Not to be confused with Christopher Pyne or Chris Pyne.
Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He has appeared in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Just My Luck, as well as the action film Smokin' Aces. His most notable role to date is that of James T. Kirk in the 2009 science fiction film Star Trek.
Personal life
Pine was born in Los Angeles, California to Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford; he also has an older sister, Katherine. His father was an actor who appeared in CHIPS as the sergeant Joseph Getraer. His mother was an actress and is now a practicing psychotherapist. His maternal grandparents were Anne Gwynne, a Hollywood actress, and Max M. Gilford, a Hollywood attorney. He has stated in an interview that he is "probably agnostic".
Pine received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 and while he was there studied English at the University of Leeds in England for one year. After graduation, he studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Career
Pine's first acting role was in a 2003 episode of ER; 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 Jake Hardin in the American film Just My Luck, a romantic comedy in which he starred opposite Lindsay Lohan who played Ashley Albright. The film was released on May 12, 2006. Later that year Pine appeared in the comedy Blind Dating and in the action film Smokin' Aces. In 2007 he starred opposite Scott Wolf in the Los Angeles production of Neil LaBute's play "Fat Pig" and won raves for his depiction of a competitive, alpha-male friend. For his portrayal of real-life Napa Valley vintner Bo Barrett in the 2008 film Bottle Shock, Pine sported hippie-length blond locks.
In 2007, Pine turned down a role in a film adaptation of White Jazz, under production but unreleased as of late 2009, in order to accept the part of James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek, which was released to critical and viewer acclaim in May of that year. That same month, he made a brief appearance promoting the film on Saturday Night Live with co-stars Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. During the rest of summer 2009 he appeared in the Los Angeles production of the Beau Willimon play "Farragut North." In September 2009 his film Carriers was released at last (after being filmed in 2007). His other upcoming films include Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (voice work only) and the independent film Small Town Saturday Night.
Pine was rumored to be the leading man in the upcoming Green Lantern film, but eventually lost the role to Ryan Reynolds.
In fall 2009, Pine began filming the Tony Scott and Mark Bomback action film Unstoppable, in which he stars as a young train conductor who helps a veteran railroad engineer stop an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying toxic liquids and poisonous gases that is set to wipe out a nearby city.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Other notes
2004
Why Germany?
Chris
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Nicholas Devereaux
2005
Confession
Luther Scott
The Bulls
Jason
2006
Surrender Dorothy
Shawn
TV film
Just My Luck
Jake Hardin
Blind Dating
Danny
Smokin' Aces
Darwin Tremor
2008
Bottle Shock
Bo Barrett
2009
Star Trek
James T. Kirk
Carriers
Brian
Small Town Saturday Night
Rhett Ryan
awaiting release
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Dave
post-production
2010
Unstoppable
TBD
filming
2011
Star Trek 2
James T. Kirk
pre-production
Year
Television appearance
Role
Other notes
2003
ER
Levine
"A Thousand Cranes"
The Guardian
Lonnie Grandy
"Hazel Park"
CSI: Miami
Tommy Chandler
"Extreme"
2004
American Dreams
Joey Tremain
"Tidings of Comfort and Joy"
2005
Six Feet Under
young Sam
"Dancing for Me"
References
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External links
- at the Internet Movie Database
- at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
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