Biography
- 2002
Joining the Family Business
The son of CHiPs star Robert Pine and actress Gwynne Gilford, Pine studies acting at the University of Leeds in England and San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater after earning a degree in English from U.C. Berkley in 2002. In 2003, he lands bit parts on ER and CSI: Miami.
- 2004
Royal Pain
Pine makes a royal impression on tweens in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Playing a rival royal who falls for Anne Hathaway's Princess Mia, Pine jokes to the New York Daily News, "The only attention I got from Princess Diaries was a 3-year-old in an airport lounge calling me Prince Nicholas."
- 2006
Getting Lucky
Pine plays an unlucky, yet lovable loser opposite Lindsay Lohan in Just My Luck. "It's a big thing, obviously, for me to be starring with someone at her level," he says of Lohan at the time. "She's so natural in front of the camera…and that made my job ten times easier."
- 2007
Paging Captain Kirk
Pine is recruited to play Starfleet commander Captain James T. Kirk for JJ Abrams' much-hyped Star Trek reboot, rounding out the cast with Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Eric Bana. "There's tremendous responsibility," Pine tells Men's Health of portraying the iconic TV character made famous by William Shatner. "There's tremendous pressure. But all those just clarify your vision."
- 2009
Star on the Rise
Star Trek opens to huge numbers at the box office, earning $72.5 million in its opening weekend. "He is our star," director J.J. Abrams tells the Los Angeles Times, "and it was an intense challenge to take on a role that was so defined for so long by [William] Shatner."
Pine's Hills Connection
Pine makes hookup headlines when The Hills hottie Audrina Patridge is spotted leaving his L.A. apartment. Although the two are later photographed together at a Hollywood bar, they remain silent on their reported relationship – which fizzles as Patridge reunites with an ex the following month.
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Photo Credits
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): Yearbook Library; Disney; Twentieth Century FOX; Fay Alexandre/Pixplanete/Globe; Paramount Pictures; Pacific Coast News
- Name
- Chris Pine
- Real Name
- Christopher Whitelaw Pine
- Date of Birth
- August 26, 1980
- Birth Place
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Relationships
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Audrina Patridge (dated briefly in 2009)
Beau Garrett, ex-girlfriend (2008)
