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Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Actor and producer, also director · Born July 8, 1958 (68) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Golden Globe winner · 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards · Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

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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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 8, 1958 (68)
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Actor and producer, also director
Titles
96 on MovieCove · 121 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 7% in 30 days

What are Kevin Bacon's films like?

Across their 87 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 80 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 29 · Serious 20 · Dark 31

Grounded 53 · Stylized 19 · Heightened 8

A split, not a type: Gentle 22 · Charged 25 · Intense 33

Steady 34 · Shifting 36 · Whiplash 10

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 45 · Some laughs 22 · Funny 13

Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 48 · Relentless 9

Casual 35 · Engaged 36 · Full focus 9

A split, not a type: Easy watch 29 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 29

Resolved 61 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

64 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 21 of 64 analyzed roles.

Hero
21 of 64
Shadow
15 of 64
Threshold guardian
9 of 64
Trickster
7 of 64
Ally
5 of 64
Mentor
4 of 64
Herald
2 of 64
Shapeshifter
1 of 64
Show the 64 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
50
Melancholic
29
Dread
21
Warm
23
Contemplative
23
Other
94

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy26
  • Bittersweet42
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous16
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kevin Bacon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 70 of their 96 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (30).

Subscription and free streaming for Kevin Bacon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

121 credits, 96 with a MovieCove page; 78 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Beach Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Family Movie(2026)

    Director · Producer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • The Toxic Avenger(2023)

    as Bob Garbinger, the Villain

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • The Best You Can(2025)

    Producer · as Stan Olszewski

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • The Bloody Plumage from Another World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Evil Chicken

  • Sirens(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Peter Kell

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
  • The Bondsman(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Hub Halloran

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
  • MaXXXine(2024)

    as John Labat

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F(2024)

    as Captain Cade Grant

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Lucky 13(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Space Oddity(2022)

    as Jeff McAllister

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Colin from Accounts(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin Bacon

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • One Way(2022)

    as Fred Sr.

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • They/Them(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Owen Whistler

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • North Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Dr. Owen Broderick

  • You Should Have Left(2020)

    Producer · as Theo Conroy

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • City on a Hill(2019)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer · as Jackie Rohr

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • Tremors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · as Valentine 'Val' McKee

  • No Activity(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kevin Bacon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
  • SMILF(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin Bacon

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
  • Tour de Pharmacy(2017)

    as Ditmer Klerken

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Story of a Girl(2017)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Patriots Day(2016)

    as Richard DesLauriers

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • I Love Dick(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Creator · as Dick

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
  • The Darkness(2016)

    as Peter Taylor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Black Mass(2015)

    as FBI Agent Charles McGuire

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Cop Car(2015)

    Executive Producer · as Sheriff Kretzer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Jayne Mansfield's Car(2012)

    as Carroll Caldwell

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • R.I.P.D.(2013)

    as Bobby Hayes

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Teen Titans Go!(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin Bacon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
  • The Following(2013)

    Show 45 episodes · Producer · as Ryan Hardy

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • 8(2012)

    as Charles J. Cooper

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love.(2011)

    as David Lindhagen

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • X-Men: First Class(2011)

    as Sebastian Shaw

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Elephant White(2011)

    as Jimmy the Brit

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Super(2010)

    as Jacques

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Beyond All Boundaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Robert Sherrod

  • Taking Chance(2009)

    as LtCol Mike Strobl

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • My One and Only(2009)

    as Dan Devereaux

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • These Vagabond Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Tom

  • Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Frost/Nixon(2008)

    as Jack Brennan

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Connected: The Power of Six Degrees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Kevin Bacon

  • Saving Angelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Brent

  • Rails & Ties(2007)

    as Tom Stark

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Death Sentence(2007)

    as Nick Hume

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • The Air I Breathe(2007)

    as Love

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Where the Truth Lies(2005)

    as Lanny

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • The Closer(2005)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Beauty Shop(2005)

    as Jorge

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin Bacon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • Loverboy(2005)

    Director · Producer · as Marty

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • The Woodsman(2004)

    Executive Producer · as Walter

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Footloose: A Modern Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Cavedweller(2004)

    as Randall Pritchard

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • In the Cut(2003)

    as John Graham (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Mystic River(2003)

    as Sean Devine

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Rev. Chip Diller

  • Trapped(2002)

    as Hickey

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Novocaine(2001)

    as Actor Lance Phelps

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Hollow Man(2000)

    as Sebastian Caine

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • God, the Devil and Bob(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin Bacon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • My Dog Skip(2000)

    as Jack Morris

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as (archive footage)

  • Stir of Echoes(1999)

    as Tom Witzky

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Will & Grace(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kevin Bacon

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • Wild Things(1998)

    Executive Producer · as Sergeant Ray Duquette

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Telling Lies in America(1997)

    as Billy Magic

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Picture Perfect(1997)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Digging to China(1997)

    as Ricky Schroth

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Destination Anywhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Mike

  • Losing Chase(1996)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Sleepers(1996)

    as Nokes

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Balto(1995)

    as Balto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Apollo 13(1995)

    as Jack Swigert

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Murder in the First(1995)

    as Henri Young

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • The River Wild(1994)

    as Wade

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • The Air Up There(1994)

    as Jimmy Dolan

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Frasier(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Vic (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
  • A Few Good Men(1992)

    as Capt. Jack Ross

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Mad About You(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Kevin Bacon

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
  • JFK(1991)

    as Willie O'Keefe

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Pyrates(1991)

    as Ari

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
  • A Little Vicious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Narrator

  • He Said, She Said(1991)

    as Dan Hanson

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Queens Logic(1991)

    as Dennis

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Flatliners(1990)

    as David Labraccio

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Tremors(1990)

    as Valentine McKee

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Philly Concierge (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • The Big Picture(1989)

    as Nick Chapman

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Criminal Law(1988)

    as Martin Thiel

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Lemon Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Alan

  • She's Having a Baby(1988)

    as Jake Briggs

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles(1987)

    as Taxi Racer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • End of the Line(1987)

    as Everett

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • White Water Summer(1987)

    as Vic

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • The Little Sister(1985)

    as Probation Officer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Quicksilver(1986)

    as Jack Casey

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Mister Roberts(1984)

    as Ens. Frank Pulver

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Footloose(1984)

    as Ren

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Demon Murder Case(1983)

    as Kenny Miller

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Forty Deuce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Ricky

  • Diner(1982)

    as Timothy Fenwick Jr.

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Alan · as Probation Officer (uncredited)

  • Only When I Laugh(1981)

    as Don

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Friday the 13th(1980)

    as Jack

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Hero at Large(1980)

    as 2nd Teenager

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • The Gift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Teddy

  • Starting Over(1979)

    as Husband - Young Couple

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Search for Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Summoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jefferson Haddock

  • The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Leo

  • The Vice Guide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Zapata, Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 120 titles, 114 of them dated from 1951 to 2025; peak year 1996.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19512025

Peak 1996 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 55 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 5 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting116 of 120: 104 only acting, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdDirecting5 of 120: 2 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thProducing12 of 120: 0 only producing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thOther crew3 of 120: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

120 titles, 12 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · acting1970s3 · acting1980s20 · acting1990s25 · 24 acting · 2 crew2000s29 · 27 acting · 4 crew2010s21 · 21 acting · 5 crew2020s15 · 15 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 40% of 62 roles
7888939803081318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 2 other major awards from 12 major nominations, 1995–2018.

WinNomination
  1. 2018
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
  2. 2010
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won
  3. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  4. 2005
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Male Lead
  5. 2004
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  6. 1996
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Cast
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor
  7. 1995
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Kevin Bacon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 79; across their 80 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 80

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 80

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 80

Midcredits score across 96 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up27
  • 50th to 74th30
  • 25th to 49th26
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

39 of their 96 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser39
  • Broadly Agreed15
  • Mixed23

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 69 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Kevin Bacon's work okay for kids?

Across up to 52 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore41 titles32–88 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity52 titles16–74 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity44 titles41–88 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs42 titles20–69 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense42 titles18–88 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Kevin Bacon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kevin Bacon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kyra Sedgwick shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles