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I think it was somewhere around age 3 when I fell down the stairs at my house, and I got up and did a Jerry Lewis impression and got a big laugh. And I thought, Oooh, I like that. I think I need to do this for a living!
Brent Spiner
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Brent Spiner
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 2
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