forget the 6° shtick here’s a career
full of rich nuanced performances
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for Kevin
Bacon’s top ten performances number 10
Ryan Hardy the following
Oh Ryan like seemingly every other
serious actor this decade bacons saw the
potential of the small screen I need to
be punished just on the Fox series the
following his Ryan Hardy is an ex-fbi
agent called back to assist in the
search for wanted fugitive serial killer
Joe Carroll we need you in Virginia Ryan
I’m not an agent anymore what drew him
to the role were the life-or-death
choices his character is forced to make
and the result is a performance as
layered as it is rich in small details
bacon has never invested himself more in
a role than he does here it’s the best
ending I’m the hero you can let her go
but I have got to die no one is going to
expect number nine Wade the river wild I
need your wife to get me down the river
I need you son Oh
control oh you’re the daughter
expendable under director Curtis
Hansen’s responsible hands bacon
delivers a performance full of evil and
mischief I am nice guy just a different
kind of nice guy
his wade is a calculating criminal on a
mission to take a family hostage and
have them bring him down a dangerous
river I want to thank you Tom you saved
my life
oh don’t worry about it
you didn’t have to hit me though but
without Bacon’s trademark charm the
family would never have been in the
situation in the first place sunny day I
have got to learn how to swim the poor
trail justifiably gave him his first
ever Golden Globe nomination and made us
all even more paranoid about trusting
anyone we encounter while rafting cuz if
you kill me Gayle you can spend the rest
of your life wondering if you had to
kill me we killed it
you got that we killed that mother okay
number eight
Valentine valmiki tremors be advised
however there are two more repeat two
more mother hoppers vacant may have
considered himself at an all-time low
but this is a well cast film with bacon
as an excellent comedic lead a small
town gradually becomes aware of a
larger-than-life creature that’s killing
off people one by one hey hold still
long she says you’re damn smart forget
this part about a minute
enter Bacon’s McKee who sets out to save
the day and kill these ugly monsters god
damned monster bringing a real sense of
joy to its performance bacon has rarely
been this playful with a roll this cult
classic is pure b-movie horror bliss and
our actors performance is exceptionally
perfect for the genre bitch
I’m a bitch I swear to you I follow
every instruction to the letters the
wall work number seven
Tom Witzke stir of echoes what’s worse
that can happen released a month after M
night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense this
film and its similarly supernatural
subject matter was overshadowed by
Shyamalan pop-culture phenomenon talk to
me Jake what did you say just now
that voice let me hear that voice again
and it’s a shame because as Witzke a
working-class guy haunted by visions
bacon is phenomenal playing a tough
strong blue-collar kind of guy he proves
he deserves leading man status in any
Hollywood film he could have easily over
acted this part but he keeps it
restrained and creepy authentic and
affecting as he tries to solve the case
of a missing local teen for calling the
police and tell them what exactly huh
practice it run apply me once I want to
see how it sounds out loud we are the
future of the human race you and me son
number six Sebastian Shaw x-men first
class good evening my name is Sebastian
Shaw playing a scientist who once worked
for the Nazis and who now leads a
clandestine group known as the Hellfire
Club sorry for what happened in the cabs
I truly have bacon was chosen for the
role of Shaw because even as a villain
he still has that glimmer of charm that
draws others to him and I am NOT here to
hurt you with the ability to soak in and
transmit energy Shaw is this comic book
movies big fattie protecting your fellow
mutants
it’s a noble gesture but Bacon’s
performance is so layered you sometimes
question his antagonist status he brings
dimension to a character that could have
easily dissolved into caricature take
another step I’m gonna put you down for
C well where do I find them more evolved
people tread I’ll tell you I don’t
understand any voice I want to know what
it needs to have riddles you gotta have
news and you gotta have this number 5
Sean Nokes sleepers it’s a simple thing
really he at rules and you got
discipline
here’s another powerfully menacing
performance provided by bacon oh you
boys don’t need to get back in line to
get lunch cuz there’s plenty to eat
right where you stand when a group of
teen boys are sent to juvie for a prank
gone horribly wrong
bacon steps in as the cruel and callous
security guard who makes their lives a
living hell and I’ll try and think funny
sambo though he’ll get hurt you know
what I’m saying and Bacon’s Nokes
becomes the dirty core of this
mesmerizing film when the kids all grown
up decide to take revenge on him and hit
him with consequences nobody sees coming
I’ll help you something chief not right
now enjoy the rest of your meal every
scene with bacon is hard to watch but
this is powerful acting at its finest
what do you want what I’ve always wanted
is to watch you die right back number
four Captain Jack Ross a few good men
who’s this Joe Galloway she’s County’s
lawyer what exactly he accused me of
commander as the prosecuting attorney
tasked with putting away two Marines
accused of killing one of their own
bacon fights the good guys every step of
the way
accuse are charged with murder
conspiracy to commit murder and conduct
unbecoming a United States Marine
yeah despite that you can’t help but
like him and respect the job he’s doing
it Operating Procedure right the
security company one
hi MoBay cuba now I assume we’ll find
the term Code Red in its definition in
that book am I correct though he brings
his trademark magnetism to the role
bacon isn’t at his showiest here but he
proves he can play with the big boys in
a cast that includes Tom Cruise Jack
Nicholson and de meme or and direction
by Rob Reiner strong witnesses a
handsome to it in you think number three
Jack Swigert Apollo 13 okay we’re three
g’s five g’s
we’re coming in too steep I stay in this
role see if I can pull Sabbath Ron
Howard’s oscar-winning movie had an
all-star cast that included Tom Hanks
Gary Sinise and Harris and Bill Paxton
and there was no one performance that
stands out because everyone is that good
we’re guys I’m on top of it and bacon
holds his own against this all-star cast
as Jack Swigert the real-life
last-minute replacement pilot of the
ill-fated Apollo 13 mission hey we’ve
got a problem here what did you do
nothing I stirred the tanks after
undergoing extensive training with his
fellow actors and some of the real-life
astronauts they played bacon was able to
provide credible and vital supporting
work that complements the rest of the
cast all I did was stir those tanks was
that gauge reading before he hit the
switch you don’t tell me how to fly the
damn see am i right you do a job ask me
to stir the damn tanks and I stir the
tank
well we better call in some divers while
they’re at it number two Sean Devine
Mystic River yeah go ahead we got a guy
on a father of the car you got a
psychologist on the scene yet director
Clint Eastwood couldn’t have picked a
better actor to play Sean Devine a
detective assigned to a case involving
his childhood friends murdered daughters
think Dave killed Katie Oh God didn’t
say that why would I even think that
with such an incredible ensemble cast
including Sean Penn in an oscar-winning
role
Bacon’s contributions could have gone
unnoticed Lyonne but focus on his
incredibly detailed and nuanced
performance and you’ll see a sad forlorn
man who’s trying desperately to keep his
personal feelings out of his case and
who’s going through the motions of daily
life I’m sorry I need you to know that I
pushed you away before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
your prognosis is excellent look great
60 minutes I see you still got Walter I
was hoping something that eaten him by
now the inmates McCain and young will be
brought up on escape charges and when it
did she goes from my pecker on a first
date the only hand on your pecker is
gonna be your own your bed we could
understand you know advance you know
dance and killer make that crap you’re
gonna get me angry man number one Ren
MacCormack Footloose a young Chicago
teen moves to a small town where rock
music and dancing are bad and naturally
he shakes things up as he comes up
against the stodgy preacher in the
oldest of times they danced in prayer or
saw that their crops would be plentiful
or so their hunt would be good and they
danced to celebrate any list of Kevin
Bacon performances would be incomplete
without the role that started it all and
it’s this iconic 80s flick that launched
his career and started a dance
revolution but only fans he’s worn
neckties oh yeah see that
I thought only assholes use the word
fancy Bacon’s performance is filled with
passion as he tries to fit in overcome
the bullies and win the girl and of
course his dance moves are electric I
thought boy do you agree with our list
what do you think is Kevin Bacon’s best
performance for more movie top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com it just suddenly hit me
you know stampede
you
full of rich nuanced performances
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for Kevin
Bacon’s top ten performances number 10
Ryan Hardy the following
Oh Ryan like seemingly every other
serious actor this decade bacons saw the
potential of the small screen I need to
be punished just on the Fox series the
following his Ryan Hardy is an ex-fbi
agent called back to assist in the
search for wanted fugitive serial killer
Joe Carroll we need you in Virginia Ryan
I’m not an agent anymore what drew him
to the role were the life-or-death
choices his character is forced to make
and the result is a performance as
layered as it is rich in small details
bacon has never invested himself more in
a role than he does here it’s the best
ending I’m the hero you can let her go
but I have got to die no one is going to
expect number nine Wade the river wild I
need your wife to get me down the river
I need you son Oh
control oh you’re the daughter
expendable under director Curtis
Hansen’s responsible hands bacon
delivers a performance full of evil and
mischief I am nice guy just a different
kind of nice guy
his wade is a calculating criminal on a
mission to take a family hostage and
have them bring him down a dangerous
river I want to thank you Tom you saved
my life
oh don’t worry about it
you didn’t have to hit me though but
without Bacon’s trademark charm the
family would never have been in the
situation in the first place sunny day I
have got to learn how to swim the poor
trail justifiably gave him his first
ever Golden Globe nomination and made us
all even more paranoid about trusting
anyone we encounter while rafting cuz if
you kill me Gayle you can spend the rest
of your life wondering if you had to
kill me we killed it
you got that we killed that mother okay
number eight
Valentine valmiki tremors be advised
however there are two more repeat two
more mother hoppers vacant may have
considered himself at an all-time low
but this is a well cast film with bacon
as an excellent comedic lead a small
town gradually becomes aware of a
larger-than-life creature that’s killing
off people one by one hey hold still
long she says you’re damn smart forget
this part about a minute
enter Bacon’s McKee who sets out to save
the day and kill these ugly monsters god
damned monster bringing a real sense of
joy to its performance bacon has rarely
been this playful with a roll this cult
classic is pure b-movie horror bliss and
our actors performance is exceptionally
perfect for the genre bitch
I’m a bitch I swear to you I follow
every instruction to the letters the
wall work number seven
Tom Witzke stir of echoes what’s worse
that can happen released a month after M
night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense this
film and its similarly supernatural
subject matter was overshadowed by
Shyamalan pop-culture phenomenon talk to
me Jake what did you say just now
that voice let me hear that voice again
and it’s a shame because as Witzke a
working-class guy haunted by visions
bacon is phenomenal playing a tough
strong blue-collar kind of guy he proves
he deserves leading man status in any
Hollywood film he could have easily over
acted this part but he keeps it
restrained and creepy authentic and
affecting as he tries to solve the case
of a missing local teen for calling the
police and tell them what exactly huh
practice it run apply me once I want to
see how it sounds out loud we are the
future of the human race you and me son
number six Sebastian Shaw x-men first
class good evening my name is Sebastian
Shaw playing a scientist who once worked
for the Nazis and who now leads a
clandestine group known as the Hellfire
Club sorry for what happened in the cabs
I truly have bacon was chosen for the
role of Shaw because even as a villain
he still has that glimmer of charm that
draws others to him and I am NOT here to
hurt you with the ability to soak in and
transmit energy Shaw is this comic book
movies big fattie protecting your fellow
mutants
it’s a noble gesture but Bacon’s
performance is so layered you sometimes
question his antagonist status he brings
dimension to a character that could have
easily dissolved into caricature take
another step I’m gonna put you down for
C well where do I find them more evolved
people tread I’ll tell you I don’t
understand any voice I want to know what
it needs to have riddles you gotta have
news and you gotta have this number 5
Sean Nokes sleepers it’s a simple thing
really he at rules and you got
discipline
here’s another powerfully menacing
performance provided by bacon oh you
boys don’t need to get back in line to
get lunch cuz there’s plenty to eat
right where you stand when a group of
teen boys are sent to juvie for a prank
gone horribly wrong
bacon steps in as the cruel and callous
security guard who makes their lives a
living hell and I’ll try and think funny
sambo though he’ll get hurt you know
what I’m saying and Bacon’s Nokes
becomes the dirty core of this
mesmerizing film when the kids all grown
up decide to take revenge on him and hit
him with consequences nobody sees coming
I’ll help you something chief not right
now enjoy the rest of your meal every
scene with bacon is hard to watch but
this is powerful acting at its finest
what do you want what I’ve always wanted
is to watch you die right back number
four Captain Jack Ross a few good men
who’s this Joe Galloway she’s County’s
lawyer what exactly he accused me of
commander as the prosecuting attorney
tasked with putting away two Marines
accused of killing one of their own
bacon fights the good guys every step of
the way
accuse are charged with murder
conspiracy to commit murder and conduct
unbecoming a United States Marine
yeah despite that you can’t help but
like him and respect the job he’s doing
it Operating Procedure right the
security company one
hi MoBay cuba now I assume we’ll find
the term Code Red in its definition in
that book am I correct though he brings
his trademark magnetism to the role
bacon isn’t at his showiest here but he
proves he can play with the big boys in
a cast that includes Tom Cruise Jack
Nicholson and de meme or and direction
by Rob Reiner strong witnesses a
handsome to it in you think number three
Jack Swigert Apollo 13 okay we’re three
g’s five g’s
we’re coming in too steep I stay in this
role see if I can pull Sabbath Ron
Howard’s oscar-winning movie had an
all-star cast that included Tom Hanks
Gary Sinise and Harris and Bill Paxton
and there was no one performance that
stands out because everyone is that good
we’re guys I’m on top of it and bacon
holds his own against this all-star cast
as Jack Swigert the real-life
last-minute replacement pilot of the
ill-fated Apollo 13 mission hey we’ve
got a problem here what did you do
nothing I stirred the tanks after
undergoing extensive training with his
fellow actors and some of the real-life
astronauts they played bacon was able to
provide credible and vital supporting
work that complements the rest of the
cast all I did was stir those tanks was
that gauge reading before he hit the
switch you don’t tell me how to fly the
damn see am i right you do a job ask me
to stir the damn tanks and I stir the
tank
well we better call in some divers while
they’re at it number two Sean Devine
Mystic River yeah go ahead we got a guy
on a father of the car you got a
psychologist on the scene yet director
Clint Eastwood couldn’t have picked a
better actor to play Sean Devine a
detective assigned to a case involving
his childhood friends murdered daughters
think Dave killed Katie Oh God didn’t
say that why would I even think that
with such an incredible ensemble cast
including Sean Penn in an oscar-winning
role
Bacon’s contributions could have gone
unnoticed Lyonne but focus on his
incredibly detailed and nuanced
performance and you’ll see a sad forlorn
man who’s trying desperately to keep his
personal feelings out of his case and
who’s going through the motions of daily
life I’m sorry I need you to know that I
pushed you away before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
your prognosis is excellent look great
60 minutes I see you still got Walter I
was hoping something that eaten him by
now the inmates McCain and young will be
brought up on escape charges and when it
did she goes from my pecker on a first
date the only hand on your pecker is
gonna be your own your bed we could
understand you know advance you know
dance and killer make that crap you’re
gonna get me angry man number one Ren
MacCormack Footloose a young Chicago
teen moves to a small town where rock
music and dancing are bad and naturally
he shakes things up as he comes up
against the stodgy preacher in the
oldest of times they danced in prayer or
saw that their crops would be plentiful
or so their hunt would be good and they
danced to celebrate any list of Kevin
Bacon performances would be incomplete
without the role that started it all and
it’s this iconic 80s flick that launched
his career and started a dance
revolution but only fans he’s worn
neckties oh yeah see that
I thought only assholes use the word
fancy Bacon’s performance is filled with
passion as he tries to fit in overcome
the bullies and win the girl and of
course his dance moves are electric I
thought boy do you agree with our list
what do you think is Kevin Bacon’s best
performance for more movie top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com it just suddenly hit me
you know stampede
you
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