Early life

Pine was born in Los Angeles. His father, Robert Pine (born 1941), is an actor who co-starred on CHiPs as Sergeant Joseph Getraer, and his mother, Gwynne Gilford (born 1946), is a former actress who is now a practicing psychotherapist. He has an older sister, Katie. His maternal grandmother, Anne Gwynne (née Marguerite Gwynne Trice), was a Hollywood actress, and his maternal grandfather, Max M. Gilford (born Max Goldfarb), was an attorney who was elected president of the Hollywood Bar Association. Pine's maternal grandfather was from a Russian Jewish family, while Pine's other ancestry is English, Welsh, German, and French.

Pine graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002, with a bachelor's degree in English. He was an exchange student at the University of Leeds in England for one year. After graduating, Pine studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Career

2003-09

Pine's first acting role was in a 2003 episode of ER; the same year, he also appeared in episodes of The Guardian and CSI: Miami. In 2004, he appeared in Why Germany?, a short film, and in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Pine played the part of Nicholas Devereaux, the love interest of Anne Hathaway's character in the film, which was released in August of that year to a strong box office. In 2005, Pine appeared in an episode of the series Six Feet Under, as well as in Confession, an independent film that was released directly to video, and The Bulls, another short film.

Pine appeared in the made-for-television film Surrender, Dorothy which aired in early 2006. He also played Jake Hardin in the American film Just My Luck, a romantic comedy in which he starred opposite Lindsay Lohan, who played Ashley Albright. The film was released on May 12, 2006. Later that year, Pine appeared in the comedy Blind Dating and in the action film Smokin' Aces. In 2007, he starred opposite Scott Wolf in the Los Angeles production of Neil LaBute's play Fat Pig, winning positive reviews for his depiction of a competitive, alpha-male friend. He portrayed real-life Napa Valley vintner Bo Barrett in the 2008 film Bottle Shock.

In 2007, Pine turned down a role in a film adaptation of White Jazz, to accept the part of James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek film, which was released to critical and viewer acclaim in May of that year. That same month, he made a brief appearance promoting the film on Saturday Night Live, with co-stars Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. During the rest of summer 2009, he appeared in the Los Angeles production of the Beau Willimon play Farragut North. In September 2009, his film Carriers was released (having been filmed in 2007). His other 2009 roles included Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (voice only) and the independent film Small Town Saturday Night.

2010-present

Pine appeared in the Los Angeles production of the black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore during the summer of 2010, for which he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's lead appearance award.

Pine was rumored to play the title role in the 2011 Green Lantern film, but the role eventually went to Ryan Reynolds. In the fall of 2009, Pine began filming the Tony Scott-directed and Mark Bomback-written action film Unstoppable, which was released in November 2010. In the film, he played a young train conductor who helped a veteran railroad engineer (Denzel Washington) stop an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying toxic liquids and poisonous gases from wiping out a nearby city. The Hollywood Reporter named Pine as one of the young male actors who are "pushing—or being pushed" into taking over Hollywood as the new "A-List". In 2011, Pine sat down with the original Captain Kirk, William Shatner, for the feature length documentary The Captains, which Shatner wrote and directed. The film sees Shatner interview Pine about his career and how it felt to take the role of Kirk for the 2009 movie. Their interview features a scene where the pair arm wrestles; pictures of this incident "went viral" leading to Internet headlines such as "Kirk V Kirk" and others.

Pine filmed the romantic comedy This Means War, with Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hardy, during the fall of 2010, in Vancouver. This Means War was released in February 2012. Pine portrayed the voice Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians. Pine co-starred with Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde and Michelle Pfeiffer in the family drama People Like Us, which was filmed in early 2011 and released in June 2012. He reprised the role of Captain Kirk in the sequel to 2009's Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, released in the US on May 15, 2013.

In 2009, Pine entered talks to play CIA analyst Jack Ryan in a reboot of Tom Clancy's novels. He starred in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which was released in 2014. Pine was the fourth actor to play the character, after Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck. Also in 2014, Pine co-starred as the antagonist in the comedy Horrible Bosses 2 and played Cinderella's Prince in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical Into the Woods. He also starred alongside Margot Robbie and Chiwetel Ejiofor in the sci-fi film Z for Zachariah. Pine will play the male lead, Steve Trevor, in the 2017 superhero film Wonder Woman.

Personal life

He has stated, "I definitely have a spiritual outlook... I am not a religious guy, I am probably agnostic."

On March 1, 2014, while filming Z for Zachariah in New Zealand, Pine was arrested by police near Methven after failing to pass a routine roadside breath alcohol test. Pine pleaded guilty to drunk driving on March 17, stating that he drank four vodkas at a local pub. Pine was disqualified from driving in New Zealand for six months and ordered to pay NZ$93 in reparation. He had a clean record, and the judge said that "the incident was out of character."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note(s)
2004	Why Germany?	Chris	Short film
2004	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	Nicholas Devereaux
2005	Confession	Luther Scott
2005	The Bulls	Jason	Short film
2006	Just My Luck	Jake Hardin
2006	Blind Dating	Danny Valdessecchi
2006	Smokin' Aces	Darwin Tremor
2008	Bottle Shock	Bo Barrett
2009	Star Trek	James T. Kirk
2009	Carriers	Brian Green
2009	Beyond All Boundaries	Hanson Baldwin / Sgt. Bill Reed (voice)
2010	Small Town Saturday Night	Rhett Ryan
2010	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey	Dave (voice)
2010	Unstoppable	Will Colson
2012	Celeste and Jesse Forever	Rory Shenandoah
2012	This Means War	Franklin "FDR" Foster
2012	People Like Us	Sam Harper
2012	Rise of the Guardians	Jack Frost (voice)
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	James T. Kirk
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Jack Ryan
2014	Stretch	Roger Karos	Uncredited
2014	Horrible Bosses 2	Rex Hanson
2014	Into the Woods	Cinderella's Prince
2015	Z for Zachariah	Caleb
2016	The Finest Hours	Bernie Webber
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Steve Trevor	Photograph only
2016	Hell or High Water	Toby	Post-production
2016	Star Trek Beyond	James T. Kirk	Post-production
2017	Wonder Woman	Steve Trevor	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	ER	Levine	Episode: "A Thousand Cranes"
2003	The Guardian	Lonnie Grandy	Episode: "Hazel Park"
2003	CSI: Miami	Tommy Chandler	Episode: "Extreme"
2005	American Dreams	Joey Tremain	Episode: "Tidings of Comfort and Joy"
2005	Six Feet Under	Young Sam Hoviak	Episode: "Dancing for Me"
2006	Surrender, Dorothy	Shawn Best	Television film
2009	Saturday Night Live	Himself	Episode: "Justin Timberlake/Ciara"
2014	Robot Chicken	Captain Jake (voice)	Episode: "Noidstrom Rack"
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Eric	5 episodes
2015	SuperMansion	Robo-Dino (voice)	3 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice
2013	Star Trek	James T. Kirk

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Ovation Award	Lead Actor in a Play	Farragut North	Nominated
	Boston Society of Film Critics Award	Best Ensemble Cast	Star Trek	Won
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award	Best Ensemble		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Fresh Face Male		Nominated
		Choice Movie Rumble		Nominated
	Scream Award	Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show		Won
	Denver Film Critics Society Award	Best Acting Ensemble		Won
	ShoWest Award	Male Star of Tomorrow		Won
2010	People's Choice Award	Favorite Breakout Movie Star		Nominated
	MTV Movie Award	Best Breakout Star	Star Trek	Nominated
		Biggest Badass Star		Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award	Best Acting Ensemble		Nominated
	Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award	Lead Performance	The Lieutenant of Inishmore	Won
2012	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actor: Romance	This Means War	Nominated
2013		Choice Summer Movie Star: Male	Star Trek Into Darkness	Nominated
	CinemaCon Award	Male Star of the Year		Won
2014	People's Choice Award	Favorite Movie Duo	Star Trek Into Darkness	Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	Best Ensemble Acting	Into the Woods	Nominated
	Satellite Award	Best Ensemble - Motion Picture		Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]