Kevin Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an American film and theater actor.

Kevin started his acting career on the New York stage, had a stint in television soap operas and made a splash in the 1982 ensemble drama Diner.

After that he got a small role in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) that earned Bacon a reputation as a serious actor. Since then he has worked steadily as a versatile character actor and occasional star of dramas and thrillers.

He also starred in Apollo 13 (1995), The River Wild (1995), Hollow Man (2000), Mystic River (2003) and The Woodsman (2005).

Since the mid-1990s he has performed with The Bacon Brothers, a folk-rock group formed with his brother Michael.

Bacon has been married to actress Kyra Sedgwick.

Filmography

• Frost/Nixon (2008)
• Taking Chance (2008)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• Rails & Ties (2007)
• Death Sentence (2007)
• Saving Angelo (2007)
• The Air I Breathe (2007)
• Where the Truth Lies (2005)
• Beauty Shop (2005)
• Loverboy (2005)
• Cavedweller (2004)
• The Woodsman (2004)
• In the Cut (2003)
• Mystic River (2003)
• Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003)
• Trapped (2002)
• Novocaine (2001)
• Hollow Man (2000)
• My Dog Skip (2000)
• Stir of Echoes (1999)
• Wild Things (1998)
• Digging to China (1998)
• Telling Lies in America (1997)
• Destination Anywhere (1997)
• Picture Perfect (1997)
• Sleepers (1996)
• Balto (1995)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Murder in the First (1995)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 1994)
• The River Wild (1994)
• The Air Up There (1994)
• New York Skyride (1994)
• A Few Good Men (1992)
• JFK (1991)
• He Said, She Said (1991)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1991)
• Queens Logic (1991)
• Pyrates (1991)
• Flatliners (1990)
• Tremors (1990)
• The Big Picture (1989)
• Criminal Law (1988)
• She's Having a Baby (1988)
• Lemon Sky (1988)
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
• End of the Line (1987)
• White Water Summer (1987)
• Quicksilver (1986)
• The Little Sister (1985)
• Mister Roberts (1984)
• Footloose (1984)
• Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
• The Demon Murder Case (1983)
• Forty Deuce (1982)
• Diner (1982)
• Only When I Laugh (1981)
• "The Guiding Light" (1981)
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Hero at Large (1980)
• "Search for Tomorrow" (1980)
• The Gift (1979)
• Starting Over (1979)
• Animal House (1978)

Awards

• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Murder in the First" 1995
• The Actor Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Motion Picture "Apollo 13" 1995
• OBIE Award Performance "Forty Deuce" and "Poor Little Lambs" 1981 - 82