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Life in pictures: Kevin Bacon

There's only a handful of ways to know if you've really made it in Hollywood or if you're just a flavor of the week/month/year. You could get your hand- and footprints encased in cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. You could get a star on the Walk of Fame. Or you could have a game named after you. Kevin Bacon got Options 2 and 3. The game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon challenges people to match Bacon to any actor or actress, living or dead, in six easy steps. The fact that it's nearly impossible to lose proves the strength and durability of his career. Here are some highlights (and a quick refresher course for any would-be Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon-ers). -- Patrick Kevin Day, Noelene Clark and Jevon Phillips

Kevin Bacon is an actor so renowned he even has a game named after him. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon challenges people to match Bacon to any actor or actress, living or dead, in six easy steps. The fact that it’s nearly impossible to lose proves the strength and durability of his career.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Fresh off his success in "The River Wild," Bacon played Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13," joining Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton aboard the ill-fated moon-bound mission. The movie was both a critical and box-office hit.

Fresh off his success in “The River Wild,” Bacon played Jack Swigert in “Apollo 13,” joining Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton aboard the ill-fated moon-bound mission. The movie was both a critical and box-office hit.  (Ron Batzdorff / Los Angeles Times)

Before Kevin Bacon acted in the likes of "A Few Good Men," he and his composer brother Michael were budding musicians. By the late 1960s, Michael was playing with his band at the Electric Factory with a young Kevin tagging along.

Before Kevin Bacon acted in the likes of “A Few Good Men,” he and his composer brother Michael were budding musicians. By the late 1960s, Michael was playing with his band at the Electric Factory with a young Kevin tagging along.  (Daniel P. Derella / Associated Press)

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick were among a host of celebrities taken to the cleaners by disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. The swindler may have motivated Bacon to log more on-camera hours.

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick were among a host of celebrities taken to the cleaners by disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. The swindler may have motivated Bacon to log more on-camera hours.  (Louis Lanzano / Associated Press)

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Bacon has been part of casts that have won major awards, like "Mystic River" and "Apollo 13," but it was the 2009 HBO movie "Taking Chance" that helped him net individual honors. He was nominated for an Emmy and won a Golden Globe.

Bacon has been part of casts that have won major awards, like “Mystic River” and “Apollo 13,” but it was the 2009 HBO movie “Taking Chance” that helped him net individual honors. He was nominated for an Emmy and won a Golden Globe.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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