Who is Travis Bacon? All about Kevin Bacon's son amid his 36th birthday celebrations

Actor Kevin Bacon’s son, Travis Bacon, celebrated his 36th birthday on June 23, 2025. Kevin shared a carousel on Instagram, in which the first photo showed Travis with a birthday cake while the next ones included family photos. The post was captioned:

“Happy birthday TSB! Boy I love my Boy.”

Travis Bacon was born on June 23, 1989, to Kevin and actress Kyra Sedgwick in Los Angeles. His mother also shared photos on her Instagram, captioning them:

“Happy birthday to my baby boy @svrtcntraclt.”

The post also had a photo of Travis from his childhood. Besides Travis, Kevin Bacon and Kyra are parents to daughter Sosie Bacon, who is also an actress known for her roles in Loverboy, 13 Reasons Why, Smile, and others.

According to his Instagram profile, Travis Bacon is a musician, composer, and producer. Besides that, he is also a filmmaker and actor. He runs a music group named Contracult and has participated in stage performances.

His mother shared a photo of him during a performance at a music festival in Florida on Instagram, captioning it:

“My insanely talented kid rocked the house yesterday and I was lucky enough to be there!!”

Three years ago, Travis Bacon announced the launch of Slashtag Cinema. Sharing an Instagram post on August 4, 2022, he wrote:

“Extremely excited to share SLASHTAG CINEMA, an all new universe of horror shorts, written by, shot by, scored by, and starring me, @kylekouri , and @dylanxvx.”

For the unversed, Kevin Bacon is also a musician and is a part of the band, The Bacon Brothers, which he formed with his brother Michael Bacon.

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More about Travis Bacon's work in music and films, and Kevin Bacon's thoughts on his children's upbringing

Travis Bacon featured in Loverboy, where he starred alongside his parents and sister. He was also a part of the black metal band named Black Anvil, which was formed in 2007 by Gary Bennett and others. In 2022, he provided music for Space Oddity.

Alongside Sosie, he worked on a short film named Keep Coming Back. His upcoming project, according to Hello!, is another short film named The Deadline.

Speaking to People Magazine in 2024, Kyra Sedgwick was asked if Travis Bacon had any characteristics of her or Kevin Bacon. She shared that she saw a strong drive in him, similar to the determination they both had earlier in their careers.

Back in 2013, during an interview with Vulture, when asked whether The Following’s violent content was too disturbing, Kevin Bacon said he didn’t believe it was too violent for everyone.

He explained that throughout his career, he had taken on a wide range of roles, from horror to romance to historical films. For him, the main goal was always to approach each character with honesty and depth. Kevin Bacon added:

"When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other. I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can."

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In 2021, Kyra Sedgwick appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show, where she shared that being a mother was the most important part of her identity. Although she had a long career as an actor and maintained her own life and work, she said that being a mom was the role that meant the most to her.