Vince Vaughn
Vincent Anthony Vaughn (born
March 28,
1970) is an
American film actor. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before coming to wider renown with the
1996 movie,
Swingers. Vaughn has since appeared in a number of high-grossing Hollywood comedies.
Early life
Vaughn was born in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota to Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (a
salesman) and Sharon Eileen DePalmo (a
Canadian-born broker once ranked as one of the United States' top money managers by
Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine)
["Rush & Molloy" (column), "Vince Had to Deal with Mother of All Swindles". New York News, June 16, 2006.] He has two older sisters, Valerie and Victoria. Vaughn's father was
Protestant and his mother was
Catholic, and he was raised in a mixture of both religions;
he has
English,
Irish,
German,
Italian and
Lebanese ancestry.
Vaughn's parents divorced in 1991. He grew up in
Buffalo Grove,
Illinois and then
Lake Forest,
Illinois, where he graduated from
Lake Forest High School in 1988, with the likes of sports agent
Rob Pelinka (
Kobe Bryant) and renowned international photographer
Michael Stahlschmidt. Vaughn developed an interest in theatre at a young age. Although he had originally planned to pursue a career as an athlete, he decided to become an actor in 1987, after being involved in a car accident which derailed his chance at athletic success.
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 became a struggling actor and faced many rejections. His first film role was 1993's
Rudy, but Vaughn did not receive wider success until after his role in 1996's
Swingers. While filming
Rudy, Vaughn met
Jon Favreau, who was working on the original draft for
Swingers; Favreau wrote Vaughn into the script as a favor.
Swingers was released in July of 1996, and became a successful
independent film. Director
Steven Spielberg saw Vaughn in the film, and cast him in
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which gave him an amount of exposure. From there, Vaughn went on to appear in several films of varied success, including playing
Norman Bates in the 1998 remake of
Alfred Hitchcock's
Psycho. In 2000, he starred in
The Cell with
Jennifer Lopez and in 2001 appeared in
Made, another film penned by Favreau. Since Vaughn's role in the successful 2003 comedy,
Old School, his profile has skyrocketed and he is now considered a bigger star. In 2004, he appeared alongside
Ben Stiller in the hit films
Starsky & Hutch and
Dodgeball, and 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 has been dubbed as 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.
Personal life
He is 6'5" tall
He used to smoke 2 packs a day, he quit smoking sometime in 2005 around the time he was shooting for "The Wedding Crashers".
In
2001, while filming
Domestic Disturbance, he got into a bar fight with a local man.
Steve Buscemi was stabbed in the face whilst trying to break up the fight and has a scar on his cheek from the wound.
Vaughn dated actress
Joey Lauren Adams during the filming of 1999's
A Cool, Dry Place.
Between 2005 and 2006, Vaughn has been dating
Jennifer Aniston (his co-star in
The Break-Up). Rumors about the relationship include the couple moving to
Australia,
or that they are engaged. Neither Vaughn nor Aniston has confirmed their relationship, with Vaughn commenting that he will not discuss the subject.
Wedding Crashers (2005) $3,000,000
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Vaughn (left) in Swingers |
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