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Kevin Bacon

1958 - Today

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Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for his leading man and character roles, Bacon has received numerous accolades including Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Bacon has received more than 18,946,839 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Kevin Bacon is the 480th most popular actor (up from 595th in 2019), the 899th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,093rd in 2019) and the 246th most popular American Actor.

Kevin Bacon is most famous for his role in the film Footloose, where he plays a rebellious teenager who moves to a small town where dancing and rock music are banned.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Just Jared
Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick Reveal a Key Ingredient to Their Successful Marriage
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have opened up about their 35-year marriage. The 64-year-old Footloose actor said it was love at first sight when he met Kyra Sedgwick, although the feeling wasn’t quite mutual. The pair met on the set of the PBS movie Lemon Sky …
Just Jared
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
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Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick on Their Long-Lasting Love: We're Each Other's Biggest Fan
Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick open up about their new film 'Space Oddity,' showing off their musical chops on Instagram (kids and goats included!), and how their instant connection turned into an enduring romance: "We've always been each other's biggest suppo…
youtube.com
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
HuffPost
Kevin Bacon And Kyra Sedgwick Reveal How They Keep Their 35-Year Marriage Going Strong
Bacon said he still gets a kick out of doing the simpler things in life with his wife.
Carly Ledbetter
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Daily Mail
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon reveal what has kept them together for 35 years
The actor and his wife, who recently attended the Pre-Oscars Awards dinner, have been married ever since 1988 and share a son named Travis, 33, as well as a daughter named Sosie, 31.
Sam Joseph Semon
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kevin Bacon ranks 480 out of 9,996. Before him are Ken Watanabe, Steve Carell, Julie Walters, Anne Bancroft, Hugo Weaving, and Jane Seymour. After him are Michael Lonsdale, Billy Bob Thornton, Barbara Stanwyck, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tom Waits, and Tim Curry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Kevin Bacon ranks 25. Before him are Jamie Lee Curtis, Keith Haring, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Lyudmila Putina, Ice-T, and Jamal Khashoggi. After him are Bruce Dickinson, Wong Kar-wai, Éric Zemmour, Janez Janša, Ellen DeGeneres, and Ralf Rangnick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin Bacon ranks 899 out of 18,182. Before him are W. Eugene Smith (1918), Suzi Quatro (1950), Francis Peyton Rous (1879), Frederick Reines (1918), Steve Carell (1962), and Anne Bancroft (1931). After him are Sherwood Anderson (1876), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Robert Burns Woodward (1917), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), and Tom Waits (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kevin Bacon ranks 246. Before him are Mae West (1893), Jean Harlow (1911), Halle Berry (1966), Meg Ryan (1961), Steve Carell (1962), and Anne Bancroft (1931). After him are Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Tom Waits (1949), Barry Nelson (1917), Steve Reeves (1926), and Robert Vaughn (1932).

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