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Date of Birth

2 September 1966, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Birth Name

Charles Curtis Watkins III

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Trivia

Attended Parkway West High School in St. Louis.

Went on to Indiana University, where he majored in communications, with a triple minor in theater, psychology and French.

Did commercials for Miller Beer, Snickers, and the U.S. Navy.

Worked part-time as a housepainter.

His first big gig, a guest spot on the sitcom, "Growing Pains" (1985), ended up on the cutting room floor, though his name still appears in the closing credits.

On September 21, 2005, survived the emergency landing of JetBlue flight 292. He and other passengers learned of the airplane's malfunctioning landing gear by watching coverage of their plight on headrest-mounted TV sets.

Lived next door to actress Brooke Dillman when growing up in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Personal Quotes

You never know what will get you hired.

On his role in "Beggars and Choosers": I'm doing imitations of all the casting directors who wouldn't give me a role over the last ten years.

I became an actor to do three things: ride a horse, shoot a gun and get killed...and I got to do all three in The Mummy (1999). So I guess it's all downhill from here.

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