Kirk Cameron Biography

Fast Facts

• Was honored by Indiana Wesleyan University and inducted into their Society of World Changers in 2012
• Founded the Firefly Foundation with wife Chelsea Noble to start Camp Firefly, a camp for terminally ill children and their families to enjoy for a week
• Was educated by tutors on the set of the ABC TV series "Growing Pains․"
• Met future wife Chelsea Noble when they acted together in "Growing Pains," and they were married in 1991
• Quote: "I was experiencing all the success the entertainment industry has to offer, but I knew there had to be something more․ It was sort of through that God prepared me to hear about His great plan․"
• Quote: "(On agreeing to appear in a made-for-TV reunion movie called "The Growing Pains Movie") "It's a lot less crazy time than when we were teenagers․ It's an opportunity to begin new friendships as adults, and I'm really looking forward to that․""
• Appeared in a Pepsi commercial during Super Bowl XXIV
• Lent his voice for the character Chauncey in the video game "The Horde" in 1994
• Has conducted a series of religiously themed marriage-improvement events called "Love Worth Fighting For" across the U․S