Kevin Bacon
July 8, 1958 (65 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · MaXXXine as John Labat
- 2024 · Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F as Capt. Cade Grant
- 2023 · Leave the World Behind as Danny
- 2023 · The Toxic Avenger as Bob Garbinger
- 2023 · Space Oddity as Jeff McAllister
- 2022 · One Way as Fred Sr.
- 2022 · Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough as Self
- 2021 · Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones as Self
- 2021 · Val as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Pinky Peterson
- 2017 · Tour de Pharmacy as Ditmer Klerken
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Reader - Declaration of Independence
- 2017 · Story of a Girl as Michael
- 2016 · I Love Dick as Dick
- 2016 · The Darkness as Peter Taylor
- 2015 · Cop Car as Sheriff Kretzer
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self / Actor
- 2013 · Jayne Mansfield's Car as Carroll Caldwell
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2012 · X-Men: First Class 35mm Special as Self - Sebastian Shaw
- 2012 · 8 as Charles Cooper
- 2011 · Elephant White as Jimmy the Brit
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · My One and Only as Dan Devereaux
- 2009 · Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik as
- 2007 · Rails & Ties as Tom Stark
- 2007 · The Air I Breathe as Love
- 2005 · Loverboy as Marty
- 2004 · The Woodsman as Walter
- 2003 · Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update as Rev. Chip Diller (voice)
- 2002 · Trapped as Joe Hickey
- 2001 · Novocaine as Actor Lance Phelps
- 2000 · My Dog Skip as Jack Morris
- 1997 · Telling Lies in America as Billy Magic
- 1997 · Digging to China as Ricky Schroth
- 1995 · Murder in the First as Henri Young
- 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
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Jake Briggs
- 1987 · White Water Summer as Vic
- 1986 · Quicksilver as Jack Casey
- Future · The Bondsman as Hub Halloran
- 2023 · EE: Freedom as Voice Over
- 2022 · The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kevin Bacon
- 2022 · They/Them as Owen Whistler
- 2022 · North Star as
- 2020 · The Legend of Burt Gummer as
- 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 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · City on a Hill as Jackie Rohr
- 2019 · Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives as Self
- 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
- 2016 · Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Black Mass as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 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
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 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 · The Following as Ryan Hardy
- 2013 · The Following as Himself
- 2012 · Vanilla Ice Archive as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Crazy, Stupid, Love. as David Lindhagen
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Sebastian Shaw / Black King
- 2010 · Super as Jacques
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Robert Sherrod
- 2009 · Taking Chance as LtCol Mike Strobl
- 2009 · Bored to Death as Himself
- 2009 · The Human Family Tree as Himself - Narrator
- 2009 · These Vagabond Shoes as Tom
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Video Message
- 2008 · Frost/Nixon as Jack Brennan
- 2008 · Animal House: The Inside Story as Self
- 2008 · Connected: The Power of Six Degrees as Kevin Bacon
- 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
- 2005 · Where the Truth Lies as Lanny
- 2005 · Beauty Shop as Jorge
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Cavedweller as Randall Pritchard
- 2004 · Forces Of Nature as Himself - Narrator
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as The Bacon Brothers (performance)
- 2003 · In the Cut as John Graham
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Queer Eye for the Straight Guy as
- 2003 · Mystic River as Sean Devine
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2001 · Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music as
- 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 · Diner: On The Flip Side as Self
- 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 · Picture Perfect as Sam
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1997 · Destination Anywhere as Mike
- 1996 · Sleepers as Sean Nokes
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Himself
- 1996 · Critics' Choice Movie Awards as Himself - Presenter
- 1995 · Balto as Balto (voice)
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · Apollo 13 as Jack Swigert
- 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 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 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
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · Lemon Sky as Alan
- 1987 · Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Taxi Racer
- 1987 · End of the Line as Everett
- 1986 · John Hughes: Time Capsule as Himself
- 1986 · ZDF-Fernsehgarten as Self
- 1986 · The Tender Age as Probation Officer (uncredited)
- 1984 · Mister Roberts as Ens. Frank Pulver
- 1984 · Footloose as Ren McCormack
- 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.
- 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
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1951 · Search for Tomorrow as
- Future · Tremors as Valentine 'Val' McKee
- Future · Connescence as Stan Olszewski