| Chris Pine | |
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 Pine at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festivalpremiere of People Like Us at Regal CinemasStadium in June 15, 2012. |
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| Born | Christopher Whitelaw Pine August 26, 1980 (age 32) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Christopher Whitelaw “Chris” Pine[1] (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. Best known for his role as James T. Kirk in the 2009 film Star Trek, which he will reprise in the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), he has also starred in the films The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement(2004), Just My Luck (2006), Smokin’ Aces (2007), Unstoppable (2010), and This Means War (2012).
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 includes Russian Jewish (from his maternal grandfather), Welsh, and English.[6] He has stated, “I definitely have a spiritual outlook… I am not a religious guy, I am probably agnostic“.[7]
Pine attended Oakwood School for high school and received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002.[8][9]He also studied English at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom for one year.[10] After graduation, he studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
English: Chris Pine poses for a photograph at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait following a screening of Star Trek. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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