Kevin Bacon
Born: 1958-07-08 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable films include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors and Frost/Nixon. Bacon has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, was nominated for an Emmy Award, and was named by The Guardian as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Filmography
2025
- The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
- The Best You Can as Stan Olszewski
- The Bondsman as Hub Halloran
- Sirens as Peter Kell
- Conviction of the Heart 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
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kevin Bacon
- North Star
- They/Them as Owen Whistler
- Colin from Accounts as Kevin Bacon
- Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough as Self
- One Way as Fred Sr.
- Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self - Guest
2021
2020
- You Should Have Left as Theo Conroy
- Find Your Groove as Self
- Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
- Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw as Self
- The Legend of Burt Gummer as self
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- City on a Hill as Jackie Rohr
- Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives as Self
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Pinky Peterson
2018
- Tremors as Valentine 'Val' McKee
2017
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- No Activity as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- Tour de Pharmacy as Ditmer Klerken
- The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- SMILF as Kevin Bacon
- Story of a Girl as Michael
2016
- Patriots Day as Richard DesLauriers
- I Love Dick as Dick
- The Darkness as Peter Taylor
2015
- 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
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
- Cop Car as Sheriff Kretzer
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
- The Following as Ryan Hardy
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- R.I.P.D. as Bobby Hayes
- Skum Rocks! as Self
- The Presidents' Gatekeepers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Jayne Mansfield's Car as Carroll Caldwell
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story 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
- Elephant White as Jimmy the Brit
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. as David Lindhagen
- Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
- X-Men: First Class as Sebastian Shaw
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Video Message
- Taking Chance as LtCol Mike Strobl
- Bored to Death as Himself
- My One and Only as Dan Devereaux
- Beyond All Boundaries as Robert Sherrod
- These Vagabond Shoes as Tom
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- The Human Family Tree as Himself - Narrator
- New Orleans Animal Rescue as Himself
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
- Rails & Ties as Tom Stark
- The Air I Breathe as Love
- Death Sentence as Nick Hume
2006
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
- American Dad! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- The Colbert Report as Self
- The Closer ... (Director)
- Loverboy as Marty
- Beauty Shop as Jorge
- Where the Truth Lies as Lanny
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as The Bacon Brothers (performance)
- The Woodsman as Walter
- Cavedweller as Randall Pritchard
- Forces Of Nature as Himself - Narrator
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Mystic River as Sean Devine
- In the Cut as John Graham (uncredited)
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Rev. Chip Diller
- Mystic River: From Page to Screen as Self
2002
- American Idol as Self
- Trapped as Hickey
2001
- Novocaine as Actor Lance Phelps
- Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2000
- Hollow Man as Sebastian Caine
- My Dog Skip as Jack Morris
- God, the Devil and Bob as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- We Married Margo as Self
1999
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- Stir of Echoes as Tom Witzky
- Diner: On The Flip Side as Self
- The Early Show 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
- Leute heute as Self
- The View as Self
- Picture Perfect as Sam
- Destination Anywhere as Mike
- Telling Lies in America as Billy Magic
- Digging to China as Ricky Schroth
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Sleepers as Sean Nokes
- Losing Chase ... (Director)
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
1995
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- Apollo 13 as Jack Swigert
- Murder in the First as Henri Young
- Balto as Balto (voice)
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
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
1991
- Queens Logic as Dennis
- JFK as Willie O'Keefe
- He Said, She Said as Dan Hanson
- Pyrates as Ari
- A Little Vicious as Narrator
- America's Funniest Dirty Jokes as Himself
1990
- Flatliners as David Labraccio
- Tremors as Valentine McKee
1989
- Criminal Law as Martin Thiel
- The Big Picture as Nick Chapman
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- POV as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Lemon Sky as Alan
- She's Having a Baby as Jake Briggs
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
- The Demon Murder Case as Kenny Miller
- Enormous Changes at the Last Minute as Dennis
1982
- 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
- The Gift as Teddy
- Starting Over as Husband - Young Couple
1978
- Animal House as Chip Diller
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host