KEVIN BACON

The Footloose and Mystic River actor, 60, stars in Showtime’s City on a Hill (June 16) as Jackie Rohr, a crusty FBI agent who takes on criminals in a case that ultimately subverts Boston’s criminal justice system.

What attracted you to City on a Hill? The show reminded me of movies of the ’70s that I loved when I was about to become an actor, like Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The French Connection and Mean Streets. That’s the stuff that got me into acting. We don’t really have anything like that on television anymore.

Jackie is a corrupt, rougharound-the-edges FBI veteran. He is seemingly 100 percent confident, cocky and sure of himself. But underneath is a guy who is at an age where he really should be slowing down, and that’s what frightens him. So what he wants to do is put his foot to the gas pedal and keep plowing down the road as fast as he possibly can.

Will you be directing any episodes of City on a Hill? I’ve been thinking about it. You know who’s directing right now is [my wife] Kyra Sedgwick. She’s directing episode seven. She’s killing it, and it’s been a lot of fun.

What about the Bacon Brothers band? Are you and Michael

still making music? We have a summer tour when I finish City

on a Hill. We’re just about to release a new single that I wrote not too long ago. It just jumped out, so we went into the studio and cut it on a day off.