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My first paid job was delivering newspapers. The first paid acting job I got was dressing up as Edam cheese and handing out leaflets on London's Oxford Street. I got pushed over by these little herberts and given a good shoe-in.

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Jason Flemyng
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: September 25
Actor
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Television Actor
Jason Iain Flemyng
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