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Not to be confused with Christopher Pyne or Chris Pyne.
Chris Pine 
Pine at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait following a screening of Star Trek, April 11, 2009Born Christopher Whitelaw Pine
August 26, 1980
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 2003–present Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine[1] (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, and will reprise the role in the film's sequel.
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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's ancestry is Jewish (from his maternal grandfather), Welsh, and English.[6][7] He has stated, "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] After graduation, he studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.[4]
Career
2003 to present
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 part of Nicholas Devereaux, the love interest of Anne Hathaway's character in the film, 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]
In 2011, Pine sat down with the original Captain Kirk, William Shatner for the feature length documentary The Captains, which Shatner wrote and directed. The film sees Shatner interview Pine about his career and how it felt to take the role of Captain Kirk for the 2009 movie. Their interview features a memorable moment where the pair arm wrestles, pictures of this incident "went viral" leading to internet headlines such as "Kirk V Kirk" and others.[24]
Upcoming roles
Pine filmed the romantic comedy This Means War, with Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hardy, during the fall of 2010, in Vancouver.[25] This Means War is scheduled for release in February 2012.[26] Pine will also co-star with Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde and Michelle Pfeiffer in the family drama Welcome to People, which was filmed in early 2011.[27]
In 2009, Pine was in talks to team up with director D. J. Caruso on the film The Art of Making Money.[28] 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.[29] 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).[30]
He will voice Jack Frost in DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians, which is scheduled to be released in November 2012.[31] He is also set to reprise his role of Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek 2, due out in either late 2012 or sometime in 2013.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 2003 ER Levine Episode: "A Thousand Cranes" 2003 The Guardian Lonnie Grandy Episode: "Hazel Park" 2003 CSI: Miami Tommy Chandler Episode: "Extreme" 2004 Why Germany? Chris 2004 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Nicholas Devereaux 2005 American Dreams Joey Tremain Episode: "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" 2005 Confession Luther Scott 2005 Six Feet Under Young Sam Episode: "Dancing for Me" 2005 The Bulls Jason 2006 Surrender Dorothy Shawn TV film 2006 Just My Luck Jake Hardin 2006 Blind Dating Danny 2006 Smokin' Aces Darwin Tremor 2008 Bottle Shock Bo Barrett 2009 Star Trek James T. Kirk 2009 Carriers Brian 2009 Beyond All Boundaries Hanson Baldwin — New York Times Military Editor / Sgt. Bill Reed (voice) 2010 Small Town Saturday Night Rhett Ryan 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey Dave (voice) 2010 Unstoppable Will Colson 2012 This Means War post-production 2012 Rise of the Guardians Jack Frost in production 2013 Star Trek 2 James T. Kirk Pre production References
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- ^ "QUICK POST: DreamWorks Animation's 'Rise of the Guardians' gets all-star cast". The Washington Post. January 26, 2011. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2011/01/quick_post_dreamworks_animatio.htm;. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
External links
- Chris Pine at the Internet Movie Database
- Chris Pine at AllRovi
- Chris Pine at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
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