Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to
Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood
Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in
November 1964.
Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. His
debut as the strict Chip Diller in
Ich glaub', mich tritt ein Pferd (1978) almost seems
like an inside joke, but he managed to escape almost unnoticed from
that role. American Diner (1982) became the turning
point after a couple of television series and a number of
less-than-memorable movie roles. In a cast of soon-to-be stars, he more
than held his end up, and we saw a glimpse of the real lunatic image of
The Bacon. He also starred in
Footloose (1984),
She's Having a Baby (1988),
Tremors - Im Land der Raketenwürmer (1990) with
Fred Ward,
Flatliners - Heute ist ein schöner Tag zum Sterben (1990), and
Apollo 13 (1995).
Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick,
with whom he has 2 children.
