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
2026
- Family Movie as Jack
- Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart as Self
2025
- The Bondsman as Hub Halloran
- Sirens as Peter Kell
- The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
- The Best You Can as Stan Olszewski
- 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
- Colin from Accounts as Kevin Bacon
- They/Them as Owen Whistler
- Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self - Guest
- One Way as Fred Sr.
- Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough as Self
- North Star
2021
2020
- You Should Have Left as Theo Conroy
- Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw as Self
- Find Your Groove as Self
- The Legend of Burt Gummer as self
- Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
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
- 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
- Hot Ones as Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 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
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
- Teen Titans Go! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- The Following as Ryan Hardy
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- R.I.P.D. as Bobby Hayes
- Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- Jayne Mansfield's Car as Carroll Caldwell
- The Presidents' Gatekeepers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Skum Rocks! as Self
2012
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- 8 as Charles J. Cooper
- X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self - Sebastian Shaw
- 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
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Video Message
- Bored to Death as Himself
- Taking Chance as LtCol Mike Strobl
- My One and Only as Dan Devereaux
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- Beyond All Boundaries as Robert Sherrod
- These Vagabond Shoes as Tom
- 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
- Death Sentence as Nick Hume
- The Air I Breathe as Love
- Rails & Ties as Tom Stark
2006
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
- American Dad! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- The Closer ... (Director)
- The Colbert Report as Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 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
- Mystic River: Beneath the Surface as Self
- Cavedweller as Randall Pritchard
- Forces of Nature as Himself - Narrator
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
- 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
- Sleepers as Nokes
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
- Losing Chase ... (Director)
1995
- Apollo 13 as Jack Swigert
- Balto as Balto (voice)
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 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
- He Said, She Said as Dan Hanson
- Queens Logic as Dennis
- 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
- POV 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
- 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
1951
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter