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Christopher Whitelaw “Chris” Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He has appeared in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and Just My Luck (2006), as well as the action films Smokin’ Aces (2007) and Unstoppable (2010). In 2009, he portrayed James T. Kirk in the film Star Trek
Early life
Pine was born in Los Angeles, California. His father, Robert Pine, is an actor who appeared in CHiPs as Sergeant Joseph Getraer, and his mother, Gwynne Gilford, is a former actress who is now a practicing psychotherapist.[2] He has an older sister, Katie.[3] His maternal grandmother, Anne Gwynne (née Marguerite Gwynne Trice), was a Hollywood actress, and his maternal grandfather, Max M. Gilford (born Max Goldfarb), was an attorney who was elected president of the Hollywood Bar Association.[4][5] Pine is of Welsh and Jewish descent on his mother’s side.[6][7] He has stated in an interview, “I definitely have a spiritual outlook… I am not a religious guy, I am probably agnostic”.[8]
Pine attended Oakwood School for high school and received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002.[9][10] He also studied English at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom for one year.[11]
Pine’s first professional role was in a 2003 episode of ER; the same year, he also appeared in episodes of The Guardian and CSI: Miami.[12] In 2004, he appeared in Why Germany?, a short film, and in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Pine played the love interest of Anne Hathaway’s character in the film, Nicholas Devereaux, which was released in August of that year to a strong box office. In 2005, Pine appeared in an episode of the series Six Feet Under, as well as in Confession, an independent film that was released directly to video, and The Bulls, another short film.[13]
Pine appeared in the made-for-television film Surrender, Dorothy which aired in early 2006. He also played Jake Hardin in the American film Just My Luck, a romantic comedy in which he starred opposite Lindsay Lohan, who played Ashley Albright. The film was released on May 12, 2006. Later that year, Pine appeared in the comedy Blind Dating and in the action film Smokin’ Aces. In 2007, he starred opposite Scott Wolf in the Los Angeles production of Neil LaBute’s play Fat Pig, winning positive reviews for his depiction of a competitive, alpha-male friend.[4] He portrayed real-life Napa Valley vintner Bo Barrett in the 2008 film Bottle Shock.
In 2007, Pine turned down a role in a film adaptation of White Jazz,[14][15] to accept the part of James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek film, which was released to critical and viewer acclaim in May of that year.[16] That same month, he made a brief appearance promoting the film on Saturday Night Live, with co-stars Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy.[17] During the rest of summer 2009, he appeared in the Los Angeles production of the Beau Willimon play Farragut North.[18] In September 2009, his film Carriers was released (after being filmed in 2007). His other 2009 roles included Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (voice work only) and the independent film Small Town Saturday Night. Pine appeared in the Los Angeles production of the black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore during the summer of 2010,[19] for which he won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award, and at the MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010.[20]
Pine was rumored to be the leading man in the 2011 Green Lantern film, but the role eventually went to Ryan Reynolds.[21][22]
In the fall of 2009, Pine began filming the Tony Scott-directed and Mark Bomback-written action film Unstoppable, which was released in November 2010. In the film, he played a young train conductor who helped a veteran railroad engineer (Denzel Washington) stop an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying toxic liquids and poisonous gases from wiping out a nearby city.[23]
FILMOGRAPHY
2003
Levine
Episode: “A Thousand Cranes”
2003
Lonnie Grandy
Episode: “Hazel Park”
2003
Tommy Chandler
Episode: “Extreme”
2004
Why Germany?
Chris
2004
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Nicholas Devereaux
2005
Joey Tremain
Episode: “Tidings of Comfort and Joy”
2005
Luther Scott
2005
Young Sam
Episode: “Dancing for Me”
2005
The Bulls
Jason
2006
Surrender Dorothy
Shawn
TV film
2006
Jake Hardin
2006
Danny
2006
Darwin Tremor
2008
2009
2009
Brian
2009
Beyond All Boundaries
Hanson Baldwin — New York Times Military Editor / Sgt. Bill Reed
(voice)
2010
Rhett Ryan
2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Dave
(voice)
2010
Will Colson
2010
2012
pos-production
2013
in production
2012
Upcoming roles
Pine filmed the romantic comedy This Means War, with Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hardy, during the fall of 2010, in Vancouver.[24] This Means War is scheduled for release in February 2012. [25] Pine will also co-star with Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde and Michelle Pfeiffer in the family drama Welcome to People, filming in early 2011, debut June 29 2012. [26]
In 2009, Pine was in talks to team up with director D. J. Caruso on the film The Art of Making Money.[27] On October 13, 2009, Paramount Pictures confirmed that Pine is also in talks to play CIA analyst Jack Ryan in a reboot of Tom Clancy’s novels.[28] He would be the fourth actor to play Jack Ryan, after Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October), Harrison Ford (Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger) and Ben Affleck (The Sum of All Fears).[29]
Pine will voice Jack Frost in DreamWorks Animation’s Rise of the Guardians, which is scheduled to be released in November 2012.[30]
Pine is set to reprise his role of Captain James T. Kirk in the next J. J. Abrams Star Trek film, due out on May 17 2013.
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