James Toback

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About James Toback

Writer, Director, Actor
Born: November 23, 1944
Star sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Known for: Tyson (2008), Bugsy (1991), The Gambler (2014), The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Source: IMDB

James Toback, highly respected as a screenwriter and the director of nine films, was born on November 23, 1944 in New York City to a successful garment manufacturer. A 1966 graduate of Harvard College, Toback later taught creative writing at City College of New York in the early 1970s. He suffered from a gambling compulsion that still plagues him,...


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