Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon is an American actor known for films like *Footloose* and *A Few Good Men*.
His name became shorthand for interconnectedness through "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," a game based on the idea that any Hollywood actor can be linked to him through six or fewer costars: What's your Bacon number?
- A Few Good MenLegal military drama
- Mystic RiverTidal river near Boston
- JFK35th president's monogram
- Wild ThingsUndomesticated, unruly creatures
Friday the 13th · Animal House · thriller · drama · horror · ensemble cast
Indoor social amusement
- connectionA joining or relation
- separationState of being apart
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
social network · Hollywood · co-star · graph theory · linking · chain · ubiquity · prolific
Public recognition, widespread
- starLuminous astronomical object
- public figureProminent, widely recognized person
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
cameo · talk show · interview · longevity · character actor · leading man · Golden Globe · Emmy
Rhythmic bodily movement
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- small townModest rural settlement
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- promHigh school formal dance
eighties · Kenny Loggins · high school · youth · liberation · ban · pastor · morality
Apollo 13
- A Few Good MenLegal military drama
- Mystic RiverTidal river near Boston
- JFK35th president's monogram
Wild Things · Friday the 13th · Animal House · thriller · drama · horror · ensemble cast
parlor game
Indoor social amusement
- connectionA joining or relation
- separationState of being apart
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
collaboration · social network · Hollywood · co-star · graph theory · linking · chain · ubiquity · prolific · versatility
fame
Public recognition, widespread
- starLuminous astronomical object
- public figureProminent, widely recognized person
- iconPictorial screen symbol
philanthropy · cameo · talk show · interview · longevity · character actor · leading man · Golden Globe · Emmy · Screen Actors Guild
dance
Rhythmic bodily movement
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- small townModest rural settlement
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
prom · eighties · Kenny Loggins · high school · youth · liberation · ban · pastor · morality · coming-of-age
- Hollywood StarsBrad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie
- Six Degreesdegrees, separation, connection, mutual friends, friend of friend
- 80s Movie StarsTom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Eddie Murphy, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gibson
- Philadelphia IconsWill Smith, Patti LaBelle, The Roots, Questlove, Boyz II Men
- Irish AmericansJoe Biden, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy family, Eugene O'Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald