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Background[]
Kevin Bacon ( b. 8 July 1958 ) is an American actor, director, musician, and producer. He has appeared in live action stage theater, television, and cinematic roles; and voice acting performances. He also co-founded a music band, "The Bacon Brothers" with his brother Michael which he performs in.
Bacon is known for his roles as both leading men and smaller character roles. In fact, he is so renowned for his extensive and prolific filmography that it has resulted in a popular meme known as "Bacon's Law" which correlates that "anyone involved in Hollywood can be casually linked to Kevin Bacon".
A movie/tv trivia game, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" even emerged from this concept where players are challenged to create the shortest chain between an actor and Kevin Bacon―the one who creates the shortest link between the pair being the winner. Bacon himself originally disliked this meme and thought it was mocking his career but has since come to enjoy the notoriety by embracing and popularized it.
Bacon is best known for his role as the rebellious teenager Ren McCormick in the 1984 box office smash hit Footloose. The role however resulted in him being typecasted for years and caused him to struggle to shake off this image by taking on radically different roles afterwards. He is well regarded for his performances in Tremors; Apollo 13; Hollow Man; Mystic River; Crazy, Stupid, Love; and The Woodsman.
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- Animal House (1978)
- Starting Over (1979)
- Search for Tomorrow (1979) ? episodes
- The Gift (1979)
- Hero at Large (1980)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Guiding Light (1980-81) 7 episodes
- Only When I Laugh (1981)
- Diner (1982)
- Forty Deuce (1982)
- The Demon Murder Case (1983)
- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1983)
- Footloose (1984)
- Mister Roberts (1984)
- Quicksilver (1986)
- The Little Sister (1986)
- White Water Summer (1987)
- End of the Line (1987)
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
- Lemon Sky (1988)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Criminal Law (1988)
- The Big Picture (1989)
- Tremors (1990)
- Flatliners (1990)
- Queens Logic (1991)
- He Said, She Said (1991)
- Pyrates (1991)
- JFK (1991)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- The Air Up There (1994)
- The River Wild (1994)
- Frasier (1994) 1 episode
- New York Skyride (1994)
- Murder in the First (1995)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Balto (1995)
- Sleepers (1996)
- Picture Perfect (1997)
- Destination Anywhere (1997)
- Digging to China (1997)
- Telling Lies in America (1997)
- Wild Things (1998)
- Stir of Echoes (1999)
- My Dog Skip (2000)
- Hollow Man (2000)
- Novocaine (2001)
- Trapped (2002)
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (2003)
- Mystic River (2003)
- In the Cut (2003)
- The Woodsman (2004)
- Cavedweller (2004)
- Loverboy (2005)
- Beauty Shop (2005)
- Where the Truth Lies (2005)
- The Air I Breathe (2007)
- Death Sentence (2007)
- Rails & Ties (2007)
- Saving Angelo (2007)
- Frost/Nixon (2008)
- Taking Chance (2009)
- My One and Only (2009)
- These Vagabond Shoes (2009)
- Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
- Super (2010)
- Bored to Death (2010) 1 episode
- Elephant White (2011)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
- Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
- Robot Chicken (2011) 1 episode
- Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)
- 8 (2012)
- R.I.P.D. (2013)
- The Presidents' Gatekeepers (2013)
- The Following (2013-15) series regular
- Tough Day (2014)
- Cop Car (2015)
- Black Mass (2015)
- The Darkness (2016)
- I Love Dick (2016)
- Patriots Day (2016)
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
- Story of a Girl (2017)
- You Should Have Left (2020)
- Space Oddity (2022)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special (2022)
- MaXXXine (2024)
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Trivia[]
- After 25 years of marriage; he discovered that he and his wife Kyra Sedgwick are cousins via a detailed genealogy analysis. Distant cousins, that is. They are ninth cousins, once removed.
Quotes[]
- "A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly."
- "I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that."
- "Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life."
- "There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars."
- "I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film."