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Kevin Bacon

Role in film: Ren McCormack, spiky-haired, rabble-rousing city slicker on a mission to bring dancing back to Bomont, a buttoned- down farm town.

Memorable quote: "Hey Hey! What's this I see? I thought this was a party. LET'S DANCE!"

Memorable scene: Take your pick: his anguished solo dance in the Lehi Roller Mills, playing chicken on a tractor near an irrigation ditch, or his bring-the-house-down dance moves that close the film.

Memorable roles since:

"Mystic River" (2003) as Sean Devine

"Wild Things" (2000) as Sgt. Ray Duquette

"Apollo 13" (1995) as Jack Swigert

"The River Wild" (1994) as Wade

"A Few Good Men" (1992) as Capt. Jack Ross

"JFK" (1991) as Willie O'Keefe

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