Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon at Toronto Film Festival Photocall
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AKA:
Kevin Norwood Bacon
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
07/08/1958
Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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biography
Though Kevin Bacon may not be the kind of star that can open a movie, he is enough of a cultural phenomenon to have inspired the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" parlor game, whose creators guaranteed that anyone in Hollywood in the past fifteen years could be linked to the versatile actor in six strokes or less. With the support of his parents, he ventured to NYC at age 17 and became the youngest apprentice at Circle in the Square, embarking on a stage career that would see him win an OBIE before the age of 25 and perform on Broadway opposite Sean Penn in "The Slab Boys" (1983). Bacon made his Continued
Credits
(TV Show)
2006-2008
Director
2008
Director
2007
Love
2008
Tom Stark
2007
Nick Hume
2007
Marty Stoll
2006
Producer
2006
Director
2006
Lanny Morris
2005
Executive Producer
2005
Walter Rossworth
2005
Sean Devine
2003
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Himself
2002
Joe Hickey
2002
Sebastian Caine
2000
Jack Morris--Willie's Dad
2000
Tom Witzky
1999
Ricky Troth
1998
Executive Producer
1998
Ray Duquette
1998
Sam
1997
of Balto
1995
John L Swigart
1995
Henri Young
1995
Captain Jack Ross
1992
Valentine McKee
1990
David Labraccio
1990
Ren MacCormack
1984
Jack
1980
Jack Brennan
Everett
Timothy Fenwick Jr
Martin Thiel
Dan Hanson
Rickey
Nick Chapman
Jack Casey
Dennis
Jimmy Dolan
Jake Briggs
Nokes
Actor
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in the Philadelphia area
1976 
Served apprenticeship at Circle in the Square in NYC
1978 
Off-Broadway debut, "Getting Out" by Marsha Norman
1978 
Film acting debut in "National Lampoon's Animal House"
1979 
TV-movie debut, "The Gift" (CBS)
Continued