What is the Net Worth of Kevin Bacon in 2022?

How much are Kevin Bacon's net worth and salary?

Known for his role as an actor and musician, Kevin Bacon is worth $45 million. He has a combined net worth with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick. Over the years, Kevin Bacon has taken on both family-friendly and darker roles. He was perhaps best known for his role in Footloose in 1984. Throughout his career, Kevin Bacon has won countless awards.

Early Life

The eldest son of Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8th, 1958, in Philadelphia. He is the youngest of six children, and his father is a prominent Philadelphia architect. In addition to being an elementary school teacher, his mother was a social worker. Bacon won a full scholarship to a summer academy for gifted students while he was in high school. The five-week summer courses ignited Kevin Bacon's lifelong passion for acting. Kevin Bacon moved alone to New York at the age of 17 to pursue a career in theater. While he enjoyed some success in theater, his career did not take off as quickly as he had hoped, even with a debut role in National Lampoon's Animal House. Early in his career, Kevin Bacon worked as a waiter while starring in soap operas such as Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light.

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'80s breakthrough

Bacon's career truly took off in the 1980s. To mark the beginning of the decade, he played a prominent part in Friday the 13th. He made his Broadway debut with Slab Boys in 1982. The film Diner in 1982 finally brought him to the attention of movie critics. A role in Diner led to a role in Footloose, one of his most famous roles. In order to study teenagers, Bacon allegedly attended a local high school under a fake name. His commitment to research helped him earn stellar reviews for his performance. He, however, would suffer negative consequences as a result of his rise to fame with Footloose. Kevin Bacon rejected roles similar to those he had played in Diner and Footloose because he didn't want to be typecast. Consequently, fewer opportunities and less success followed.

After Footloose

A pair of major roles in the '90s marked Kevin Bacon's return to form: Tremors and Flatliners. In spite of his success, Bacon realized that he wasn't going to make it as a leading man, so he reinvented himself as a character actor. The change in philosophy led to some of his most memorable roles in films such as JFK and A Few Good Men. Over the next few years, he split his time between theater work and well-received film roles in movies like Murder in the First, Apollo 13, Sleepers, and Picture Perfect.

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Kevin Bacon's Six Degrees

Kevin Bacon is associated with the concept of "the six degrees of separation" for reasons that cannot be fully explained. This idea states that every human on the planet is connected with every other human through a maximum of six mutual acquaintances. It all began with a trivia game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," and this game was probably created because Kevin Bacon once stated, "I've worked with everyone in Hollywood or someone who's worked with them."

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Personal Life

Since 1988, Kevin Bacon has been married to Kyra Sedgwick. Sedgwick is also an actor, and they met on the set of Lemon Sky. The couple has appeared in many films together since they got married. Manhattan is their home and they have two children together. Kevin Bacon was in a long-term relationship with Tracy Pollan before meeting Kyra Sedgwick. Prior to being victimized by Bernie Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme, Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra had even more combined wealth. According to reports, the couple suffered losses in the tens of millions of dollars; possibly as much as $30 million to $40 million.

Real Estate

Kyra and Kevin spent $2.5 million on a house in Los Feliz in December 2011. The couple also owns a 40-acre rural property in Sharon, Connecticut, which they first purchased in the 1990s. Their apartment in New York City has views of Central Park as well as is large and expensive.Kevin Bacon was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003. In 2010, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Bacon has also won several other notable awards. As a result of his long career, he has been nominated for countless awards, and The Guardian called him "one of the best actors without an Academy Award nomination."