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Living, and he was saying my family has totally abandoned me. what am i going to do? he was looking for existential meaning. >> i have a question. i have a question. you were a priest before you took the role. youre not a priest now. was it the acting bug that changed -- that got you out of the priesthood >> no, i was a priest during the filming. nothing to do with the -- i made the decision -- i made it very public because i knew thats what i had to do. it was something i had thought about for ...

Important for so many years in this tiny little world of the mob world realized he was all alone and dying. the only one who he could talk to was this chaplain in assisted living, and he was saying my family has totally abandoned me. what am i going to do? he was looking for existential meaning. >> i have a question. i have a question. you were a priest before you took the role. youre not a priest now. was it the acting bug that changed -- that got you out of the priesthood >> no, i was a priest...

And he got the bug. >> reporter: the acting bug. first as a body double back on the basketball court in the movie "inside moves" and then as a bartender in "cobb." >> congrats, al! four pieces in national magazines this month. >> reporter: when he met lisa, he was acting, but also waiting tables. >> he twinkled. he was just charming. i was thrilled that he asked me for my number. >> reporter: they married. had three sons together. and with a growing family to support, gavin gave up acting and to...

Picking up his kid ever. >> because gavin was so good at these things that his sister tara, he was so impressive. so tall. you both got the tall gene, right? >> we did. >> the whole family. >> the whole family. >> gavin was the tallest, 66." >> he waublgd in a room, you noticed him. you wanted to gravitate to him. he was a magnet. >> he played basketball for john wooden, ucla, 1975. he was a forward. it was woodens final championship team. >> just to be on that team was pretty fantastic. it was ...

Being los angeles and he a good-looking, towering athlete. people noticed him, movie people. >> they gave him a couple of roles. and he got the bug. >> reporter: the acting bug. first as a body double back on the basketball court in the movie "inside moves" and then as a bartender in "cobb." >> congrats, al! >> reporter: when he met lisa, he was acting, but also waiting tables. >> he twinkled. he was just charming. i was thrilled that he asked me for my number. >> reporter: they married. had thr...

Role they share a diagnosis. they both have cerebral palsy for nearly two centuries, tiny tim has been seen simply as the poor boy on crutches but these two boys see so much more. >> he really is like me very happy very hopeful but he has a disability >> both were diagnosed soon after birth the disorder affects motor skills and movement but it hasnt deterred either of them. >> i really like being in a show. and its so much fun and i just want to tell the kids that they think they can do it but t...

>> reporter: because gavin was so good at these things, his sister, he was so impressive, so tall. he broke out the tall gene? >> we did. >> reporter: whole family in. >> whom family. >> reporter: gavin was the tallest, 6 6. >> he walked in the room, you wanted to gravitate to him. he was like a magnet. >> reporter: he played at ucla 1975, he was a forward. it was the final championship team. >> just to be on that team was pretty fantastic. it was a once in a lifetime. >> reporter: and then he d...

Wrong. her husband gavin was a dedicated father. >> nothing would keep him from picking up his kid ever. >> because he was so good at these things that his sister, he was so impressive, so tall. >> you both got the tall gene. >> we did. >> whole family. >> gavin was the tallest. >> he was a magnet. >> he played basketball for legendary coach john wooden, ucla 1975. he was a forward. it was woodens final championship team. >> just to be on that team was pretty fantastic. it was a once in a lifeti...

And he got the bug >> reporter: the acting bug. first as a body double back on the basketball court in the movie "inside moves" and then as a bartender in "cobb." >> congrats al >> reporter: when he met lisa, he was acting, but also waiting tables >> he twinkled he was just - charming i was thrilled that he asked me for my number. >> reporter: they married. had three sons together. and with a growing family to support, gavin gave up acting and took a job on the business side at twentieth century...

In japan the word yakuza has come to mean mafia. >> were talking about career criminals but some are looking to change their ways. cnns ivan watson reports theyve caught the acting bug. >> reporter: this may look like just another day at the office, but some of these men have experience in money laundering, extortion and even violent crime. none of those skills are needed in this job. these ex-mobsters from the acting agency are waiting for