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{{Infobox actor
| name = Channing Tatum
| image = Channing-Tatum-Fighting-Set-L-Wright.jpg
| caption = Tatum on the ] set of '']'' in October 2007
| birthname = Channing Matthew Tatum
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|4|26}}
| birthplace = ], U.S.
| deathdate =
| occupation = Actor, Producer
| spouse = ] (2009–present)
| yearsactive = 2000–present
| URL = http://www.channingtatumunwrapped.com
}}

'''Channing Matthew Tatum''' (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor and occasional dancer.he has a younger brother mikhael powell mikhael powell He began his career as a fashion model and now appears in film roles. He has appeared in a number of films, including '']'' (2006), '']'' (2006), '']'' (2009), '']'' (2009), and '']'' (2009).

==Early life==
Channing Tatum was born in ].<ref name="Allmovie">{{cite web|url=http://allmovie.com/artist/channing-tatum-419915|title=Channing Tatum - Overview|last=Albertson|first=Cammila|work=]|accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref><ref name="engaged">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20223755,00.html|title=Channing Tatum Is Engaged|date=2008-09-07|work=]|publisher=]|accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref> His family moved to ] when he was six, although he visited Alabama, where his mother's family still lives. Tatum grew up in the ]s near the ], where he enjoyed a rural existence.<ref name="background">{{cite web | title=ModelSwim.com | work=Channing Tatum: Relentless (Interview) | url=http://modelswim.com/article.php?id=Channing_Tatum | dateformat=mdy | accessdate=March 13 2006}}</ref><ref name="hometowns">{{cite web| title=ChanningTatumUnwrapped.com | url=http://channingtatumunwrapped.com/2009/04/channing-tatum-video-of-the-week-chans-new-interview-on-cws-new-york-morning-news/ |work=CHANNING TATUM VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Chan’s New ‘Fighting’ Interview on CW’s New York Morning News |accessdate=April 20 2009}}</ref>

Tatum was athletic while growing up, playing ], soccer, ], ], and performing ], although he says that "girls were always biggest distraction in school.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} As a child, he practiced ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2009/04/19/2009-04-19_channing_tatum_fighting_gi_joe.html |title=Channing Tatum:New star puts up his dukes in 'Fighting' and his Duke in 'G.I. Joe' |last=Salamone |first=Gina |date=2009-04-19 |work=] |publisher=Daily News |accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref> Tatum spent most of his teenage years in the ] area and initially attended ] before going to ]. He graduated in 1998 and was voted most athletic. Afterward, Tatum was awarded a football scholarship to ] in ], but he turned it down. He returned home and started working odd jobs. '']'' reported that around this time Tatum began a stint as an ] at a local ], under the name "Chan Crawford."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://perezhilton.com/2009-08-11-channing-tatums-sizzling-secret-stripper-past |title= VIDEO: Channing Tatum's Sizzling Stripper Past |last= |first= |date=2009-08-11 |work=] |publisher= |accessdate=2009-10.15}}</ref> He later moved to Miami, where he was discovered on the street by a model talent scout.

==Career==
===Early work===
Tatum was first cast as a dancer in ]'s "]" music video,<ref name="Allmovie"/> after an audition in ], Florida; he was paid $400 for the job. His first experience was in the ] industry as a model, working for such noted clients such as ] and ]. He soon moved into television commercials, landing national spots for ] and ] in 2002.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} He subsequently signed with a modelling agency in ], Page 305 (Page Parkes Modeling Agency), and appeared in '']'' magazine. He soon appeared in campaigns for ], ], ], ], and ]. He was picked as one of ''Tear Sheet'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Faces" of October 2001.<ref name="background" /> Tatum also signed with ] in ] and ] in New York City.

Tatum has said that his modeling career has helped him with his life, specifying that "It's made my life, and my family's life, a lot easier, because I never knew what I wanted to do and now they don't really have to worry about me anymore. I've been able to explore life, and through exploring it I've found that I love art, I love writing, I love acting, I love all the things that make sense to me. And I've been given the chance to go out and see the world, and to see all the things out there. Not everyone gets that chance".<ref name="background" />

===2004–2007===
In 2004, Tatum started his acting career, appearing in an episode of the television series '']''. His first feature film role was in 2005's high school drama, '']'', playing Jason Lyle, a basketball player opposite ]; Tatum also appeared in rapper ]'s "]" music video, which accompanied the film. In the same year, Tatum had a role as a factory endorsed top motocross racer in '']'', and part of the supporting cast in '']''. Although Tatum has said that he loves modeling, he has taken a break from the profession to concentrate on his acting career, saying that he prefers making more mature films.

Tatum was originally scheduled to play ] in the film '']'',<ref></ref> but was replaced by actor ].He was eventually cast in the film '']'', where he plays ] the love interest of Viola Hastings ]'s character. The film opened on March 17, 2006, and it was a modest success at the box office, grossing about $57 million worldwide.

That same year, in 2006, Tatum starred in '']'', a dance-themed romance, playing a rebellious ] dancer who must partner with a ballerina who is in training played by ] which opened on August 11, 2006. The film earned a total of $21 million in its opening weekend and $114 million worldwide. Later that year, Tatum played in the 1980s-set drama '']'' starring ] and ], in which he plays Antonio, a street youth in ] who uses his fists to solve problems. Tatum has described the latter film as his "first dramatic role"; his performance received positive notices at the ], where the film premiered.<ref name="tpeople906">{{cite web | title=TeenPeople | work=Channing Tatum Takes a Dramatic Turn | url=http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople/article/0,22196,1539523,00.shtml | dateformat=mdy | accessdate=September 30 2006}}</ref> The acclaim continued when he received an ] nomination for "]".<ref name="SpiritAwards">{{cite web | title=FilmIndependent.org | work=Spirit Award Nomination | url=http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/nominees/nominees.php| dateformat=mdy | accessdate=February 1 2007}}</ref>

===2008–present===
In 2008, Tatum co-starred in director ]'s film '']'', about soldiers returning home from the ], and in director ]'s film '']'', about the huge 1999 protest of the ] meeting in ].

Tatum played in the indie film ''The Trap'', which directed by ]. The actor was chosen to play a role in the film ''Poor Things'', starring ], ], ], and ], but had to turn down the role because of scheduling conflicts. Tatum will also be playing a soldier in another ] film which is based on a popular ] bestseller called ''Dear John''. Besides, he will be starring in ]'s upcoming feature project ''The Stanford Prison Experiment'' and Oliver Stone's next ] drama, ''Pinkville'', with veteran actor ]. Tatum is also slated to play a renegade New York City cop who must infiltrate the underground world of free running, known as ], to bust a seemingly unstoppable gang of bank robbers in an untitled film for New Line Cinema.

Tatum and ], who worked together before on ''A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints'', reteamed on the action drama ''Fighting'' for ]. Tatum starred as Sean McArthur, a young man who scrapes up a living scalping tickets in New York City.

]'s subdivision ] has also picked up a pitch from screenwriter Doug Jung. The role as a "fish-out-of-water" story where Tatum will play an American cop in South Korea, a country that no other Hollywood production studio has ever filmed in.

Tatum appeared in writer/director/producer ]'s 2009 crime drama '']'', playing the ill-fated 1930s American gangster ]. The same year, Tatum played ] in '']'', ]' live-action film based on the popular ] action figures.

Tatum and ] will join forces again when Channing stars in 2010's action thriller '']''. Montiel will both write and direct the film. The story is a cat-and-mouse espionage tale about two orphans raised by a top CIA agent to become assassins. When their operations go awry, they find themselves on the run, caught in a conspiracy and hunted by the most dangerous spies in the world. The book was previously adapted as a two-part NBC miniseries in 1989 that starred David Morse, Peter Strauss, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Mitchum.

Along with friends ], Adam Martingano, and Brett Rodriguez, Tatum has started a production company called 33andOut Productions.

==Personal life==
In 2006, Tatum met ] on the set of '']''. They began dating shortly after filming had finished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b27715_channing_tatum_engaged.html |title=Channing Tatum Engaged! |last=Baclayon |first=Jovie |date=2008-09-07 |work=] |accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref> The couple got engaged in early September 2008 in ], ].<ref name="engaged"/> On Saturday, July 11, 2009, they were married on the grounds of Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California.<ref name="marriage">{{cite web| title=ChanningTatumUnwrapped.com | url=http://channingtatumunwrapped.com/2009/07/congrats-to-the-new-mr-and-mrs-tatum/ |work=CONGRATS to the New Mr. and Mrs.Tatum!!! |accessdate=July 11 2009}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9;
|- align="center"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
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|rowspan="3"|2005
|'']''
|Jason Lyle
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|-
|'']''
|Nick
|Direct-to-video
|-
|'']''
|Rowdy Sparks
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2006
|'']''
|Duke Orsino
|
|-
|'']''
|Tyler Gage
|
|-
|'']''
|Antonio
|Limited release
|-
|2007
|''The Trap''
|Greg
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2008
|'']''
|Tyler Gage
|]
|-
|'']''
|Steve Shriver
|
|-
|'']''
|Johnson
|Limited release
|-
|rowspan="3"|2009
|'']''
|Shawn MacArthur
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|-
|'']''
|]
|
|-
|'']''
|]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2010
|'']''
|John Tyree
|Post-production
|-
|'']''
|Marcus Aquila
|Filming
|-
|'']''
|TBA
|Announced
|-
|2011
| '']''
|Duke/Conrad Hauser
|Announced
|}

==Awards and nominations==
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|- align="center"
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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
|]
|"]"
|rowspan="2"|'']''
|{{nom}}
|Awarded to ] for '']''
|-
|]
|Special Jury Prize
|{{won}}
|Shared between ], ], ], ], and ]
|-
|rowspan="3"|2008
|]
|Choice Movie Actor Drama
|'']''
|{{won}}
|-
|Teen Choice Award
|Choice Movie Drama
|'']''
|{{won}}
|Shared with '']'' cast
|-
|Teen Choice Award
|
|
|{{nom}}
|Awarded to ]
|-
|rowspan="1"|2009
|]
|Choice Movie Actor Drama
|'']''
|{{nom}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|http://channingtatumunwrapped.com}}
*{{imdb name|1475594}}
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