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Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for some reason, I'm drawn to characters like that.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality - what I take in and what I put out there.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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You want a place where you can say that this is your show that you invested in with other actors, but there's also that flexibility of being a recurring actor.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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'Home' may be the best part and best movie I've ever had. I loved it.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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I did a movie called 'The Savages' with Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, where I played a nurse, and it showed me in a different role from what I played on 'The Wire.' It showed my range as an actor.

~Gbenga Akinnagbe

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Biography

Nationality: Nigerian

Type: Actor

Born: December 12th, 1978

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