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Kevin Bacon

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 8, 1958 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable films 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
2026Family Movie
2026Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the HeartSelf
2025The Best You CanStan Olszewski
2025The Bloody Plumage from Another WorldEvil Chicken
2025The Toxic Avenger UnratedBob Garbinger, the Villain
2025The BondsmanHub Halloran
2025SirensPeter Kell
2024MaXXXineJohn Labat
2024Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FCaptain Cade Grant
2023Leave the World BehindDanny
2023Space OddityJeff McAllister
2022They/ThemOwen Whistler
2022Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne HoughSelf
2022North Star
2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday SpecialKevin Bacon
2022One WayFred Sr.
2022Colin from AccountsKevin Bacon
2022Take 5 with Zan RoweSelf - Guest
2021Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the ConesSelf
2020The Legend of Burt Gummerself
2020Clint Eastwood: Hollywood OutlawSelf
2020You Should Have LeftTheo Conroy
2020Find Your GrooveSelf
2020Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John PrineSelf
2020Tremors: Making PerfectionHimself
2019Holly Near: Singing for Our LivesSelf
2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Pinky Peterson
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019City on a HillJackie Rohr
2018TremorsValentine 'Val' McKee
2017Story of a GirlMichael
2017Tour de PharmacyDitmer Klerken
2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017SMILFKevin Bacon
2017Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelf
2017No ActivityKevin Bacon (voice)
2016The DarknessPeter Taylor
2016Patriots DayRichard DesLauriers
2016I Love DickDick
2015Cop CarSheriff Kretzer
2015Black MassFBI Agent Charles McGuire
2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf - Actor
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
2015Hot OnesSelf
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2013R.I.P.D.Bobby Hayes
2013Jayne Mansfield's CarCarroll Caldwell
2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf
2013Skum Rocks!Self
2013The Presidents' GatekeepersSelf - Narrator (voice)
2013The FollowingRyan Hardy
2013@midnight with Chris HardwickSelf
2013Teen Titans Go!Kevin Bacon (voice)
2012Vanilla Ice ArchiveSelf (archive footage)
20128Charles J. Cooper
2012X-Men: First Class 35mm SpecialSelf - Sebastian Shaw
2012Finding Your RootsSelf
2012Comedy Bang! Bang!Self
2011X-Men: First ClassSebastian Shaw
2011Crazy, Stupid, Love.David Lindhagen
2011Elephant WhiteJimmy the Brit
2011Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First ClassSelf
2010SuperJacques
2010ConanSelf
2009Taking ChanceLtCol Mike Strobl
2009My One and OnlyDan Devereaux
2009The Human Family TreeHimself - Narrator
2009These Vagabond ShoesTom
2009Beyond All BoundariesRobert Sherrod
2009New Orleans Animal RescueHimself
2009Bored to DeathHimself
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Video Message
2009Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2008Frost/NixonJack Brennan
2008Connected: The Power of Six DegreesKevin Bacon
2008Animal House: The Inside StorySelf
2007Death SentenceNick Hume
2007The Air I BreatheLove
2007Rails & TiesTom Stark
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006America's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2005Where the Truth LiesLanny
2005Beauty ShopJorge
2005LoverboyMarty
2005The Colbert ReportSelf
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2005American Dad!Kevin Bacon (voice)
2004The WoodsmanWalter
2004Forces Of NatureHimself - Narrator
2004CavedwellerRandall Pritchard
2004Mystic River: Beneath the SurfaceSelf
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestThe Bacon Brothers (performance)
2003Mystic RiverSean Devine
2003In the CutJohn Graham (uncredited)
2003Mystic River: From Page to ScreenSelf
2003Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni UpdateRev. Chip Diller
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2002TrappedHickey
2002American IdolSelf
2001NovocaineActor Lance Phelps
2001Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001Critics Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
2000Hollow ManSebastian Caine
2000My Dog SkipJack Morris
2000We Married MargoSelf
2000God, the Devil and BobKevin Bacon (voice)
1999Stir of EchoesTom Witzky
1999Diner: On The Flip SideSelf
1999The Early ShowSelf
1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf - Guest
1998Wild ThingsSergeant Ray Duquette
1998The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Chip Diller
1998Will & GraceKevin Bacon
1997Digging to ChinaRicky Schroth
1997Picture PerfectSam
1997Telling Lies in AmericaBilly Magic
1997Destination AnywhereMike
1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of LifeSelf
1997The ViewSelf
1997Leute heuteSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1996SleepersNokes
1996Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13Self
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1995Apollo 13Jack Swigert
1995BaltoBalto (voice)
1995Murder in the FirstHenri Young
1995The Frank Skinner ShowSelf
1994The River WildWade
1994The Air Up ThereJimmy Dolan
1993FrasierVic (voice)
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1992A Few Good MenCapt. Jack Ross
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf
1992Mad About YouKevin Bacon
1991JFKWillie O'Keefe
1991He Said, She SaidDan Hanson
1991Queens LogicDennis
1991PyratesAri
1991A Little ViciousNarrator
1991America's Funniest Dirty JokesHimself
1990FlatlinersDavid Labraccio
1990TremorsValentine McKee
1989Criminal LawMartin Thiel
1989The Big PictureNick Chapman
1989The SimpsonsPhilly Concierge (voice)
1988She's Having a BabyJake Briggs
1988Lemon SkyAlan
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
1988POVSelf - Narrator (voice)
1987Planes, Trains and AutomobilesTaxi Racer
1987End of the LineEverett
1987White Water SummerVic
1986QuicksilverJack Casey
1986John Hughes: Time CapsuleHimself
1986The Tender AgeProbation Officer (uncredited)
1986ZDF-FernsehgartenSelf
1984FootlooseRen
1984Mister RobertsEns. Frank Pulver
1983The Demon Murder CaseKenny Miller
1983Enormous Changes at the Last MinuteDennis
1982DinerTimothy Fenwick Jr.
1982Forty DeuceRicky
1981Only When I LaughDon
1980Friday the 13thJack
1980Hero at Large2nd Teenager
1979Starting OverHusband - Young Couple
1979The GiftTeddy
1978Animal HouseChip Diller
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1951Search for Tomorrow
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
-The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the CrimeLeo
Production
2026Family MovieProducer
2025The Best You CanProducer
2025The BondsmanExecutive Producer
2022They/ThemExecutive Producer
2019City on a HillCo-Executive Producer
2018TremorsExecutive Producer
2015Cop CarExecutive Producer
2013The FollowingProducer
2005LoverboyProducer
2004The WoodsmanExecutive Producer
1998Wild ThingsExecutive Producer
Directing
2026Family MovieDirector
2019City on a HillDirector
2005LoverboyDirector
2005The CloserDirector
1996Losing ChaseDirector