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Seinfeld‘s Mickey Abbott is Splinter in Ninja Turtles

Danny Woodburn, best known as ‘Mickey Abbott’ on “Seinfeld”, has been cast as the rodent mentor ‘Splinter’ in the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” reboot for Platinum Dunes and Paramount, according to Deadline.

Woodburn, whose character will be a CGI creation (using mo-cap), joins Megan Fox and Will Arnett, among others, for the Michael Bay produced movie.

Woodburn, a stand-up comedian for the past 17 years, also appeared in such films as “Death to Smoochy”, “Jingle all the Way”, “Watchmen” and “Mirror Mirror”.

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