Kevin Bacon

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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

X-Men: First Class

Sebastian Shaw

The Simpsons

Philly Concierge (voice)

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

David Lindhagen

Mystic River

Sean Devine

Apollo 13

Jack Swigert

R.I.P.D.

Bobby Hayes

A Few Good Men

Capt. Jack Ross

Sleepers

Nokes

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart MOVIE	Self
2026	Family Movie MOVIE	Self
2025	The Toxic Avenger Unrated MOVIE	Bob Garbinger, the Villain
2025	The Best You Can MOVIE	Stan Olszewski
2025	The Bloody Plumage from Another World MOVIE	Evil Chicken
2025	Sirens TV	Peter Kell
2025	The Bondsman TV	Hub Halloran
2024	MaXXXine MOVIE	John Labat
2024	Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F MOVIE	Captain Cade Grant
2023	Leave the World Behind MOVIE	Danny
2023	Space Oddity MOVIE	Jeff McAllister
2022	Colin from Accounts TV	Kevin Bacon
2022	The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special MOVIE	Kevin Bacon
2022	Take 5 with Zan Rowe TV	Self - Guest
2022	One Way MOVIE	Fred Sr.
2022	They/Them MOVIE	Owen Whistler
2022	Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough MOVIE	Self
2022	North Star MOVIE	Self
2021	Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones TV	Self
2020	The Legend of Burt Gummer MOVIE	self
2020	Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw MOVIE	Self
2020	Tremors: Making Perfection MOVIE	Himself
2020	You Should Have Left MOVIE	Theo Conroy
2020	Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine MOVIE	Self
2020	Find Your Groove MOVIE	Self
2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" MOVIE	Pinky Peterson
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	City on a Hill TV	Jackie Rohr
2019	Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives MOVIE	Self
2018	Tremors TV	Valentine 'Val' McKee
2018	Tremors MOVIE	Valentine McKee
2017	No Activity TV	Kevin Bacon (voice)
2017	SMILF TV	Kevin Bacon
2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series TV	Self
2017	Tour de Pharmacy MOVIE	Ditmer Klerken
2017	The Words That Built America MOVIE	Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017	Story of a Girl MOVIE	Michael
2016	Patriots Day MOVIE	Richard DesLauriers
2016	I Love Dick TV	Dick
2016	The Darkness MOVIE	Peter Taylor
2015	Black Mass MOVIE	FBI Agent Charles McGuire
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self - Guest
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV	Self
2015	Cop Car MOVIE	Sheriff Kretzer
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self - Guest
2015	Hot Ones TV	Self
2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead MOVIE	Self - Actor
2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors TV	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones TV	Self
2013	@midnight with Chris Hardwick TV	Self
2013	Skum Rocks! MOVIE	Self
2013	The Presidents' Gatekeepers MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2013	Jayne Mansfield's Car MOVIE	Carroll Caldwell
2013	R.I.P.D. MOVIE	Bobby Hayes
2013	Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story MOVIE	Self
2013	Teen Titans Go! TV	Kevin Bacon (voice)
2013	The Following TV	Ryan Hardy
2012	Vanilla Ice Archive MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang! TV	Self
2012	X-Men: First Class 35mm Special MOVIE	Self - Sebastian Shaw
2012	Finding Your Roots TV	Self
2012	8 MOVIE	Charles J. Cooper
2011	Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class MOVIE	Self
2011	Crazy, Stupid, Love. MOVIE	David Lindhagen
2011	X-Men: First Class MOVIE	Sebastian Shaw
2011	Elephant White MOVIE	Jimmy the Brit
2010	Super MOVIE	Jacques
2010	Conan TV	Self
2009	Beyond All Boundaries MOVIE	Robert Sherrod
2009	Taking Chance MOVIE	LtCol Mike Strobl
2009	Bored to Death TV	Himself
2009	The Human Family Tree MOVIE	Himself - Narrator
2009	My One and Only MOVIE	Dan Devereaux
2009	These Vagabond Shoes MOVIE	Tom
2009	New Orleans Animal Rescue MOVIE	Himself
2009	Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik TV	Self
2009	RuPaul's Drag Race TV	Self - Video Message
2008	Frost/Nixon MOVIE	Jack Brennan
2008	Animal House: The Inside Story MOVIE	Self
2008	Connected: The Power of Six Degrees MOVIE	Kevin Bacon
2007	Rails & Ties MOVIE	Tom Stark
2007	Death Sentence MOVIE	Nick Hume
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	The Air I Breathe MOVIE	Love
2006	America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2005	The Colbert Report TV	Self
2005	Where the Truth Lies MOVIE	Lanny
2005	Beauty Shop MOVIE	Jorge
2005	American Dad! TV	Kevin Bacon (voice)
2005	Loverboy MOVIE	Marty
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2004	The Woodsman MOVIE	Walter
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self - Guest
2004	Mystic River: Beneath the Surface MOVIE	Self
2004	Forces Of Nature MOVIE	Himself - Narrator
2004	Cavedweller MOVIE	Randall Pritchard
2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest TV	The Bacon Brothers (performance)
2003	Mystic River: From Page to Screen MOVIE	Self
2003	In the Cut MOVIE	John Graham (uncredited)
2003	Mystic River MOVIE	Sean Devine
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	Queer Eye for the Straight Guy TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2003	Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update MOVIE	Rev. Chip Diller
2002	Trapped MOVIE	Hickey
2002	American Idol TV	Self
2001	Novocaine MOVIE	Actor Lance Phelps
2001	Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music MOVIE	Self
2001	Critics Choice Awards TV	Self - Presenter
2000	Hollow Man MOVIE	Sebastian Caine
2000	God, the Devil and Bob TV	Kevin Bacon (voice)
2000	We Married Margo MOVIE	Self
2000	My Dog Skip MOVIE	Jack Morris
1999	The Early Show TV	Self
1999	Stir of Echoes MOVIE	Tom Witzky
1999	Diner: On The Flip Side MOVIE	Self
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self - Guest
1998	The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion MOVIE	Self - Chip Diller
1998	Will & Grace TV	Kevin Bacon
1998	Wild Things MOVIE	Sergeant Ray Duquette
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	The View TV	Self - Guest
1997	Telling Lies in America MOVIE	Billy Magic
1997	Picture Perfect MOVIE	Sam
1997	Leute heute TV	Self
1997	Digging to China MOVIE	Ricky Schroth
1997	Destination Anywhere MOVIE	Mike
1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life MOVIE	Self
1996	Sleepers MOVIE	Nokes
1996	The Daily Show TV	Self
1996	Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 MOVIE	Self
1995	Balto MOVIE	Balto (voice)
1995	The Frank Skinner Show TV	Self
1995	Apollo 13 MOVIE	Jack Swigert
1995	Murder in the First MOVIE	Henri Young
1994	The River Wild MOVIE	Wade
1994	The Air Up There MOVIE	Jimmy Dolan
1993	Frasier TV	Vic (voice)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1992	A Few Good Men MOVIE	Capt. Jack Ross
1992	Mad About You TV	Kevin Bacon
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV	Self
1991	JFK MOVIE	Willie O'Keefe
1991	Pyrates MOVIE	Ari
1991	A Little Vicious MOVIE	Narrator
1991	He Said, She Said MOVIE	Dan Hanson
1991	Queens Logic MOVIE	Dennis
1991	America's Funniest Dirty Jokes MOVIE	Himself
1990	Flatliners MOVIE	David Labraccio
1990	Tremors MOVIE	Valentine McKee
1989	The Simpsons TV	Philly Concierge (voice)
1989	The Big Picture MOVIE	Nick Chapman
1989	Criminal Law MOVIE	Martin Thiel
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self
1988	POV TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1988	Lemon Sky MOVIE	Alan
1988	She's Having a Baby MOVIE	Jake Briggs
1987	Planes, Trains and Automobiles MOVIE	Taxi Racer
1987	End of the Line MOVIE	Everett
1987	White Water Summer MOVIE	Vic
1986	John Hughes: Time Capsule MOVIE	Himself
1986	ZDF-Fernsehgarten TV	Self
1986	The Tender Age MOVIE	Probation Officer (uncredited)
1986	Quicksilver MOVIE	Jack Casey
1984	Mister Roberts MOVIE	Ens. Frank Pulver
1984	Footloose MOVIE	Ren
1983	The Demon Murder Case MOVIE	Kenny Miller
1983	Enormous Changes at the Last Minute MOVIE	Dennis
1982	Forty Deuce MOVIE	Ricky
1982	Diner MOVIE	Timothy Fenwick Jr.
1981	Only When I Laugh MOVIE	Don
1980	Friday the 13th MOVIE	Jack
1980	Hero at Large MOVIE	2nd Teenager
1979	The Gift MOVIE	Teddy
1979	Starting Over MOVIE	Husband - Young Couple
1978	Animal House MOVIE	Chip Diller
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1951	Search for Tomorrow TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Presenter
	The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime MOVIE	Leo

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