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Birthday: Feb. 8, 1974.

Birthplace: Philadelphia.

Occupation: Actor.

Current home: Los Angeles.

Marital status: Single.

Car: A 1997 black Honda Civic.

Working on: I’m on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and I’ve got several movies coming out — “Can’t Hardly Wait” with Jennifer Love Hewitt and “Enemy of the State” with Will Smith.

The last good movie I saw: “Dancer, Texas, Pop. 81.”

Personal heroes: Superheroes like Spider-Man. He was cool because he was young and skinny and quick-witted. His intelligence was more important than his strength.

Nobody knows I’m: Close to 8 feet tall.

I’m better than anyone else: When it comes to lying.

If I could do it over, I’d: At the risk of sounding incredibly arrogant, I’m pretty pleased with the way things have turned out.

I’d give anything to meet: I’d love to hang out with Aretha Franklin.

My fantasy is: I want to travel to all the exotic places in the world.

The worst advice my mother ever gave me: My mom said, “I think this milk is bad; try it.”

The one thing I can’t stand: Phonies.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: Absent a lot.

My most irrational act: Trying to be someone that I wasn’t. When I was 14 and in junior high, I tried to be like the other kids and it didn’t work for me. As soon as I started to live for myself, everything fell into place.

If I weren’t an actor, I’d be: Working in a video store.

If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: Never quit.

Most humbling experience: Recognizing I’m not the most important person in the world.

The three words that best describe me: Big fat dork.