Channing Tatum Trivia | 35 facts about the actor

Channing Tatum is an American actor, who had his breakthrough role in the 2006 dance film Step Up.

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1. His full name is Channing Matthew Tatum.
2. He was born on born April 26, 1980.
3. He is an American actor.
4. Channing Tatum made his film debut in the drama Coach Carter (2005).
5. He had his breakthrough role in the 2006 dance film Step Up.
6. He gained wider attention for his leading roles in the sports comedy She’s the Man (2006), the comedy-drama Magic Mike (2012) and its sequels Magic Mike XXL (2015) and Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023), the latter two of which he also produced, and in the action-comedy 21 Jump Street (2012) and its sequel 22 Jump Street (2014).
7. Channing Tatum has also appeared as Duke in the action film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013).
8. Channing Tatum has also starred in, produced and co-directed the road film Dog (2022).
9. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
10. When in ninth grade, he was given the option of either military school or a private school; he chose the military school.
11. Moved from Alabama to Mississippi at age 6, where his family lived on a bayou.
12. Had worked as a construction worker, a mortgage broker, a salesman at the cologne counter of Dillard’s, and a worker in a puppy/kitty nursery before started a modeling career.
13. Big break was being cast in Ricky Martin’s music video “She Bangs”; he was paid $400 for the seven-day shoot.
14. Has a daughter: Everly Tatum (b. May 31, 2013) with ex-wife, Jenna Dewan.
15. Already an accomplished dancer, he learned 1940s-style tap dancing for the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar (2016), in which he plays an actor working in a 1950 musical/dance movie called “Last Call.”
16. In a barroom scene, with a dozen dancing sailors, his dance work required highly acrobatic tap combined with swing style. Doing his own work, one number included going from a standing position in front of the bar to a sustained handstand on the edge of the bar, culminating in somersaults to the end of the bar.
17. Stills spends his summer time with his grandparents back in Alabama.
18. Received a full athletic football scholarship at Glenville State College in West Virginia, but he dropped out of college.
19. Suffered from ADHD and dyslexia as a child.
20. Has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Dolce & Gabbana, and Aeropostale. In 2002, he starred in commercials for both Mountain Dew (“Drive”) and Pepsi (“Scratching”).
21. When he was a child, his grandparents raised him during the summers.
22. Made the transition from modeling to acting because he did not find modeling challenging enough for him.
23. He got engaged to Jenna Dewan, his co-star from Step Up (2006) in 2008.
24. During his time in school, he played football, soccer, track and baseball.
25. Was sent to a military school in ninth grade, where he joined the football team and intended to get a scholarship to play after graduation.
26. Chosen by People magazine as the Sexiest Man Alive in 2012. He is the first person born in the 1980s to have been given the title (and thus could be considered the first millennial to have been given it).
27. Auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) before the role was eliminated, but will portray him in Gambit (????).
28. His family has lived in the American South for many generations, at least since the 1700s. He has English, some Irish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and distant Scottish, German, Welsh, and French ancestry.
29. Channing has sometimes been said to have some degree of Native American roots, although these claims appear to be unverified; all of Channing’s grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents were listed as “White” on United States Censuses.
30. Ranked #17 in Glamour magazine’s list of “50 Sexiest Men” in 2013.
31. His first fashion show was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami (November 2000), for Men’s Health magazine. His friend Vincent De Paul asked him to do the show with him. After the fashion show, he began booking editorials for Ocean Drive magazine and his modeling career began.
32. Became good friends with Adam Scarimbolo and Shia LaBeouf on the set of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.
33. Signed with Innovative Artists, a talent agency, to improve his acting career.
34. Attended the Deena Levy Theatre Studio.
35. His first fashion show was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami, for Men’s Health magazine.