Vince Vaughn Biography

Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American film actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian and activist. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 movie Swingers. He has since appeared in a number of films, including Rudy, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Return to Paradise, Old School, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Wedding Crashers, The Break Up, Fred Claus, Couples Retreat , The Watch and The Internship. He is one of the tallest leading men in Hollywood at .

Early life

Vince Vaughn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother, Sharon Eileen "Shea" (née DePalmo), a native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a real-estate agent and stockbroker who was once ranked as one of the United States' top money managers by Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine. His father, Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, worked as a salesman for a toy company. His parents divorced in 1991. He has two older sisters, Victoria and Valerie. He is of English, Irish, German, Lebanese, Canadian and Italian ancestry, and, as a child, he was raised "both Protestant and Catholic" by his Catholic mother and Protestant father.

Vaughn grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where he played football, baseball and wrestled, although he has called himself unathletic and "very average" at sports in high school. He then moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1988. He was introduced to musical theater at a young age and decided to become an actor in 1987. He has credited his mother as the inspiration behind his career, saying, "I saw her overcome stuff, and I thought if you worked hard at something you'd give yourself a chance."

Career

In 1988, Vaughn was cast in a Chevrolet television commercial and subsequently moved to Hollywood. Although he appeared in the 1989 season of the television series, China Beach and in three CBS Schoolbreak Specials (in 1990), he was a struggling actor and faced many rejections.

His first film role was 1993's Rudy playing Jamie O'Hare, where he also struck up a friendship with featured Jon Favreau. Two years later, he was cast in a lead role in a proposed revival of 77 Sunset Strip that was to air on the fledgling WB Television Network, but the project ceased development after initial testing. Vaughn did not receive wider success until his role in 1996's Swingers with Jon Favreau. Swingers was released in July 1996 and became a successful independent film. Vince's father Vernon also did a cameo in this film.

Afterwards, director Steven Spielberg cast Vaughn in the blockbuster The Lost World: Jurassic Park which gave him increased exposure. In 1998, he starred in the critically acclaimed drama Return to Paradise with Anne Heche, and starred in Clay Pigeons with Janeane Garofalo and Joaquin Phoenix. In 2000, he starred in The Cell with Jennifer Lopez and in 2001, appeared in Made, another film penned by Favreau. Vaughn also appeared in Dwight Yoakam's directorial debut movie South of Heaven, West of Hell.

Vaughn's role in the successful 2003 comedy Old School skyrocketed his popularity. In 2004, he appeared alongside Ben Stiller in the hit films Starsky & Hutch and Dodgeball. He then had roles in 2005's Be Cool, Thumbsucker and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Also in 2005, Vaughn starred alongside Owen Wilson in the comedy Wedding Crashers, which grossed over $200 million at the United States box office. After this series of roles, Vaughn was dubbed one of the Hollywood Frat Pack, a group of actors who frequently co-star in film comedies. In 2006, Vaughn starred with Jennifer Aniston in the comedy-drama The Break-Up (also with Favreau and his father).

In 2007, Vaughn also starred in a comedy called Fred Claus, in which he played the sarcastic, wild-at-heart older brother of Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti). Fred Claus was directed by David Dobkin, who previously directed Vaughn in Wedding Crashers, and co-starred Elizabeth Banks and Kevin Spacey. Next, he momentarily moved from comedy to drama in Sean Penn's critically acclaimed film Into the Wild, a film about the adventures of Christopher McCandless, which was also a best-selling book by Jon Krakauer. He played the role of Wayne Westerberg opposite Emile Hirsch as McCandless.

In 2009, Vaughn starred in Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Malin "?kerman played his wife. Vince's father Vernon portrayed his father in this film.

In February 2010, Vaughn was among the nearly 80 musicians and actors to sing on the charity-single remake of We Are the World.

Vaughn starred in Ron Howard's comedy, The Dilemma, released in January 2011. Vaughn is set to produce and star in a movie based on Ridley Pearson's thriller novel The Risk Agent.

On July 31, 2012, it was announced that Vaughn would be developing a reboot produced by CBS to the sitcom The Brady Bunch, which was taken off the air in 1974.

On December 5, 2012, it was announced that Vaughn is working on a project with Peter Billingsley and Glenn Beck called Pursuit of the Truth for TheBlaze TV.

Personal life

Family and relationships

In 2005, Vaughn began dating Jennifer Aniston, his co-star in The Break-Up. In the fall of 2006, Vaughn filed a lawsuit against three tabloid magazines accusing them of falsely claiming that he had been unfaithful to Aniston. Vaughn and Aniston broke up in November 2006.

In March 2009, it was reported that Vaughn was engaged to Canadian realtor Kyla Weber. Vaughn and Weber married on January 2, 2010, in the historic Armour House at Lake Forest Academy, located in Vaughn's hometown of Lake Forest, Illinois. The couple has two children: daughter Locklyn Kyla Vaughn, born in December 2010, and son Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, born in August 2013. Vaughn in 2013 has moved from Chicago, Illinois to La Canada, California for the school district.

Political opinions

Vaughn supported Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul in both the 2008 and 2012 elections.

Vaughn has appeared at a number of Libertarian inaugurations and announced his support for Ron Paul's candidacy for president.

Sports teams

Vaughn is a fan of the Buckeyes, (Columbus, Ohio) of the Ohio State University, and has been seen on game day cheering on the Bucks. He is a strong supporter of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He has been spotted at many local games, and has sung "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley several times. He has occasionally appeared at games of the crosstown White Sox as well. He is also an avid hockey enthusiast, notably of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks. He is a Blackhawks season ticket holder and regularly attends home games at the United Center where he has maintained a presence including the team's 2010 and 2011 NHL Playoffs.

Awards

2006

• People's Choice Awards, USA Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: Wedding Crashers (2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson
• MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Team for: Wedding Crashers (2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson
• Teen Choice Awards Movies " Choice Chemistry for: The Break-Up (2006) Shared with: Jennifer Aniston
• ShoWest Convention: Special Award " Comedy Star of the Year (2006)

2007

• 33rd People's Choice Awards: Favorite Leading Man
• Spike TV's First Annual "Guys Choice" Guy Movie Hall of Fame" for Swingers along with Jon Favreau

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	For the Boys	Cheering Soldier in Crowd	Uncredited
1993	Rudy	Jamie O'Hara	Credited as Vincent Vaughn
1994	At Risk	Max Nolan
1996	Just Your Luck	Barry	Straight to video
	Swingers	Trent Walker
1997	'	Nick Van Owen
	'	Clay Hewitt
1998	'	Russell Durrell
	Return to Paradise	John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
	Clay Pigeons	Lester Long
	Psycho	Norman Bates
2000	South of Heaven, West of Hell	Taylor Henry
	'	FBI Agent Peter Novak
	'	Pendelton "Penny" Wise
2001	Made	Ricky Slade	Also Producer
	Zoolander	Luke Zoolander	Uncredited cameo
	Domestic Disturbance	Rick Barnes/Jack Parnell
2003	Old School	Bernard "Beanie" Campbell	Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
	I Love Your Work	Stiev
	Blackball	Rick Schwartz
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Reese Feldman
	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Peter La Fleur	Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo
	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Wes Mantooth	Uncredited
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Wes Mantooth	Uncredited Straight to video
	Paparazzi	Actor
2005	Thumbsucker	Mr. Geary
	Be Cool	Roger "Raji" Lowenthal
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Eddie
	Wedding Crashers	Jeremy Grey	MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Nominated "? MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2006	'	Gary Grobowski	Also Writer/Producer
2007	Into the Wild	Wayne Westerberg	Nominated "? Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	Fred Claus	Frederick "Fred" Claus	Also Co-Producer
2008	Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights " Hollywood to the Heartland	Himself	Also Producer
	Four Christmases	Brad (A.K.A. Orlando)	Also Producer
2009	Couples Retreat	Dave	Also Writer/Producer
2011	'	Ronny Valentine	Also Producer
2012	The Watch	Bob McAllister
	Lay the Favorite	Rosie
2013	The Internship	Billy McMahon	Also Writer/Producer
	Delivery Man	David Wozniak
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Wes Mantooth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	China Beach	Motor Pool Driver	Episode: "The Unquiet Earth"
	21 Jump Street	Bill Peterson	Episode: "Mike's P.O.V."
1990	ABC Afterschool Specials	Jason	Episode: "A Question About Sex"
1990"1991	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Steve Steve Guarino Richard	Episode: "Malcom Takes a Shot" Episode: "The Fourth Man" Episode: "Lies of the Heart"
1992	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Mark	Episode: "Sons of the Desert"
1998	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Sheep Dog	Episode: "Show Me Your Weenis!"
	Hercules	Loki (voice)	Episode: "Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods"
1998,2013	Saturday Night Live	Himself/Host	Episode: "Vince Vaughn/Lauryn Hill" Episode: "Vince Vaughn/Miguel"
2000	Sex and the City	Keith Travers	Episode: "Sex and Another City"
2001	Going to California	Gavin Toe	Episode: "This Year's Model"
2013	Pursuit of the Truth	Himself/Producer	On Glenn Beck's TheBlaze