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  "biography": "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.\n\n<NAME> (born <NAME>; June 10, 1978 height 5' 11\u00be\" (1,82 m)) is an American actor, punk rock musician and songwriter. West is best known for portraying <NAME> in the ABC family drama Once and Again, <NAME> in A Walk to Remember, Darby Crash in What We Do Is Secret, Dr. <NAME> in the NBC medical drama ER and the male leading role of <NAME> in The CW spy drama Nikita.\n\nEarly life\n\n<NAME> was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of <NAME> (n\u00e9e Launey) and <NAME>. His mother is a lawyer; his father, who was born in Jamaica, is a drugstore owner. Both parents were musicians and had their own punk bands. He is of Cajun French descent through his mother. He is the eldest of three children with a sister Simone and a half-sister <NAME>. His parents divorced in 1982 when he was four years old. Influenced by his parents, he grew up listening to The Clash, The Jam, Blondie, <NAME>, and The Kinks. He revealed: \"I always thought I would be doing music rather than acting.\"\n\nAt the age of ten, West and his sister Simone moved to Compton, California with their mother because she was looking for a better job and then they moved to Norwalk, California. When he was fifteen or sixteen, West moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career where he struggled for two years and lived at his manager's house.West made his acting debut in 1995, appearing in the CBS drama Picket Fences in season 4: episode 6 titled \"Heart of Saturday Night\", where he played <NAME>ore.", 
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