Portrait of Kevin Bacon

Acting

Kevin Bacon

Career

Active from 1980 to 2027, busiest in 1991 and 2025 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
66
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mystic River
Mystic River
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 90 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kevin Bacon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Warfare
    0.6, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Moral Ambiguity 7
  • Character Study 5
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Family Drama 4
  • Coming-of-Age Story 4
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Contemporary Realism 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Psychological Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

115
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Maher & Kevin
Maher & Kevin

as kevin

Summoner
Summoner

as Jefferson Haddock

The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime
The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime

as Leo

2020s

16 titles ยท average score 63
Family Movie
Family Movie (2027)

as Jack

The Bondsman
The Bondsman (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Hub Halloran

The Best You Can
The Best You Can (2025)
GoodWatch score 67

as Stan Olszewski

The Toxic Avenger Unrated
The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2025)
GoodWatch score 68

as Bob Garbinger, the Villain

Sirens
Sirens (2025)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Peter Kell

MaXXXine
MaXXXine (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as John Labat

Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

as Danny

Space Oddity
Space Oddity (2023)
GoodWatch score 50

as Jeff McAllister

They/Them
They/Them (2022)
GoodWatch score 38

as Owen Whistler

One Way
One Way (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

as Fred Sr.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

as Kevin Bacon

You Should Have Left
You Should Have Left (2020)
GoodWatch score 45

as Theo Conroy

2010s

21 titles ยท average score 62
City on a Hill
City on a Hill (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Jackie Rohr

Tremors
Tremors (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Valentine 'Val' McKee

I Love Dick
I Love Dick (2016)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Dick

The Darkness
The Darkness (2016)
GoodWatch score 24

as Peter Taylor

Patriots Day
Patriots Day (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

as Richard DesLauriers

Cop Car
Cop Car (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sheriff Kretzer

Black Mass
Black Mass (2015)
GoodWatch score 68

as FBI Agent Charles McGuire

The Following
The Following (2013)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Ryan Hardy

R.I.P.D.
R.I.P.D. (2013)
GoodWatch score 33

as Bobby Hayes

Jayne Mansfield's Car
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)
GoodWatch score 49

as Carroll Caldwell

Elephant White
Elephant White (2011)
GoodWatch score 42

as Jimmy the Brit

Super
Super (2010)
GoodWatch score 57

as Jacques

2000s

26 titles ยท average score 56
Taking Chance
Taking Chance (2009)
GoodWatch score 65

as LtCol Mike Strobl

My One and Only
My One and Only (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

as Dan Devereaux

Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon (2008)
GoodWatch score 82

as Jack Brennan

Death Sentence
Death Sentence (2007)
GoodWatch score 46

as Nick Hume

The Air I Breathe
The Air I Breathe (2007)
GoodWatch score 44

as Love

Rails & Ties
Rails & Ties (2007)
GoodWatch score 48

as Tom Stark

Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

as Lanny

Loverboy
Loverboy (2005)
GoodWatch score 35

as Marty

The Woodsman
The Woodsman (2004)
GoodWatch score 76

as Walter

Mystic River
Mystic River (2003)
GoodWatch score 83

as Sean Devine

Hollow Man
Hollow Man (2000)
GoodWatch score 38

as Sebastian Caine

My Dog Skip
My Dog Skip (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jack Morris

1990s

25 titles ยท average score 63
Stir of Echoes
Stir of Echoes (1999)
GoodWatch score 68

as Tom Witzky

Wild Things
Wild Things (1998)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sergeant Ray Duquette

Picture Perfect
Picture Perfect (1997)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sam

Sleepers
Sleepers (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

as Nokes

Apollo 13
Apollo 13 (1995)
GoodWatch score 82

as Jack Swigert

Balto
Balto (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Balto (voice)

Murder in the First
Murder in the First (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

as Henri Young

The River Wild
The River Wild (1994)
GoodWatch score 63

as Wade

A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men (1992)
GoodWatch score 77

as Capt. Jack Ross

He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said (1991)
GoodWatch score 42

as Dan Hanson

Tremors
Tremors (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

as Valentine McKee

Flatliners
Flatliners (1990)
GoodWatch score 58

as David Labraccio

1980s

20 titles ยท average score 57
The Big Picture
The Big Picture (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

as Nick Chapman

Criminal Law
Criminal Law (1989)
GoodWatch score 38

as Martin Thiel

The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Philly Concierge (voice)

She's Having a Baby
She's Having a Baby (1988)
GoodWatch score 49

as Jake Briggs

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

as Taxi Racer

White Water Summer
White Water Summer (1987)
GoodWatch score 34

as Vic

End of the Line
End of the Line (1987)
GoodWatch score 55

as Everett

Quicksilver
Quicksilver (1986)
GoodWatch score 34

as Jack Casey

Footloose
Footloose (1984)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ren

Mister Roberts
Mister Roberts (1984)

as Ens. Frank Pulver

Diner
Diner (1982)
GoodWatch score 79

as Timothy Fenwick Jr.

Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th (1980)
GoodWatch score 48

as Jack

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 70
Starting Over
Starting Over (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

as Husband - Young Couple

The Gift
The Gift (1979)

as Teddy

Animal House
Animal House (1978)
GoodWatch score 79

as Chip Diller

1950s

1 title ยท average score 75
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow (1951)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show