Kevin Anderson
Born: 1960-01-13 in Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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 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
2016
- Starring Austin Pendleton as Self
2013
- Salomé as John the Baptist
- Wilde Salomé as Self / John the Baptist
2011
- Father's Day as Father O'Flynn
2006
- Charlotte's Web as Mr. Arable
2004
- Carry Me Home as Charlie
2003
2002
- Monday Night Mayhem as Frank Gifford
- Power and Beauty as John F. Kennedy
2001
- When Strangers Appear as Bryce
- The Doe Boy as Hank
- Ruby's Bucket of Blood as Billy Dupre
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Frank Sullivan
- The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Ira Einhorn
- Gregory's Two Girls as Jon
- The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Ira Einhorn
1998
- Firelight as John Taylor
1997
- Nothing Sacred as Father Ray
- Eye of God as Jack Stillings
- A Thousand Acres as Peter Lewis
1993
- Rising Sun as Bob Richmond
- The Night We Never Met as Brian
- The Wrong Man as Alex Walker
- Kurt Weill: Street Scene as Sam Kaplan
1992
- Hoffa as Robert F. Kennedy
1991
- Sleeping with the Enemy as Ben Woodward
- Liebestraum as Nick Kaminsky
1990
- Orpheus Descending as Val Xavier
1989
- In Country as Lonnie
1988
- Miles from Home as Terry Roberts
1987
- Orphans as Philip
- A Walk on the Moon as Everett Jones
1985
- Pink Nights as Danny
1984
- Miami Vice as Blue Wacko
1983
- Risky Business as Chuck (as Kevin C. Anderson)