Kevin Bacon filmography

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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).

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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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1978 National Lampoon's Animal House Chip Diller
1979 Starting Over Husband - Young Couple
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
1985The Little SisterProbation OfficerUncredited
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 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 NarratorShort film
1995 Murder in the First Henri Young
Apollo 13 Jack Swigert
Balto Balto (voice)
1996 Sleepers Sean Nokes
Losing Chase Director only
1997 Picture Perfect Sam Mayfair
Destination Anywhere Mike
Digging to China Ricky Schroth
Telling Lies in America Billy Magic
1998 Wild Things Sgt. Ray Duquette
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 Sean Devine
In the Cut John Graham
Imagine New YorkHimselfShort film
2004 The Woodsman Walter
Cavedweller Randall Pritchard
Natural Disasters: Forces of NatureNarratorShort film
2005 Loverboy Marty StollAlso director and producer
Beauty Shop Jorge Christophe/George Christie
Where the Truth Lies Lanny Morris
2007 Death Sentence Nick Hume
Rails & Ties Tom Stark
Saving Angelo BrentShort film
2008 The Air I Breathe Love
Frost/Nixon Jack Brennan
New York, I Love You ManThese Vagabond Shoes segment cut from theatrical release
2009 My One and Only Dan Devereaux
These Vagabond ShoesTomShort film
Beyond All Boundaries Robert Sherrod (voice)
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 Charles McGuire
2016 The Darkness Peter Taylor
Patriots Day Richard DesLauriers
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 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Captain Cade Grant [1]
MaXXXine John Labat [2] [3]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Film
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1979 Search for Tomorrow Todd Adamson
The Gift Teddy Television film
1980–1981 Guiding Light T. J. 'Tim' Werner # 27 episodes
1983The Demon Murder CaseKenny MillerTelevision film [4]
1984 Mister Roberts Ens. Frank Pulver
1986 American Playhouse Probation OfficerEpisode: "The Little Sister"
1988 Lemon Sky AlanTelevision film
1991 Saturday Night Live Himself (host)Episode: "Kevin Bacon/INXS"
1994 Frasier Vic (voice)Episode: "Adventures in Paradise: Part 2"
2000 God, the Devil and Bob Himself (voice)Episode: "Bob Gets Involved"
2002, 2006 Will & Grace Himself2 episodes
2006–2009 The Closer 4 episodes; director only
2009 Taking Chance Lt. Col. Michael Strobl Television film
The Magic 7 Himself
Human Family Tree NarratorDocumentary
2010 Bored to Death HimselfEpisode: "Forty-Two Down!"
2011 Robot Chicken Pringle / Ren McCormack (voices)Episode: "Beastmaster and Commander"
2013–2015 The Following Ryan Hardy45 episodes
2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! HimselfEpisode: "Kevin Bacon Wears a Blue Button Down Shirt and Brown Boots"
2016–2017 I Love Dick Dick8 episodes
2017 Tour de Pharmacy Ditmer KlerkenTelevision film
Story of a Girl Michael
2019 SMILF HimselfEpisode: "So Maybe I Look Feminine"
2019–2022 City on a Hill Jackie RohrMain role
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Pinky Peterson2 episodes [5]
2021Ben & Jerry's: Battle of the ConeHimself (special guest)Episode: "Six Flavors of Kevin Bacon"
2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special HimselfTelevision special
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself (special guest)Episode: "Reunited!"
2025 American Dad! Himself (voice)Episode: "The Legend of Mike Madonia, the Rototiller Man"
TBA The Bondsman Hub HalloranLead role. Filming

Video games

YearTitleVoice
1996 You Don't Know Jack Volume 2 Himself

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