Kevin Bacon
Known for Acting · 190 credits
- Born
- 1958-07-08 (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).
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
TV Shows (63)
The Simpsons
1989
as Philly Concierge (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
American Dad!
2005
as Kevin Bacon (voice)
Frasier
1993
as Vic (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Teen Titans Go!
2013
as Kevin Bacon (voice)
Conan
2010
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Video Message
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest/Musical Guest
American Idol
2002
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Will & Grace
1998
as Kevin Bacon
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Following
2013
as Ryan Hardy
American Playhouse
1982
as Probation Officer (uncredited) / Alan
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Mad About You
1992
as Kevin Bacon
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013
as Self
Last Meals
2021
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Point of View
1988
as Self - Narrator (voice)
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986
as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
City on a Hill
2019
as Jackie Rohr
No Activity
2017
as Kevin Bacon (voice)
Bored to Death
2009
as Himself
Sirens
2025
as Peter Kell
The Bondsman
2025
as Hub Halloran
Colin from Accounts
2022
as Kevin Bacon
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Search for Tomorrow
1951
I Love Dick
2016
as Dick
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
as Kevin Bacon (voice)
Critics Choice Awards
2001
as Self - Presenter
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
2003
Tremors
2018
as Valentine 'Val' McKee
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
2022
as Self - Guest
Movies (127)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
as David Lindhagen
MaXXXine
2024
as John Labat
Hollow Man
2000
as Sebastian Caine
Apollo 13
1995
as Jack Swigert
Mystic River
2003
as Sean Devine
Friday the 13th
1980
as Jack
Sleepers
1996
as Nokes
Leave the World Behind
2023
as Danny
A Few Good Men
1992
as Capt. Jack Ross
Cop Car
2015
as Sheriff Kretzer
R.I.P.D.
2013
as Bobby Hayes
Starting Over
1979
as Husband - Young Couple
Tremors
1990
as Valentine McKee
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
2025
as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
as Captain Cade Grant
Wild Things
1998
as Sergeant Ray Duquette
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
as Kevin Bacon
Footloose
1984
as Ren
Patriots Day
2016
as Richard DesLauriers
Animal House
1978
as Chip Diller
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Taxi Racer
Black Mass
2015
as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
JFK
1991
as Willie O'Keefe
Super
2010
as Jacques
Balto
1995
as Balto (voice)
Flatliners
1990
as David Labraccio
Stir of Echoes
1999
as Tom Witzky
Death Sentence
2007
as Nick Hume
The River Wild
1994
as Wade
You Should Have Left
2020
as Theo Conroy
The Best You Can
2025
as Stan Olszewski
Trapped
2002
as Hickey
Beauty Shop
2005
as Jorge
Taking Chance
2009
as LtCol Mike Strobl
Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Ditmer Klerken
My Dog Skip
2000
as Jack Morris
Family Movie
2026
as Jack
The Tender Age
1986
as Probation Officer (uncredited)
In the Cut
2003
as John Graham (uncredited)
Frost/Nixon
2008
as Jack Brennan
The Air I Breathe
2007
as Love
The Darkness
2016
as Peter Taylor
Space Oddity
2023
as Jeff McAllister
My One and Only
2009
as Dan Devereaux
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Jake Briggs
Elephant White
2011
as Jimmy the Brit
Loverboy
2005
as Marty
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
Murder in the First
1995
as Henri Young
Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Carroll Caldwell
Digging to China
1997
as Ricky Schroth
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Robert Sherrod
Pyrates
1991
as Ari
They/Them
2022
as Owen Whistler
8
2012
as Charles J. Cooper
Picture Perfect
1997
as Sam
Quicksilver
1986
as Jack Casey
Telling Lies in America
1997
as Billy Magic
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Where the Truth Lies
2005
as Lanny
Mister Roberts
1984
as Ens. Frank Pulver
Saving Angelo
2007
as Brent
Novocaine
2001
as Actor Lance Phelps
One Way
2022
as Fred Sr.
The Demon Murder Case
1983
as Kenny Miller
He Said, She Said
1991
as Dan Hanson
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
2026
as Self
Diner
1982
as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Picture
1989
as Nick Chapman
Story of a Girl
2017
as Michael
White Water Summer
1987
as Vic
Criminal Law
1989
as Martin Thiel
The Woodsman
2004
as Walter
These Vagabond Shoes
2009
as Tom
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012
as Self - Sebastian Shaw
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
2008
as Kevin Bacon
Destination Anywhere
1997
as Mike
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
as Self
The Air Up There
1994
as Jimmy Dolan
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
as Self
Footloose: A Modern Musical
2004
as Self
End of the Line
1987
as Everett
Forces of Nature
2004
as Himself - Narrator
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Pinky Peterson
Only When I Laugh
1981
as Don
Rails & Ties
2007
as Tom Stark
We Married Margo
2000
as Self
Find Your Groove
2020
as Self
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
2003
as Rev. Chip Diller
Queens Logic
1991
as Dennis
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Forty Deuce
1982
as Ricky
Tremors: Making Perfection
2020
as Himself
The Gift
1979
as Teddy
Hero at Large
1980
as 2nd Teenager
Diner: On The Flip Side
1999
as Self
Cavedweller
2004
as Randall Pritchard
Lemon Sky
1988
as Alan
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996
as Self
X-Men: First Class
2011
as Sebastian Shaw
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Chip Diller
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
A Little Vicious
1991
as Narrator
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
2011
as Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
2003
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
Summoner
as Jefferson Haddock
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
2022
as Self
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Dennis
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
New Orleans Animal Rescue
2009
as Himself
The Legend of Burt Gummer
2020
as self
North Star
2022
The Human Family Tree
2009
as Himself - Narrator
Beach Read
2027
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
2004
as Self
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
2020
as Self
About Kevin Bacon
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).… With 190 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Kevin Bacon has appeared in 127 films and 63 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kevin Bacon Movies
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) — as David Lindhagen
- MaXXXine (2024) — as John Labat
- Hollow Man (2000) — as Sebastian Caine
- Apollo 13 (1995) — as Jack Swigert
- Mystic River (2003) — as Sean Devine
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