Six Degrees of TV Fame Game
July 24, 2007 by Kath Skerry
The chatter on GMMR has been pretty quiet lately. Where have you all been? In an attempt to get all my peeps chatting again I thought we could all play a little game.
You all know how this one goes, it’s an old GMMR favorite. But if you are a newbie, then here’s how we play. I’m going to throw out a TV actor/actress and another actor, & you have to link the two together using 6 movies/TV show or less. Once you have successfully linked the pair, YOU can suggest the next challenge. Remember…one of the actors MUST be on TV.
Rules:
- Since this is a TV blog I’ll allow you to use TV shows as connectors. BUT…you can only use a TV show if the actor/actress was a series regular. If they showed up as a guest star on Law & Order or had a 3 episode arc on JAG it doesn’t count.
- Both actors must be alive
- Let’s not make them too hard or it will be a bit too hard.
Here’s an example of how this works:Michael Vartan (Alias) to Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy)
Michael Vartan was on ALIAS with JENNIFER GARNER
Jennifer Garner was in 13 GOING ON 30 with MARK RUFFALO
Mark Ruffalo was in JUST LIKE HEAVEN with REESE WITHERSPOON
Reese Witherspoon was in SWEET HOME ALABAMA with PATRICK DEMPSEY
Ok your first challenge: Nathan Fillion to Christopher Gorham
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This one kinda sucks… hopefully someone can do a better connection. I will let that person pick the next two people.
NATHAN FILLION was in SLITHER with ELIZABETH BANKS
Elizabeth Banks was in SHAFT with VANESSA WILLIAMS
Vanessa Williams is on UGLY BETTY with CHRISTOPHER GORHAM
Nathan Fillion was in Firefly with Alan Tudyk.
Alan Tudyk was in 3:10 to Yuma with Christian Bale.
Christian Bale was in The Prestige with Hugh Jackman.
Hugh Jackman was in X-Men with Rebecca Romijn.
Rebecca Romijn was in Ugly Betty with Christopher Gorham.
And I love this because it include four of my favorite men: Christopher Gorham, Christian Bale, Nathan Fillion, and Hugh Jackman 🙂
And I forgot: the next two people are Kate Winslet and Edward Norton
Okay I suck – neither of those is a TV Star, so we’ll say Edward Norton and Mariska Hargitay
That Nathan Fillion is a total babe.
Nathan Fillion was in Saving Private Ryan with Matt Damon, who was in Dogma with Jason Lee, who was in Dreamcatcher with Donnie Wahlberg, who was in Band of Brothers with Neil McDonough, was in Medical Investigation with Christopher Gorham.
Edward Norton was in “Keeping the Faith” with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller was in “Night at the Museum” with Robin Williams
Robin Williams stars in “License to Wed” with John Krasinski
John Krasinski stars in “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” with Christopher Meloni
Christopher Meloni stars in Law&Order: SVU with Mariska Hargitay
Next up, we’ll do…
Ray Romano with Tommy Lee Jones
Ok, I just have to know. Do ya’ll do this straight from your head or imdb it? Because it would take me all day AND imdb to play this game.
Jo, I had to imdb to find the Christopher Meloni connection (don’t know anything else he stars in). Other than that, it was all from my head.
Ray Romano was in Welcome to Mooseport with Marcia Gay Harden. She was in Space Cowboys with Tommy Lee Jones. How about Jenna Fischer and Harrison Ford?
I got this one 🙂
Ray Romano was in EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND with Peter Boyle who was in WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING with Bill Pullam who was in INDEPENDENCE DAY with Will Smith who was in MEN IN BLACK with Tommy Lee Jones!!
Ok so how about….
Jon Stewart and Katie Holmes
Sorry…Christin beat me to it:
JENNA FISCHER and HARRISON FORD is up
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Harrison Ford with Sean Bean in Patriot Games
Sean Bean with Brad Pitt in Troy
Brad Pitt with George Clooney in Ocean’s 11
George Clooney with John Krasinski in Leatherheads
John Krasinski with Jenna Fischer in The Office
Next up, Jennifer Aniston to Sean “P. Diddy” Combs
Diddy was in MONSTER’s Ball with Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger was in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN with Jake Gyllehaal
Jake Gyllenhaal was in THE GOOD GIRL with Jennifer Aniston
Ben Affleck and Amy Poehler
Jennifer Aniston with Vince Vaughn in The Break-Up
Vince Vaughn with Sean “P. Diddy” Combs in Made
John Krasinski to Tom Cruise
John Krasinski was in The Holiday with Jack Black.
Jack Black was in High Fidelity with Todd Louiso.
Todd Louiso was in Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise.
Um…Lauren Graham and John Leguizamo?
Sorry…Ben Affleck to Amy Poehler
Ben Affleck was in Armageddon with Will Patton
Will Patton was in Remember the Titans with Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling was in The Notebook with Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams was in Mean Girls with Amy Poehler
I’ll still offer Lauren Graham and John Leguizamo (sp?)
Lauren Graham was in EVAN ALMIGHTY with Steve Carrell
Steve Carrell who was in ANCHORMAN with Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell who was in STRANGER THAN FICTION with Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah who was in ICE AGE with John Leguizamo
next up…
Skeet Ulrich and Angelina Jolie
Skeet Ulrich was in Scream with Courtney Cox
Courtney Cox was with Friends with Jennifer Anniston
Jennifer Aniston was in The BreakUp with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Mr.&Ms. Smith with Angelina Jolie
I say:
Josh Jackson and Adrian Garnie
PS This is a cool game 🙂
Skeet Ulrich with Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets
Jack Nicholson with Adam Sandler in Anger Management
Adam Sandler with Winona Ryder in Mr. Deeds
Winona Ryder with Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted
next up:
Jason Lee to Alec Baldwin
I didn’t want to ignore Ben Affleck and Amy Poehler, so here goes:
Ben Affleck was in Bounce with Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Pallow was in Shallow Hal with Jack Black
Jack Black was in The Holiday with Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz was in Shreck the third with Amy Poehler
Skeet Ulrich and Angelina Jolie
Skeet Ulrich was in Scream with Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lillard was in Hackers with Angelina Jolie
Jason Lee was in Dogma with Matt Damon
Matt Damon was in the Ocean’s 11with Julia Roberts
she was in America’s Sweethearts with Billy Cristal
Billy was in Analyze this with Robert de Niro who was in the Good Shepard with Alec Boldwin.
I still say Josh Jackson and Adrian Garnier
stupid me… Matt Damon stars in the Good Shepherd 😛
I know it’s been solved, but the first Nathan Fillion/Christopher Gorham connection that popped into my head hasn’t been mentioned yet:
Nathan Fillion was in Waitress with Keri Russel. Keri Russel was in Felicity with Christopher Gorham! (He played Ben’s lab partner and a love interest for Elena in I believe the last season)
Josh Jackson who was in DAWSONS CREEK with Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes who was in FIRST DAUGHTER with Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Piven who is in ENTOURAGE with Adrian Grenier
Greg Grunberg and Brad Pitt
Josh Jackson was on Dawson’s Creek with Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams was in Brokeback Mountain with Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway was in The Devil Wears Prada with Adrian Garnier.
Um….Hugh Laurie and Steve Carell
Becky got it first…funny, what has Josh been in that wasn’t Dawson’s Creek 🙂
Actually Jules, you got it right. Jeremy Piven was in Chasing Liberty, not First Daughter. I always get those two mixed up (seeing as they’re the same exact plot and all…). 🙂
Hugh Laurie and Steve Carrell it is!
Ok Huge Laurie and Steve Carell
Hugh Laurie is in HOUSE with Omar Epps
Omar Epps was in High Fidelity with Regina King
Regina King was in Jerry Maguire with Renee Zellwegger
Renee Zelwwlegger was in Leatherheads with JOhn Krasinski
John Krasinski is in THE OFFICE with Steve Carell
Mario Lopez and Shane West (hot damn)…LOL
Hugh Laurie was in Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet.
Kate Winslet was in The Holiday with Cameron Diaz.
Cameron Diaz was in There’s Something About Mary with Ben Stiller.
Ben Stiller was in Anchorman with Steve Carrell.
Okay, T.R. Knight and Diane Keaton.
Scratch that – GMMR answered first. Mario and Shane it is (good one!)
Mario was on Dancing with the Stars with Vivica A Fox
Vivica A Fox was in Ella Enchanted with Parminder Nagra
Parminder Nagra was in ER with Shane West
Dang, that one was hard!! (and required name spell checking)
I liked T.R. Kight and Diane Keaton, Carly. Let’s try that one.
Mario Lopez was on SAVED BY THE BELL with Elizabeth Berkeley
Elizabeth Berkeley was in SHOWGIRLS with Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon has been on UGLY BETTY with Alan Dale
Alan Dale was on THE O.C. with Peter Gallagher
Peter Gallagher was in HOW TO DEAL (uncredited) with Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore was in A WALK TO REMEMBER with Shane West
I know someone else did it already, but here’s another for Mario/Shane
TR Knight to Diane Keaton
TR is in GREY”S ANATOMY with Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo was in OLD SCHOOL with Luke Wilson
Luke Wilson was in THE FAMILY STONE with Diane Keaton
How about Dominic Monaghan and Adam Brody
Dominic Monaghan was in LORD OF THE RINGS with Liv Tyler
Liv Tyler who was in ARMAGEDDON with Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis who was in LIVE FREE AND DIE HARD with Justin Long
Justin Long who was in DODGEBALL with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn who was in MR & MRS SMITH with Adam Brody
Kiefer Sutherland and Renee Zellwegger
aw 🙁 Is everyone done playing? Guess I’ll do my own…
Kiefer Sutherland was in PHONE BOOTH with Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell was in MINORITY REPORT with Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise was in JERRY MAGUIRE with Renee Zellwegger
let’s try this one…
Stuart Townsend and Timothy Omundson
Ok I have no idea who that second guy is, so I’m out on this one. If no one replies soon, it might be best to pick something a little easier.
thought I’d through in a tough one because everyone is so good. Timothy Omundson plays Lassiter on Psych and Constantino on Jericho.
Let’s try something a little easier…
Kristen Bell and Mark Ruffalo
Kristin Bell was in Reefer Madness with Steven Weber
Steven Weber was in Love Letters with Laura Linney
Laura Linney was in You Can Count on Me With Mark Ruffalo.
Easy!
Michael Vartan and Charlize Theron
Michael Vartan – Jennifer Garner (Alias)
JG – Colin Ferrell (Daredevil)
CF – Sam Jackson (SWAT)
SJ – Christina Ricci (Black Snake Moan)
CR – Charlize Theron (Monstar)
How about my favorite TV characters: Dick Casablancas (Ryan Hansen) and Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons)
Michael Vartan was in One Hour Photo with Connie Nielsen
Connie Nielsen was in The Devil’s Advocate with Charlize Theron
Okay, I admit that one took IMDB, and came by accident.
Lauren Graham to Colin Farrell
Scooter that was skill…now you make me work for it 🙂
Ryan Hansen to Jesse Plemons it is.
If we could do guest stars then RH to JP would be cake.
Wait, just got it.
Ryan Hansen was in VERONICA MARS with Enrico Colantoni
EC was in GALAXY QUEST with Rainn Wilson
RW is in THE OFFICE with John Krasinski
JK was in THE HOLIDAY with Jack Black
JB was in KING KONG with Kyle Chandler
KC in in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS with Jesse Plemmons
..six, yes!!!
Next up: Oprah to Hayden Panettiere
Oprah was in THE COLOR PURPLE with Danny Glover
Danny Glover was in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS with Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman was in CRIMSON TIDE with Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington was in REMEMBER THE TITANS with Hayden Panettiere
How fun! How about: Alexis Beldel to Hillary Swank
Oprah was in THE COLOR PURPLE with Danny Glover
Danny Glover was in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS with Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman was in CRIMSON TIDE with Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington was in REMEMBER THE TITANS with Hayden Panettiere
How fun! How about: Alexis Bledel to Hillary Swank
Nathan Fillion was in SLITHER with Elizabeth Banks.
Elizabeth Banks was in THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN with Romany Malco.
Romany Malco is in WEEDS with Mary Louise Parker.
Mary Louise Parker was in THE WEST WING with Stockard Channing.
Stockard Channing was in OUT OF PRACTICE with Christopher Gorham.
Oops – sorry for the double post! Realized I’d mispelled “Bledel.”
Sorry just wanted a crack at the first one.
Alexis Bledel was in Gilmore Girls with Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham was in Evan Almighty with Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman was in Million Dollar Baby with Hillary Swank
I’m loving this game. I have a feeling my work will suffer as I keep checking back.
Gary Sinise to America Ferrera
gary sinise was in Forrest Gump with Robin Wright Penn
robin wright was in Santa Barbara with Nancy Grahn
nancy grahn was in General Hospital with Amber Tamblyn
amber tamblyn was in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with America Ferrera
Sarah Chalke to Sam Waterson
SC – Elisha Cuthbert – 24
EC – Timothy Olympant – Girl Next Door
TO – Neve Campbell – Scream 2
NC – Matthew Lillard – Scream
ML – Sam Waterson – Serial Mom
Creed Bratton and Catherine Zeta Jones
Creed Bratton is in The Office with Steve Carell.
SC is in 40-Year-Old Virgin with Catherine Keener.
Catherine Keener was in Being John Malcovich with John Cusack.
John Cusack was in America’s Sweethearts with Catherine Zeta Jones.
Seth Green to Sean Astin
Seth Green was in Knockaround Guys with John Malkovich
John Malkovich was in Con Air with Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage was in National Treasure with Sean Bean
Sean Bean was in LOTR Trilogy with Sean Astin
I have to say, I never thought watching Knockaround Guys OR National Treasure would come in handy. I take back what I said about wanting my money back. Who knew?
I say, Jesse Spencer to Jared Padalecki
Jared Padalecki was in Flight of the Phoenix with Hugh Laurie who is in House with Jesse Spencer
Drew Carey to Matt Dillon
Drew Carey was in The Drew Carey Show with Deidrich Bader.
DB was in Office Space with John C. McGinley
John C. McGinley was in Summer Catch with Fred Ward
Fred Ward was in Tremors with Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon was in Wild Things with Matt Dillon
Zach Braff and Sandra Bullock
Zach Braff was in The Last Kiss with Casey Affleck
who was in Good Will Hunting with Ben Affleck
who was in Forces of Nature with Sandra Bullock
Zach Braff is in Scrubs with John C. McGinley
John C. McGinley was in Are We Done Yet with Ice Cube
Ice Cube was in Friday (and Boyz in the Hood) with Regina King
Regina King was in Miss Congeniality II with Sandra Bullock.
How about Hugh Laurie and Janet Jackson?
Hugh Laurie in STUART LITTLE with Geena Davis in TOOTSIE with Bill Murray in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (not the same years, but both were regulars) with Eddie Murphy in THE NUTTY PROFESSOR TWO with Janet Jackson.
Adrian Pasdar with Robert Duvall
Hugh Laurie in STUART LITTLE with Geena Davis in TOOTSIE with Bill Murray in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE with Eddie Murphy (not the same years, but both were regulars) in THE NUTTY PROFESSOR TWO with Janet Jackson.
Sorry for the double post, my computer had said it didn’t go through the first time.
How about Robert Downey Jr and Robert Downey Jr Jr (aka Lindsay Lohan)
Adrian Pasdar was in Top Gun with Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise was in Days of Thunder with Robert Duvall.
Hmmm….Howie Mandell and Brad Pitt?
Howie Mandell was in Pinocchio 3000 with Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg was in Girl Interrupted with Angeline Jolie
Angelina Jolie was in Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt.
Now, Robert Downey Jr and his clone Lindsay Lohan.
robert downey jr was in Ally McBeal with Calista Flockhart
calista flockhart is in Brothers & Sisters with Rachel Griffiths
rachel griffiths was in The Rookie with Dennis Quaid
dennis quaid was in the Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan
Next up … Kelly Ripa to Sandra Oh
Kelly Ripa was in Hope and Faith with Faith Ford
Faith Ford was in Murphy Brown with Candace Bergen
Cadace Bergen was in Sweet Home Alabama with Patrick Dempsey
Patrick is in Grey’s Anatomy with Sandra Oh
I’m having trouble coming up with new ones…
William Shatner to Reece Witherspoon
William Shatner was in Miss Congeniality with Candice Bergen.
Candice Bergen was in Sweet Home Alabama with Reece Witherspoon.
Next: Enrich Colantoni and Christian Bale
Enrich Colantoni was in Money Train with J. Lo.
J. Lo. was in Anaconda with Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz was in Little Women with Christian Bale.
How about two people I’d like to get a closer look of:
Wentworth Miller and Jullian McMahon
I love these games!
Wentworth was in The Human Stain with Jacinda Barrett
Jacinda was in Ladder 49 with Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin was in To Die For with Nicole Kidman
Nicole was in Practical Magic with Sandra Bullock
Sandra was in Premonition with Julian McMahon
How about…..Katherine Heigl to Matt Damon
Katherine was in Roswell with Shiri Appleby
Shiri was in The Other Sister with Hector Elizondo
Hector was in Runaway Bride with Julia Roberts
Julia was in The Mexican with Brad Pitt
Brad was in Oceans Eleven with Matt Damon
I’m out of ideas.
Alright, I’ll throw one out there: Jon Cryer to Bruce Willis
jon cryer and james spader in pretty in pink
james spader and susan sarandon in white palace
susan sarandon and kevin costner in bull durham
kevin costner and robin wright penn in message in a bottle
robin wright penn and bruce willis in unbreakable
i haven’t been through the whole section so if this has been done i apologise and someone else can come up with one
david tennant to david boreanaz
Jon Cryer – Molly Ringwald (Pretty in Pink)
MR – Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club)
JN – Demi Moore (St Elmo’s Fire)
DM – Bruce Willis (Beavis and Butt-head Do America)
Okay, if there is anyone still out there, how about two of my favorite TV charachters of alltime: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Andrew (Tom Lenk) and the A-Team’s BA Baracus (Mr. T)
IDK… but I have one for you. Milo Venimiglia to Matthew Perry
Milo Venimiglia was in GILMORE GIRLS with Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham was on STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP with Matthew Perry.
Ok lets try…
Brendan Fehr to Billy Boyd