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I became an actor by accident. I suppose I figured since I was in musical comedy from the time I was a teenager, I suppose I figured that I'd always been in that world to some extent.

Christopher Walken

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Christopher Walken
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 31
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Ronald Walken
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