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Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Birthday: 1960-01-13 | Place of Birth: Gurnee, Illinois, USA

Anderson was born January 13, 1960 in Gurnee, Illinois, the son of Joseph Anderson. He belongs to the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which has also featured John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Laurie Metcalf. He has won a Theatre World Award and Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance in Lyle Kessler's play Orphans . Anderson is perhaps most famous for his role as a priest on the television series Nothing Sacred, about a priest with self-doubts. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for this role. One of his first major film roles was as the brother of Richard Gere's character in the 1988 film Miles from Home. He also starred in the 1991 Julia Roberts vehicle Sleeping with the Enemy. In 1993, Anderson created the role of Joe Gillis in the original London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard opposite Patti LuPone who originated the role of Norma Desmond. Both Anderson and LuPone were subsequently fired from the production without warning, having been told that they would be reprising their roles in the original Broadway production of the show. Anderson won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play and was nominated for a Tony Award for the revival of Death of a Salesman. In January 2008 he opened on Broadway in Come Back, Little Sheba. Since September, 2009, Kevin Anderson has started as Andy Dufresne in "Shawshank Redemption" at the Wyndhams Theatre in London. Also a singer and drummer, Anderson resides in Malibu, California.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2004
Carry Me Home

as    Charlie

2002
Monday Night Mayhem

as    Frank Gifford

2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood

as    Billy Dupre

2001
When Strangers Appear

as    Bryce

2001
The Doe Boy

as    Hank

1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer

as    Ira Einhorn

1998
Firelight

as    John Taylor

1997
Nothing Sacred

as    Father Ray

1997
Eye of God

as    Jack Stillings

1997
A Thousand Acres

as    Peter Lewis

1993
The Wrong Man

as    Alex Walker

1993
Rising Sun

as    Bob Richmond

1993
The Night We Never Met

as    Brian

1992
Hoffa

as    Robert F. Kennedy

1991
Sleeping with the Enemy

as    Ben Woodward

1991
Liebestraum

as    Nick Kaminsky

1990
Orpheus Descending

as    Val Xavier

1989
In Country

as    Lonnie

1988
Miles from Home

as    Terry Roberts