Kevin 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Bacon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Dad!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

All Movies (127)

• Beach Read2027
• Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart2026 · as Self
• Family Movie2026 · as Jack
• The Toxic Avenger Unrated2025 · as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
• The Best You Can2025 · as Stan Olszewski
• The Bloody Plumage from Another World2025 · as Evil Chicken
• MaXXXine2024 · as John Labat
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F2024 · as Captain Cade Grant
• Leave the World Behind2023 · as Danny
• Space Oddity2023 · as Jeff McAllister
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022 · as Kevin Bacon
• One Way2022 · as Fred Sr.
• They/Them2022 · as Owen Whistler
• Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough2022 · as Self
• North Star2022
• The Legend of Burt Gummer2020 · as self
• Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw2020 · as Self
• Tremors: Making Perfection2020 · as Himself
• You Should Have Left2020 · as Theo Conroy
• Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine2020 · as Self
• Find Your Groove2020 · as Self
• Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"2019 · as Pinky Peterson
• Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives2019 · as Self
• Tour de Pharmacy2017 · as Ditmer Klerken
• The Words That Built America2017 · as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
• Story of a Girl2017 · as Michael
• Patriots Day2016 · as Richard DesLauriers
• The Darkness2016 · as Peter Taylor
• Black Mass2015 · as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
• Cop Car2015 · as Sheriff Kretzer
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015 · as Self - Actor
• Skum Rocks!2013 · as Self
• The Presidents' Gatekeepers2013 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Jayne Mansfield's Car2013 · as Carroll Caldwell
• R.I.P.D.2013 · as Bobby Hayes
• Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story2013 · as Self
• Vanilla Ice Archive2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• X-Men: First Class 35mm Special2012 · as Self - Sebastian Shaw
• 82012 · as Charles J. Cooper
• "Footloose": Remembering Willard2011 · as Self
• Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class2011 · as Self
• Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011 · as David Lindhagen
• X-Men: First Class2011 · as Sebastian Shaw
• Elephant White2011 · as Jimmy the Brit
• Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"2011 · as Self
• Super2010 · as Jacques
• Beyond All Boundaries2009 · as Robert Sherrod
• Taking Chance2009 · as LtCol Mike Strobl
• The Human Family Tree2009 · as Himself - Narrator
• My One and Only2009 · as Dan Devereaux
• These Vagabond Shoes2009 · as Tom
• New Orleans Animal Rescue2009 · as Himself
• Frost/Nixon2008 · as Jack Brennan
• Animal House: The Inside Story2008 · as Self
• Connected: The Power of Six Degrees2008 · as Kevin Bacon
• Saving Angelo2007 · as Brent
• Rails & Ties2007 · as Tom Stark
• Death Sentence2007 · as Nick Hume
• The Air I Breathe2007 · as Love
• Where the Truth Lies2005 · as Lanny
• Beauty Shop2005 · as Jorge
• Loverboy2005 · as Marty
• The Woodsman2004 · as Walter
• Footloose: A Modern Musical2004 · as Self
• Mystic River: Beneath the Surface2004 · as Self
• Forces of Nature2004 · as Himself - Narrator
• Cavedweller2004 · as Randall Pritchard
• Mystic River: From Page to Screen2003 · as Self
• In the Cut2003 · as John Graham (uncredited)
• Mystic River2003 · as Sean Devine
• Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update2003 · as Rev. Chip Diller
• Trapped2002 · as Hickey
• Novocaine2001 · as Actor Lance Phelps
• Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music2001
• Hollow Man2000 · as Sebastian Caine
• We Married Margo2000 · as Self
• My Dog Skip2000 · as Jack Morris
• Stir of Echoes1999 · as Tom Witzky
• Diner: On The Flip Side1999 · as Self
• The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion1998 · as Self - Chip Diller
• Wild Things1998 · as Sergeant Ray Duquette
• Telling Lies in America1997 · as Billy Magic
• Picture Perfect1997 · as Sam
• Digging to China1997 · as Ricky Schroth
• Destination Anywhere1997 · as Mike
• Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life1997 · as Self
• Sleepers1996 · as Nokes
• Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 131996 · as Self
• Balto1995 · as Balto (voice)
• Apollo 131995 · as Jack Swigert
• Murder in the First1995 · as Henri Young
• The River Wild1994 · as Wade
• The Air Up There1994 · as Jimmy Dolan
• A Few Good Men1992 · as Capt. Jack Ross
• JFK1991 · as Willie O'Keefe
• Pyrates1991 · as Ari
• A Little Vicious1991 · as Narrator
• He Said, She Said1991 · as Dan Hanson
• Queens Logic1991 · as Dennis
• America's Funniest Dirty Jokes1991 · as Himself
• Flatliners1990 · as David Labraccio
• Tremors1990 · as Valentine McKee
• The Big Picture1989 · as Nick Chapman
• Criminal Law1989 · as Martin Thiel
• Lemon Sky1988 · as Alan
• She's Having a Baby1988 · as Jake Briggs
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles1987 · as Taxi Racer
• End of the Line1987 · as Everett
• White Water Summer1987 · as Vic
• John Hughes: Time Capsule1986 · as Himself
• The Tender Age1986 · as Probation Officer (uncredited)
• Quicksilver1986 · as Jack Casey
• Mister Roberts1984 · as Ens. Frank Pulver
• Footloose1984 · as Ren
• The Demon Murder Case1983 · as Kenny Miller
• Enormous Changes at the Last Minute1983 · as Dennis
• Forty Deuce1982 · as Ricky
• Diner1982 · as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
• Only When I Laugh1981 · as Don
• Friday the 13th1980 · as Jack
• Hero at Large1980 · as 2nd Teenager
• The Gift1979 · as Teddy
• Starting Over1979 · as Husband - Young Couple
• Animal House1978 · as Chip Diller
• The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime— · as Leo
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man— · as Self
• Summoner— · as Jefferson Haddock

All TV Shows (63)

• Sirens2025 · as Peter Kell
• The Bondsman2025 · as Hub Halloran
• Colin from Accounts2022 · as Kevin Bacon
• Take 5 with Zan Rowe2022 · as Self - Guest
• Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones2021 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• City on a Hill2019 · as Jackie Rohr
• Tremors2018 · as Valentine 'Val' McKee
• No Activity2017 · as Kevin Bacon (voice)
• SMILF2017 · as Kevin Bacon
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017 · as Self
• I Love Dick2016 · as Dick
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick2013 · as Self
• Teen Titans Go!2013 · as Kevin Bacon (voice)
• The Following2013 · as Ryan Hardy
• Comedy Bang! Bang!2012 · as Self
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Bored to Death2009 · as Himself
• Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik2009
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Video Message
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions2006 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self
• American Dad!2005 · as Kevin Bacon (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy2003
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• American Idol2002 · as Self
• Critics Choice Awards2001 · as Self - Presenter
• God, the Devil and Bob2000 · as Kevin Bacon (voice)
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• Will & Grace1998 · as Kevin Bacon
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Frank Skinner Show1995 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Vic (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Mad About You1992 · as Kevin Bacon
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Philly Concierge (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• POV1988 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• ZDF-Fernsehgarten1986 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• Search for Tomorrow1951
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter