# Help me find the longest IMDB profile on record. And I've got a good place to start **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755 "2009-02-06T21:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/21 "2009-02-07T17:22:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve heard that Christopher Lee, not Kevin Bacon as is usually thought, is actually the centermost vertex on the actor connectedness graph. In other words, the game ought to be called “Six Degrees from Christopher Lee”. It was Rod Steiger at one point, but since he died a few years ago and Lee is still working, that may have changed. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/22 "2009-02-07T17:30:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve heard that Christopher Lee, not Kevin Bacon as is usually thought, is actually the centermost vertex on the actor connectedness graph. In other words, the game ought to be called “Six Degrees from Christopher Lee”. > **[The Oracle of Bacon](https://oracleofbacon.org/onecenter.php)** > > Kevin Bacon numbers, link any actor to any other, the Center of the Hollywood Universe, and more - Christopher Lee averages 2.774 “hops” from every other actor. - Kevin Bacon averages 2.945 hops. - Rod Steiger averages 2.766 hops. It’s quite the horse race and if Kevin Bacon appears in a few other huge ensemble movies, he could likely legitimately take the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/23 "2009-02-07T17:44:48Z")
A few other “better centers” than Kevin Bacon: - Kiefer Sutherland: 2.919 hops - Kurt Russell: 2.893 - Dean Stockwell: 2.813 - James Hong: 2.822 - Harrison Ford: 2.839 - Brad Pitt: 2.905 - Michael Douglas: 2.933 - Julia Roberts: 2.896 - Jodie Foster: 2.894 - Al Pacino: 2.906 - Robert De Niro: 2.803 I could probably keep going, but it looks like Kevin Bacon’s movie choices in the last few years are hurting six degrees of Kevin Bacon players. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/24 "2009-02-07T17:55:04Z")
As of a few years ago, Christopher Lee had the most IMDB credits, but I see the database has caught up with him and he no longer holds that title. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/25 "2009-02-08T01:22:00Z")
John Carradine has 341 credits at IMDB over 6 decades. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/26 "2009-02-08T01:32:02Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Then I discovered something: James Hong, who plays the counterpart of Jack Palance in T&C, has the most impressive IMDB profile I’ve ever seen. Seriously. [Look at this](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393222/). Wait, hold on a sec… As a Kurt Russell fan you identify James Hong using his Tango & Cash role? And not as Lo Pan?!? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755/27 "2009-02-08T01:44:39Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > John Carradine has 341 credits at IMDB over 6 decades. As for his sons, David has a mere 217, Keith has 117 and Robert has 109. Busy family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-longest-imdb-profile-on-record-and-ive-got-a-good-place-to-start/484755.md?page=1)