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I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing.

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Charlie Day
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 9
Actor
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Television Actor
New York City
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Charles Peckham Charlie Day
Charles Peckham Day
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