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Kevin Anderson
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Kevin Anderson (born January 13, 1960) is an American theater, film and TV actor, as well as a singer and drummer. He is best known for his roles as Ben Woodward in Sleeping with…
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Kevin Anderson (born January 13, 1960) is an American theater, film and TV actor, as well as a singer and drummer. He is best known for his roles as Ben Woodward in Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Robert G. Kennedy in Hoffa (1992), Bob Richmond in Rising Sun alongside Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, Peter Lewis in A Thousand Acres (1997), Frank Gifford in Monday Night Mayhem (2002), Mr. Parable in Charlotte's Web (2006), and Father Ray in the ABC series Nothing Sacred (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for this role). 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 . In 1993, he 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, he has started as Andy Dufresne in "Shawshank Redemption" at the Wyndhams Theatre in London.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2016
Starring Austin Pendleton
Movie Self
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2013
Wilde Salomé
Movie Self / John the Baptist
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2013
Salomé
Movie John the Baptist
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2011
Father's Day
Movie Father O'Flynn
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2006
Charlotte's Web
Movie Mr. Arable
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2004
Carry Me Home
Movie Charlie
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2003
Skin
TV show
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2002
Power and Beauty
Movie John F. Kennedy
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2002
Monday Night Mayhem
Movie Frank Gifford
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2001
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Movie Billy Dupre
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2001
When Strangers Appear
Movie Bryce
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2001
The Doe Boy
Movie Hank
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1999
Gregory's Two Girls
Movie Jon
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Frank Sullivan
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1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TV show Ira Einhorn
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1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Movie Ira Einhorn
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1998
Firelight
Movie John Taylor
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1997
Eye of God
Movie Jack Stillings
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1997
A Thousand Acres
Movie Peter Lewis
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1997
Nothing Sacred
TV show Father Ray
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1993
The Wrong Man
Movie Alex Walker
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1993
Rising Sun
Movie Bob Richmond
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1993
The Night We Never Met
Movie Brian
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1993
Kurt Weill: Street Scene
Movie Sam Kaplan
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1992
Hoffa
Movie Robert F. Kennedy
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1991
Liebestraum
Movie Nick Kaminsky
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1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
Movie Ben Woodward
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1990
Orpheus Descending
Movie Val Xavier
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1989
In Country
Movie Lonnie
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1988
Miles from Home
Movie Terry Roberts
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1987
Orphans
Movie Philip
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1987
A Walk on the Moon
Movie Everett Jones
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1985
Pink Nights
Movie Danny
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1984
Miami Vice
TV show Blue Wacko
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1983
Risky Business
Movie Chuck (as Kevin C. Anderson)
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The Change-Up Kid
Movie Ernie Moore
