Kevin Bacon
97 movies · 20 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 8, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Kevin Norwood Bacon
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).
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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.
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Known for
Kevin Bacon: movies and TV shows
Acting (114)
- Upcoming Family Movie
as Jack
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Summoner
as Jefferson Haddock
- Upcoming
- 2025 The Toxic Avenger Unrated
as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
- 2025 The Best You Can
as Stan Olszewski
- 2025 The Bloody Plumage from Another World
as Evil Chicken
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024 MaXXXine
as John Labat
- 2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
as Captain Cade Grant
- 2023 Leave the World Behind
as Danny
- 2023 Space Oddity
as Jeff McAllister
- 2022
- 2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Kevin Bacon
- 2022 One Way
as Fred Sr.
- 2022 They/Them
as Owen Whistler
- 2022 North Star
as Dr. Owen Broderick
- 2020 You Should Have Left
as Theo Conroy
- 2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Pinky Peterson
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017 Tour de Pharmacy
as Ditmer Klerken
- 2017 Story of a Girl
as Michael
- 2016 Patriots Day
as Richard DesLauriers
- 2016
- 2016 The Darkness
as Peter Taylor
- 2015 Black Mass
as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
- 2015 Cop Car
as Sheriff Kretzer
- 2013 Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Carroll Caldwell
- 2013 R.I.P.D.
as Bobby Hayes
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012 8
as Charles J. Cooper
- 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as David Lindhagen
- 2011 X-Men: First Class
as Sebastian Shaw
- 2011 Elephant White
as Jimmy the Brit
- 2010 Super
as Jacques
- 2009 Beyond All Boundaries
as Robert Sherrod
- 2009 Taking Chance
as LtCol Mike Strobl
- 2009 My One and Only
as Dan Devereaux
- 2009 These Vagabond Shoes
as Tom
- 2008 Frost/Nixon
as Jack Brennan
- 2008 Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
as Kevin Bacon
- 2007 Saving Angelo
as Brent
- 2007 Rails & Ties
as Tom Stark
- 2007 Death Sentence
as Nick Hume
- 2007 The Air I Breathe
as Love
- 2005 Where the Truth Lies
as Lanny
- 2005 Beauty Shop
as Jorge
- 2005
- 2005 Loverboy
as Marty
- 2004 The Woodsman
as Walter
- 2004 Cavedweller
as Randall Pritchard
- 2003 In the Cut
as John Graham (uncredited)
- 2003 Mystic River
as Sean Devine
- 2003 Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Rev. Chip Diller
- 2002 Trapped
as Hickey
- 2001 Novocaine
as Actor Lance Phelps
- 2001
- 2000 Hollow Man
as Sebastian Caine
- 2000
- 2000 My Dog Skip
as Jack Morris
- 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as (archive footage)
- 1999 Stir of Echoes
as Tom Witzky
- 1998
- 1998 Wild Things
as Sergeant Ray Duquette
- 1997 Telling Lies in America
as Billy Magic
- 1997 Picture Perfect
as Sam
- 1997 Digging to China
as Ricky Schroth
- 1997 Destination Anywhere
as Mike
- 1996 Sleepers
as Nokes
- 1995 Balto
as Balto (voice)
- 1995 Apollo 13
as Jack Swigert
- 1995 Murder in the First
as Henri Young
- 1994 The River Wild
as Wade
- 1994 The Air Up There
as Jimmy Dolan
- 1993
- 1992 A Few Good Men
as Capt. Jack Ross
- 1992
- 1991 JFK
as Willie O'Keefe
- 1991 Pyrates
as Ari
- 1991 A Little Vicious
as Narrator
- 1991 He Said, She Said
as Dan Hanson
- 1991 Queens Logic
as Dennis
- 1990 Flatliners
as David Labraccio
- 1990 Tremors
as Valentine McKee
- 1989
- 1989 The Big Picture
as Nick Chapman
- 1989 Criminal Law
as Martin Thiel
- 1988 Lemon Sky
as Alan
- 1988 She's Having a Baby
as Jake Briggs
- 1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Taxi Racer
- 1987 End of the Line
as Everett
- 1987 White Water Summer
as Vic
- 1986 The Tender Age
as Probation Officer (uncredited)
- 1986 Quicksilver
as Jack Casey
- 1984 Mister Roberts
as Ens. Frank Pulver
- 1984 Footloose
as Ren
- 1983 The Demon Murder Case
as Kenny Miller
- 1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Dennis
- 1982 Forty Deuce
as Ricky
- 1982 Diner
as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
- 1982
- 1981 Only When I Laugh
as Don
- 1980 Friday the 13th
as Jack
- 1980 Hero at Large
as 2nd Teenager
- 1979 The Gift
as Teddy
- 1979 Starting Over
as Husband - Young Couple
- 1978 Animal House
as Chip Diller
- 1951
Behind the camera (16)
- Upcoming Family Movie
Director, Producer
- Upcoming
- 2025 The Best You Can
Producer
- 2025
- 2022 They/Them
Executive Producer
- 2019
- 2018
- 2016
- 2015 Cop Car
Executive Producer
- 2013
- 2005
- 2005 Loverboy
Director, Producer
- 2004 The Woodsman
Executive Producer
- 2004 Footloose: A Modern Musical
Thanks
- 1998 Wild Things
Executive Producer
- 1996 Losing Chase
Director
Talk shows and appearances (80)
- Upcoming
- 2026
- 2025
- 2022 Take 5 with Zan Rowe
1 episode
- 2022
- 2021 Last Meals
1 episode
- 2021 Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones
1 episode
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
3 episodes
- 2019
- 2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series
1 episode
- 2017
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2015 Hot Ones
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
5 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
7 episodes
- 2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones
1 episode
- 2013 @midnight with Chris Hardwick
1 episode
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012 Comedy Bang! Bang!
1 episode
- 2012
- 2012 Finding Your Roots
1 episode
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Conan
2 episodes
- 2009 Bored to Death
1 episode
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
1 episode
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
1 episode
- 2008
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2006 America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2 episodes
- 2005 The Colbert Report
2 episodes
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1 episode
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show
1 episode
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 On Air with Ryan Seacrest
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003 Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6 episodes
- 2002 American Idol
1 episode
- 2001 Critics Choice Awards
1 episode
- 2000
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1999
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1 episode
- 1998
- 1997 The View
7 episodes
- 1997 Leute heute
1 episode
- 1997
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1996
- 1995 The Frank Skinner Show
1 episode
- 1995
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1991
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1988 POV
1 episode
- 1986
- 1986 ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode