Kevin Bacon - Definition and Overview

Kevin Bacon (born July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor who has starred in Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among others. He has been married to actress Kyra Sedgwick since 1988.

Movies

• 2004 : The Woodsman
• 2004 : Cavedweller
• 2003 : Mystic River
• 2003 : In the Cut
• 2002 : Trapped
• 2002 : Elvis Lives
• 2001 : Code of Conduct
• 2001 : Novocaine
• 2000 : My Dog Skip
• 2000 : Hollow Man
• 2000 : We Married Margo
• 1999 : Stir of Echoes
• 1998 : Digging to China
• 1998 : Elizabeth Jane
• 1998 : Wild Things
• 1997 : Telling Lies in America
• 1997 : Picture Perfect
• 1997 : Destination Anywhere (video)
• 1996 : Sleepers
• 1995 : Balto
• 1995 : Apollo 13
• 1995 : Murder in the First
• 1994 : New York Skyride
• 1994 : The River Wild
• 1994 : The Air Up There
• 1992 : A Few Good Men
• 1991 : A Little Vicious
• 1991 : JFK
• 1991 : Queens Logic
• 1991 : Pyrates
• 1991 : He Said, She Said
• 1990 : Flatliners
• 1990 : Tremors
• 1989 : The Big Picture
• 1988 : End of the Line
• 1988 : Criminal Law
• 1988 : She's Having a Baby
• 1988 : Lemon Sky (TV)
• 1987 : Planes, Trains & Automobiles
• 1987 : White Water Summer
• 1986 : Quicksilver
• 1984 : Mister Roberts (TV)
• 1984 : Footloose
• 1983 : The Demon Murder Case (TV)
• 1983 : Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
• 1982 : Forty Deuce
• 1982 : Diner
• 1981 : Only When I Laugh
• 1980 : Hero at Large
• 1980 : Friday the 13th
• 1979 : The Gift (TV)
• 1979 : Starting Over
• 1978 : Animal House

Kevin Bacon also appeared in the soap operas Guiding Light (from 1980 to 1981) and Search for Tomorrow (1979).

Game

There is a game known as the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, in which players are challenged to link any actor to Kevin Bacon through roles in movies common to both. The number of such links that must be followed between an actor and Kevin Bacon is known as that actor's Bacon number.

Kevin Bacon's Anatomy

An anatomically-correct computer model of Kevin Bacon's entire body was made for the movie Hollow Man. This model was later donated to scientists.

External links

• Bacon's official website (http://www.baconbros.com/)
• Kevin Bacon (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000102/) at the Internet Movie Database