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Black then samuel jacksons rise to being the highest. Thanks to their run that began with 2000s xmen and ended in 2016s logan, they both played their roles for 16 years and 228 days officially. The honor comes from no less an organization than the guinness book. When samuel leroy jackson was interviewed on the cbs program 60 minutes in march, he wasnt reluctant to mention his chattanooga roots. All records listed on our website are current and uptodate. Michael jackson in 1984, with 8 grammy awards, and was nominated for 12 the same year, both in the guinness book of world records. Who holds the world record for acting in most number of. Kanneganti brahmanandam, a popular telugu a south indian language movie actor holds the guinness record for the most number of screen credits.
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