Kevin Bacon celebrates 66th birthday with viral beachside photo

One of the most recognisable Hollywood actors has just celebrated his 66th birthday. On this occasion, he posted a picture on his social media showing him casually in an unbuttoned shirt. His famous wife rushed to the comments section.

Kevin Bacon is undoubtedly a Hollywood legend with a career spanning decades. His real breakthrough came with his role in the 1984 film "Footloose". Thanks to his character, Ren McCormack, he quickly became a pop culture icon and firmly established himself in the pantheon of Hollywood stars.

He demonstrated his acting prowess in Oliver Stone’s acclaimed "JFK" (1991) and – a year later – in "A Few Good Men" by Rob Reiner, alongside Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, and Demi Moore. This led to further offers pouring in. In 1994, he co-starred with Meryl Streep in "River Wild," earning his first Golden Globe nomination. He won the coveted statuette for his role in "Taking Chance" in 2009.

Currently, a horror film featuring him, "MaXXXine," is showing in cinemas, while on Netflix, you can watch him in the new instalment of "Beverly Hills Cop," where he plays a corrupt police officer.

On his popular Instagram account (he has almost 5 million followers!), the actor posted a picture of him casually lying on a stone shore, possibly wet from a cool dip during a hot summer. His unbuttoned shirt reveals his chest.

Fans left birthday wishes and compliments on the actor’s great shape in the comments. Even Kevin’s wife, Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick, left a joking comment: "Not too shabby!"

David Duchovny, who is only slightly younger than Bacon, also decided to showcase the body of a mature man. In his latest film, which he directed himself, there is a deliberately comical nude scene.

In one of his recent interviews, Kevin Bacon revealed that he decided to conduct an unusual experiment. Along with special effects assistants, he prepared a disguise to feel like an average citizen for a day. "I went to a special effects makeup artist, had consultations, and asked him to make me a prosthetic disguise," Bacon said. His goal was to understand life without constant fan and paparazzi attention. After a few hours in the shoes of an "ordinary mortal," he concluded that it was not for him and that he wanted to be famous again.