Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

[Anderton Prime]

Anyone interested in playing? The rules are simple: an actor / actress is named, and you must connect them to Kevin Bacon via movies within 6 moves. The theory is that the connection can be made in 6 moves or less for every actor (excluding porn stars and B actors). If anyone wants to play, I pose my first challenge, which took me a while to solve but nevertheless I was able to do it:

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME

Good freakin' luck!

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Jean-Claude Van Damme was in 'Knock Off' with Rob Schneider.
Who was in 'Judge Dredd' with Sylvester Stallone.
Who was in 'Cop Land' with Robert Deniro.
Who was in 'Sleepers' with Kevin Bacon.

Easy one here, Sean William Scott.

 

[Anderton Prime]

I'll have to work on the Sean William Scott one, but I solved the Van Damme one before Knock off using the following:

Van Damme was in "Nowhere to Run" with Kieran Culkin
who was in "Home Alone" with Joe Pesci
who was in "Lethal Weapon 3" with Mel Gibson
who was in "Bird on a Wire" with Goldie Hawn
who was in "Death Becomes Her" with Meryl Streep
who was in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon

Booyah, a perfect 6 (though I don't think it's really better to solve it using all 6 steps...the goal is to solve with fewer steps, so you would have beat mine for sure!)

 

[Famine]

I was going to post this myself only the other day. But forget. Sh**.

Seann William Scott was in American Pie with Mena Suvari
Mena Suvari was in American Beauty with Kevin Spacey.
Kevin Spacey was in Se7en with Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt was in Sleepers, with Kevin Bacon.


Robert Vaughn... Bwa-ha!

 

[Anderton Prime]

Robert Vaughn in "Pootie Tang" (ugh) with Chris Rock
Chris Rock in "Lethal Weapon 4" with Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci in "Casino" with Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro in "Sleepers" with Kevin Bacon

Unless you're talking about another Robert Vaughn...

But in any case, here's my new challenge for you all:

Keanu Reeves

 

[Dave A]

Keanu Reeves was in The Matrix with Lawrence Fisbourne
Lawrence Fishboure was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon.

Next Britney Spears.

 

[Famine]

Unless you're talking about another Robert Vaughn...

I was thinking, "Bullitt, The Man From UNCLE... That'll be a tough one."

But yes, he was in Pootie Tang. Damn!

Britney Spears was in Longshot with Paul Sorvino.
Paul Sorvino was in Knock-Off with Rob Schneider.
Rob Schneider was in 'Judge Dredd' with Sylvester Stallone.
Sylvester Stallone was in 'Cop Land' with Robert De Niro.
Rober De Niro was in 'Sleepers' with Kevin Bacon.


Vin Diesel.

 

[Anderton Prime]

I was thinking, "Bullitt, The Man From UNCLE... That'll be a tough one."

But yes, he was in Pootie Tang. Damn!



Vin Diesel.

All actors have at least one of those dark secrets in their movie past...

 

[Anderton Prime]

Vin Diesel in "XXX" with Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson in "Pulp Fiction" with Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis in "Death Becomes Her" with Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon

Now, let's pick another big brute...THE ROCK

 

[Famine]

The Rock was in Welcome To The Jungle (which had another name over there) with Seann William Scott. But since that's a dull answer, the film also had a cameo by Arnold Schwarzenegger (thus neatly linking two threads).
Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Batman & Robin with George Clooney.
George Clooney was in Ocean's Eleven (and Ocean's Twelve... ) with Brad Pitt.
Brad Pitt was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

Angelina Jolie.

 

[Dave A]

Angelina Jole was in Girl interupted with Whoopie Goldberg
Whoopie Goldberg was in Jakie Brown with Samuel L Jackson
Samuel L Jackson was in Twisted with Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia was in The Untouchables with Robert DeNiro
Robert DeNiro was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon

Next up Toby Mcguire

 

[Famine]

Okay...

Tobey Maguire was in Pleasantville AND Seabiscuit with William H Macy III
William H Macy III was in Jurassic Park III with Sam Neill
Sam Neill was in Event Horizon with Lawrence Fishburne.
Lawrence Fishburne was in Mystic River, with Kevin Bacon.

Winona Ryder.

 

[Anderton Prime]

Winona Ryder in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" with Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman in "Murder in the First" with Kevin Bacon.

And we're tied with 2 "2-step" wins!

Here's my pick:

Sylvester Stallone

 

[Famine]

Sylvester Stallone was in 'Cop Land' with Robert De Niro.
Rober De Niro was in 'Sleepers' with Kevin Bacon.

Pow!

Terry-Thomas.

However, given that the game usually means only Hollywood actors, and Terry-Thomas is a 1950's Ealing Comedy actor, if it doesn't work try Raul Julia.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Raul Julia was in Gumball Rally with Garey Busey
Gary Busey was in Point Break with Keeanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves was in The Matrix with Lawrence Fisbourne
Lawrence Fishboure was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon

James Earl Jones

 

[Anderton Prime]

James Earl Jones in "Conan the Barbarian" with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Terminator" with Bill Paxton (one of the punks at the beginning)
Bill Paxton in "Apollo 13" with Kevin Bacon

John Ritter

 

[Famine]

Of course, Bill Paxton is also "Carlos the Jackal" in True Lies...

John Ritter was in "Bride of Chucky", with (the voice of) Brad Dourif.
Brad Dourif was in "Alien: Resurrection" with Winona Ryder.
Winona Ryder in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" with Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman in "Murder in the First" with Kevin Bacon.

I've just checked and Terry-Thomas IS possible. Given that Raymond Cruz would be too easy, you can go for Terry-Thomas .

 

[Anderton Prime]

Terry-Thomas in "Hound of the Baskervilles" (only movie I've seen him in) with Dudley Moore.
Dudley Moore in "Santa Claus: The Movie" with Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith in "Rocky III" with Sylvester Stallone
Sly in "Copland" with De Niro
De Niro in "Sleepers" with Kevin Bacon.

How about Richard Pryor?

 

[Famine]

Oh dear lord...

Right...

Richard Pryor was in Superman III with Margot Kidder.
Margot Kidder was in Maverick with Dan Hedaya.
Dan Hedaya was in Alien: Resurrection with Winona Ryder.
Winona Ryder in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" with Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman in "Murder in the First" with Kevin Bacon.

Just to link everyone in this thread, the bad guy in Superman III was... Robert Vaughn, and the bad guy in Maverick was Alfred Molina, who plays Doc Ock opposite Tobey Maguire in Spiderman II.

Roger Moore.

 

[Der Alta]

I'll have to work on the Sean William Scott one, but I solved the Van Damme one before Knock off using the following:

Van Damme was in "Nowhere to Run" with Kieran Culkin
who was in "Home Alone" with Joe Pesci
who was in "Lethal Weapon 3" with Mel Gibson
who was in "Bird on a Wire" with Goldie Hawn
who was in "Death Becomes Her" with Meryl Streep
who was in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon

Booyah, a perfect 6 (though I don't think it's really better to solve it using all 6 steps...the goal is to solve with fewer steps, so you would have beat mine for sure!)

Sorry to interrupt, Kieran Culkin is the Brother of MaCauley Culkin. Who was in Home Alone.

Roger Moore was the voice on the Radio in "the Saint", Starring Val Kilmer.
Val Kilmer was in "Batman Forever", with Michael Gough (Alfred)
Michael Gough was also in Batman & Robin with George Clooney.
George Clooney was in Ocean's Eleven with Brad Pitt.
Brad Pitt was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon.

Matthew Broderick

AO

 

[Famine]

Kieran Culkin was in Home Alone - he was one of the younger brothers. He also cropped up in the sequel. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001085/

Matthew Broderick was in Godzilla, with Jean Reno.
Jean Reno was in Mission Impossible, with Ving Rhames.
Vng Rhames was in Entrapment with Sean Connery.
Sean Connery was in The Hunt For Red October, with Sam Neill.
Sam Neill was in Event Horizon with Lawrence Fishburne.
Lawrence Fishburne was in Mystic River, with Kevin Bacon.

Bruce Lee.

 

[Der Alta]

Awww... So corrected. Thank you.

Speaking of Macauly, he was in a really bad movie called "The Good Son". I didn't realize until today, that the other child actor was Elijah Wood.

Bruce Lee was in "Enter the Dragon" w/ Bolo Yeung.
Who was in Blood Sport with Van damme.
Who was in 'Knock Off' with Rob Schneider.
Who was in 'Judge Dredd' with Sylvester Stallone.
Who was in 'Cop Land' with Robert Deniro.
Who was in 'Sleepers' with Kevin Bacon.

Denise Richards

AO

 

[tabs]

Denise Richards was in "Wild Things" with Kevin Bacon.

Dur? Did I do that right? That was too easy.

 

[Der Alta]

Man... AM I that Daft?

Brain Fart of legendary proportions.

Your choice for the next one.

AO

 

[tabs]

Haha.


I'm not too good at this, you can have the next turn.

 

[Der Alta]

Eddie Murphy

AO

 

[Solid Lifters]

Eddie Murphy made Trading Places with Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis made Queens Logic with Kevin Bacon

Christopher Guest

Bah! I forgot about A Few Good Men, so lets do...

Billy Crystal

 

[Zrow]

Billy Crystal was in Analyze This with Robert De Niro
Who was in Meet the Parents with Ben Stiller
Hah, who was in Anchorman with Tim Robbins
Who was in Mystic River with.... Kevin Bacon

Or you could just go the 'Sleepers' route, but that just occured to me.

You pick the next person.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Sidney Poitier

 

[Anderton Prime]

Sydney Poitier was in "The Jackal" with Bruce Willis
who was in "Death Becomes Her" with Meryl Streep
who was in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon

Michael Crawford...