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Kevin Bacon
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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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.
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2027
Beach Read
Movie
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2027
Family Movie
Movie Jack
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2026
Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart
Movie Self
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2025
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Movie Bob Garbinger, the Villain
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2025
The Best You Can
Movie Stan Olszewski
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2025
The Bloody Plumage from Another World
Movie Evil Chicken
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2025
Sirens
TV show Peter Kell
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2025
The Bondsman
TV show Hub Halloran
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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2024
MaXXXine
Movie John Labat
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2024
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Movie Captain Cade Grant
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2023
Leave the World Behind
Movie Danny
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2023
Space Oddity
Movie Jeff McAllister
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2022
Colin from Accounts
TV show Kevin Bacon
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2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Movie Kevin Bacon
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2022
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
TV show Self - Guest
More credits
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2022
One Way
Movie Fred Sr.
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2022
They/Them
Movie Owen Whistler
- 2022
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2022
North Star
Movie Dr. Owen Broderick
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2021
Last Meals
TV show Self
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2021
Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones
TV show Self
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2021
Val
Movie Self (archive)
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2020
The Legend of Burt Gummer
Movie self
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2020
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
Movie Self
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2020
Tremors: Making Perfection
Movie Himself
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2020
You Should Have Left
Movie Theo Conroy
- 2020
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2020
Find Your Groove
Movie Self
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2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Movie Pinky Peterson
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
City on a Hill
TV show Jackie Rohr
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2019
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Movie Self
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2018
Tremors
TV show Valentine 'Val' McKee
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2017
No Activity
TV show Kevin Bacon (voice)
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2017
SMILF
TV show Kevin Bacon
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2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV show Self
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2017
Tour de Pharmacy
Movie Ditmer Klerken
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2017
The Words That Built America
Movie Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
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2017
Story of a Girl
Movie Michael
