Kevin Anderson
Born
13 January 1960 (66)
Place of Birth
Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Biography
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...
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 (31)
Starring Austin Pendleton
2016
Wilde Salomé
2013
Salomé
2013
Father's Day
2011
Charlotte's Web
2006
Carry Me Home
2004
Power and Beauty
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
When Strangers Appear
2001
The Doe Boy
2001
Gregory's Two Girls
1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
Firelight
1998
Eye of God
1997
A Thousand Acres
1997
The Wrong Man
1993
Rising Sun
1993
The Night We Never Met
1993
Kurt Weill: Street Scene
1993
Hoffa
1992
Liebestraum
1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
1991
Orpheus Descending
1990
In Country
1989
Miles from Home
1988
Orphans
1987
A Walk on the Moon
1987
Pink Nights
1985
Risky Business
1983
The Change-Up Kid