminal Law
Find Your Groove
Tremors: Making Perfection
The Legend of Burt Gummer
Hero at Large
Mister Roberts
Forty Deuce
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
North Star
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
The Toxic Avenger
Hero at Large
Mister Roberts
Forty Deuce
Balto
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Losing Chase
Animal House: The Inside Story
Digging to China
The Air Up There
Taking Chance
These Vagabond Shoes
Destination Anywhere
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
Beyond All Boundaries
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
The Human Family Tree
The Gift
Murder in the First
Career Timeline
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2022
They/Them
Owen
One Way
Fred Sullivan Sr.
North Star
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Kevin Bacon
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
Self
2020
You Should Have Left
Theo, Stetler
Find Your Groove
Self
Tremors: Making Perfection
Himself
The Legend of Burt Gummer
self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
2019
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “All in the Family” and “Good Times”
Pinky Peterson
2017
Story of a Girl
Michael
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Tour de Pharmacy
Ditmer Klerken
2011
X-Men: First Class
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Elephant White
Jimmy the Brit
2009
My One and Only
Taking Chance
LtCol Mike Strobl
These Vagabond Shoes
Tom
Beyond All Boundaries
Robert Sherrod
The Human Family Tree
Himself - Narrator
2008
Frost/Nixon
The Air I Breathe
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
Kevin Bacon
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