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The college game <b>Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon</b> merely requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible. Actors are linked together by starring in films. The college game <b>Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon</b> merely requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible. The concept is simple, but finding the fewest number of links can be difficult. The way you link an actor with Bacon is like so:

* Pick a film actor, any film actor.
* Link the actor you've chosen to Bacon via the movies they've shared with other actors until you end up with Kevin Bacon himself.


Here is an example, using Elvis Presley: Here is an example, using Elvis Presley:
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The college game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon merely requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible. The concept is simple, but finding the fewest number of links can be difficult. The way you link an actor with Bacon is like so:

  • Pick a film actor, any film actor.
  • Link the actor you've chosen to Bacon via the movies they've shared with other actors until you end up with Kevin Bacon himself.

Here is an example, using Elvis Presley:

  • Elvis Presley was in "Change of Habit" (1969) with Edward Asner
  • Edward Asner was in "JFK" (1991) with Kevin Bacon

Therefore Elvis Presley has a Bacon number of 2.

See also:

  • Bacon numbers for a lot more information on Bacon numbers and how to calculate them.