Bright startede sin professionelle karriere under oplæring af sin far, Jackie Bright. Kevin Bright er født ind i en jødisk-amerikansk familie.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chabadplace.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/1595970/jewish/Larry-King-Kevin-Bright-Friends.htm|title=Larry King & Kevin Bright (Friends)|access-date=29. april 2012|archive-date=13. marts 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313112016/http://www.chabadplace.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/1595970/jewish/Larry-King-Kevin-Bright-Friends.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=The One with the Holiday Armadillo [Audio Commentary] |episode-link=The One with the Holiday Armadillo |series=Friends (sitcom) |series-link=Friends (sitcom) |minutes=06:36}}</ref> 
Bright gik på East Side Hebrew Institute på [[Lower East Side]] på [[Manhattan]].
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