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On a commentary track, a director discussing his lifelong desire to meet this actor remarked how “I can stare at that fuckin’ face all day long.” (-5[1])The opening shot of another film shows this actor’s character slumped over by the back door of a diner, before following a stranger played by Philip Baker Hall, who offers this actor’s character a cup of coffee. (-5[1])In a third film, this actor’s character listens to a young boy rap about a murder case before he interrupts the boy to tell him to stop swearing; that (*) police officer played by this actor admits to losing his gun (10[1])while he’s on a date with (10[1])Claudia. A character played by this actor finally starts an act as a magician at the end of a film where he and a friend played by Mark Wahlberg attempt a music career and rob a drug dealer. For 10 points, name this actor whose early (-5[1])roles for Paul Thomas Anderson (-5[1])included (0[1])John Finnegan in Hard Eight, police officer Jim Kurring in Magnolia, and Reed Rothchild, Dirk Diggler’s sidekick in Boogie Nights. ■END■ (0[1])

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