Kevin Bacon (born July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor who has starred in Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, JFK, and Apollo 13, among others. He has been married to actress Kyra Sedgwick since September 3, 1988. They have two children, Travis and Sosie Ruth.
In 1995, Kevin and his older brother, Michael Bacon, formed a band, The Bacon Brothers, and have been touring on and off since then. Bacon's father was the noted city planner Edmund Norwood Bacon and his mother was Ruth Hilda Holmes, a teacher and liberal political activist.