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I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.

William Petersen

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William Petersen
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: February 21
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William Louis Petersen
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