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Channing Tatum Profile |
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Birth Date: April 26, 1980
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Birth Place: Cullman, Alabama, USA
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Birth Name: Channing Bryan Isaac Tatum Anderson
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Height 6'1"
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Biography |
Channing Tatum is an American actor and former male fashion
model. After beginning his career as a male fashion model,
he has branched out into acting roles, and has appeared in
the films Coach Carter (2005) and She's the Man (2006).
Tatum was born in Cullman, a small city in Alabama, the
oldest of eight children; he has French, Irish and Native
American ancestry. His family moved to Mississippi when he
was six, although he visits Alabama, where his mother's
family still lives, every summer. Tatum grew up in the
bayous near the Mississippi River, where he enjoyed a rural
existence, including "All the rattlesnakes and alligators a
boy could possibly chase, fishing every day, Pop Warner
football league, stuff like that".
Tatum was athletic while growing up, playing football,
soccer, track, baseball and martial arts, and had "a lot of
energy", although he says that "Girls were always my biggest
distraction in school". During the 9th grade, he was sent to
a military school, where he played on the football team.
Tatum won a football scholarship to Glenville State College
in West Virginia, although he soon lost interest in the
sport and turned down the scholarship, citing his dislike of
the demands of playing football.
Tatum returned home, feeling that he'd disappointed his
parents. He soon worked in construction, an animal nursery,
and at a clothing store. During this time, he developed an
interest in club dancing.
Tatum's first experience in the entertainment industry was
modeling. He was first cast as a dancer in Ricky Martin's
She Bangs music video, after an audition in Orlando,
Florida; he was paid $400 for the job. He subsequently
signed with a modelling agency in Miami, and appeared in
Vogue magazine. He soon appeared in the pages of Citizen K,
and Contents, as well as campaigns for Abercrombie and
Fitch, Nautica, American Eagle Outfitters, and Emporio
Armani. Tatum has also starred in a few television
commercials for American Eagle Outfitters, Pepsi and
Mountain Dew, and was picked as one of Tear Sheet Magazine's
"50 Most Beautiful faces" of October 2001.
Tatum has branched out into a professional acting career,
first appearing in a 2004 episode of CSI: Miami. His first
feature film role was in 2005's high-school drama, Coach
Carter, playing Jason Lyle, a basketball player opposite
Samuel L. Jackson; Tatum also appeared in Twista's "Hope"
music video, which accompanied the film. In the same year,
Tatum had an uncredited bit role in War of the Worlds, as
well as supporting parts in the films Supercross and Havoc.
Although Tatum has said that he "love[s] modeling", he has
taken a break from the profession to concentrate on his
acting career, saying that he prefers making movies.
Tatum auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last
Stand, however, did not make it as the character was cut.
The film's producer, Lauren Shuler Donner, noticed Tatum and
cast him in the film She's the Man, where he plays the love
interest of a character played by Amanda Bynes. The film
opened on March 17, 2006.
Tatum was also originally scheduled to play Gengis Khan in
director Sergei Bodrov's epic, Mongol, but was replaced by
actor Tadanobu Asano. His next role will be in Step Up, a
dance-themed drama which opens on August 11, 2006. He has
also been cast in director Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss,
about a soldier returning home from the Iraq War. |
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Other Information |
Has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Dolce & Gabbana and
Aeropostale. In 2002, starred in commercials for both
Mountain Dew ("Drive") and Pepsi ("Scratching").
His first fashion show was at Level Nightclub in South
Beach, Miami (November 2000) for Men's Health magazine. His
friend Vincent De Paul asked him to do the show with him.
After the fashion show he began booking editorials for Ocean
Drive magazine and his modeling career began.
Ethnic background consists of Native American, Irish and
French.
Was sent to a military school in ninth grade where he joined
the football team and had intended to get a scholarship to
play football after graduation.
Former student of the Deena Levy Theatre Studio.
Big break was being cast in Ricky Martin's video for "She
Bangs", where he was paid $400 for a 7 day shoot.
Moved from Alabama to Mississippi at age 6, where his family
lived on a bayou.
Stills spends his summer time with his grandparents back in
Alabama |
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