Biography
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles 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 H...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Toxic Avenger
2025
as Bob Garbinger
A horrible toxic accident transforms downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze into a new evolution of hero: THE TOXIC AVENGER! Now wielding a glowing mop wit...

The Best You Can
2025
as Stan Olszewski
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advanci...

The Best You Can
2025
Producer
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advanci...

MaXXXine
2024
as John Labat
In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hol...

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
as Captain Cade Grant
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.

Leave the World Behind
2023
as Danny
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door...

Space Oddity
2023
as Jeff McAllister
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a wo...

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
as Kevin Bacon
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

One Way
2022
as Fred Sr.
On the run with a bag full of cash after a robbing his former crime boss—and a potentially fatal wound—Freddy slips onto a bus headed into a rainy nig...

They/Them
2022
as Owen Whistler
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.

They/Them
2022
Executive Producer
Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.

Step Into… The Movies with Derek and Julianne Hough
2022
as Self
A set of performances inspired on films such as Singin' in the Rain, Moulin Rouge, Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Saturday Night Fever ...

North Star
2022
A rural rancher sacrifices everything to care for his dying husband as his sister-in-law and a pair of televangelists peddle in shame, fear, and divis...

Val
2021
as Self (archive footage)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...

The Legend of Burt Gummer
2020
as self
Kevin Bacon, Jamie Kennedy, Ariana Richards, Ron Underwood, Don Michael Paul and many more talk about the actor behind the paranoid, passionate, gun-w...

Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
2020
as Self
Film clips and interviews with biographers and colleagues chart the prolific, six-decade career of maverick actor-director Clint Eastwood.

Tremors: Making Perfection
2020
as Himself
A brand new documentary from Universal Pictures telling the fabulous story of one of the most unique films ever made - Tremors. Hear from Kevin Bacon,...

You Should Have Left
2020
as Theo Conroy
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect re...

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
A tribute to the life and music of John Prine featuring family and friends sharing memories and songs while raising money for several charitable organ...

Find Your Groove
2020
as Self
In this uplifitng documentary, stars and musicians from across the industry speak to the power and importance of music in society. Here we examine how...

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Pinky Peterson
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
2019
as Self
A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Ba...

Tour de Pharmacy
2017
as Ditmer Klerken
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.

The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the foun...

Story of a Girl
2017
as Michael
When a compromising video of sixteen-year-old Deanna Lambert hits social media, her teenage life is changed forever. Overcoming bullies, hurtful schoo...

Patriots Day
2016
as Richard DesLauriers
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a r...

Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Paparazzi: Full Throttle L.A. is a 1 hour documentary film that follows the journey of LA's most infamous paparazzo "Dano" as he reports Hollywood's m...

The Darkness
2016
as Peter Taylor
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

Black Mass
2015
as FBI Agent Charles McGuire
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an F...

Cop Car
2015
as Sheriff Kretzer
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

Cop Car
2015
Executive Producer
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring ...

Skum Rocks!
2013
as Self
The unbelievable true story of the band that gained massive east coast popularity in the late 1980s despite having a complete lack of musical talent a...

The Presidents' Gatekeepers
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
An analysis of what the role of the Chief of Staff is in his position at the service of the President of the United States of America and how it has b...

Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Carroll Caldwell
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences tha...

R.I.P.D.
2013
as Bobby Hayes
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with w...
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The life and career of American rapper Vanilla Ice, showcasing his start as a breakdancer in South Dallas to his mainstream international success and ...

X-Men: First Class 35mm Special
2012
as Self - Sebastian Shaw
TV special about the making of "X-Men: First Class".

8
2012
as Charles J. Cooper
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.

Children of the Atom - Filming X-Men: First Class
2011
An eight-part behind-the-scenes featurette, charting the film from pre-production through post-production, including visual effects techniques and cat...

Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
as David Lindhagen
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfe...

X-Men: First Class
2011
as Sebastian Shaw
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. B...

Elephant White
2011
as Jimmy the Brit
An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.

Super
2010
as Jacques
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions,...

Beyond All Boundaries
2009
as Robert Sherrod
A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.

Taking Chance
2009
as LtCol Mike Strobl
Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.

The Human Family Tree
2009
as Himself - Narrator
Dr Spencer Wells retraces the footsteps of 200 random New Yorkers and proves they are all cousins. On the most diverse street in the most diverse cit...

My One and Only
2009
as Dan Devereaux
A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York to Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take...
These Vagabond Shoes
2009
as Tom
A man travels across New York City to get a Nathan's Famous hot dog.

New Orleans Animal Rescue
2009
as Himself
Actor Kevin Bacon narrates this chronicle of the brave volunteers who journeyed to New Orleans to rescue the quarter-million dogs, cats and other pets...

Frost/Nixon
2008
as Jack Brennan
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit...

Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
as Self
Documentary about the making of Animal House

Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
2008
as Kevin Bacon
A very rich documentary about the new science of network. It is built around reproducing the “Six degrees of separation” experience.

Rails & Ties
2007
as Tom Stark
A deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.

Death Sentence
2007
as Nick Hume
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by g...

The Air I Breathe
2007
as Love
A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue...

Where the Truth Lies
2005
as Lanny
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

Beauty Shop
2005
as Jorge
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profe...

Loverboy
2005
as Marty
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

Loverboy
2005
Director, Producer
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

The Woodsman
2004
as Walter
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophi...

The Woodsman
2004
Executive Producer
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophi...

Forces Of Nature
2004
as Himself - Narrator
Witness the awesome power and the unimaginable destruction of explosive volcanoes, ground-buckling earthquakes, and deadly tornadoes as you head into ...

Cavedweller
2004
as Randall Pritchard
A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abus...

In the Cut
2003
as John Graham (uncredited)
Following the gruesome murder of a young woman in her neighborhood, an English teacher living in New York City — as if to test the limits of her own s...

Mystic River
2003
as Sean Devine
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

Trapped
2002
as Joe Hickey
When their daughter is abducted by experienced kidnappers, the Jennings turn the tables on their seemingly fool-proof plan.

Novocaine
2001
as Actor Lance Phelps
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.

Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music was a 2001 television program tribute to John Lennon. It aired on TNT and The WB. Originally...

Hollow Man
2000
as Sebastian Caine
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pu...

We Married Margo
2000
as Self
Based on a true story (written by and starring the two dingbats who lived it). It's about two men who both used to be married to the same woman. Now d...

My Dog Skip
2000
as Jack Morris
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, wh...

Stir of Echoes
1999
as Tom Witzky
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

Diner: On The Flip Side
1999
as Self
Interviews with cast and crew about their memories on the making of the film

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
as Self - Chip Diller
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...

Wild Things
1998
as Sergeant Ray Duquette
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, re...

Wild Things
1998
Executive Producer
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, re...

Telling Lies in America
1997
as Billy Magic
A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment...

Picture Perfect
1997
as Sam
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has ...

Digging to China
1997
as Ricky Schroth
Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inatt...

Destination Anywhere
1997
as Mike
This film captures the essence of Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of one of the prime players in the legion of pop-metal bands that took '80s radio by s...
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her life and career.

Losing Chase
1996
Director
An intimate and turbulent relationship develops between Chase, a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown, and Elizabeth, the caretaker employed to l...

Sleepers
1996
as Sean Nokes
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes pl...

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996
as Self
The making of the motion picture "Apollo 13", as well as the story of the space mission it details. Featuring interviews with director Ron Howard, ast...

Balto
1995
as Balto (voice)
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

Apollo 13
1995
as Jack Swigert
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with th...

Murder in the First
1995
as Henri Young
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

The River Wild
1994
as Wade
Gail and Tom Hartman are struggling to stay together and decide to take a white-water rafting holiday adventure in Montana for their son Roarke's 10th...

The Air Up There
1994
as Jimmy Dolan
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to...

A Few Good Men
1992
as Capt. Jack Ross
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritua...

JFK
1991
as Willie O'Keefe
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Pyrates
1991
as Ari
As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem remi...

A Little Vicious
1991
as Narrator
Bandit, a Connecticut house dog with ties to the Pit Bull family, is condemned to death for biting an aggressive neighbor and then his own remorseful ...

He Said, She Said
1991
as Dan Hanson
Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the ...

Queens Logic
1991
as Dennis
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through ...

America's Funniest Dirty Jokes
1991
as Himself
Regular people telling jokes in public spaces.

Flatliners
1990
as David Labraccio
Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, a...

Tremors
1990
as Valentine McKee
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating crea...

The Big Picture
1989
as Nick Chapman
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Stu...

Criminal Law
1989
as Martin Thiel
Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man ...

Lemon Sky
1988
as Alan
An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his...

She's Having a Baby
1988
as Jake Briggs
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
as Taxi Racer
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meani...

End of the Line
1987
as Everett
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.

White Water Summer
1987
as Vic
When the experienced guide Vic accompanies the city boy Alan and his three friends on their first wilderness experience, he not only hopes to teach th...
John Hughes: Time Capsule
1986
as Himself
John Hughes sits down with actor Kevin Bacon to discuss 'Pretty in Pink' and Some Kind of Wonderful'

The Tender Age
1986
as Probation Officer (uncredited)
Tim Donovan, a juvenile probation officer for the city of Boston, is assigned the case of Nikki, a troubled teenage girl who's been arrested for Assa...

Quicksilver
1986
as Jack Casey
Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerv...

Mister Roberts
1984
as Ens. Frank Pulver
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyra...

Footloose
1984
as Ren
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he...

The Demon Murder Case
1983
as Kenny Miller
A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983
as Dennis
This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three child...

Forty Deuce
1982
as Ricky
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.

Diner
1982
as Timothy Fenwick Jr.
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating deta...

Only When I Laugh
1981
as Don
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the ...

Friday the 13th
1980
as Jack
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Hero at Large
1980
as 2nd Teenager
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a sup...

The Gift
1979
as Teddy
A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

Starting Over
1979
as Husband - Young Couple
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

Animal House
1978
as Chip Diller
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.

The Bloody Plumage from Another World
N/A
as Evil Chicken
A dangerous parasitic alien falls into a chicken coop.
Family Movie
N/A
An eclectic but tight-knit family of filmmakers who suddenly find themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their late...
Family Movie
N/A
Director, Producer
An eclectic but tight-knit family of filmmakers who suddenly find themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their late...