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Chris Pine

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Also known as Christopher Pine, Christopher Whitelaw Pine, Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine

American actor (born 1980)

OverviewAI-generated

Chris Pine is an American television, film, stage, and voice actor. Born Christopher Whitelaw Pine on August 26, 1980, in Los Angeles, he is the son of Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford. He is a relative of Anne Gwynne and identifies as a Baptist. Pine speaks English and Spanish, with English as his native language. He stands 183 units tall and has blue eyes.

He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Leeds, and the American Conservatory Theater. His professional work began in 2002. Pine has been referenced by 470 other encyclopedia articles. His notable works include *Matrix Reloaded III Resurrection*, *When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel*, *Débuter en Programmation avec Ruby*, *Learn to program*, and *Learn to Program*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • MATRIX RELOADED III Resurrection
  • When Digz the Dog Met Zurl the Squirrel
  • Débuter en Programmation avec Ruby
  • Learn to program
  • Learn to Program

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Film & TV

Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA

Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). Pine rose to prominence for his roles in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2 (2004) and Just My Luck (2006). His roles…

Known for

  • The Catch2027
  • Carousel — Noah2026
  • The Kidnapping of Arabella — Orest D.2025
  • What's The Deal With Birds? — Bowerbird2025
  • Space: The New Frontier2024
  • Poolman — Darren Barrenman2024
  • Wish — King Magnifico (voice)2023
  • The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration — Self2023
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves — Edgin2023
  • Doula — Dr. Gregory Zonkowski2022

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1980
contemporary jazzjazz

Discography

Official siteDiscogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
105,245
Total plays
737,073

Tags

actorcountryamericansexymusical

Similar artists

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Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" 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". He is of Welsh and Jewish descent on his mother's side. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Pine">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner

    · 2012 · cited 51,019x

  2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,613x

  3. Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

    · 2012 · cited 17,961x

  4. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,770x

  5. Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

    · 1998 · cited 16,268x

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Encyclopedic overview

Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).

Pine rose to prominence for his roles in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2 (2004) and Just My Luck (2006). His roles include Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (2014); Jack Ryan in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014); Bernie Webber in The Finest Hours (2016); and Robert the Bruce in Outlaw King (2018). He starred in Unstoppable (2010), Rise of the Guardians (2012), Hell or High Water (2016), The Contractor, Don't Worry Darling (both 2022), and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). Pine made his directorial debut with Poolman (2023). In 2025, he acted for the first time in a non-English role (Italian) in the movie The Kidnapping of Arabella, which was also praised at 2025 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti category.

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