The following is the filmography for American actor Kevin Bacon. His most notable roles have been in: National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), Friday the 13th (1980), Diner (1982), Footloose (1984), Quicksilver (1986), White Water Summer (1987) She's Having a Baby (1988), Flatliners and Tremors (both 1990), He Said, She Said and JFK (both 1991), A Few Good Men (1992), The River Wild (1994), The Air Up There (1994), Murder in the First and Apollo 13 (both 1995), Sleepers (1996), Wild Things (1998), Stir of Echoes (1999), Hollow Man and My Dog Skip (both 2000), Trapped (2002), Mystic River (2003), The Woodsman (2004), Death Sentence (2007), Frost/Nixon (2008), X-Men: First Class and Crazy, Stupid, Love (both 2011), Black Mass (2015), Patriots Day (2016),The Darkness (2016) and MaXXXine (2024).
In 2009, he starred in the television movie Taking Chance, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. He had previously won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1995 as part of the ensemble cast of Apollo 13. In 2013, Bacon starred in the Fox television series The Following in his first regular role on television, for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television.
Film
Year Title Role Notes 1978 Animal House Chip Diller 1979 Starting Over Husband - Young Couple Scene deleted but still credited 1980 Hero at Large 2nd Teenager Friday the 13th Jack Burrell 1981 Only When I Laugh Don Holcroft 1982 Diner Timothy Fenwick Jr. Forty Deuce Ricky 1983 Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Dennis 1984 Footloose Ren McCormack 1986 Quicksilver Jack Casey 1987 White Water Summer Vic End of the Line Everett Planes, Trains and Automobiles Taxi Racer 1988 She's Having a Baby Jefferson "Jake" Edward Briggs 1989 Criminal Law Martin Thiel The Big Picture Nick Chapman 1990 Tremors Valentine "Val" McKee Flatliners David Labraccio 1991 Pyrates Ari Queens Logic Dennis He Said, She Said Dan Hanson JFK Willie O'Keefe A Little Vicious The Narrator Short film 1992 A Few Good Men Captain Jack Ross 1994 The Air Up There Jimmy Dolan The River Wild Wade New York Skyride The Narrator Short film 1995 Murder in the First Henri Young Apollo 13 Jack Swigert Balto Balto Voice 1996 Sleepers Sean Nokes 1997 Picture Perfect Sam Mayfair Digging to China Ricky Schroth Telling Lies in America Billy "Magic" 1998 Wild Things Sergeant Ray Duquette Also executive producer 1999 Stir of Echoes Tom Witzky 2000 My Dog Skip Jack Morris We Married Margo Himself Hollow Man Sebastian Caine 2001 Novocaine Lance Phelps 2002 Trapped Joe Hickey 2003 Mystic River Detective Sean Devine In the Cut John Graham Imagine New York Himself Short film 2004 The Woodsman Walter Cavedweller Randall Pritchard Natural Disasters: Forces of Nature The Narrator Short film 2005 Loverboy Marty Stoll Also director and producer Beauty Shop Jorge Christophe / George Christie Where the Truth Lies Lanny Morris 2007 The Air I Breathe Dr. Love Death Sentence Nick Hume Rails & Ties Tom Stark Saving Angelo Brent Short film 2008 New York, I Love You Man Segment: "These Vagabond Shoes" (cut from theatrical release) Frost/Nixon Jack Brennan 2009 My One and Only Dan Devereaux These Vagabond Shoes Tom Short film Beyond All Boundaries Robert Sherrod Voice; short film 2010 Super Jacques 2011 Elephant White Jimmy "The Brit" X-Men: First Class Sebastian Shaw Crazy, Stupid, Love David Lindhagen 2012 Jayne Mansfield's Car Carroll Caldwell 2013 R.I.P.D. Bobby Hayes Skum Rocks! Himself 2015 Cop Car Sheriff Kretzer Black Mass FBI Agent-In-Charge Charles McGuire 2016 The Darkness Peter Taylor Patriots Day Richard DesLauriers 2017 Tour de Pharmacy Ditmer Klerkin 2020 You Should Have Left Theo Conroy 2022 Space Oddity Jeff McAllister They/Them Owen Whistler One Way Fred Sullivan Sr. 2023 The Toxic Avenger Bob Garbinger Leave the World Behind Danny 2024 MaXXXine John Labat Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Captain Cade Grant 2025 The Best You Can Stan Olszewski Also producer 2026 Family Movie Also director and producer 2027 Filming
Television + Year Title Role Notes 1979 Search for Tomorrow Todd Adamson The Gift Teddy Devlin Television film 1980–1981 Guiding Light T.J. "Tim" Werner # 2 7 episodes 1983 The Demon Murder Case Kenny Miller Television film 1984 Mister Roberts Ensign Frank Pulver 1986, 1988 American Playhouse Probation Officer, Alan Episodes: "The Little Sister" (uncredited) and "Lemon Sky" 1991 Saturday Night Live Himself Host; episode: "Kevin Bacon/INXS" 1994 Frasier Vic VoiceEpisode: "Adventures in Paradise: Part 2" 1996 Losing Chase Director only 1997 Destination Anywhere Mike Television film 2000 God, the Devil and BobHimself Voice; episode: "Bob Gets Involved" 2002, 2006 Will & Grace 2 episodes 2006–2009 The Closer 4 episodes; director only 2009 Taking Chance Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl Television film The Magic 7 Himself Human Family Tree The Narrator Documentary 2010 Bored to Death Himself Episode: "Forty-Two Down!" 2011 Robot Chicken Pringle / Ren McCormack Voice; episode: "Beastmaster and Commander" 2013–2015 The Following Ryan Hardy 45 episodes 2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Himself Episode: "Kevin Bacon Wears a Blue Button Down Shirt and Brown Boots" 2016–2017 I Love Dick Dick 8 episodes 2017 Tour de Pharmacy Ditmer Klerken Television film Story of a Girl Michael 2019 SMILF Himself Episode: "So Maybe I Look Feminine" Live in Front of a Studio Audience "Pinky" Peterson 2 episodes 2019–2022 City on a Hill Jackie Rohr Main role 2021 Ben & Jerry's: Battle of the Cone Himself Special guest; episode: "Six Flavors of Kevin Bacon" 2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Kevin Bacon (fictionalised version of himself) Television special 2023 RuPaul's Drag RaceHimself Special guest (season 15); episode: "Reunited!" 2025 American Dad! Voice; episode: "The Legend of Mike Madonia, the Rototiller Man" The Bondsman Hub Halloran Lead role Sirens Peter Kell Main role; miniseries
Video games Year Title Voice 1996 You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 Himself
See also Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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