Curiosidades

Is part of The Bacon Brothers, with his older brother Michael Bacon. The band has released three albums: "Forosoco" (1997), "Getting There" (1999) and "Can't Complain" (2001).

Was on the genealogy show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) with wife Kyra Sedgwick. She was scared to find out if they were related. When doing the part where Gates introduced her to some cousins she never knew the first one to pop up was Kevin. They are ninth cousins.

Has only lived in Hollywood or Los Angeles while when working.

Lost an undisclosed amount of money in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Without revealing the sum, he has stated in interviews that it was most of his life savings.

He is always surprised that, for a guy from Philadelphia who has lived most of his life in New York City, he keeps landing roles where he plays Bostonian characters in productions such as, Sobre Meninos e Lobos (2003), Aliança do Crime (2015), O Dia do Atentado (2016), City on a Hill (2019), etc.

Daughter,Sosie Bacon (b. 3/15/1992) with wife Kyra Sedgwick.

Distant cousin of Robert Redford, through their connection to Bacons in the 1500s, and Valerie Bertinelli, through their common descent from Claypools in England.

Met wife Kyra Sedgwick on the set of Lemon Sky (1988).

Inspired a game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", whereby people have to link any given actor to him by no more than six steps. For instance, to do Fred MacMurray, you could observe that MacMurray worked with Lee Marvin in A Nave da Revolta (1954), which is one step; and Marvin worked with Jane Fonda in Dívida de Sangue (1965), which is two steps; and Fonda worked with Jack Lemmon in Síndrome da China (1979), which is three steps; and Lemmon worked with Bacon in JFK: A Pergunta que Não Quer Calar (1991), which completes the link in four steps. Harder versions of the game exist, limiting the player to five, four or even three steps. The original version of this game existed for numerous years and the pivot-person was then Paul Erdös, a mathematician (one's Erdös number measures the number of people a scientist is away from having authored a paper with Dr. Erdös). A very few people, mostly scientists who have appeared in documentaries (such as Carl Sagan), or actors who have also co-authored scientific papers (such as Danica McKellar and Natalie Portman), have both Erdös AND Bacon numbers.

Played the real-life head of the FBI's Boston, MA, field office in Aliança do Crime (2015) and O Dia do Atentado (2016).

He has appeared in five films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: JFK: A Pergunta que Não Quer Calar (1991), Questão de Honra (1992), Apollo 13: Do Desastre ao Triunfo (1995), Sobre Meninos e Lobos (2003) and Frost/Nixon (2008).

His father, Edmund Bacon, a famous Philadelphia city planner, was featured on the 11/6/964 cover of "Time" magazine. His mother was Ruth (Holmes) Bacon, a teacher and liberal political activist.

Was the first choice for the Charlie Sheen part in Quero Ser John Malkovich (1999).

Attended the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts.

Has resided in New York City since he was 17.

Attended the prestigious Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia with his brother, Michael.

Has a vacation farmhouse in Litchfield Hills, CT.

His father was a seventh cousin of President Richard Nixon.

Son Travis Bacon (b. 6/23/1989) with wife Kyra Sedgwick.

In Quicksilver: O Prazer de Ganhar (1986) and Questão de Honra (1992), his characters are both nicknamed "Smiling Jack".

He is of English, and smaller amounts of German and Irish, ancestry.

His line, "I am a Goddamn genius", is quoted in both O Homem Sem Sombra (2000) and Encurralada (2002).

Was the last interviewee of "Parade" magazine's "In Step With..." columnist James Brady, who passed away on 1/26/2009. The interview appeared in the 2/15/2009 edition of the magazine.

Is a fifth cousin of William Thomas Hamill Jr., married to Virginia Suzanne Johnson, the parents of Mark Hamill.

The family dog, a mutt, is called Paulie.

Has worked with four directors who have won a Best Director Oscar: Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Ron Howard, and Clint Eastwood.

During his early years as an actor in New York he drew initial acclaim co-starring with Keith Gordon in the off-Broadway play "Album" at the legendary Cherry Lane Theatre.

In 1995) he was chosen by "Empire" magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#61).

He sang with brother Michael Bacon (who played guitar) in Pawling, New York in the small restaurant/club The Towne Cryer.

In preparation for his role in No Embalo da América (1997), he "hung out" in the radio studio with and based his on-air banter on his friend Jerry Blavat, the celebrated oldies DJ from Philadelphia and an inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; aka the "Geator with the Heater".

Kevin bacon and Johnny Depp both featured in the dawn of arguably the two most well known horror franchises in history. Depp appears in the "The nightmare on elm street" (1984) and bacon stars in "Friday the 13th" (1980) They both also co-star in Black mass (2015).

He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Clube dos Cafajestes (1978) and Apollo 13: Do Desastre ao Triunfo (1995).

His family tree also includes Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626) and Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of King James I.

American-born Canadian actor Philip Nozuka, George Nozuka and Justin Nozuka, are his nephews through his wife, Kyra Sedgwick's side of the family.

Both he and wife Kyra Sedgwick have starred in historical movies set in, and primarily filmed in and around, Baltimore, MD. He starred in Quando os Jovens se Tornam Adultos (1982) and she starred in Quase Deuses (2004).

Kevin was a singer in the group The Bacon Brothers.

Kevin bacon plays a character named Jack/Jackie in six movies plus a TV show- Friday the 13th (1980) Quicksilver (1986) A Few Good Men (1992) Apollo 13 (1995) My dog skip (2000) Frost/Nixon (2008) and City on a Hill (2019-2022).

Girard Swan worked as his stand-in on the Ron Howard film Frost/Nixon (2008).

Brother-in-law of Robert Sedgwick and Betsy Bacon.

Uncle of Neal Bacon.