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

• 2027Beach Read
• 2027Family Movie — Jack, Director, Producer
• Sirens — Peter Kell
• 2025The Best You Can — Stan Olszewski, Producer
• 2025The Bloody Plumage from Another World — Evil Chicken
• The Bondsman — Hub Halloran, Executive Producer
• 2025The Toxic Avenger Unrated — Bob Garbinger, the Villain
• 2024Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F — Captain Cade Grant
• 2024MaXXXine — John Labat
• 2023Leave the World Behind — Danny
• 2023Space Oddity — Jeff McAllister
• Colin from Accounts — Kevin Bacon
• 2022North Star — Dr. Owen Broderick
• 2022One Way — Fred Sr.
• 2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — Kevin Bacon
• 2022They/Them — Owen Whistler, Executive Producer
• 2020You Should Have Left — Theo Conroy
• City on a Hill — Jackie Rohr, Co-Executive Producer, Director
• 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" — Pinky Peterson
• Tremors — Valentine 'Val' McKee, Executive Producer
• No Activity — Kevin Bacon (voice)
• SMILF — Kevin Bacon
• 2017Story of a Girl — Michael
• 2017Tour de Pharmacy — Ditmer Klerken
• I Love Dick — Dick, Co-Executive Producer, Creator
• 2016Patriots Day — Richard DesLauriers
• 2016The Darkness — Peter Taylor
• 2015Black Mass — FBI Agent Charles McGuire
• 2015Cop Car — Sheriff Kretzer, Executive Producer
• 2013Jayne Mansfield's Car — Carroll Caldwell
• 2013R.I.P.D. — Bobby Hayes
• Teen Titans Go! — Kevin Bacon (voice)
• The Following — Ryan Hardy, Producer
• 20128 — Charles J. Cooper
• 2011Crazy, Stupid, Love. — David Lindhagen
• 2011Elephant White — Jimmy the Brit
• 2011X-Men: First Class — Sebastian Shaw
• 2010Super — Jacques
• 2009Beyond All Boundaries — Robert Sherrod
• 2009My One and Only — Dan Devereaux
• Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
• 2009Taking Chance — LtCol Mike Strobl
• 2009These Vagabond Shoes — Tom
• 2008Connected: The Power of Six Degrees — Kevin Bacon
• 2008Frost/Nixon — Jack Brennan
• 2007Death Sentence — Nick Hume
• 2007Rails & Ties — Tom Stark
• 2007Saving Angelo — Brent
• 2007The Air I Breathe — Love
• American Dad! — Kevin Bacon (voice)
• 2005Beauty Shop — Jorge
• 2005Loverboy — Marty, Director, Producer
• The Closer — Director
• 2005Where the Truth Lies — Lanny
• 2004Cavedweller — Randall Pritchard
• 2004Footloose: A Modern Musical — Self, Thanks
• 2004The Woodsman — Walter, Executive Producer
• 2003In the Cut — John Graham (uncredited)
• 2003Mystic River — Sean Devine
• Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
• 2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update — Rev. Chip Diller
• 2002Trapped — Hickey
• 2001Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
• 2001Novocaine — Actor Lance Phelps
• God, the Devil and Bob — Kevin Bacon (voice)
• 2000Hollow Man — Sebastian Caine
• 2000My Dog Skip — Jack Morris
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — (archive footage)
• 1999Stir of Echoes — Tom Witzky
• 1998Wild Things — Sergeant Ray Duquette, Executive Producer
• Will & Grace — Kevin Bacon
• 1997Destination Anywhere — Mike
• 1997Digging to China — Ricky Schroth
• 1997Picture Perfect — Sam
• 1997Telling Lies in America — Billy Magic
• 1996Losing Chase — Director
• 1996Sleepers — Nokes
• 1995Apollo 13 — Jack Swigert
• 1995Balto — Balto (voice)
• 1995Murder in the First — Henri Young
• 1994The Air Up There — Jimmy Dolan
• 1994The River Wild — Wade
• Frasier — Vic (voice)
• 1992A Few Good Men — Capt. Jack Ross
• Mad About You — Kevin Bacon
• 1991A Little Vicious — Narrator
• 1991He Said, She Said — Dan Hanson
• 1991JFK — Willie O'Keefe
• 1991Pyrates — Ari
• 1991Queens Logic — Dennis
• 1990Flatliners — David Labraccio
• 1990Tremors — Valentine McKee
• 1989Criminal Law — Martin Thiel
• 1989The Big Picture — Nick Chapman
• The Simpsons — Philly Concierge (voice)
• 1988Lemon Sky — Alan
• 1988She's Having a Baby — Jake Briggs
• 1987End of the Line — Everett
• 1987Planes, Trains and Automobiles — Taxi Racer
• 1987White Water Summer — Vic
• 1986Quicksilver — Jack Casey
• 1986The Tender Age — Probation Officer (uncredited)
• 1984Footloose — Ren
• 1984Mister Roberts — Ens. Frank Pulver
• 1983Enormous Changes at the Last Minute — Dennis
• 1983The Demon Murder Case — Kenny Miller
• American Playhouse — Probation Officer (uncredited), Alan
• 1982Diner — Timothy Fenwick Jr.
• 1982Forty Deuce — Ricky
• 1981Only When I Laugh — Don
• 1980Friday the 13th — Jack
• 1980Hero at Large — 2nd Teenager
• 1979Starting Over — Husband - Young Couple
• 1979The Gift — Teddy
• 1978Animal House — Chip Diller
• Search for Tomorrow
• Summoner — Jefferson Haddock
• The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime — Leo
• The Vice Guide
• Zapata, Texas — Creator

Appearances as themselves (78)

• 2026Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2022Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough — Self
• Take 5 with Zan Rowe — Self - Guest
• Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• 2021Val — Self (archive)
• 2020Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw — Self
• 2020Find Your Groove — Self
• 2020Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine — Self
• 2020The Legend of Burt Gummer — self
• 2020Tremors: Making Perfection — Himself
• 2019Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2017The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Actor
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story — Self
• 2013Skum Rocks! — Self
• 2013The Presidents' Gatekeepers — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Finding Your Roots — Self
• 2012Vanilla Ice Archive — Self (archive footage)
• 2012X-Men: First Class 35mm Special — Self - Sebastian Shaw
• 2011"Footloose": Remembering Willard — Self
• 2011Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class — Self
• 2011Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose" — Self
• Conan — Self
• Bored to Death — Himself
• 2009New Orleans Animal Rescue — Himself
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Video Message
• 2009The Human Family Tree — Himself - Narrator
• 2008Animal House: The Inside Story — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Colbert Report — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004Forces of Nature — Himself - Narrator
• 2004Mystic River: Beneath the Surface — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest, Self - Guest/Musical Guest
• 2003Mystic River: From Page to Screen — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• American Idol — Self
• Critics Choice Awards — Self - Presenter
• 2000We Married Margo — Self
• 1999Diner: On The Flip Side — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• 1998The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion — Self - Chip Diller
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The View — Self, Self - Guest
• 1996Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• 1995Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13 — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self, Self - Guest
• 1991America's Funniest Dirty Jokes — Himself
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• POV — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1986John Hughes: Time Capsule — Himself
• ZDF-Fernsehgarten — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter
• Fleshing Out the Hollow Man — Self