Kevin Norwood Bacon

Kevin Bacon married actress Kyra Sedgwick in 1988. The couple has two children, Travis Sedgwick and Sosie Ruth. Bacon and his wife have worked together in several projects.

Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on 8th July 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the US. His father Edmund Bacon was an urban planner and architect, while his mother Ruth Hilda Holmes was a teacher and social activist. He is the youngest of six siblings.

At the age of sixteen, Bacon earned a scholarship to study at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts at Bucknell University. He soon began his career as an actor on theatre. He eventually began appearing in TV soap operas as well, such as ‘Search for Tomorrow’ and ‘Guiding Light’.

After appearing in a few minor roles on the big screen, Kevin Bacon played his first important role in the 1980 slasher film ‘Friday the 13th’. Directed by Sean S Cunningham, the film was a huge commercial success, earning around $60 million on a budget of a mere $550 thousand. It was met with mixed to positive reviews. The film has earned a cult status over the years.

He next appeared in films, such as ‘Diner’ (1982), ‘Forty Deuce’ (1982), ‘Footloose’ (1984), ‘Criminal Law’ (1988), ‘The Big Picture’ (1989) and ‘Flatliners’ (1990). Bacon earned huge popularity for his role in the 1991 conspiracy film ‘JFK’. The film showed the events that led to the US President John F Kennedy’s assassination, and how multiple people tried to cover it up. Directed by Oliver Stone, the film was a commercial success and won two Oscars out of eight nominations. The film also kindled considerable controversy.

The following year, he played one of the main roles in ‘A Few Good Men’, a 1992 legal drama film, which was directed by Rob Reiner. It revolved around the court martial of two US Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine, and how their lawyers prepare a case to defend them. The film was a huge success commercially, and was met with positive reviews. It was also nominated for four Oscars, including one in the category of ‘Best Film’.

Bacon appeared in the 1994 comedy film ‘The Air Up There’, where he played a basketball coach. The film was a mild success commercially, and was met with negative reviews. His next appearance was in the docudrama film ‘Apollo 13’ where he played an important role. The film did well commercially, and was nominated for nine Oscars, out of which it won two.

Over the years, he appeared in several other films, such as ‘Telling Lies in America’ (1997), ‘Wild Things’ (1998), ‘We Married Margo’ (2000), ‘Trapped’ (2002), ‘The Woodsman’ (2004), ‘Frost/Nixon’ (2008) and ‘Super’ (2010). He portrayed the super villain Sebastian Shaw in the 2011 superhero film ‘X-Men: First Class’. The film was a commercial success, and earned positive reviews. It also earned several awards and nominations.

Along with his brother, Kevin Bacon formed a band named ‘The Bacon Brothers’. They have released six albums together.

Bacon has directed two feature films: ‘Losing Chase’ (1996) and ‘Loverboy’ (2005). He also directed a few episodes of the TV series ‘The Closer’.

He is the founder of a charitable organization called SixDegrees.org that enables people to donate or raise money for any charity in the United States.