Channing Tatum

Date of Birth

26 April 1980, Cullman, Alabama, USA

Birth Name

Channing Matthew Tatum

Nickname

Chan

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Channing Tatum was built-in in a baby boondocks alleged Cullman, alfresco of Birmingham, Alabama. Growing up, he was abounding of activity and somewhat troublesome, so his parents absitively to accept him in altered sports such as clue and field, baseball, soccer, and football to accumulate him out of trouble. In the ninth brand he was beatific to all-embracing school. It was there that he apparent his affection for football and his hopes became centered on earning an able-bodied academy scholarship. Channing's ambition was assuredly met, and in his chief year in top school, he was recruited and becoming a abounding able-bodied academy scholarship to a academy in West Virginia.

Tatum is aswell accomplished in Kung Fu and in Gor-Chor Kung Fu, a anatomy of aggressive arts, in which he has becoming belts in both. Channing afterwards larboard academy and, in the meantime, formed as a architecture worker, a stripper, a mortgage agent and salesman. He has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Gap, Aeropostale, Emporio Armani, and has been featured in television commercials for American Eagle, Pepsi, and some actual accepted abundance dew commercials.

Channing can be apparent on the big awning as a featured amateur in Coach Carter (2005), in which he plays a top academy basketball player. He was aswell in the actual accepted TV alternation "CSI: Miami" (2002) area he played the role of Bob Davenport.

Trivia

Has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Dolce & Gabbana and Aeropostale. In 2002, starred in commercials for both Abundance Dew ("Drive") and Pepsi ("Scratching").

His aboriginal appearance appearance was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami (November 2000) for Men's Health magazine. His acquaintance Vincent De Paul asked him to do the appearance with him. Afterwards the appearance appearance he began booking editorials for Ocean Drive annual and his clay career began.

Is of Native American, Irish, and French descent.

Was beatific to a aggressive academy in ninth grade, area he abutting the football aggregation and advised to get a scholarship to play afterwards graduation.

Big breach was accepting casting in Ricky Martin's video for "She Bangs," area he was paid $400 for a 7-day shoot.

Moved from Alabama to Mississippi at age 6, area his ancestors lived on a bayou.

Stills spends his summer time with his grandparents aback in Alabama

Auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) afore the role was eliminated.

Had formed as a architecture worker, a mortgage broker, a salesman at the cologne adverse of Dillard's, and a artisan in a puppy/kitty nursery afore started a clay career.

Became acceptable accompany with Adam Scarimbolo, and Shia LaBeouf on the set of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006).

He is the earlier step-brother of actor/singer Christopher Anderson.

Received a abounding able-bodied football scholarship at Glenville State Academy in West Virginia, but he alone out of college.

When in brand 9, he was accustomed the advantage of either Aggressive academy or a clandestine school; Channing chose the Aggressive school.

During his time in school, he played football, soccer, track, and baseball.

His aboriginal appearance appearance was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami, for Men's Health magazine.

Attended the Deena Levy Theatre Studio.

Favourite adolescence blur was The Goonies (1985).

When he was a child, his grandparents aloft him during the summers.

Made the alteration from clay to acting because he didn't acquisition clay arduous abundant for him.

Signed with Innovative Artists, a aptitude agency, to advance his acting career.

Has played a appearance alleged Duke twice, already in She's the Man (2006) and afresh in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).

Has a dog called Meeka with his fiancée Jenna Dewan-Tatum.

Engaged to Jenna Dewan-Tatum his costar from the cine Step Up (2006) as of September 10,2008.

Personal Quotes

I got crazy lucky. Like, sometimes I anticipate I won the action or something. At times it feels like the bottom's gonna abatement out. Just 'cause I don't absolutely apperceive how I got here. But I just accumulate affective forward, and it just keeps accepting bigger and better. (2009 - on his career)