Channing Tatum Biography

Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor. Tatum made his film debut in the drama film Coach Carter (2005). His breakthrough role was in the 2006 dance film Step Up, which introduced him to a wider audience. He is known for his portrayal of the character Duke in the 2009 action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and its 2013 sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Although both G.I. Joe films received negative reviews from critics, they were commercially successful, grossing more than $300 million at the box office.

Tatum is also known for his leading role in Magic Mike (2012), and its sequel, Magic Mike XXL (2015) which he produced; he also starred in the action-comedy film 21 Jump Street and its 2014 sequel, 22 Jump Street. He appeared in romantic films such as Dear John (2010) and The Vow (2012). His other films include She's the Man (2006), The Dilemma (2011), White House Down (2013), the drama Foxcatcher (2014), The Hateful Eight (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Logan Lucky (2017).

Early life

Tatum was born in Cullman, Alabama, the son of Kay Tatum (ne Faust), an airline worker, and Glenn Tatum, who worked in construction. He has a sister named Paige. He is mostly of English ancestry.

His family moved to the Pascagoula, Mississippi area when he was six. He grew up in the bayous near the Pascagoula River, where he lived in a rural setting.

Tatum has discussed having dealt with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and dyslexia while growing up, which affected his ability to do well in school. Growing up, Tatum was quite the athlete, playing football, soccer, track, baseball, and performing martial arts; he has said that "girls were always [his] biggest distraction in school." As a child, he practiced wuzuquan kung fu.

Tatum spent most of his teenage years in the Tampa area, and initially attended Gaither High School. His parents wanted more effort and gave him the option of selecting a private high school or attending a military school; he chose Tampa Catholic High School, where he graduated in 1998 and was voted most athletic. He later attended Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia on a football scholarship, but dropped out. He returned home and started working odd jobs.

Us Weekly reported that around this time Tatum left his job as a roofer and began working as a stripper at a local nightclub, under the name "Chan Crawford". In 2010, he told an Australian newspaper that he wanted to make a movie about his experiences as a stripper. That idea led to the movie Magic Mike. Tatum moved to Miami, where he was discovered by a model talent scout.

Career

Early work

In 2000, Tatum 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. His experience in the fashion industry began as a model working for noted clients such as Armani and Abercrombie & Fitch. He soon moved into television commercials, landing national spots for Mountain Dew and Pepsi in 2002. He subsequently signed with Page 305 (Page Parkes Modeling Agency), a modeling agency in Miami. He was cast by Al David for Vogue magazine and soon after appeared in campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Dolce & Gabbana, American Eagle Outfitters, and Emporio Armani. He was picked as one of Tear Sheet magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Faces" of October 2001. Tatum signed with Ford Models in New York City.

2006-2012

In 2006, Tatum starred in She's The Man opposite Amanda Bynes, which was named the greatest modern Shakespearean remake. Later that year, Tatum starred opposite his now wife Jenna Dewan in Step Up, which was his breakout role. Although it was widely panned, it has earned $115 million worldwide.

In 2008, Tatum co-starred in director Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss, about soldiers returning home from the Iraq War, and in director Stuart Townsend's film Battle in Seattle, about the 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. Tatum played in the short film The Trap, directed by Rita Wilson.

Tatum and Dito Montiel, who worked together on A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, reteamed on the action drama Fighting for Rogue Pictures. Tatum starred as Sean McArthur, a young man who scrapes up a living scalping tickets in New York City. Tatum next appeared in writer/director/producer Michael Mann's 2009 crime drama Public Enemies, playing the 1930s American gangster Pretty Boy Floyd. The same year, Tatum starred as Duke in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Paramount Pictures' live-action film based on the popular Hasbro action figures. He was initially reluctant to take the role as he feared the movie would glorify war; however, he overcame his reluctance after reading the script. He played a soldier in Dear John, a Screen Gems film based on a popular Nicholas Sparks bestseller. He later stated that he had accepted the role to learn from director Lasse Hallstrm because he had never studied at an acting school.

In an interview with Details magazine, published in early 2012, Tatum said he wants to produce all the films he stars in, "I really don't want to be in any more movies that I don't produce. Unless it's with one of the 10 directors that I really want to work with, I don't have any interest in not being on the ground floor of creating it." He, his wife Jenna Dewan, and their production partner Reid Carolin signed a two-year production deal in 2010 with Relativity Media for any movies they may develop during that time. In 2012, Tatum hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared in four films. He co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's action-thriller Haywire, The Vow with Rachel McAdams, and 21 Jump Street (the film adaptation of TV series of the same name) with Jonah Hill.

He also starred in Magic Mike, a film about his eight-month experience as a male stripper in Florida. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh, was co-produced by Tatum and Soderbergh, and starred Tatum as Mike. He is a featured performer at a Tampa, Florida, male strip club who takes a younger dancer (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing to show him how to hustle "on and off stage". The film's cast also included Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey.

In November 2012 Tatum was named People magazine's annual Sexiest Man Alive.

2013-present

Tatum appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, with Rooney Mara and Jude Law.

He reprised his role as Conrad S. Hauser/Duke in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, in an ensemble cast that included Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. Originally scheduled for release on June 29, 2012, the film was pushed back to March 2013, in order to convert it to 3D and to add more scenes for his character, who was killed at the beginning of the movie. Tatum later said he had not wanted to appear in the sequel and was happy his character had been killed off. Also in 2013, he appeared in another action movie, White House Down.

Tatum reprised his role from 21 Jump Street in its sequel, 22 Jump Street, which was released on June 13, 2014.

Also in 2014, he co-starred with Steve Carell in Foxcatcher, the story of John du Pont, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and killed Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, the brother of the character played by Tatum, who also had won Olympic gold. Tatum will star as X-Men character Remy LeBeau/Gambit in a solo film, set within the X-Men film universe, which he will also be producing. Tatum is set to co-produce the all-male reboot of Ghostbusters, which is produced by Sony's new founded company, Ghost Corps.

33andOut Productions

Tatum started two production companies, 33andOut Productions and Iron Horse Entertainment. Their first production was the documentary Earth Made of Glass.

Personal life

In 2006, Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan on the set of their movie Step Up; they married on July 11, 2009, at Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California. They have a daughter who was born in London in 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Coach Carter	Jason Lyle
	Havoc	Nick
	Supercross	Rowdy Sparks
	War of the Worlds	Boy in church	Uncredited
2006	She's the Man	Duke Orsino
	Step Up	Tyler Gage
	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Young Antonio
2007	The Trap	Greg	Short film
	Battle in Seattle	Johnson
2008	Step Up 2: The Streets	Tyler Gage	Cameo
	Stop-Loss	Steve Shriver
2009	Fighting	Shawn MacArthur
	Public Enemies	Pretty Boy Floyd
	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Conrad Hauser / Duke
2010	Dear John	John Tyree
	Earth Made of Glass		Executive producer
2011	The Dilemma	Zip
	The Son of No One	Jonathan "Milk" White
	The Eagle	Marcus Flavius Aquila
	10 Years	Jake Bills
2012	Haywire	Aaron
	The Vow	Leo Collins
	21 Jump Street	Greg Jenko	Also executive producer
	Magic Mike	Michael "Magic Mike" Lane	Also producer
	Nitro Circus: The Movie	Himself	Documentary
2013	Side Effects	Martin Taylor
	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Conrad Hauser / Duke
	This Is the End	Himself	Cameo
	White House Down	John Cale	Also executive producer
	Don Jon	Connor Verreaux	Cameo
2014	The Lego Movie	Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
	Foxcatcher	Mark Schultz
	22 Jump Street	Greg Jenko
	The Book of Life	Joaquin	Voice role
2015	Jupiter Ascending	Caine
	Magic Mike XXL	Magic Mike	Also producer
	The Hateful Eight	Jody
2016	Hail, Caesar!	Burt Gurney
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman	Voice role
	Logan Lucky	Jimmy
	Kingsman: The Golden Circle	Tequila
2018	Smallfoot	(voice)
2019	Gambit	Remmy LeBeau / Gambit	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	CSI: Miami	Bob Davenport	Episode: "Pro Per"
2012	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Channing Tatum/Bon Iver"
2014	The Simpsons	Himself	Voice Episode: "Steal This Episode"
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Himself	Season 1, episode 3: "Channing Tatum"
2016	Idiotsitter	Trick Malloy	Episode: "Hos Before Bros"
2017	Step Up: The Series		Producer
2017	Comrade Detective	Gregor Anghel (voice), Himself	Executive Producer

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2000	"She Bangs"	Ricky Martin
2006	"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me"	Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
2006	"Get Up"	Ciara featuring Chamillionaire
2013	"(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum"	Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum featuring Jimmy Kimmel

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Award	Film	Result
2006	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Actor	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
	Sundance Film Festival	Special Jury Prize (shared with the A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints cast)
2008	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Stop-Loss
		Choice Movie: Drama (shared with the Step Up 2: The Streets cast)	Step Up 2: The Streets
		Choice MySpacer
2009		Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Fighting
2010	MTV Movie Award	Best Male Performance	Dear John
		Best Ass Kicking Star	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure
		Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Dear John
		Choice Movie: Chemistry (with Amanda Seyfried)
2012	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Performance	The Vow
		Best Kiss (with Rachel McAdams)
		Best Fight (with Jonah Hill)	21 Jump Street
		Best Cast (shared with 21 Jump Street cast)
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	The Vow
		Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	21 Jump Street
		Choice Movie Chemistry (with Jonah Hill)	21 Jump Street
		Choice Movie Liplock (with Rachel McAdams)	The Vow
		Choice Movie Hissy Fit (with Jonah Hill)	21 Jump Street
		Choice Movie Actor: Romance	The Vow
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street and The Vow
		Favorite Comedic Movie Actor	21 Jump Street
		Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor	The Vow and Magic Mike
2013	MTV Movie Awards	Best Musical Moment	Magic Mike
2014	MTV Movie Awards	Best Hero	White House Down
2015	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Performance	Foxcatcher
		Best Shirtless Performance	Foxcatcher
		Best Comedic Performance	22 Jump Street
		Best On-Screen Duo (with Jonah Hill)	22 Jump Street
2016	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	The Hateful Eight
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor
		Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor
	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Actor	Jupiter Ascending