Kevin Bacon
Acting
Born: July 8, 1958 (age 68) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
X-Men: First Class
2011
The Simpsons
1989
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
Mystic River
2003
Apollo 13
1995
R.I.P.D.
2013
A Few Good Men
1992
Sleepers
1996
Black Mass
2015
Tremors
1990
Friday the 13th
1980
Leave the World Behind
2023
Photos (6)
Movies (90)
Friday the 13th
Jack
Mystic River
Sean Devine
Black Mass
FBI Agent Charles McGuire
A Few Good Men
Capt. Jack Ross
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
David Lindhagen
Frost/Nixon
Jack Brennan
Animal House
Chip Diller
Criminal Law
Martin Thiel
Sleepers
Nokes
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Captain Cade Grant
Patriots Day
Richard DesLauriers
Apollo 13
Jack Swigert
Leave the World Behind
Danny
Murder in the First
Henri Young
Tremors
Valentine McKee
My Dog Skip
Jack Morris
Stir of Echoes
Tom Witzky
MaXXXine
John Labat
Trapped
Hickey
Flatliners
David Labraccio
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Bob Garbinger, the Villain
R.I.P.D.
Bobby Hayes
The Best You Can
Stan Olszewski
Hollow Man
Sebastian Caine
The River Wild
Wade
Wild Things
Sergeant Ray Duquette
Super
Jacques
Beauty Shop
Jorge
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Kevin Bacon
Footloose
Ren
You Should Have Left
Theo Conroy
JFK
Willie O'Keefe
Cop Car
Sheriff Kretzer
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Taxi Racer
The Air I Breathe
Love
Elephant White
Jimmy the Brit
Balto
Balto (voice)
Death Sentence
Nick Hume
The Big Picture
Nick Chapman
He Said, She Said
Dan Hanson
In the Cut
John Graham (uncredited)
White Water Summer
Vic
My One and Only
Dan Devereaux
One Way
Fred Sr.
Where the Truth Lies
Lanny
Picture Perfect
Sam
The Darkness
Peter Taylor
Starting Over
Husband - Young Couple
Space Oddity
Jeff McAllister
Taking Chance
LtCol Mike Strobl
Telling Lies in America
Billy Magic
Tour de Pharmacy
Ditmer Klerken
She's Having a Baby
Jake Briggs
They/Them
Owen Whistler
The Woodsman
Walter
Quicksilver
Jack Casey
Queens Logic
Dennis
Diner
Timothy Fenwick Jr.
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Carroll Caldwell
The Air Up There
Jimmy Dolan
End of the Line
Everett
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
Pyrates
Ari
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Dennis
Loverboy
Marty
The Demon Murder Case
Kenny Miller
Story of a Girl
Michael
Rails & Ties
Tom Stark
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
Lemon Sky
Alan
Hero at Large
2nd Teenager
Beyond All Boundaries
Robert Sherrod
Digging to China
Ricky Schroth
X-Men: First Class
Sebastian Shaw
Novocaine
Actor Lance Phelps
Destination Anywhere
Mike
Only When I Laugh
Don
The Tender Age
Probation Officer (uncredited)
North Star
Dr. Owen Broderick
Mister Roberts
Ens. Frank Pulver
Saving Angelo
Brent
8
Charles J. Cooper
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
Kevin Bacon
The Gift
Teddy
Cavedweller
Randall Pritchard
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Pinky Peterson
A Little Vicious
Narrator
The Bloody Plumage from Another World
Evil Chicken
Forty Deuce
Ricky
These Vagabond Shoes
Tom
TV Shows (21)
The Simpsons
Philly Concierge (voice) · 1 eps
American Dad!
Kevin Bacon (voice) · 1 eps
Teen Titans Go!
Kevin Bacon (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Vic (voice) · 1 eps
Will & Grace
Kevin Bacon · 2 eps
Mad About You
Kevin Bacon · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Probation Officer (uncredited) · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Alan · 1 eps
The Following
Ryan Hardy · 45 eps
The Bondsman
Hub Halloran · 8 eps
City on a Hill
Jackie Rohr · 26 eps
Sirens
Peter Kell · 5 eps
I Love Dick
Dick · 8 eps
Colin from Accounts
Kevin Bacon · 1 eps
SMILF
Kevin Bacon · 1 eps
No Activity
Kevin Bacon (voice) · 2 eps
God, the Devil and Bob
Kevin Bacon (voice) · 1 eps
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
1 eps
Tremors
Valentine 'Val' McKee · 1 eps
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
1 eps
Search for Tomorrow
1 eps
Self / Appearances (75)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 7 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 5 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 3 eps
Conan
Self · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Colbert Report
Self · 2 eps
The View
Self · 6 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest/Musical Guest · 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Video Message · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
American Idol
Self · 1 eps
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self · 1 eps
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self · 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
Finding Your Roots
Self · 1 eps
Last Meals
Self · 1 eps
POV
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Frank Skinner Show
Self · 1 eps
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Bored to Death
Himself · 1 eps
Val
Self (archive)
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
Critics Choice Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Self - Sebastian Shaw
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
Find Your Groove
Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor
Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones
Self · 1 eps
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
Self
Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13
Self
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Chip Diller
Skum Rocks!
Self
Footloose: A Modern Musical
Self
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
Self
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Self - Narrator (voice)
Tremors: Making Perfection
Himself
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
Self
America's Funniest Dirty Jokes
Himself
Diner: On The Flip Side
Self
The Legend of Burt Gummer
self
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
Self
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Self
We Married Margo
Self
Forces of Nature
Himself - Narrator
New Orleans Animal Rescue
Himself
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
Self
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
The Human Family Tree
Himself - Narrator
Upcoming (4)
Directing (4)
Producing (11)
The Following
Producer
The Bondsman
Executive Producer
City on a Hill
Co-Executive Producer
I Love Dick
Co-Executive Producer
The Best You Can
Producer
Wild Things
Executive Producer
Cop Car
Executive Producer
Tremors
Executive Producer
They/Them
Executive Producer
The Woodsman
Executive Producer
Loverboy
Producer