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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 hasn't deterred either of them. >> i really like being in a show. and it's so much fun and i just want to tell the kids that they think they can do it but they actually can. so believe in yourself. >> i am strong, you see. >> reporter: jay, now eight yea...

>> 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 drifted a bit, worked as a golf caddie and this being los angeles and he a good looking towering ath...

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 wooden's final championship team. >> just to be on that team was pretty fantastic. it was a once in a lifetime. >> and then he drifted a bit, worked as a golf caddie and this being los angeles and he a good ...

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 fox, eventually as a film distribution executive >> fox is a wonderful company to work for and he l...

In japan the word yakuza has come to mean mafia. >> we're talking about career criminals but some are looking to change their ways. cnn's ivan watson reports they've 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