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Bacon made his feature film debut in ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]'' (1978) before his breakthrough role in the musical-drama film ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'' (1984). He's since starred in critically acclaimed films such as ''[[Diner (1982 film)|Diner]]'' (1982), ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'' (1991), ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' (1992), ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' (1995), ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]'' (2003), and ''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]'' (2008). Other notable roles include ''[[Friday the 13th (1980 film)|Friday the 13th]]'' (1980), ''[[The River Wild]]'' (1994), ''[[Sleepers (film)|Sleepers]]'' (1996), ''[[Wild Things (film)|Wild Things]]'' (1998), ''[[The Woodsman (2004 film)|The Woodsman]]'' (2004), ''[[Flatliners]]'' (1990), ''[[Crazy, Stupid, Love]]'' (2011), ''[[X-Men: First Class]]'' (2011), ''[[Black Mass (film)|Black Mass]]'' (2015), and ''[[Patriots Day (film)|Patriots Day]]'' (2016). Bacon has also directed the films ''[[Losing Chase]]'' (1996) and ''[[Loverboy (2005 film)|Loverboy]]'' (2005).
He is equally prolific on television, he starred in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] drama series ''[[The Following]]'' from 2013 to 2015. For his role as [[Michael Strobl|Lt. Col. Michael Strobl]] in [[HBO]] original film ''[[Taking Chance]]'' (2009), he received the [[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|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]. Bacon starred in the title role in [[Amazon Prime Video]] series ''[[I Love Dick (TV series)|I Love Dick]]'' from 2016 to 2017 for which he was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award]]. From 2019 to 2022 he starred in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[City on a Hill (TV series)|City on a Hill]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/showtime-cancels-city-on-a-hill-3-seasons-1235250089/|title=
Bacon's prolific career in a variety of genres has led him to become associated with the concept of interconnectedness among people, having been popularized by the trivia game "[[Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon]]". In 2007, he created [[SixDegrees.org]], a charitable foundation.<ref name="walk">{{cite web|title=Kevin Bacon biography |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/kevin-bacon.html |publisher=biography channel |access-date=October 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016202657/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/kevin-bacon.html |archive-date=October 16, 2014 }}</ref> He is a brand ambassador for British mobile network operator [[EE Limited|EE]] and has been featured in several ads for the company.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.marketingweek.com/ee-unveils-six-degrees-of-bacon-launch-ads/|title= EE unveils
== Early life and education ==
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In 1982, he won an [[Obie Award]] for his role in ''[[Forty Deuce]]'',<ref name="kevin">{{cite magazine|title=Kevin Bacon biography|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kevin-bacon/bio/160550|magazine=TV Guide|access-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref> and soon afterward he made his Broadway debut in ''[[Slab Boys]]'', with then-unknowns [[Sean Penn]] and [[Val Kilmer]]. However, it was not until he portrayed Timothy Fenwick that same year in [[Barry Levinson]]'s film ''[[Diner (1982 film)|Diner]]''{{spaced ndash}}costarring [[Steve Guttenberg]], [[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]], [[Mickey Rourke]], [[Tim Daly]], and [[Ellen Barkin]]{{spaced ndash}}that he made an indelible impression on film critics and moviegoers alike.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diner' 30th Anniversary: 25 Things You Didn't Know About The Guys-and-Fries Classic|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2012/03/02/diner-30th-anniversary/|publisher=moviefone|access-date=October 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021030336/http://news.moviefone.com/2012/03/02/diner-30th-anniversary/|archive-date=October 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Bolstered by the attention garnered by his performance in ''Diner'', Bacon starred in ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'' (1984).<ref name="bio"/> Richard Corliss of ''TIME'' likened ''Footloose'' to the [[James Dean]] classic ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'' and the old [[Mickey Rooney]]/[[Judy Garland]] musicals, commenting that the film includes "motifs on book burning, mid-life crisis, AWOL parents, fatal car crashes, drug enforcement, and Bible Belt vigilantism."<ref name="time84">{{cite
Bacon's critical and box office success led to a period of [[typecasting (acting)|typecasting]] in roles similar to the two he portrayed in ''Diner'' and ''Footloose'', and he had difficulty shaking this on-screen image. For the next several years he chose films that cast him against either type and experienced, by his own estimation, a career slump.
After a cameo in [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]]'s 1987 comedy ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cormier |first1=Roger |title=15 Moving Facts About
=== 1990s ===
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In 1994, Bacon earned a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for his role in ''[[The River Wild]]'',<ref name="bio"/> opposite [[Meryl Streep]]. He described the film to Chase in ''Cosmopolitan'' as a "grueling shoot", in which "every one of us fell out of the boat at one point or another and had to be saved".
His next film, ''[[Murder in the First (film)|Murder in the First]]'', earned him the Broadcast Film Critic's Association Award in 1995,<ref name="bio"/> the same year that he starred in the [[blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] hit ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Bacon Reprises His Roles from FOOTLOOSE, A FEW GOOD MEN, APOLLO 13, and More in UK Commercials|date=February 28, 2014 |url=http://collider.com/kevin-bacon-commercials-footloose/|publisher=collider|access-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref> Bacon played a trademark dark role once again in ''[[Sleepers (film)|Sleepers]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=Sleepers|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sleepers-1996|access-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref> This part starkly contrasted with his appearance in the lighthearted romantic comedy, ''[[Picture Perfect (1997 film)|Picture Perfect]]'' (1997).<ref name="bio" />
Bacon made his debut as a director with the television film ''[[Losing Chase]]'' (1996), which was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, and won one.<ref name="austin">{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/1997-02-07/283342/ |title=Losing Chase |last1=Macor |first1=Alison |date=February 7, 1997 |work=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> Bacon again resurrected his oddball mystique that year as a mentally-challenged houseguest in ''[[Digging to China]]''<ref name="bio" /> and as a disc jockey corrupted by [[payola]] in ''[[Telling Lies in America (film)|Telling Lies in America]]''.<ref name="bio" /> As the executive producer of ''[[Wild Things (film)|Wild Things]]'' (1998), Bacon reserved a supporting role for himself and went on to star in ''[[Stir of Echoes]]'' (1999), directed by [[David Koepp]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Under the Radar—Horror Movies You May Have Missed: Stir of Echoes|date=September 13, 2013 |url=http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2013/09/under-the-raderhorror-movies-you-may-have-missed-stir-of-echoes|publisher=criminal element.com|access-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref>
=== 2000s ===
[[file:Kevin Bacon Cannes 2004.jpg|thumb|upright|Bacon at the 2004 [[Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 2000, he appeared in [[Paul Verhoeven]]'s ''[[Hollow Man]].''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=The hollow man|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hollow-man-2000|access-date=October 12, 2014}}</ref> Bacon, [[Colin Firth]] and [[Rachel Blanchard]] depict a [[ménage à trois]] in their film, ''[[Where the Truth Lies]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kevin Bacon Talks About "Where the Truth Lies"|url=http://movies.about.com/od/wherethetruthlies/a/truthkb101305.htm|publisher=about.com|access-date=October 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017080013/http://movies.about.com/od/wherethetruthlies/a/truthkb101305.htm|archive-date=October 17, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bacon and director [[Atom Egoyan]] have condemned the [[MPAA]] ratings board decision to rate the film "[[MPAA film rating system|NC-17]]" rather than the preferable "R". Bacon commented: "I don't get it, when I see films (that) are extremely violent, extremely objectionable sometimes in terms of the roles that women play, slide by with an R, no problem, because the people happen to have more of their clothes on."<ref>{{cite news|title=Kevin Bacon irked over movie rating|author=Bruce Kirkland|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/09/14/1216527.html|date=September 14, 2005|
In 2003 he acted with [[Sean Penn]] and [[Tim Robbins]] in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s movie ''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]''.
Bacon was again acclaimed for a dark starring role playing an offending pedophile on parole in ''[[The Woodsman (2004 film)|The Woodsman]]'' (2004), for which he was nominated for best actor and received the Independent Spirit Award.<ref>{{cite
=== 2010s ===
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== Personal life ==
Bacon has been married to actress [[Kyra Sedgwick]] since September 4, 1988; they met on the set of the [[PBS]] version of [[Lanford Wilson]]'s play ''[[Lemon Sky]]''. He has said: "The time I was hitting what I considered to be bottom was also the time I met my wife, our kids were born, good things were happening. And I was able to keep supporting myself; that always gave me strength."<ref name="cosmo91"/> Bacon and Sedgwick have starred together in ''[[Pyrates]],'' ''[[Murder in the First (film)|Murder in the First]]'', ''[[The Woodsman (2004 film)|The Woodsman]]'', and ''[[Loverboy (2005 film)|Loverboy]]''. They have two children, Travis Sedgwick (b. 1989) and [[Sosie Bacon|Sosie Ruth]] (b. 1992). They reside on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kevin Bacon has loyalty to NYC despite Philly origins, says he's 'most at peace' in bustling city|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/kevin-bacon-loyalty-nyc-philly-origins-peace-bustling-city-article-1.147197|
Bacon has spoken out for the [[Separation of church and state in the United States|separation of church and state]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2008/05/two-thumbs-up.html |title=Media & Press | Americans United |publisher=Au.org |access-date=May 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023014658/https://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2008/05/two-thumbs-up.html |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite
Bacon and Sedgwick appeared in [[will.i.am]]'s video [[It's a New Day (Will.i.am song)|"It's a New Day"]], which was released following [[Barack Obama]]'s 2008 presidential win.
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