Born in Philadelphia on July 8, 1958, Kevin Bacon left home at age 18 to attend the Manning Street Actor's Theatre in New York City. In his first screen role, he uttered the now-famous request, "Thank you sir. May I have another?" in Animal House (1978), followed shortly by a legendary death scene in Friday the 13th (1980).Bacon first attracted critics' attention playing a borderline alcoholic in Diner (1982), and his popularity took off with Footloose (1984) and She's Having a Baby (1988).
Known among many movie buffs for his ubiquitous links to other actors via "The Kevin Bacon Game," Bacon has managed to balance his work in a variety of films, including The Big Picture (1989), Tremors (1990), JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Wild Things (1998) and Mystic River (2003). He received high praise for his roles in The Woodsman (2004) and Frost/Nixon (2008), and garnered his first Emmy nomination in 2009 for the TV movie Taking Chance.
AddTaking ChanceBased on an article by Marine Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, this HBO original film tells the story of Strobl's emotional experience traveling across America as a volunteer escort officer for the body of fallen 19-year-old marine Chance Phelps. Along the 2004 journey to Phelps' hometown in Wyoming, Strobl... Read More
AddDeath SentenceKevin Bacon stars in this dramatic thriller from director James Wan (Saw) as Nick Hume, a grieving father who decides to take the law into his own hands when his son (Stuart Lafferty) is senselessly murdered during a holdup. Kelly Preston, John Goodman, Aisha Tyler and Garrett Hedlund also star in... Read More
AddStir of EchoesEver since Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) was hypnotized by his kooky sister-in-law (Illeana Douglas), he's had terrifying visions of a horrible crime. But the hallucinations give him more than the creeps when he discovers physical remnants of the nightmares in his waking hours. When Tom learns his son... Read More
AddThe Air I BreatheKevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser and Sarah Michelle Gellar co-star in this Jieho Lee-directed drama that mines four basic human emotions -- love, pleasure, sadness and joy -- for cinematic inspiration. A banker discovers true happiness, a mobster finds hope, a celebrity sees life lose... Read More
AddThe WoodsmanConvicted pedophile Walter (Kevin Bacon) -- paroled after 12 years -- returns to his hometown eager to rebuild his life. But as he settles into a lumberyard job and begins a relationship with a co-worker (Kyra Sedgwick), Walter struggles to suppress his inner demons. Also starring Benjamin Bratt and... Read More
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