About
Kevin Bacon
Overview
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors and Frost/Nixon.
Bacon has won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards, was nominated for an Emmy Award, and was named by The Guardian as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2024 | MaXXXine | Actor | John Labat | 62 Fair |
| 2024 | Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Actor | Captain Cade Grant | 65 Fair |
| 2023 | Leave the World Behind | Actor | Danny | 63 Fair |
| 2023 | EE: Freedom | Actor | Voice Over | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Toxic Avenger | Actor | Bob Garbinger | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Space Oddity | Actor | Jeff McAllister | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Actor | Kevin Bacon | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | One Way | Actor | Fred Sr. | 58 Average |
| 2022 | They/Them | Actor | Owen Whistler | 55 Average |
| 2022 | Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2022 | North Star | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2021 | Val | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2020 | The Legend of Burt Gummer | Actor | self | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Tremors: Making Perfection | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 2020 | You Should Have Left | Actor | Theo Conroy | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Find Your Groove | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Actor | Pinky Peterson | 59 Average |
| 2019 | City on a Hill | Actor | Jackie Rohr | 72 Good |
| 2019 | Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Tour de Pharmacy | Actor | Ditmer Klerken | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Actor | Self - Reader - Declaration of Independence | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Story of a Girl | Actor | Michael | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Actor | Richard DesLauriers | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | I Love Dick | Actor | Dick | 65 Fair |
| 2016 | The Darkness | Actor | Peter Taylor | 52 Average |
| 2015 | Black Mass | Actor | FBI Agent Charles McGuire | 64 Fair |
| 2015 | Cop Car | Actor | Sheriff Kretzer | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Actor | Self / Actor | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Skum Rocks! | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Presidents' Gatekeepers | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Jayne Mansfield's Car | Actor | Carroll Caldwell | 59 Average |
| 2013 | R.I.P.D. | Actor | Bobby Hayes | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | The Following | Actor | Ryan Hardy | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | Vanilla Ice Archive | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | X-Men: First Class 35mm Special | Actor | Self - Sebastian Shaw | 59 Average |
| 2012 | 8 | Actor | Charles J. Cooper | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Actor | David Lindhagen | 72 Good |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Actor | Sebastian Shaw | 72 Good |
| 2011 | Elephant White | Actor | Jimmy the Brit | 56 Average |
| 2010 | Super | Actor | Jacques | 63 Fair |
| 2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 63 Fair |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Actor | Robert Sherrod | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Taking Chance | Actor | LtCol Mike Strobl | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | The Human Family Tree | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2009 | My One and Only | Actor | Dan Devereaux | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | These Vagabond Shoes | Actor | Tom | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Actor | Jack Brennan | 68 Fair |
| 2008 | Animal House: The Inside Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Connected: The Power of Six Degrees | Actor | Kevin Bacon | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Rails & Ties | Actor | Tom Stark | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Death Sentence | Actor | Nick Hume | 64 Fair |
| 2007 | The Air I Breathe | Actor | Love | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Where the Truth Lies | Actor | Lanny | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Beauty Shop | Actor | Jorge | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Loverboy | Actor | Marty | 58 Average |
| 2004 | The Woodsman | Actor | Walter | 63 Fair |
| 2004 | Cavedweller | Actor | Randall Pritchard | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Forces Of Nature | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2003 | In the Cut | Actor | John Graham (uncredited) | 55 Average |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Actor | Sean Devine | 75 Good |
| 2003 | Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update | Actor | Rev. Chip Diller (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Trapped | Actor | Joe Hickey | 60 Fair |
| 2001 | Novocaine | Actor | Actor Lance Phelps | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2000 | Hollow Man | Actor | Sebastian Caine | 58 Average |
| 2000 | My Dog Skip | Actor | Jack Morris | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | Stir of Echoes | Actor | Tom Witzky | 64 Fair |
| 1999 | Diner: On The Flip Side | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion | Actor | Self - Chip Diller | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Wild Things | Actor | Sergeant Ray Duquette | 62 Fair |
| 1997 | Telling Lies in America | Actor | Billy Magic | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Picture Perfect | Actor | Sam | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Digging to China | Actor | Ricky Schroth | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Destination Anywhere | Actor | Mike | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Actor | Sean Nokes | 73 Good |
| 1996 | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Balto | Actor | Balto (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Actor | Jack Swigert | 73 Good |
| 1995 | Murder in the First | Actor | Henri Young | 65 Fair |
| 1994 | The River Wild | Actor | Wade | 62 Fair |
| 1994 | The Air Up There | Actor | Jimmy Dolan | 59 Average |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men | Actor | Capt. Jack Ross | 73 Good |
| 1991 | JFK | Actor | Willie O'Keefe | 72 Good |
| 1991 | Pyrates | Actor | Ari | 58 Average |
| 1991 | A Little Vicious | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1991 | He Said, She Said | Actor | Dan Hanson | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Queens Logic | Actor | Dennis | 59 Average |
| 1991 | America's Funniest Dirty Jokes | Actor | Himself | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Flatliners | Actor | David Labraccio | 63 Fair |
| 1990 | Tremors | Actor | Valentine McKee | 67 Fair |
| 1989 | The Big Picture | Actor | Nick Chapman | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Criminal Law | Actor | Martin Thiel | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Lemon Sky | Actor | Alan | 59 Average |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Actor | Jake Briggs | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Actor | Taxi Racer | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | End of the Line | Actor | Everett | 58 Average |
| 1987 | White Water Summer | Actor | Vic | 59 Average |
| 1986 | John Hughes: Time Capsule | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Tender Age | Actor | Probation Officer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Quicksilver | Actor | Jack Casey | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Mister Roberts | Actor | Ens. Frank Pulver | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Footloose | Actor | Ren | 65 Fair |
| 1983 | The Demon Murder Case | Actor | Kenny Miller | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Actor | Dennis | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Forty Deuce | Actor | Ricky | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Diner | Actor | Timothy Fenwick Jr. | 62 Fair |
| 1981 | Only When I Laugh | Actor | Don | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Friday the 13th | Actor | Jack | 63 Fair |
| 1980 | Hero at Large | Actor | 2nd Teenager | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Gift | Actor | Teddy | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Actor | Husband - Young Couple | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Animal House | Actor | Chip Diller | 67 Fair |
| Tremors | Actor | Valentine McKee | N/A N/A |
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| The Bloody Plumage from Another World | Actor | Evil Chicken | N/A N/A |
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| Connescence | Actor | Stan Olszewski | N/A N/A |
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| Sirens | Actor | Peter Kell | N/A N/A |
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| Tremors | Actor | Valentine 'Val' McKee | N/A N/A |
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| The Bondsman | Actor | Hub Halloran | N/A N/A |
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Directing |
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| 2005 | Loverboy | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 2022 | They/Them | Production | Executive Producer | 55 Average |
| 2015 | Cop Car | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Following | Production | Producer | 69 Fair |
| 2004 | The Woodsman | Production | Executive Producer | 63 Fair |
| 1998 | Wild Things | Production | Executive Producer | 62 Fair |
| The Bondsman | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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