Early life

Tatum was born in Cullman, Alabama, the son of Kay (née Faust), an airline worker, and Glenn Tatum, who worked in construction. He has a sister named Paige. He is mostly of English ancestry, with small amounts from elsewhere in Europe.

Tatum's family moved to the Pascagoula, Mississippi area when he was six. He grew up in the bayous near the Mississippi River, where he lived in a rural setting. Athletic while growing up, he played football, soccer, track, baseball, and performing martial arts; he has said that "girls were always biggest distraction in school." As a child, he practiced wuzuquan kung fu.

Tatum spent most of his teenage years in the Tampa area, and initially attended Gaither High School. His parents wanted more effort and gave him the option of selecting a private high school or attending a military school; he chose Tampa Catholic High School, where he graduated in 1998 and was voted most athletic. He later attended Glenville State College in Glenville, West Virginia on a football scholarship, but dropped out. He returned home and started working odd jobs.

US Weekly reported that around this time Tatum left his job as a roofer and began working as a stripper at a local nightclub, under the name "Chan Crawford."

In 2010, he told an Australian newspaper that he wanted to make a movie about his experiences as a stripper. That idea led to the movie Magic Mike. Tatum moved to Miami, where he was discovered by a model talent scout.

Career

Early work

In 2000, Tatum was first cast as a dancer in Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" music video, after an audition in Orlando, Florida; he was paid $400 for the job. His experience in the fashion industry began as a model working for noted clients such as Armani and Abercrombie & Fitch. He soon moved into television commercials, landing national spots for Mountain Dew and Pepsi in 2002. He subsequently signed with Page 305 (Page Parkes Modeling Agency), a modeling agency in Miami. He was cast by Al David for Vogue magazine and soon after appeared in campaigns for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Dolce & Gabbana, American Eagle Outfitters, and Emporio Armani. He was picked as one of Tear Sheet magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Faces" of October 2001. Tatum also signed with Beatrice Model agency in Milan, Italy and Ford Models in New York City.

Tatum has said that his modeling career has helped him with his life, specifying,

"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."

2008-2012

In 2008, Tatum co-starred in director Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss, about soldiers returning home from the Iraq War, and in director Stuart Townsend's film Battle in Seattle, about the 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. Tatum played in the short film The Trap, directed by Rita Wilson.

Tatum and Dito Montiel, who worked together on A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, reteamed on the action drama Fighting for Rogue Pictures. Tatum starred as Sean McArthur, a young man who scrapes up a living scalping tickets in New York City. Tatum next appeared in writer/director/producer Michael Mann's 2009 crime drama Public Enemies, playing the 1930s American gangster Pretty Boy Floyd. The same year, Tatum starred as Duke in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Paramount Pictures' live-action film based on the popular Hasbro action figures. He was initially reluctant to take the role as he feared the movie would glorify war; however, he overcame his reluctance after reading the script. He played a soldier in Dear John, a Screen Gems film based on a popular Nicholas Sparks bestseller. He later stated that he had accepted the role to learn from director Lasse Hallström because he had never studied at an acting school.

In an interview with Details magazine, published in early 2012, Tatum said he wants to produce all the films he stars in, "I really don't want to be in any more movies that I don't produce. Unless it's with one of the 10 directors that I really want to work with, I don't have any interest in not being on the ground floor of creating it." He, his wife Jenna Dewan, and their production partner Reid Carolin signed a two-year production deal in 2010 with Relativity Media for any movies they may develop during that time. In 2012, Tatum hosted Saturday Night Live and appeared in four films. He co-starred in Steven Soderbergh's action-thriller Haywire, The Vow with Rachel McAdams, and 21 Jump Street (the film adaptation of TV series of the same name) with Jonah Hill.

He also starred in Magic Mike, a film about his eight-month experience as a male stripper in Florida. The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh, was co-produced by Tatum and Soderbergh, and starred Tatum as Mike. He is a featured performer at a Tampa, Florida, male strip club who takes a younger dancer (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing to show him how to hustle "on and off stage." The film's cast also included Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey.

In November 2012 Tatum was named People magazine's annual Sexiest Man Alive.

2013-present

Tatum appeared in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, with Rooney Mara and Jude Law. He reprised his role as Conrad S. Hauser/Duke in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel to 2009's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, in an ensemble cast that included Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. Originally scheduled for release on June 29, 2012, the film was pushed back to March 2013, in order to convert it to 3D and to add more scenes for his character, who was killed at the beginning of the movie. Tatum later said he had not wanted to appear in the sequel and was happy his character had been killed off. Also in 2013, he appeared in another action movie, White House Down.

Tatum reprised his role from 21 Jump Street in its sequel, 22 Jump Street, which was released on June 13, 2014. Also in 2014, he co-starred with Steve Carell in Foxcatcher, the story of John du Pont, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and killed Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz, the brother of the character played by Tatum, who also had won Olympic gold. Tatum will star as X-Men character Remy LeBeau / Gambit in a solo film, set within the X-Men film universe, which he will also be producing. Tatum is set to co-produce the all-male reboot of Ghostbusters, which is produced by Sony's new founded company, Ghost Corps.

33andOut Productions

Along with several friends, including Brett Rodriguez, and his wife Jenna Dewan, Tatum started two production companies, 33andOut Productions and Iron Horse Entertainment. Their first production was the documentary Earth Made of Glass, which follows the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu. The film was selected to premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

Personal life

In 2006, Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan on the set of their movie Step Up. They began dating shortly after filming had finished. The couple became engaged in September 2008 in Maui, and married on July 11, 2009, at Church Estates Vineyards in Malibu, California. They have a daughter who was born in London in 2013. Tatum has discussed his dealing with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and dyslexia while growing up, which affected his ability to do well in school.

In a May 2014 interview with GQ magazine, Tatum stated that he is a high-functioning alcoholic.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Coach Carter	Jason Lyle
2005	Havoc	Nick
2005	Supercross	Rowdy Sparks
2005	War of the Worlds	Boy in church	Uncredited
2006	She's the Man	Duke Orsino
2006	Step Up	Tyler Gage
2006	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Young Antonio
2007	The Trap	Greg	Short film
2007	Battle in Seattle	Johnson
2008	Step Up 2: The Streets	Tyler Gage	Cameo
2008	Stop-Loss	Steve Shriver
2009	Fighting	Shawn MacArthur
2009	Public Enemies	Pretty Boy Floyd
2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Conrad Hauser / Duke
2010	Dear John	John Tyree
2010	Earth Made of Glass		Executive producer
2011	The Dilemma	Zip
2011	The Son of No One	Jonathan "Milk" White
2011	The Eagle	Marcus Flavius Aquila
2011	10 Years	Jake Bills
2012	Haywire	Aaron
2012	The Vow	Leo Collins
2012	21 Jump Street	Greg Jenko	Also executive producer
2012	Magic Mike	Michael "Magic Mike" Lane	Also producer
2012	Nitro Circus: The Movie	Himself	Documentary
2013	Side Effects	Martin Taylor
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Conrad Hauser / Duke
2013	This Is the End	Himself	Cameo
2013	White House Down	John Cale	Also executive producer
2013	Don Jon	Connor Verreaux	Cameo
2014	The Lego Movie	Superman	Voice
2014	Foxcatcher	Mark Schultz
2014	22 Jump Street	Greg Jenko
2014	The Book of Life	Joaquin	Voice
2015	Jupiter Ascending	Caine
2015	Magic Mike XXL	Magic Mike	Also producer
2015	The Hateful Eight	Jody
2016	Hail, Caesar!	Burt Gurney
2017	Kingsman: The Golden Circle		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	CSI: Miami	Bob Davenport	Episode: "Pro Per"
2012	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Channing Tatum/Bon Iver"
2014	The Simpsons	Himself	Voice Episode: "Steal This Episode"
2014	Running Wild with Bear Grylls	Himself	Season 1, episode 3: "Channing Tatum"
2016	Idiotsitter	Trick Malloy	Episode: "Hos Before Bros"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2000	"She Bangs"	Ricky Martin
2006	"(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me"	Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
2006	"Get Up"	Ciara featuring Chamillionaire
2013	"(I Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum"	Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum featuring Jimmy Kimmel

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Award	Film	Result
2006	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Actor	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Nominated
	Sundance Film Festival	Special Jury Prize		Won
2008	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Stop-Loss	Won
		Choice Movie: Drama	Step Up 2: The Streets	Won
		Choice MySpacer		Nominated
2009		Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Fighting	Nominated
2010	MTV Movie Award	Best Male Performance	Dear John	Nominated
		Best Ass Kicking Star	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Nominated
	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure		Won
		Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Dear John	Nominated
		Choice Movie: Chemistry		Nominated
2012	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Performance	The Vow	Nominated
		Best Kiss		Nominated
		Best Fight	21 Jump Street	Nominated
		Best Cast		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	The Vow	Nominated
		Choice Movie Actor: Comedy	21 Jump Street	Won
		Choice Movie Chemistry	21 Jump Street	Nominated
		Choice Movie Liplock	The Vow	Nominated
		Choice Movie Hissy Fit	21 Jump Street	Nominated
		Choice Movie Actor: Romance	The Vow	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor	Magic Mike, 21 Jump Street and The Vow	Nominated
		Favorite Comedic Movie Actor	21 Jump Street	Nominated
		Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor	The Vow and Magic Mike	Nominated
2013	MTV Movie Awards	Best Musical Moment	Magic Mike	Nominated
2014	MTV Movie Awards	Best Hero	White House Down	Nominated
2015	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Performance	Foxcatcher	Nominated
		Best Shirtless Performance	Foxcatcher	Nominated
		Best Comedic Performance	22 Jump Street	Won
		Best On-Screen Duo	22 Jump Street	Nominated
2016	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	The Hateful Eight	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actor		Won
		Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor		Nominated
	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Actor	Jupiter Ascending	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]