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Kevin Bacon

Also known as Kevin Norwood Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

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Kevin Bacon is an American actor born in 1958 who has had a long career in film and television. He is widely recognized in popular culture and has become notable enough that his name is associated with the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" concept, a game based on connecting actors through their film roles.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading-man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards. Bacon made his feature film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and appeared in Diner (1982) before his breakthrough role in the musical drama Footloose (1984). Since then,…

Known for

Family Movie — Jack2027
Beach Read2027
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart — Self2026
The Best You Can — Stan Olszewski2025
The Bloody Plumage from Another World — Evil Chicken2025
The Toxic Avenger Unrated — Bob Garbinger, the Villain2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
The Bondsman — Hub Halloran2025
Sirens — Peter Kell2025
MaXXXine — John Labat2024

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Instance of: human
Given name: Kevin
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Spouse: Kyra Sedgwick
Child: Sosie Bacon
Father: Edmund Bacon
Sibling: Michael Bacon
Occupation: film director
Educated at: Albright College
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: atheism
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Genre: folk rock
Official website: www.baconbros.com
Image: Kevin Bacon The Best You Can-55 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Kevin Bacon
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date of birth: 1958-07-08
name in native language: Kevin Norwood Bacon
start of work period: 1978-00-00
birth name: Kevin Norwood Bacon
social media followers: 805926
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades such as a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards.

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). Since then, he has starred in critically acclaimed films such as JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Mystic River (2003), and Frost/Nixon (2008). Other credits include Friday the 13th (1980), Tremors (1990), The River Wild (1994), Balto (1995), The Woodsman (2004), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Patriots Day (2016). Bacon has also directed the films Losing Chase (1996) and Loverboy (2005).

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