Kevin Bacon profile
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Kevin Bacon

8th July 1958 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Acting

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.

116 Movies 66 TV Shows 194 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

One Way poster
One Way 2nd September 2022 as Fred Sr.
Black Mass poster
Black Mass 17th September 2015 as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
Cop Car poster
Cop Car 8th July 2015 as Sheriff Kretzer
8 poster
8 3rd March 2012 as Charles J. Cooper
Super poster
Super 26th November 2010 as Jacques
In the Cut poster
In the Cut 22nd October 2003 as John Graham (uncredited)
Novocaine poster
Novocaine 23rd November 2001 as Actor Lance Phelps
Balto poster
Balto 22nd December 1995 as Balto (voice)
JFK poster
JFK 20th December 1991 as Willie O'Keefe
Tremors poster
Tremors 19th January 1990 as Valentine McKee
Diner poster
Diner 5th March 1982 as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
Sirens poster
Sirens 22nd May 2025 as Peter Kell
Tremors poster
Tremors 1st May 2018 as Valentine 'Val' McKee
SMILF poster
SMILF 5th November 2017 as Kevin Bacon
Conan poster
Conan 8th November 2010 as Self
Frasier poster
Frasier 16th September 1993 as Vic (voice)