Chris Pine

Christopher Whitelaw Pine^[1] (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He has appeared in romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) and Just My Luck (2006).

Biography

Early life

Pine was born in Los Angeles, California to Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford; he also has a sister, Katie. His father was an actor and had a contract with Universal, while his mother was a seamstress for B-movies. His maternal grandparents were Anne Gwynne, a well-known Hollywood leading lady, and Max M. Gilford, a Hollywood attorney. He is also related to producer Martin Jurow and sculptor Frank Eliscu. Pine attended the University of California at Berkeley.

Career

Pine's first acting role was in a 2003 episode of ER^{[citation needed]}; the same year, he also appeared in episodes of The Guardian and CSI: Miami. In 2004, he appeared in Why Germany?, a short film, and in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Pine was one of several love interests 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.

Pine appeared in the made-for-television film, Surrender Dorothy, which aired in early 2006. He also played a love interest in Just My Luck, a romantic comedy in which he stars opposite Lindsay Lohan. The film was released on May 12, 2006. Pine appears in the comedy, Blind Dating and in the action film Smokin' Aces; he filmed both of the roles in 2005.

As of June 2006, Pine was in negotiations to star in an untitled post-apocalyptic thriller set in the American West.^[2] In 2008, Pine will appear in Bottle Shock, an indie drama about the birth of the Napa Valley wine business^{[citation needed]}, and will play a young James T. Kirk^[3] in the upcoming Star Trek film to be directed by J.J. Abrams.

Filmography

References

External links

• Chris Pine at the Internet Movie Database

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