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Occupation: Actor.

Birthday: March 26, 1950.

Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario.

Current home: Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Marital status: Married to Nancy Dolman for 11 years.

Children: Katherine, 8; Oliver, 5; and Henry, 2.

Car: A 1991 black Volvo.

Working on: Appearing on ”Maniac Mansion,” on the Family Channel tonight; I play the wedding coordinator in ”Father of the Bride,” with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton, and in ”Clifford,” I play a 10-year old boy.

Most important book I never read: Kitty Kelley`s biography of Frank Sinatra.

Favorite pigout food: Bologna sandwiches.

Favorite performer: Jackie Gleason. He made everything believable.

Prized possession: Pirated tapes of old Friar`s Club roasts and of actors screwing up while doing commercials.

Personal heroes: John Kennedy, Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke and Pope John XXIII.

Every New Year`s I resolve: To bring my intellectual and emotional states closer together.

Nobody knows I`m: Really a singer, in the style of Frank Sinatra Jr.

I wish I could stop: All the damn acclaim.

I`ve never been able to: Eat a tomato. They look good, but there`s something about the texture that bothers me.

I`d give anything to meet: Marlon Brando. He`s the coolest.

My fantasy is: I`m the president of the United States. I resign before I`m impeached.

If I could change one thing about myself: I wouldn`t need to sleep so I wouldn`t miss anything.

The worst time of my life: The night before any physics exam.

Behind my back, my friends say: ”He`s so much better-looking in person.”

If I`ve learned one thing in life, it`s: More is more.

Major accomplishment: My family.

When people first meet me, they think: ”He`s a nice enough sort.”

Three words that best describe me: Confident, energized, happy.