Biography of Kevin Bacon

Independent character

July 8, 1958 Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1958 and last of six children of a large middle-class family, Kevin Bacon has always had a passion of the show. It was all in all a kid early enough. His father, a famous city planner and mother, teacher with a strong social commitment "liberal," they expected from him something different, rather than the film career. At first her distinguished parents platea di Fondazione nose in front of his first steps as an actor, but then when they began to make comparisons between their bank accounts and those of Kevin all doubts melted like snow in the Sun. But what are the stages that have allowed this kid off the face a bit grumpy get so high? First of all the strong sense of independence. At the age of seventeen our hero has changed town to go live in New York and attend the "Circle in the Square Theatre". One thing not by all. The big-screen debut takes place in 1978 with the movie "Animal House" (as Chip Diller), the legendary film by John Landis with the legendary John Belushi. Appear on the soap opera guiding light and in 1980 joined the cast of "Friday 13". In the years ' 80 remember him in two blockbusters "dinner with friends" (1982), directed by Barry Levinson, and in 1983 in the film "Footlose" that would make him famous, directed by Herbert Ross. In the 1990 's in "flatliners" with Julia Roberts. From 1992 onwards he devoted himself much more serious and committed scripts, like "JFK, a case still open" by director Oliver Stone, "code of honor" (starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore), or "Apollo 13" by Ron Howard (with Tom Hanks). Not only his image comes out freshly repainted but also his career knows a second youth. It is no coincidence that in 1996 Barry Levinson name Kevin Bacon for the film "Sleepers", alongside giants such as Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Vittorio Gassman and Brad Pitt on the verge of becoming international stars. In 2000 Bacon starred in the mega-production of "the man with no shadow" (Elisabeth Shue), directed by Paul Verhoeven: really impressive for the wise use of narcotic effects. After "24 hours" (2002, with Charlize Theron and Courtney Love) may have abandoned the brackets read before being catapulted towards artistically challenging set as "the Cut" (2003, with Meg Ryan) and "Mystic river" (Clint Eastwood). Few however know that Kevin Bacon, he founded with his brother Michael the blues band The Bacon Brothers ". Since 1988 he is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick who gave him two sons, Travis and Sosie Ruth. Another curiosity associated with his name is given by some students have invented a game called "6 degrees to Kevin Bacon" (inspired by the famous film "six degrees of separation"), whose goal is to find all the characters in the show distant six degrees from Kevin Bacon.
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