Kevin Bacon - Biography

Last Editor: romuloibelli				Kevin Bacon Biography -   Name : Kevin Bacon Date of Birth : July 8, 1958 Place of Birth : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Height : 5' 11'' Education : Manning Street Actors Theater in Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. Nationality : American Profession : actor, director, musician, producer Claim to Fame : as Ren MacCormack in Footloose (1984) Sometimes Called : The Bacon Brothers, Kevin Bacon III

Kevin Bacon Trivia -

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#61). [1995] Came down with pneumonia during the filming of _Elizabeth Jane (1998)_ . Dated Tracy Pollan. Attended the prestigious Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia with his brother, Michael. 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. Attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. He was the first choice for the Charlie Sheen part in Being John Malkovich (1999). Kevin's son, Travis, currently plays in the 4-member rock-punk-funk band Idiot Box. Is part of The Bacon Brothers, with brother Michael Bacon. The band has released 3 albums, Forosoco (1997), Getting There (1999) and Can't Complain (2001). Has recently guest starred in the hit comedy series "Will & Grace" (1998), playing himself. Brother of Michael Bacon He sang with his brother, Michael, (who played guitar) in New York in a small club/coffee shop. His father, age 92 (in 2004), is Edmund Bacon, a famous Philadelphia City Planner. His mother was Ruth Bacon, a teacher and liberal political activist. Kevin's son, Travis (b. 1989), currently plays in the 4-member rock-punk-funk band Idiot Box. Daughter, Sosie Ruth Bacon, was born March, 1992. Has never lived in Hollywood, L.A. The family dog, a mutt, is called Paulie. Met wife on the set of Lemon Sky (1988) (TV). Lives in NY with wife Kyra Sedgwick and their 2 kids.

Kevin Bacon Detailed Biography -

Born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1958, Kevin Bacon received his education at The Circle in the Square (where he became the youngest student to appear in a production) and Manning Street Actor's Theater after leaving home at the age of 18. Two years later, Kevin Bacon made his feature debut as the smarmy Chip Diller in director John Landis' beloved frat-house epic Animal House. Following in the next few years with minor roles in such seemingly forgettable films as Hero at Large and Friday the 13th (both 1980), Kevin Bacon would re-create his off-Broadway role of a drug-addicted male prostitute in Forty Deuce the same year that Kevin Bacon made a memorable appearance as the troubled Timothy Fenwick in Barry Levinson's Diner (1982). Though Kevin Bacon had appeared in a few major films and displayed an intriguing range of abilities, it was 1984's Footloose that brought Kevin Bacon his breakthrough role. As the big-city boy crusading against the puritanical constraints against dancing imposed by a well-meaning but overbearing fundamentalist minister, Kevin Bacon became a teen icon -- an image that, though it propelled him to stardom, would prove difficult to shed. Following Footloose's success with a series of curious failures such as Quicksilver (1986) and White Water Summer (1987), it was on the set of Lemon Sky (also 1987) that Kevin Bacon would meet future wife Kyra Sedgwick; the couple exchanged wedding vows the following year. Though Kevin Bacon would appear in a few other failed-but-interesting, audience-pleasing thrillers such as Tremors (1989) and Flatliners (1990) in the following years, it was with his role in conspiracy theorist Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) that Kevin Bacon found his career revived and began to shed his heartthrob image. Narrowly escaping the Brat Pack trappings of his '80s contemporaries, subsequent roles after JFK may not have all scored direct hits at the box office for Bacon, but audiences were now well aware of his talents and thirsted for more. Kevin Bacon would again prove his substantial range in the true story of a brutalized prison inmate opposite Gary Oldman in 1995's Murder in the First. His performance as the disillusioned and broken prisoner, accentuated by his famished and frail skeletal figure, was followed by an equally challenging reality-based role as a member of the troubled Apollo 13 (1995) lunar mission team in director Ron Howard's widely praised film. Rarely can it be said that an actor is so recognized and of such prominence that a game can be played by connecting him to just about any other celebrity simply through referencing his resumé. Any film buff has most likely participated in a round of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and it's likely that if their opponent was an avid cinephile they came out on the losing end of the match. This should come as no surprise, considering Bacon's extensive and diverse body of work. Proving that he could play sleaze as successfully as slice-of-life, Bacon took a turn for the worse as the sadistic reform-school guard responsible for the rape of a trio of young boys in Sleepers (1996) and as a cop investigating accusations of rape in director John McNaughton's raunchy sex-thriller Wild Things. Bacon's entertaining turn as a receptive father tangled in a mind-bending murder mystery in Stir of Echoes (1999) gained positive reviews, though the intelligent and subtle shocker withered in the shadow of another similarly themed thriller, The Sixth Sense. Though Kevin Bacon wasn't visible for the majority of the film, Bacon fell into psychotic territory as the malicious genius consumed by his discovery of the key to invisibility in Paul Verhoeven's sadistic Hollow Man (2000). After an uncredited supporting role in the independent comedy Novocaine, Kevin Bacon once again went for the throat in Trapped; and though audiences were generally entertained by the film, it ultimately fell victim to a quick death at the box office due to poor timing (numerous stories of child abductions had been making headlines at the time Trapped was released). Of course with an actor such as Bacon, it was only a matter of time before Kevin Bacon once again tackled a substantial dramatic role, and with the release of Mystic River in 2003 audiences found him doing just that. Adapted from the novel of the same name by author Dennis Lehane and directed by Clint Eastwood, Mystic River provided audiences with a brutal, slow-burning study in the effects of violence and the nature of revenge, withBacon's turn as a sympathetic detective playing pitch perfect opposite a mournful performance by Sean Penn. That same year, Kevin Bacon showed up in an uncredited role in the Jane Campion thriller In the Cut before taking the lead in the emotional drama The Woodsman. In addition to his film work, Kevin Bacon frequently tours with brother Michael, playing upbeat country-folk rock under the alliterate moniker the Bacon Brothers.