Kevin Anderson (actor)

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Kevin Anderson
Born	(1960-01-13) January 13, 1960 Gurnee, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

Kevin Anderson (born January 13, 1960) is an American actor.

Life and career

Anderson was born 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.

He also appeared in the movie Charlotte's Web as Mr. Arable. This was the second time he has worked with Julia Roberts, who voiced the role of Charlotte.

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. He is an alumnus of DePaul University.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1980	Growing Up Young	Tom	Short film
1983	Risky Business	Chuck	as Kevin C. Anderson
1985	Pink Nights	Danny
1987	A Walk on the Moon	Everett Jones
	Orphans	Phillip	Based on the Lyle Kessler play of the same name
1988	Miles from Home	Terry Roberts
1989	In Country	Lonnie	Adapted from the Bobbie Ann Mason novel of the same name
1991	Sleeping with the Enemy	Ben Woodward	Based on the Nancy Price novel of the same name
	Liebestraum	Nick Kaminsky
1992	Hoffa	Robert F. Kennedy
1993	The Night We Never Met	Brian McVeigh
	Rising Sun	Bob Richmond	Adapted from the Michael Crichton novel of the same name
1997	A Thousand Acres	Peter Lewis	Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jane Smiley novel of the same name
	Eye of God	Jack Stillings
1998	Firelight	John Taylor
1999	Gregory's Two Girls	Jon
2001	The Doe Boy	Hank Kirk
2002	When Strangers Appear	Bryce
2006	Charlotte's Web	Mr. Arable	Adapted from the E. B. White novel of the same name
2008	Dockweiler	Red	Short film
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Miami Vice	Blue Wacko	Episode: "Prodigal Son"
1990	Orpheus Descending	Val Xavier	TV movie; adapted from the Tennessee Williams play of the same name
1992	The General Motors Playwrights Theater	Nathan Hale	Episode: "Hale the Hero"
1993	The Wrong Man	Alex Walker	TV movie
1997-1998	Nothing Sacred	Father Francis Xavier "Ray" Reyneaux	20 episodes Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nominated–Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated–Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series
1999	The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer	Ira Einhorn	TV miniseries
2001	Ruby's Bucket of Blood	Billy Dupre	TV movie
2002	Monday Night Mayhem	Frank Gifford	TV movie
	The F.B.I. Files	Reenactment Actor	Episode: "Deadly Detroit"
	Power and Beauty	John F. Kennedy	TV movie
2004	Carry Me Home	Charlie	TV movie
2003 and 2005	Skin	Thomas Roam	6 episodes
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Frank Sullivan	Episode: "Torch"

External links

• Kevin Anderson at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Kevin Anderson at IMDb
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