Cast & creator
Kevin Bacon
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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.
Also known as: Kevin Norwood Bacon
143
film credits
76
television credits
199
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (219)
Showing 219 of 219 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Simpsons
Philly Concierge (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Dad!
Kevin Bacon (voice)
2005
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Colbert Report
Self
2005
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest/Musical Guest
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Video Message
2009
Teen Titans Go!
Kevin Bacon (voice)
2013
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Frasier
Vic (voice)
1993
Leute heute
Self
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The Closer
Director
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Will & Grace
Kevin Bacon
1998
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self
2013
American Playhouse
Probation Officer (uncredited)
1982American Playhouse
Alan
1982
Mad About You
Kevin Bacon
1992
Hot Ones
Self
2015
American Idol
Self
2002
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Self
1986The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The Following
Ryan Hardy
2013The Following
Producer
2013
Last Meals
Self
2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest
1999
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
POV
Self - Narrator (voice)
1988
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self
2004
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
David Lindhagen
2011
City on a Hill
Jackie Rohr
2019City on a Hill
Co-Executive Producer
2019City on a Hill
Director
2019
Bored to Death
Himself
2009
The Bondsman
Hub Halloran
2025The Bondsman
Executive Producer
2025
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
MaXXXine
John Labat
2024
No Activity
Kevin Bacon (voice)
2017
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
A Few Good Men
Capt. Jack Ross
1992
Mystic River
Sean Devine
2003
Friday the 13th
Jack
1980
Tremors
Valentine McKee
1990
Sleepers
Nokes
1996
Black Mass
FBI Agent Charles McGuire
2015
Wild Things
Sergeant Ray Duquette
1998Wild Things
Executive Producer
1998
R.I.P.D.
Bobby Hayes
2013
SMILF
Kevin Bacon
2017
The Early Show
Self
1999
Hollow Man
Sebastian Caine
2000
Apollo 13
Jack Swigert
1995
Patriots Day
Richard DesLauriers
2016
Colin from Accounts
Kevin Bacon
2022
Leave the World Behind
Danny
2023
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Kevin Bacon
2022
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Bob Garbinger, the Villain
2025
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Captain Cade Grant
2024
JFK
Willie O'Keefe
1991
Critics Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
2001
Stir of Echoes
Tom Witzky
1999
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Taxi Racer
1987
Sirens
Peter Kell
2025
God, the Devil and Bob
Kevin Bacon (voice)
2000
Animal House
Chip Diller
1978
Footloose
Ren
1984
The River Wild
Wade
1994
You Should Have Left
Theo Conroy
2020
Frost/Nixon
Jack Brennan
2008
Murder in the First
Henri Young
1995
Death Sentence
Nick Hume
2007
Balto
Balto (voice)
1995
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
2003
Beauty Shop
Jorge
2005
I Love Dick
Dick
2016I Love Dick
Co-Executive Producer
2016I Love Dick
Creator
2016
My Dog Skip
Jack Morris
2000
In the Cut
John Graham (uncredited)
2003
They/Them
Owen Whistler
2022They/Them
Executive Producer
2022
Picture Perfect
Sam
1997
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Self - Guest
2022
Starting Over
Husband - Young Couple
1979
Flatliners
David Labraccio
1990
The Vice Guide
Trapped
Hickey
2002
The Air I Breathe
Love
2007
Val
Self (archive)
2021
Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik
2009
The Best You Can
Stan Olszewski
2025The Best You Can
Producer
2025
Where the Truth Lies
Lanny
2005
Space Oddity
Jeff McAllister
2023
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
The Darkness
Peter Taylor
2016
Super
Jacques
2010
My One and Only
Dan Devereaux
2009
Cop Car
Sheriff Kretzer
2015Cop Car
Executive Producer
2015
Taking Chance
LtCol Mike Strobl
2009
Tour de Pharmacy
Ditmer Klerken
2017
Tremors
Valentine 'Val' McKee
2018Tremors
Executive Producer
2018
Criminal Law
Martin Thiel
1989
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
1999
Quicksilver
Jack Casey
1986
The Woodsman
Walter
2004The Woodsman
Executive Producer
2004
She's Having a Baby
Jake Briggs
1988
The Big Picture
Nick Chapman
1989
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor
2015
The Air Up There
Jimmy Dolan
1994
Loverboy
Marty
2005Loverboy
Director
2005Loverboy
Producer
2005
He Said, She Said
Dan Hanson
1991
Search for Tomorrow
1951
White Water Summer
Vic
1987
Elephant White
Jimmy the Brit
2011
Queens Logic
Dennis
1991
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Carroll Caldwell
2013
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
Self
2026
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Diner
Timothy Fenwick Jr.
1982
Story of a Girl
Michael
2017
One Way
Fred Sr.
2022
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Pinky Peterson
2019
Telling Lies in America
Billy Magic
1997
End of the Line
Everett
1987
Rails & Ties
Tom Stark
2007
Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13
Self
1995
Mister Roberts
Ens. Frank Pulver
1984
Pyrates
Ari
1991
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Novocaine
Actor Lance Phelps
2001
Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
Self
2011
Find Your Groove
Self
2020
X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
Self - Sebastian Shaw
2012
Digging to China
Ricky Schroth
1997
Only When I Laugh
Don
1981
Beyond All Boundaries
Robert Sherrod
2009
Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones
Self
2021
Family Movie
Jack
2027Family Movie
Director
2027Family Movie
Producer
2027
8
Charles J. Cooper
2012
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
1996
Fleshing Out the Hollow Man
Self
The Tender Age
Probation Officer (uncredited)
1986Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
Rev. Chip Diller
2003
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Dennis
1983
Hero at Large
2nd Teenager
1980
The Legend of Burt Gummer
self
2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
2020
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
2008
Saving Angelo
Brent
2007
The Demon Murder Case
Kenny Miller
1983
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Chip Diller
1998
Lemon Sky
Alan
1988
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
Self
2020
Footloose: A Modern Musical
Self
2004Footloose: A Modern Musical
Thanks
2004
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Self
2019Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
Losing Chase
Director
1996
We Married Margo
Self
2000Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
2004
Cavedweller
Randall Pritchard
2004
Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
Self
2022
Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
Kevin Bacon
2008
Skum Rocks!
Self
2013
Destination Anywhere
Mike
1997Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
2003Zapata, Texas
Creator
Summoner
Jefferson Haddock
The Gift
Teddy
1979
Forty Deuce
Ricky
1982
North Star
Dr. Owen Broderick
2022Vanilla Ice Archive
Self (archive footage)
2012The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime
Leo
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Tremors: Making Perfection
Himself
2020Beach Read
2027
Forces of Nature
Himself - Narrator
2004
Diner: On The Flip Side
Self
1999
X-Men: First Class
Sebastian Shaw
2011
Let’s Dance! Kevin Bacon on "Footloose"
Self
2011
The Bloody Plumage from Another World
Evil Chicken
2025
New Orleans Animal Rescue
Himself
2009John Hughes: Time Capsule
Himself
1986
America's Funniest Dirty Jokes
Himself
1991
These Vagabond Shoes
Tom
2009
The Human Family Tree
Himself - Narrator
2009
"Footloose": Remembering Willard
Self
2011
A Little Vicious
Narrator
1991