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• Kirk Cameron is an American actor, director, and Christian evangelist. While his role in the sitcom Growing Pains garnered mainstream notoriety, Cameron has since starred in major Christian-themed films, including The Movie and 2008's Fireproof.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full Name: Kirk Thomas Cameron
  2. Born: October 12, 1970
  3. Birthplace: Panorama City, California
  4. Height: 5' 10"
  5. Spouse: Chelsea Noble
  6. Children: 6 (4 adopted)
  7. Brother of Candace, Bridgette and Melissa
  8. Ranked #19 in TV Guide's list of "TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols"
  9. Named after Captian Kirk
  10. Is a vegetarian

• Career

  Cameron's first starring role was in the television series Two Marriages. In 1985 he was cast the role of Mike Seaver in Growing Pains, which he was a part of until 1992. Cameron also stars in the Christian based movies The Movie, Tribulation Force, and World at War playing Buck Williams. He works with Cloud Ten Pictures, which is a company that produces Christian based movies. He has the ministry The Way of the Master with Ray Comfort, which features a television show, a live daily radio show, and a multimedia website. The ministry trains Christians into evangelism.

• Personal Life

  Cameron and his wife Chelsea Noble have been married since 20 July 1991. The couple met on the set of Growing Pains. Together they have six children. Jack, Isabella, Anna, and Luke are adopted and Olivia Rose and James Thomas are the couple's biological children.

• Quotes

  1. "I sometimes found myself more comfortable around my TV family than I did with my own parents and sisters."
  2. "The Hollywood lifestyle was just overwhelming. A party here, an interview there, magazine and modeling shoots daily, your face everywhere and girls throwing themselves at you. As great as it felt at the time, I still felt something missing, and that I needed to change."
  3. "To say that the banana happened by accident is even more unintelligent than to say that no one designed the Coca Cola can."
  4. "The Hollywood industry is a twisted place to grow up. It was bad when I was there, but even more so now."Boston Herald: Kirk Cameron talks faith, marriage and movies (September 23, 2008)

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  Candace Cameron | Growing Pains | Dudley Moore | Julie McCullough | Left Behind | Ray Comfort | Fireproof Movie

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