Actor who had to work many jobs, including a stripper, before acting: Who is Channing Tatum?

His full name is Channing Matthew Tatum, he was born on April 26, 1980 in Cullman, Alabama. He was born to Kay Tatum Faust, whose mother was an airline worker, and Glenn Tatum, whose father was a construction worker. Tatum has a sister named Paige. His family is mainly of English descent.

Moved with his family to Pascagoula, Mississippi when he was six, Tatum grew up in the bay near the Pascagoula River. Tatum struggled with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and dyslexia growing up, and also played football, soccer, track and field, and baseball. In addition, he also learned and practiced kung fu.

Tatum, who spent most of his teenage years in the Tampa area, was initially educated at Gaither High. He then attended Tampa Catholic High School, where he graduated in 1998 and was named the most athletic. He later enrolled at Glenville State College in Glenville on a football scholarship, but dropped out, returned home and took up odd jobs.

Around this time, Us Weekly magazine announced that Tatum had started working as a stripper at a local nightclub under the name "Chan Crawford". It led to the movie "Magic Mike" after she told an Australian newspaper in 2010 that he wanted to make a movie about his experiences as a stripper. Tatum moved to Miami, where he was discovered by a model talent scout.

In 2000, Tatum first appeared as a dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" music video. His experience in the fashion industry started as a model working for well-known brands like Armani and Abercrombie & Fitch. He then continued with television commercials and in 2002, appeared in national commercials for 'Mountain Dew' and 'Pepsi'. Later, she signed with 'Page 305' (Page Parkes Modeling Agency), a modeling agency in Miami. Selected by Al David, he took part in campaigns for Vogue magazine. Additionally, he has appeared in campaigns for various brands such as 'Abercrombie & Fitch', 'Nautica', 'Dolce & Gabbana', 'American Eagle Outfitters' and 'Emporio Armani'. He was listed in Tear Sheet magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Faces" list in October 2001. He then signed a contract with Ford Models agency in New York City.

In 2006, Tatum appeared in the sports movie "she She's The Man" with Amanda Bynes, which was named "the greatest Shakespeare adaptation since '10 Things I Hate About You" by Business Insider. That year, he starred in the romantic dance drama film "Step Up", which he made with his future wife Jenna Dewan. Despite widespread critical panic, the film was a commercial success, earning $115 million worldwide.

In 2008, Tatum appeared in director Kimberly Peirce's war drama film "Stop-Loss," about soldiers returning home from the Iraq War. He then starred in director Stuart Townsend's political action-thriller "Battle in Seattle", about the 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.

Tatum and Dito Montiel reunited in the sports action drama "Fighting". He starred in the movie as Sean McArthur, a young man who scrapes a ticket live in New York City. He then played Pretty Boy Floyd, the American gangster of the 1930s in writer/director/producer Michael Mann's 2009 crime drama "Public Enemies." That same year, Tatum got a lead role as Duke in the military science fiction action movie "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." The film was successful at the box office, despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics.

In 2010, he played a soldier in the war drama film "Dear John" based on the bestselling book by Nicholas Sparks. Despite receiving mixed and negative reviews, the film grossed $115 million at the box office.

Tatum, his wife Dewan, and their producing partner, Reid Carolin, signed a two-year production deal with Relativity Media in 2010 for any film they could develop during that time. In 2012, Tatum hosted the show "Saturday Night Live". That same year, he appeared in Steven Soderbergh's action-thriller "Haywire." The film was a moderate success at the box office, receiving generally positive reviews. He later co-starred with Rachel McAdams in the romantic drama movie "The Vow" directed by Michael Sucsy. As of 2013, the film was the eighth highest-grossing romantic drama film produced since 1980. Later that year, he co-starred with Jonah Hill in the cop action movie "21 Jump Street", an adaptation of the TV series of the same name directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film, which received positive reviews from critics, showed the same success at the box office.

That year, Tatum appeared as one of the leading roles, Mike, in "Magic Mike," a movie based on his eight-month experience as a male stripper in Florida. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and co-produced by Tatum and Soderbergh. The film also stars Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello and Matthew McConaughey. The film, which was widely acclaimed after its release, also made a huge financial gain. In November 2012, Tatum was named the annual "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine.

The following year, he appeared with Rooney Mara and Jude Law in the thriller "Side Effects" directed by Steven Soderbergh. It showed the same performance at the box office, which received generally positive reviews. That year, he reprized the role of Conrad S. Hauser/Duke in the sequel, "G.I.Joe: Retaliation," with a cast that included Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. The movie, which was scheduled for release on June 29, 2012, was delayed to March 2013 to add more scenes to the character of Tatum, who was killed at the beginning. Tatum reported that he did not want to be in the sequel and was happy that his character was killed off. The film, which received generally negative reviews after its release, managed to achieve a large revenue in return for its production budget.

Also in 2013, he starred in another action movie "White House Down" with Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins and James Woods. The film received mixed reviews and grossed over $205 million at the worldwide box office.

Tatum reprized his role in the sequel, "22 Jump Street," which was released on June 13, 2014. The film, which received generally positive reviews after its release, grossed $331 million worldwide. Also in 2014, he co-starred with Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo in "Foxcatcher," the story of an Olympic gold medalist John du Pont, who has schizophrenia and killed Tatum's character's brother Dave Schultz. The film received great acclaim in every detail and won many awards and nominations in various categories. Despite this, it failed to meet the production budget at the box office.

In 2015, she co-starred with Mila Kunis in the space opera movie "Jupiter Ascending," written and directed by the Wachowskis. Released on February 6, 2015, the film received generally mixed reviews from critics. In addition, it became a box office bomb with the proceeds. That same year, he reappeared in the sequel comedy-drama "Magic Mike XXL" directed by Gregory Jacobs. The film received moderate reviews from critics and grossed $122 million worldwide.

He then appeared in the western mystery thriller "The Hateful Eight," written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film, which received mixed reviews, was a box office success with its revenue. The following year, "Hail, Caesar!" was written and directed by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. He starred in the black comedy movie. The film was successful both critically and at the box office.

In 2017, he appeared in the heist comedy film "Logan Lucky" directed by Steven Soderbergh. The gilm, which received positive reviews with the critics, also made the autumns smile at the box office. That same year, he was among the cast in the spy action movie "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" directed by Matthew Vaughn. The film received mixed reviews from critics and earned nearly four times its production budget.

He then voiced in the animated musical comedy "Smallfoot"(2018) and its sequel animated adventure movie "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part"(2019). Tatum made his directorial debut with "Dog," a road comedy that follows a former Army Ranger and his dog and co-directed with his regular collaborator Reid Carolin. Also, Tatum got a role in the movie. Released on February 18, 2022, the film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $85 million worldwide.

In the same year, he appeared as one of the leading roles in the action-adventure movie "The Lost City" directed by the Nee brothers. The film, which was released on March 25, 2022, received generally positive reviews and was successful at the box office. In 2023, he co-starred with Salma Hayek Pinault in the sequel comedy-drama "Magic Mike's Last Dance" directed by Steven Soderbergh. Upon its release, the film had mixed reviews and moderate box office success.

In November 2020, Tatum was rumored to be set to star in an untitled feature film to be produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, inspired by Universal's classic monster features and described as a "modern day tongue-in-cheek thriller." In December 2020, Variety magazine reported that Tatum will star in Paramount Pictures' romantic action adventure movie "The Lost City" alongside Sandra Bullock.

In June 2021, Tatum will star in the thriller "Pussy Island", Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut. It has been reported that he will star in the remake of the German movie "System Crasher", which was released in 2019.

Private life

In 2006, Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan on the set of a movie. The couple married on July 11, 2009 in Malibu, California. The couple has a daughter born in 2013. The couple divorced in November 2019. Tatum was in a relationship with British singer Jessie J from 2018 to 2020. In 2021, Tatum began dating actress Zoë Kravitz.

Tatum speaks 5 languages. Before starting his acting career, he worked in many jobs including construction worker, brokerage, salesman, stripper and modeling.

Tatum founded two production companies, "33andOut Productions" and "Iron Horse Entertainment". The company's first productions were the 2010 documentary "Made of Glass on Earth". Tatum wrote two picture books inspired by his daughter. The first of these was a book titled "The One and Only Sparkella" (2021), which reached #1 on the New York Times' list of children's picture books in the week it was published. His second book, "The One and Only Sparkella Makes a Plan," was to be published in 2022.