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Kevin Bacon
Highest Rated: 96% Apollo 13 (1995)
Lowest Rated: 3% The Darkness (2016)
Birthday: Jul 8, 1958
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
A leading man and character actor so prolific and well-liked that he spawned a game based on his screen ubiquity, Kevin Bacon has played a remarkably diverse array of roles in the course of a four-decade career in films and on television, from upstanding leads in "Footloose" (1983),"Tremors" (1990) and "Apollo 13" (1995) to complex, troubled, and even malevolent men in "Diner" (1982), "JFK" (1991), "Mystic River" (2005) and "City on a Hill" (Showtime, 2019-2022 ). Born Kevin Norwood Bacon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 8, 1958, he was the youngest of six children by architect and city planner Edmund Norwood Bacon, whose status as the "father of modern Philadelphia" spurred his son to find his own path to acclaim. He found it at an early age in acting, which he pursued from his elementary school years through high school and at a special five-week theater course at Bucknell University. He left Philadelphia for New York City at the age of 17 to study at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Greenwich Village, and by 1978, had made his feature film debut as a freshman ROTC soldier in "Animal House." Though a blockbuster, the John Landis comedy did not boost Bacon into stardom, and he returned to New York to work on daytime soap operas and the occasional feature, like 1980s' "Friday the 13th," while also honing his craft on stage. Eventually, he drew critical praise for his theater work, including an OBIE Award for "Forty Deuce" in 1982, which in turn revived his film career. Barry Levinson's "Diner," which paired Bacon with fellow up-and-comers Mickey Rourke, Paul Reiser and Tim Daly, served as the launching pad for his rise to stardom, which took off in earnest when he was cast in "Footloose" as a free-thinking, dance-loving young man in a strict Midwestern town. A major hit with young audiences, it led to starring roles as equally brash young men in unremarkable films like "Quicksilver" (1986) and John Hughes' "She's Having a Baby" (1987). Bacon shrewdly moved away from such projects and invested his time into character-driven roles - an icy killer in "Criminal Law" (1988), an aspiring filmmaker in Christopher Guest's "The Big Picture" (1989), a handyman pitted against subterranean monsters in the cult favorite "Tremors" - which eventually led to a show-stopping turn as a gay hustler connected to the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Oliver Stone's "JFK." The success of that film, and critical praise for his unsympathetic turns in "A Few Good Men" (1992) and "The River Wild" (1994), which reinvigorated his career and led to a prolific run as a leading man in Ron Howard's "Apollo 13," Levinson's "Sleepers" (1996), Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" and numerous other films. Bacon was so frequently seen on screen in the 1990s and 2000s that he spawned a game called "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," which claimed to be able to connect him to any actor via shared or related projects. In the new millennium, Bacon's film roles grew more eclectic and even daring: he was a child kidnapper in "Trapped" (2002), a convicted pedophile in "The Woodsman" (2004), a comically vain hairstylist in "Beauty Shop" (2004), and a grieving vigilante in "Death Sentence" (2007). As the 2000s drew to a close, Bacon was finding more substantive work on television; he earned a Golden Globe as a Marine accompanying the body of a slain soldier to his hometown in the HBO drama "Taking Chance" (2009), and he starred as a former FBI agent on the trail of a serial killer with a devoted cult in "The Following" (Fox, 2013-2015). He also remained a fixture in films, albeit in smaller showcase roles for films like "X-Men: First Class" (2011). When "Following" ran its course, Bacon resumed his busy character actor work on television and film, earning critical praise for flinty roles in "Cop Car" (2015), "Black Mass" (2015) and "Patriots Day" (2016). He returned briefly to comedy as the object of Kathryn Hahn's obsession in the Amazon series "I Love Dick" (2017) before taking on the role of a corrupt FBI agent in the crime series "City on a Hill" for producers Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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72% |
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MaXXXine | John Labat (Character) | $14.7M | 2024 |
66% |
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | Captain Grant (Character) | - | 2024 |
73% |
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Leave the World Behind | Danny (Character) | - | 2023 |
92% | No Score Yet | The Toxic Avenger | Bob Garbinger (Character) | - | 2023 |
56% |
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Space Oddity | Jeff McAllister (Character) | - | 2022 |
94% |
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Self | - | 2022 |
53% |
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One Way |
A...hole / |
- | 2022 |
33% |
|
They/Them |
Owen Whistler (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Star | Dr. Owen Broderick (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Step Into...The Movies With Derek and Julianne Hough | Self | - | 2022 |
40% |
|
You Should Have Left | Theo Conroy (Character) | - | 2020 |
80% | No Score Yet | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Story of a Girl | Michael (Character) | - | 2017 |
80% |
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Patriots Day | Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Character) | $31.8M | 2016 |
3% |
|
The Darkness | Peter Taylor (Character) | $10.7M | 2016 |
73% |
|
Black Mass | FBI Agent Charles McGuire (Character) | $62.6M | 2015 |
82% |
|
Cop Car |
Sheriff Kretzer (Character), Executive Producer |
$128.0K | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turn It Up! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
12% |
|
R.I.P.D. | Hayes (Character) | $33.6M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Skum Rocks! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
35% |
|
Jayne Mansfield's Car | Carroll Caldwell (Character) | $14.4K | 2012 |
79% |
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. | David Lindhagen (Character) | $84.3M | 2011 |
86% |
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X-Men: First Class | Sebastian Shaw (Character) | $146.4M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Elephant White | Jimmy The Brit (Character) | - | 2011 |
50% |
|
Super | Jacques (Character) | $322.2K | 2010 |
37% |
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New York, I Love You | Tom (Character) | $1.6M | 2009 |
69% |
|
My One and Only | Dan Devereaux (Character) | $2.5M | 2009 |
57% |
|
Taking Chance | Lt. Col. Mike Strobl (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Human Family Tree | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
93% |
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Frost/Nixon | Jack Brennan (Character) | $18.6M | 2008 |
10% |
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The Air I Breathe | Love (Character) | $19.5K | 2007 |
34% |
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Rails & Ties | Tom Stark (Character) | $21.4K | 2007 |
20% |
|
Death Sentence | Nick Hume (Character) | $9.5M | 2007 |
18% |
|
Loverboy |
Marty Stoll (Character), Director, Producer |
$29.7K | 2005 |
41% |
|
Where the Truth Lies | Lanny Morris (Character) | $871.5K | 2005 |
38% |
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Beauty Shop | Jorge Christophe (Character) | $36.3M | 2005 |
89% |
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Forces of Nature | Narrator | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Cavedweller | Randall Pritchard (Character) | - | 2004 |
88% |
|
The Woodsman |
Walter (Character), Executive Producer |
$1.6M | 2004 |
89% |
|
Mystic River | Sean Devine (Character) | $90.1M | 2003 |
17% |
|
Trapped | Joe Hickey (Character) | $6.9M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
|
We Married Margo | Self | - | 2000 |
26% |
|
Hollow Man | Sebastian Caine (Character) | $73.2M | 2000 |
73% |
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My Dog Skip | Jack Morris (Character) | $34.1M | 2000 |
68% |
|
Stir of Echoes | Tom Witzky (Character) | $21.1M | 1999 |
43% |
|
Digging to China | Ricky Schroth (Character) | $19.2K | 1998 |
64% |
|
Wild Things |
Sgt. Ray Duquette (Character), Executive Producer |
$29.8M | 1998 |
63% |
|
Telling Lies in America | Billy Magic (Character) | $275.2K | 1997 |
47% |
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Picture Perfect | Sam Mayfair (Character) | $31.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Losing Chase | Director | - | 1996 |
73% |
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Sleepers | Sean Nokes (Character) | $53.3M | 1996 |
54% |
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Murder in the First | Henri Young (Character) | $16.1M | 1995 |
56% |
|
Balto | Balto (Voice) | $11.2M | 1995 |
96% |
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Apollo 13 | Jack Swigert (Character) | $173.8M | 1995 |
21% |
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The Air Up There | Jimmy Dolan (Character) | $20.8M | 1994 |
63% |
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The River Wild | Wade (Character) | $46.5M | 1994 |
84% |
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A Few Good Men | Capt. Jack Ross (Character) | $141.3M | 1992 |
33% |
|
He Said, She Said | Dan Hanson (Character) | $8.7M | 1991 |
84% |
|
JFK | Willie O'Keefe (Character) | - | 1991 |
30% |
|
Queens Logic | Dennis (Character) | $301.6K | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Pyrates | Ari (Character) | - | 1991 |
88% |
|
Tremors | Valentine McKee (Character) | $15.5M | 1990 |
50% |
|
Flatliners | David Labraccio (Character) | $58.7M | 1990 |
88% |
|
The Big Picture | Nick Chapman (Character) | $33.1K | 1989 |
44% |
|
She's Having a Baby | Jake Briggs (Character) | $14.4M | 1988 |
33% |
|
Criminal Law | Martin Thiel (Character) | $9.1M | 1988 |
60% |
|
End of the Line | Everett (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
|
Lemon Sky | Alan (Character) | - | 1987 |
25% |
|
White Water Summer | Vic (Character) | - | 1987 |
92% |
|
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Taxi Racer (Character) | $48.2M | 1987 |
13% |
|
Quicksilver | Jack Casey (Character) | $5.6M | 1986 |
55% |
|
Footloose | Ren McCormack (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute | Dennis (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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The Demon Murder Case | Kenny Miller (Character) | - | 1983 |
92% |
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Diner | Timothy Fenwick Jr. (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forty Deuce | Ricky (Character) | - | 1982 |
66% |
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Friday the 13th | Jack Burrell (Character) | $60.5M | 1980 |
91% |
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National Lampoon's Animal House | Chip Diller (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky 13 | Executive Producer | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2015 2019 2021 2024 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015-2017 2020 2023 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014-2023 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2013 2020-2023 |
88% | 86% | City on a Hill | Jackie Rohr (Character) | 2019 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2014-2015 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Josh Gates Tonight | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2017 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2013 2015 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2017 |
87% | 73% | I Love Dick | Dick (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2015 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2008 2010 2017 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Guest | 2016 |
58% | 66% | The Following | Ryan Hardy (Character) | 2013-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2010 2013-2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tonight Show With Jay Leno | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
83% | 84% | The Closer | Director | 2006-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Kevin Bacon (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Himself (Guest Star) | 1996 |
95% | 94% | Frasier | Vic (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1991 |
55% | No Score Yet | God, the Devil and Bob | Unknown (Guest Voice) |