Early life

Vaughn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother, Sharon Eileen (née DePalmo; born in Brantford, 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. His paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent, and his maternal grandfather was of Italian ancestry; his other roots are Canadian, Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Swiss. 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 and baseball and wrestled, although he has called himself "unathletic" and "very average" at high school sports. He then moved to Lake Forest, 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 that "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. He appeared in the 1989 season of the television series China Beach and in three CBS Schoolbreak Specials in 1990. 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, Vaughn appeared alongside Ben Stiller in the hit films Starsky & Hutch and Dodgeball. 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. He subsequently appeared in 2005's Thumbsucker, Be Cool, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Also in 2005, Vaughn starred alongside Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers, which grossed over $200 million at the United States box office. In 2006, Vaughn starred with Jennifer Aniston in the comedy-drama The Break-Up.

In 2007, Vaughn starred in the Christmas comedy Fred Claus, as a sarcastic, wild-at-heart older brother of Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti). The film 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.

In 2009, Vaughn starred in Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Malin Åkerman played his wife. Vince's real-life father Vernon portrayed his father in the 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.

In 2013, Vaughn co-wrote and starred alongside Wedding Crashers co-star Owen Wilson in The Internship. In 2015, he starred in Unfinished Business, which grossed $4.8 million in its opening weekend, a career-low for Vaughn. He also starred in the second season of True Detective alongside Colin Farrell, which premiered on June 21. In 2016, he starred in the crime thriller Term Life, which featured friend and frequent collaborator Jon Favreau in a supporting role and was directed by another frequent collaborator, Peter Billingsley.

Personal life

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. They broke up in November 2006.

In March 2009, it was reported that Vaughn was engaged to Canadian realtor Kyla Weber. They married on January 2, 2010, in the historic Armour House at Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois. The couple have two children: daughter Locklyn Kyla Vaughn (born 2010) and son Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (born 2013).

Vaughn supported Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul in both the 2008 and 2012 elections, and Rand Paul in the 2016 election. He has also appeared at a number of Libertarian inaugurations.

Vaughn is a fan of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He can often be seen on the sidelines for their games, and one of his first movie roles was as Jamie O'Hara in Rudy. He is also a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes. He is a supporter of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears. He has been spotted at many local games, and has sung "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning several times. He has occasionally appeared at New York Yankees games. He is also a supporter of the Chicago Blackhawks, holding a season ticket and attending home games at the United Center.

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	Lost World: Jurassic Park, TheThe Lost World: Jurassic Park	Nick Van Owen
	Locusts, TheThe Locusts	Clay Hewitt
1998	Cool, Dry Place, AA Cool, Dry Place	Russell Durrell
	Return to Paradise	John "Sheriff" Volgecherev
	Clay Pigeons	Lester Long
	Psycho	Norman Bates
2000	South of Heaven, West of Hell	Taylor Henry
	Cell, TheThe Cell	FBI Agent Peter Novak
	Prime Gig, TheThe Prime Gig	Pendelton "Penny" Wise
2001	Made	Ricky Slade	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
	Paparazzi	Actor
2005	Thumbsucker	Mr. Geary
	Be Cool	Roger "Raji" Lowenthal
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Eddi
	Wedding Crashers	Jeremy Grey	MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2006	Break-Up, TheThe Break-Up	Gary Grobowski	Writer, producer Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor - Comedy
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	Co-producer
2008	Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland	Himself	Producer
	Four Christmases	Brad (A.K.A. Orlando)
2009	Couples Retreat	Dave	Writer, producer
2011	The Dilemma	Ronny Valentine	Producer
2012	Art of Conflict	Narrator	Producer (Netflix documentary)
	The Watch	Bob McAllister
	Lay the Favorite	Rosie
2013	The Internship	Billy McMahon	Writer, producer
	A Case of You	Alan
	Delivery Man	David Wozniak
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Wes Mantooth	Cameo
2015	Unfinished Business	Daniel "Dan" Trunkman
2016	Term Life	Nick Barrow	Producer
	Hacksaw Ridge	Sgt. Howell	Filming

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"
	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Steve	Episode: "Malcom Takes a Shot"
		Steve Guarino	Episode: "The Fourth Man"
1991		Richard	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: "It's Perfectly Understandishable"
	Hercules	Loki	Voice Episode: "Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods"
	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "The Interview"
	Saturday Night Live		Host Episode: "Vince Vaughn/Lauryn Hill"
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
	Saturday Night Live		Host Episode: "Vince Vaughn/Miguel"
2015	True Detective	Frank Semyon	Season 2

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Chaos Island: The Lost World	Nick Van Owen	Voice

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

Charities

Vince Vaughn supports the following charitable cause: Dyslexia.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]