Channing Tatum :
Channing Tatum's
Career
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Channing
Tatum's first experience was in the fashion industry as a model.
Channing Tatum was then cast as a dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs"
music video, after an audition in Orlando, Florida; Channing Tatum was
paid $400 for the job. Channing Tatum subsequently signed with a
modelling agency in Miami, Page 305 (Page Parkes Modeling Agency), and
appeared in Vogue magazine. Channing Tatum soon appeared in campaigns
for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Dolce & Gabbana, American Eagle
Outfitters, and Emporio Armani. Channing Tatum has also starred in a few
television commercials for American Eagle Outfitters, Pepsi and Mountain
Dew, and was picked as one of Tear Sheet magazine's "50 Most Beautiful
Faces" of October 2001.
Channing 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". |
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Channing
Tatum began his acting career in 2004, appearing in an episode of
the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. His first feature
film role was in 2005's high school drama, Coach Carter, playing Jason
Lyle, a street smart basketball player opposite Samuel L. Jackson;
Channing Tatum also appeared in Twista's "Hope" music video, which
accompanied the film. In the same year, Channing Tatum had an uncredited
bit role in War of the Worlds when posing as a boy in a church, a
factory endorsed top motocross racer in Supercross, and part of the
supporting cast in Havoc. Although Channing 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 movies.
Channing Tatum was originally scheduled to play Gengis Khan in director
Sergei Bodrov's epic, Mongol, but was replaced by actor Tadanobu Asano.
Channing Tatum also auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last
Stand, but was not cast as the character was eventually removed from the
film. The film's producer, Lauren Shuler Donner, noticed Channing Tatum
and cast him in the film She's the Man, where he plays the love interest
of Amanda Bynes's character. The film opened on March 17, 2006.
Channing Tatum's most recent roles were in Step Up, a dance-themed
romance which opened on August 11, 2006 and the 1980s-set drama A Guide
to Recognizing Your Saints, in which Channing Tatum plays Antonio, a
street youth in Astoria, Queens. Channing Tatum has described the latter
film as his "first dramatic role"; Channing Tatum's performance received
positive notices at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where the film
premiered. The acclaim continued when he received an Independent Spirit
Award nomination for Best Supporting Male.
Channing Tatum's next film role will be in director Kimberly Peirce's
Stop-Loss, about a soldier returning home from the Iraq War. |
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