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 Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. His debut as the strict Chip Diller in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) almost seems like an inside joke, but he managed to escape almost unnoticed from that role. Diner (1982) became the turning point after a couple of television series and a number of less-than-memorable movie roles. In a cast of soon-to-be stars, he more than held his end up, and we saw a glimpse of the real lunatic image of The Bacon. He also starred in Footloose (1984), She's Having a Baby (1988), Tremors (1990) with Fred Ward, Flatliners (1990), and Apollo 13 (1995).Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick, with whom he has 2 children.
Bio:
Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. His debut as the strict Chip Diller in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) almost seems like an inside joke, but he managed to escape almost unnoticed from that role. Diner (1982) became the turning point after a couple of television series and a number of less-than-memorable movie roles. In a cast of soon-to-be stars, he more than held his end up, and we saw a glimpse of the real lunatic image of The Bacon. He also starred in Footloose (1984), She's Having a Baby (1988), Tremors (1990) with Fred Ward, Flatliners (1990), and Apollo 13 (1995).Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick, with whom he has 2 children.
Tivia:
Was on the genealogy show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) with wife Kyra Sedgwick. She was scared to find out if they were related. When doing the part where Gates introduced her to some cousins she never knew the first one to pop up was Kevin. They are ninth cousins.Distant cousin of Robert Redford, through their connection to Bacons in the 1500s, and Valerie Bertinelli, through their common descent from Claypools in England.Is part of The Bacon Brothers, with his older brother Michael Bacon. The band has released three albums: "Forosoco" (1997), "Getting There" (1999) and "Can't Complain" (2001).Has never lived in Hollywood or Los Angeles, except when working.Lost an undisclosed amount of money in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Without revealing the sum, he has stated in interviews that it was most of his life savings.He is always surprised that, for a guy from Philadelphia who has lived most of his life in New York City, he keeps landing roles where he plays Bostonian characters in productions such as, Mystic River (2003), Black Mass (2015), Patriots Day (2016), City on a Hill (2019), etc.Daughter,Sosie Bacon (b. 3/15/1992) with wife Kyra Sedgwick.Played the real-life head of the FBI's Boston, MA, field office in Black Mass (2015) and Patriots Day (2016).Inspired a game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", whereby people have to link any given actor to him by no more than six steps. For instance, to do Fred MacMurray, you could observe that MacMurray worked with Lee Marvin in The Caine Mutiny (1954), which is one step; and Marvin worked with Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou (1965), which is two steps; and Fonda worked with Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome (1979), which is three steps; and Lemmon worked with Bacon in JFK (1991), which completes the link in four steps. Harder versions of the game exist, limiting the player to five, four or even three steps. The original version of this game existed for numerous years and the pivot-person was then Paul Erd?s, a mathematician (one's Erd?s number measures the number of people a scientist is away from having authored a paper with Dr. Erd?s). A very few people, mostly scientists who have appeared in documentaries (such as Carl Sagan), or actors who have also co-authored scientific papers (such as Danica McKellar and Natalie Portman), have both Erd?s AND Bacon numbers.Met wife Kyra Sedgwick on the set of Lemon Sky (1988).Has a vacation farmhouse in Litchfield Hills, CT.His father, Edmund Bacon, a famous Philadelphia city planner, was featured on the 11/6/964 cover of "Time" magazine. His mother was Ruth (Holmes) Bacon, a teacher and liberal political activist.As of 2014, has appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Mystic River (2003) and Frost/Nixon (2008).Was the first choice for the Charlie Sheen part in Being John Malkovich (1999).His father was a seventh cousin of President Richard Nixon.In Quicksilver (1986) and A Few Good Men (1992), his characters are both nicknamed "Smiling Jack".Has resided in New York City since he was 17.Son Travis Bacon (b. 6/23/1989) with wife Kyra Sedgwick.Attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts.The family dog, a mutt, is called Paulie.Was the last interviewee of "Parade" magazine's "In Step With..." columnist James Brady, who passed away on 1/26/2009. The interview appeared in the 2/15/2009 edition of the magazine.His line, "I am a Goddamn genius", is quoted in both Hollow Man (2000) and Trapped (2002).Is a fifth cousin of William Thomas Hamill Jr., married to Virginia Suzanne Johnson, the parents of Mark Hamill.He is of English, and smaller amounts of German and Irish, ancestry.Attended the prestigious Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia with his brother, Michael.Has worked with four directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, and Clint Eastwood.Played a character named "Jack" in six movies.In 1995) he was chosen by "Empire" magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#61).During his early years as an actor in New York he drew initial acclaim co-starring with Keith Gordon in the off-Broadway play "Album" at the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre.He sang with brother Michael Bacon (who played guitar) in New York in a small club/coffee shop.In preparation for his role in Telling Lies in America (1997), he "hung out" in the radio studio with and based his on-air banter on his friend Jerry Blavat, the celebrated oldies DJ from Philadelphia and an inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; aka the "Geator with the Heater".American-born Canadian actor Philip Nozuka, George Nozuka and Justin Nozuka, are his nephews through his wife, Kyra Sedgwick's side of the family.Both he and wife Kyra Sedgwick have starred in historical movies set in, and primarily filmed in and around, Baltimore, MD. He starred in Diner (1982) and she starred in Something the Lord Made (2004).Brother-in-law of Robert Sedgwick and Betsy Bacon.Girard Swan worked as his stand-in on the Ron Howard film Frost/Nixon (2008).Uncle of Neal Bacon.Kevin was a singer in the group The Bacon Brothers. |
| Name: |
Kevin Bacon |
Type: |
Actor,Producer,Director (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
| Category: |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Producer,Director |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Producer,Director |
| Model rank: |
60 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 02:57:07 |
| Height: |
5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Biography: |
Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.Kevin\'s early tr |
| Trivia: |
Was on the genealogy show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) with wife Kyra Sedgwick. She was scared to find out if they were related. When doing the part where Gates introduced her to some cousins she never knew the first one to pop up was Kevin. They are ninth cousins.Distant cousin of Robert Redford, through their connection to Bacons in the 1500s, and Valerie Bertinelli, through their common descent from Claypools in England.Is part of The Bacon Brothers, with his older brother Michael Bacon. The band has released three albums: "Forosoco" (1997), "Getting There" (1999) and "Can't Complain" (2001).Has never lived in Hollywood or Los Angeles, except when working.Lost an undisclosed amount of money in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Without revealing the sum, he has stated in interviews that it was most of his life savings.He is always surprised that, for a guy from Philadelphia who has lived most of his life in New York City, he keeps landing roles where he plays Bostonian characters in productions such as, Mystic River (2003), Black Mass (2015), Patriots Day (2016), City on a Hill (2019), etc.Daughter,Sosie Bacon (b. 3/15/1992) with wife Kyra Sedgwick.Played the real-life head of the FBI's Boston, MA, field office in Black Mass (2015) and Patriots Day (2016).Inspired a game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", whereby people have to link any given actor to him by no more than six steps. For instance, to do Fred MacMurray, you could observe that MacMurray worked with Lee Marvin in The Caine Mutiny (1954), which is one step; and Marvin worked with Jane Fonda in Cat Ballou (1965), which is two steps; and Fonda worked with Jack Lemmon in The China Syndrome (1979), which is three steps; and Lemmon worked with Bacon in JFK (1991), which completes the link in four steps. Harder versions of the game exist, limiting the player to five, four or even three steps. The original version of this game existed for numerous years and the pivot-person was then Paul Erd?s, a mathematician (one's Erd?s number measures the number of people a scientist is away from having authored a paper with Dr. Erd?s). A very few people, mostly scientists who have appeared in documentaries (such as Carl Sagan), or actors who have also co-authored scientific papers (such as Danica McKellar and Natalie Portman), have both Erd?s AND Bacon numbers.Met wife Kyra Sedgwick on the set of Lemon Sky (1988).Has a vacation farmhouse in Litchfield Hills, CT.His father, Edmund Bacon, a famous Philadelphia city planner, was featured on the 11/6/964 cover of "Time" magazine. His mother was Ruth (Holmes) Bacon, a teacher and liberal political activist.As of 2014, has appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Mystic River (2003) and Frost/Nixon (2008).Was the first choice for the Charlie Sheen part in Being John Malkovich (1999).His father was a seventh cousin of President Richard Nixon.In Quicksilver (1986) and A Few Good Men (1992), his characters are both nicknamed "Smiling Jack".Has resided in New York City since he was 17.Son Travis Bacon (b. 6/23/1989) with wife Kyra Sedgwick.Attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts.The family dog, a mutt, is called Paulie.Was the last interviewee of "Parade" magazine's "In Step With..." columnist James Brady, who passed away on 1/26/2009. The interview appeared in the 2/15/2009 edition of the magazine.His line, "I am a Goddamn genius", is quoted in both Hollow Man (2000) and Trapped (2002).Is a fifth cousin of William Thomas Hamill Jr., married to Virginia Suzanne Johnson, the parents of Mark Hamill.He is of English, and smaller amounts of German and Irish, ancestry.Attended the prestigious Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia with his brother, Michael.Has worked with four directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, and Clint Eastwood.Played a character named "Jack" in six movies.In 1995) he was chosen by "Empire" magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#61).During his early years as an actor in New York he drew initial acclaim co-starring with Keith Gordon in the off-Broadway play "Album" at the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre.He sang with brother Michael Bacon (who played guitar) in New York in a small club/coffee shop.In preparation for his role in Telling Lies in America (1997), he "hung out" in the radio studio with and based his on-air banter on his friend Jerry Blavat, the celebrated oldies DJ from Philadelphia and an inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; aka the "Geator with the Heater".American-born Canadian actor Philip Nozuka, George Nozuka and Justin Nozuka, are his nephews through his wife, Kyra Sedgwick's side of the family.Both he and wife Kyra Sedgwick have starred in historical movies set in, and primarily filmed in and around, Baltimore, MD. He starred in Diner (1982) and she starred in Something the Lord Made (2004).Brother-in-law of Robert Sedgwick and Betsy Bacon.Girard Swan worked as his stand-in on the Ron Howard film Frost/Nixon (2008).Uncle of Neal Bacon.Kevin was a singer in the group The Bacon Brothers. |
| Trademarks: |
Deep resonant voice
Frequently plays anti-heroic protagonists
Often plays depraved and sadistic villains
Often plays supporting characters who have significant impact on leading characters
Often appears in large ensemble pieces, leading to the ease of many "six degrees" games |
| Quotes: |
There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.
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I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.
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[about his preference for being nude when at home] There's something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levis and we're all the same. But not when the nanny is around. But I will with my wife and kids.
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[on his wife, Kyra Sedgwick] Kyra is a woman who made all the wrong choices when it comes to being an actress. She got married too young, had a kid and then had another kid.
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[on L.A.] That's where the industry is. There is a tremendous amount of business you can do just by walking through restaurants and just being there. |
| Salaries: |
Sleepers (1996) - $2,500,000
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A Few Good Men (1992) - $650,000 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
(4/1/2007) Photo book: "Degrees," for which he wrote the foreword and appeared on the cover; published by Dewi Lewis Media (ISBN 0954684362), also with text by Alan Bates (written just two weeks before his death) and Pierce Brosnan.
(1998) CD ( |
| Spouse: |
Kyra Sedgwick (September 4, 1988 - present) (2 children) |
| Children: |
Travis BaconSosie Bacon |
| Parents: |
Ruth Hilda Bacon (Holmes)
Edmund Bacon |
| Relatives: |
Michael Bacon (Sibling)
Neal Bacon (Niece or Nephew) |
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