Kevin Bacon
July 8, 1958 (68 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Credits
- 2026 · Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart as Self
- 2026 · Family Movie as Jack
- 2025 · The Best You Can as Stan Olszewski
- 2023 · Space Oddity as Jeff McAllister
- 2022 · Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self - Guest
- 2022 · One Way as Fred Sr.
- 2022 · They/Them as Owen Whistler
- 2017 · Tour de Pharmacy as Ditmer Klerken
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · Story of a Girl as Michael
- 2016 · I Love Dick as Dick
- 2016 · The Darkness as Peter Taylor
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
- 2013 · Jayne Mansfield's Car as Carroll Caldwell
- 2012 · Vanilla Ice Archive as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self - Sebastian Shaw
- 2012 · 8 as Charles J. Cooper
- 2011 · Elephant White as Jimmy the Brit
- 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 · Connected: The Power of Six Degrees as Kevin Bacon
- 2007 · Saving Angelo as Brent
- 2007 · The Air I Breathe as Love
- 2005 · Where the Truth Lies as Lanny
- 2004 · The Woodsman as Walter
- 2004 · Forces of Nature as Himself - Narrator
- 2003 · In the Cut as John Graham (uncredited)
- 2003 · Queer Eye for the Straight Guy as
- 2002 · Trapped as Hickey
- 2001 · Novocaine as Actor Lance Phelps
- 2001 · Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music as
- 2001 · Critics Choice Awards as Self - Presenter
- 2000 · We Married Margo as Self
- 2000 · My Dog Skip as Jack Morris
- 1997 · Telling Lies in America as Billy Magic
- 1997 · Picture Perfect as Sam
- 1997 · Digging to China as Ricky Schroth
- 1994 · The Air Up There as Jimmy Dolan
- 1991 · He Said, She Said as Dan Hanson
- 1991 · Queens Logic as Dennis
- 1989 · The Big Picture as Nick Chapman
- 1989 · Criminal Law as Martin Thiel
- 1987 · End of the Line as Everett
- 1987 · White Water Summer as Vic
- 1986 · The Tender Age as Probation Officer (uncredited)
- 1982 · Diner as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
- Future · Fleshing Out the Hollow Man as Self
- 2027 · Beach Read as
- 2025 · The Toxic Avenger Unrated as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
- 2025 · The Bloody Plumage from Another World as Evil Chicken
- 2025 · Sirens as Peter Kell
- 2025 · The Bondsman as Hub Halloran
- 2024 · MaXXXine as John Labat
- 2024 · Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Captain Cade Grant
- 2023 · Leave the World Behind as Danny
- 2022 · Colin from Accounts as Kevin Bacon
- 2022 · The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kevin Bacon
- 2022 · Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough as Self
- 2022 · North Star as
- 2021 · Last Meals as Self
- 2021 · Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones as Self
- 2020 · The Legend of Burt Gummer as self
- 2020 · Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw as Self
- 2020 · Tremors: Making Perfection as Himself
- 2020 · You Should Have Left as Theo Conroy
- 2020 · Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- 2020 · Find Your Groove as Self
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Pinky Peterson
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Jackie Rohr
- 2019 · Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives as Self
- 2018 · Tremors as Valentine 'Val' McKee
- 2017 · No Activity as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- 2017 · SMILF as Kevin Bacon
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2016 · Patriots Day as Richard DesLauriers
- 2015 · Black Mass as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Cop Car as Sheriff Kretzer
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 2013 · Skum Rocks! as Self
- 2013 · The Presidents' Gatekeepers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · R.I.P.D. as Bobby Hayes
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013 · Teen Titans Go! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- 2013 · The Following as Ryan Hardy
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · "Footloose": Remembering Willard as Self
- 2011 · Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class as Self
- 2011 · Crazy, Stupid, Love. as David Lindhagen
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Sebastian Shaw
- 2011 · Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose" as Self
- 2010 · Super as Jacques
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Bored to Death as Himself
- 2009 · The Human Family Tree as Himself - Narrator
- 2009 · New Orleans Animal Rescue as Himself
- 2009 · Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik as
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Video Message
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as Jack Brennan
- 2008 · Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
- 2007 · Rails & Ties as Tom Stark
- 2007 · Death Sentence as Nick Hume
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as Self
- 2005 · Beauty Shop as Jorge
- 2005 · American Dad! as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- 2005 · Loverboy as Marty
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Footloose: A Modern Musical as Self
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Mystic River: Beneath the Surface as Self
- 2003 · Mystic River: From Page to Screen as Self
- 2003 · Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Rev. Chip Diller
- 1999 · Diner: On The Flip Side as Self
- 1997 · Destination Anywhere as Mike
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1996 · Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
- 1988 · Lemon Sky as Alan
- Future · Summoner as Jefferson Haddock
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Randall Pritchard
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Mystic River as Sean Devine
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest/Musical Guest
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2000 · Hollow Man as Sebastian Caine
- 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as Kevin Bacon (voice)
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Stir of Echoes as Tom Witzky
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1998 · The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion as Self - Chip Diller
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Kevin Bacon
- 1998 · Wild Things as Sergeant Ray Duquette
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · Sleepers as Nokes
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self - Guest
- 1995 · Balto as Balto (voice)
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · Apollo 13 as Jack Swigert
- 1995 · Murder in the First as Henri Young
- 1994 · The River Wild as Wade
- 1993 · Frasier as Vic (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · A Few Good Men as Capt. Jack Ross
- 1992 · Mad About You as Kevin Bacon
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1991 · JFK as Willie O'Keefe
- 1991 · Pyrates as Ari
- 1991 · A Little Vicious as Narrator
- 1991 · America's Funniest Dirty Jokes as Himself
- 1990 · Flatliners as David Labraccio
- 1990 · Tremors as Valentine McKee
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Philly Concierge (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1988 · Point of View as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Jake Briggs
- 1987 · Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Taxi Racer
- 1986 · John Hughes: Time Capsule as Himself
- 1986 · ZDF-Fernsehgarten as Self
- 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 · American Playhouse as Probation Officer (uncredited)
- 1982 · American Playhouse as Alan
- 1981 · Only When I Laugh as Don
- 1980 · Friday the 13th as Jack
- 1980 · Hero at Large as 2nd Teenager
- Future · The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime as Leo
- 1979 · The Gift as Teddy
- 1979 · Starting Over as Husband - Young Couple
- 1978 · Animal House as Chip Diller
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1951 · Search for Tomorrow as
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter