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I'm a natural ham. It doesn't bother me to perform.

Chris Isaak

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Chris Isaak
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: June 26
Actor
Film Actor
Guitarist
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Chinatown
Stockton
Christopher Joseph Isaak
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