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Me being able to be acting and doing other things has opened me as an artist, and I think even more from a visual standpoint.
Common
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Common
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 13
Film Actor
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Chicago
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Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn
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Lonnie R. Lynn
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