Cast
Kevin Bacon
Acting
Cast
Kevin Bacon
Known for
Acting
Born
1958-07-08
From
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Bacon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as David Lindhagen
Apollo 13
as Jack Swigert
Sleepers
as Nokes
MaXXXine
as John Labat
Hollow Man
as Sebastian Caine
Leave the World Behind
as Danny
Mystic River
as Sean Devine
Friday the 13th
as Jack
Tremors
as Valentine McKee
A Few Good Men
as Capt. Jack Ross
Wild Things
as Sergeant Ray Duquette
R.I.P.D.
as Bobby Hayes
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
as Bob Garbinger, the Villain
Animal House
as Chip Diller
Flatliners
as David Labraccio
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Kevin Bacon
Footloose
as Ren
JFK
as Willie O'Keefe
Black Mass
as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
as Captain Cade Grant
Trapped
as Hickey
Beauty Shop
as Jorge
Balto
as Balto (voice)
Patriots Day
as Richard DesLauriers
Death Sentence
as Nick Hume
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Taxi Racer
Frost/Nixon
as Jack Brennan
You Should Have Left
as Theo Conroy
The Woodsman
as Walter
Super
as Jacques
Cop Car
as Sheriff Kretzer
Taking Chance
as LtCol Mike Strobl
Stir of Echoes
as Tom Witzky
The River Wild
as Wade
Murder in the First
as Henri Young
Pyrates
as Ari
Tour de Pharmacy
as Ditmer Klerken
Picture Perfect
as Sam
Starting Over
as Husband - Young Couple
The Air I Breathe
as Love
The Best You Can
as Stan Olszewski
In the Cut
as John Graham (uncredited)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Darkness
as Peter Taylor
My One and Only
as Dan Devereaux
Diner
as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
She's Having a Baby
as Jake Briggs
The Gift
as Teddy
He Said, She Said
as Dan Hanson
Space Oddity
as Jeff McAllister
Loverboy
as Marty
One Way
as Fred Sr.
Novocaine
as Actor Lance Phelps
They/Them
as Owen Whistler
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
Elephant White
as Jimmy the Brit
Quicksilver
as Jack Casey
Telling Lies in America
as Billy Magic
Forty Deuce
as Ricky
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as Pinky Peterson
End of the Line
as Everett
My Dog Skip
as Jack Morris
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
The Big Picture
as Nick Chapman
Where the Truth Lies
as Lanny
Beyond All Boundaries
as Robert Sherrod
Criminal Law
as Martin Thiel
Digging to China
as Ricky Schroth
Family Movie
as Jack
Jayne Mansfield's Car
as Carroll Caldwell
Find Your Groove
as Self
8
as Charles J. Cooper
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
as Self
Rails & Ties
as Tom Stark
The Air Up There
as Jimmy Dolan
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
as Self - Sebastian Shaw
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor
Story of a Girl
as Michael
Lemon Sky
as Alan
Cavedweller
as Randall Pritchard
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Hero at Large
as 2nd Teenager
White Water Summer
as Vic
Queens Logic
as Dennis
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
as Self - Chip Diller
Only When I Laugh
as Don
Destination Anywhere
as Mike
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
as Self
Skum Rocks!
as Self
X-Men: First Class
as Sebastian Shaw
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
as Self
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
The Legend of Burt Gummer
as self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
as Self
Forces of Nature
as Himself - Narrator
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
as Dennis
These Vagabond Shoes
as Tom
The Tender Age
as Probation Officer (uncredited)
Animal House: The Inside Story
as Self
The Human Family Tree
as Himself - Narrator
Mister Roberts
as Ens. Frank Pulver
The Demon Murder Case
as Kenny Miller
Tremors: Making Perfection
as Himself
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
as Self
Beach Read
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self
Diner: On The Flip Side
as Self
We Married Margo
as Self
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Rev. Chip Diller
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
as Kevin Bacon
North Star
A Little Vicious
as Narrator
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self
John Hughes: Time Capsule
as Himself
The Bloody Plumage from Another World
as Evil Chicken
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
as Self
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
as Self
America's Funniest Dirty Jokes
as Himself
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
as Self
The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime
as Leo
New Orleans Animal Rescue
as Himself