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I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict.
Lenny Kravitz
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Lenny Kravitz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 26
Actor
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New York City
New York
Leonard Albert Kravitz
Leonard A. Kravitz
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