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