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
- Family Movie as Jack
- Beach Read
2026
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
- 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 as Dr. Owen Broderick
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
- Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- The Legend of Burt Gummer as self
- Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw as Self
- Find Your Groove 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
- I Love Dick as Dick
- The Darkness as Peter Taylor
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
- Skum Rocks! as Self
- The Presidents' Gatekeepers as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
- Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose" as Self
- "Footloose": Remembering Willard as Self
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Video Message
- Bored to Death as Himself
- Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
- My One and Only as Dan Devereaux
- Taking Chance as LtCol Mike Strobl
- Beyond All Boundaries as Robert Sherrod
- New Orleans Animal Rescue as Himself
- The Human Family Tree as Himself - Narrator
- These Vagabond Shoes as Tom
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 Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- The Colbert Report as Self
- The Closer ... (Director)
- 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
- Footloose: A Modern Musical as Self
- Forces of Nature as Himself - Narrator
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Mystic River as Sean Devine
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- In the Cut as John Graham (uncredited)
- 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
- Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
- Novocaine as Actor Lance Phelps
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
- The Early Show as Self
- Stir of Echoes as Tom Witzky
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as (archive footage)
- 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
- Telling Lies in America as Billy Magic
- Digging to China as Ricky Schroth
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- Destination Anywhere as Mike
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest
- Sleepers as Nokes
- Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
- Losing Chase ... (Director)
1995
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- Apollo 13 as Jack Swigert
- Murder in the First as Henri Young
- Balto as Balto (voice)
- Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13 as Self
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
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Mad About You as Kevin Bacon
- 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
- America's Funniest Dirty Jokes as Himself
- A Little Vicious as Narrator
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
- End of the Line as Everett
- White Water Summer as Vic
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
- 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
1951
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter