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As an actor, you're afforded these experiences that are once-in-a-lifetime for so many people. More often than not, you can't tell the seasons based on the changing of the leaves, but on the experiences you've had.
Walton Goggins
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Walton Goggins
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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Television Actor
Birmingham
Alabama
Walton Sanders Goggins
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The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.
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