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Brian George
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “character actor who plays guest role middle eastern characters of varying degrees of stereotypicalness”. Today it says “british actor”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Brian George (born 1952 , Israel ) is a character actor who plays guest role Middle Eastern characters of varying degrees of stereotypicalness.1 Perhaps his most famous role is as Pakistani restauranteur Babu Bhatt on Seinfeld .2 He has also done voiceover work in videogames like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Everquest II . v t e3
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Then
character actor who plays guest role middle eastern characters of varying degrees of stereotypicalness
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british actor
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