
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