Kevin Bacon
Born: 1958-07-08 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. Known for various roles, including leading-man characters, Bacon has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards. Bacon made his feature film debut in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and appeared in Diner (1982) before his breakthrough role in the musical drama Footloose (1984). Since then, he has starred in critically acclaimed films such as JFK (1991), A Few Good Men (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), Mystic River (2003), and Frost/Nixon (2008). Other credits include Friday the 13th (1980), Tremors (1990), The River Wild (1994), Balto (1995), The Woodsman (2004), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), X-Men: First Class (2011), and Patriots Day (2016). Bacon has also directed the films Losing Chase (1996) and Loverboy (2005). On television, Bacon received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Michael Strobl in the HBO original film Taking Chance (2009). He starred in the Fox drama series The Following from 2013 to 2015. Bacon played the title role in the Amazon Prime Video series I Love Dick from 2016 to 2017. From 2019 to 2022, he starred in the Showtime series City on a Hill. In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His prolific career in a variety of genres has led him to become associated with the concept of interconnectedness among people, as evidenced by the trivia game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon". He is a brand ambassador for British mobile network operator EE and has appeared in the company's advertisements. Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Bacon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2027
2026
- Family Movie as Jack
- Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart as Self
2025
- The Bondsman as Hub Halloran
- The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
- Sirens as Peter Kell
- The Best You Can as Stan Olszewski
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- The Bloody Plumage from Another World as Evil Chicken
2024
- MaXXXine as John Labat
- Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Captain Cade Grant
2023
- Leave the World Behind as Danny
- Space Oddity as Jeff McAllister
2022
- Colin from Accounts as Kevin Bacon
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kevin Bacon
- Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self - Guest
- They/Them as Owen Whistler
- One Way as Fred Sr.
- North Star
- Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough as Self
2021
- Last Meals as Self
- Val as Self (archive)
- Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones as Self
2020
- You Should Have Left as Theo Conroy
- Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw as Self
- Find Your Groove as Self
- Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
- The Legend of Burt Gummer as self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- City on a Hill as Jackie Rohr
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Pinky Peterson
- Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives as Self
2018
- Tremors as Valentine 'Val' McKee
2017
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- No Activity as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- SMILF as Kevin Bacon
- Tour de Pharmacy as Ditmer Klerken
- The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- Story of a Girl as Michael
2016
- WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews as Self - Guest
- Patriots Day as Richard DesLauriers
- The Darkness as Peter Taylor
- I Love Dick as Dick
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Black Mass as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
- Cop Car as Sheriff Kretzer
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
- Teen Titans Go! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- The Following as Ryan Hardy
- R.I.P.D. as Bobby Hayes
- Jayne Mansfield's Car as Carroll Caldwell
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- The Presidents' Gatekeepers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Skum Rocks! as Self
2012
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self - Sebastian Shaw
- 8 as Charles J. Cooper
- Vanilla Ice Archive as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. as David Lindhagen
- Elephant White as Jimmy the Brit
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as Self
- X-Men: First Class as Sebastian Shaw
- "Footloose": Remembering Willard as Self
- Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose" as Self
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Video Message
- Bored to Death as Himself
- Taking Chance as LtCol Mike Strobl
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- My One and Only as Dan Devereaux
- Beyond All Boundaries as Robert Sherrod
- These Vagabond Shoes as Tom
- New Orleans Animal Rescue as Himself
- The Human Family Tree as Himself - Narrator
2008
- Frost/Nixon as Jack Brennan
- Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
- Connected: The Power of Six Degrees as Kevin Bacon
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Death Sentence as Nick Hume
- The Air I Breathe as Love
- Rails & Ties as Tom Stark
- Saving Angelo as Brent
2006
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
- American Dad! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- The Closer ... (Director)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- The Colbert Report as Self
- Beauty Shop as Jorge
- Where the Truth Lies as Lanny
- Loverboy as Marty
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- The Woodsman as Walter
- Cavedweller as Randall Pritchard
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface as Self
- Forces of Nature as Himself - Narrator
- Footloose: A Modern Musical as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Mystic River as Sean Devine
- In the Cut as John Graham (uncredited)
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen as Self
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Rev. Chip Diller
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Trapped as Hickey
2001
- Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- Novocaine as Actor Lance Phelps
- Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2000
- Hollow Man as Sebastian Caine
- God, the Devil and Bob as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- My Dog Skip as Jack Morris
- We Married Margo as Self
1999
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- Stir of Echoes as Tom Witzky
- The Early Show as Self
- Diner: On The Flip Side as Self
1998
- Will & Grace as Kevin Bacon
- Wild Things as Sergeant Ray Duquette
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Chip Diller
1997
- The View as Self
- Leute heute as Self
- Picture Perfect as Sam
- Digging to China as Ricky Schroth
- Telling Lies in America as Billy Magic
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- Destination Anywhere as Mike
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest
- Sleepers as Nokes
- Losing Chase ... (Director)
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
1995
- Apollo 13 as Jack Swigert
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- Balto as Balto (voice)
- Murder in the First as Henri Young
1994
- The River Wild as Wade
- The Air Up There as Jimmy Dolan
1993
- Frasier as Vic (voice)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
- Mad About You as Kevin Bacon
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- A Few Good Men as Capt. Jack Ross
1991
- JFK as Willie O'Keefe
- Queens Logic as Dennis
- He Said, She Said as Dan Hanson
- Pyrates as Ari
- A Little Vicious as Narrator
- America's Funniest Dirty Jokes as Himself
1990
- Tremors as Valentine McKee
- Flatliners as David Labraccio
1989
- The Simpsons as Philly Concierge (voice)
- The Big Picture as Nick Chapman
- Criminal Law as Martin Thiel
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Point of View as Self - Narrator (voice)
- She's Having a Baby as Jake Briggs
- Lemon Sky as Alan
1987
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Taxi Racer
- White Water Summer as Vic
- End of the Line as Everett
1986
- ZDF-Fernsehgarten as Self
- Quicksilver as Jack Casey
- The Tender Age as Probation Officer (uncredited)
- John Hughes: Time Capsule as Himself
1984
- Footloose as Ren
- Mister Roberts as Ens. Frank Pulver
1983
- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Dennis
- The Demon Murder Case as Kenny Miller
1982
- American Playhouse as Probation Officer (uncredited)
- Diner as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
- Forty Deuce as Ricky
1981
- Only When I Laugh as Don
1980
- Friday the 13th as Jack
- Hero at Large as 2nd Teenager
1979
- Starting Over as Husband - Young Couple
- The Gift as Teddy
1978
- Animal House as Chip Diller
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1962
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- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter