Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born July 8, 1958
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, 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). On television, Bacon received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Michael Strobl in the HBO original film Taking Chance (2009). He starred in the Fox drama series The Following from 2013 to 2015. Bacon played the title role in the Amazon Prime Video series I Love Dick from 2016 to 2017. From 2019 to 2022, he starred in the Showtime series City on a Hill. In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His prolific career in a variety of genres has led him to become associated with the concept of interconnectedness among people, as evidenced by the trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". He is a brand ambassador for British mobile network operator EE and has appeared in the company's advertisements. Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Bacon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2022
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2022
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2019
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2013
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2013
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2012
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2012
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2012
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2012
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2009
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2001
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2001
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2000
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2000
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2000
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2000
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1998
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1998
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1998
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1997
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1997
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1997
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1995
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1994
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1994
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1993
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1993
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1992
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1992
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1992
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1990
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1990
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1989
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1989
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1989
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1987
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1987
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1987
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1986
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1986
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1986
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1986
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1984
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1984
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1983
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1983
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1982
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1982
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1982
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1981
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1980
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1980
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1979
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1979
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1978
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1975
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1962
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1951
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1944
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