Vince Vaughn

Vincent Anthony Vaughn (born March 28, 1970)[2] is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian.

"Vincent Vaughan" redirects here. For the Irish Gaelic footballer, see Vincent Vaughan (Gaelic footballer).

Vince Vaughn
Vaughn in 2015
Born	Vincent Anthony Vaughn (1970-03-28) March 28, 1970 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S
Occupation	Actor, producer, screenwriter, comedian
Years active	1988–present
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1]
Spouse(s)	Kyla Weber ( m. 2010)
Children	2

Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama film Swingers. He has appeared in a number of films in the 1990s, including the sports film Rudy (1993), the sci-fi adventure dinosaur film The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998) and the remake of psychological thriller Psycho (1998).

Other than his dramatic role in The Cell (2000), and Domestic Disturbance (2001), in the 2000s he acted primarily in comedies, including Old School (2003), DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), The Break-Up (2006), Fred Claus (2007), and Four Christmases (2008). He continued his comedic roles in the 2010s with The Dilemma (2011), The Watch (2012), and The Internship (2013). In 2015, he starred as Frank Semyon in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama television series True Detective alongside Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Rachel McAdams, and since then has taken dramatic roles such as in Hacksaw Ridge, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete.

Early life

Vaughn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to a wealthy family. His mother, Sharon Eileen (née DePalmo; born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada),[3] 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.[4] As a child, he was raised both Protestant and Catholic by his Catholic mother and Protestant father.[5][6] He has Lebanese, Italian, Irish, English, and German ancestry.[7]

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.[8] 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".[9]

Career

Vaughn in 2006

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.[10] 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 at the Liberty Political Action Conference in Reno, Nevada, September 2011

Vaughn starred in Ron Howard's comedy, The Dilemma, released in January 2011. It was produced by Wild West Picture Show Productions, his production company.[11][12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15]

In 2018, Vaughn co-starred alongside Mel Gibson in Dragged Across Concrete, his second collaboration with S. Craig Zahler, whom he previously worked with the year before on Brawl in Cell Block 99.

Personal life

In 2005, Vaughn began dating Jennifer Aniston, his co-star in The Break-Up.[16] In late 2006, Vaughn filed a lawsuit against three tabloid magazines accusing them of falsely claiming that he had been unfaithful to Aniston.[17] They broke up in November 2006.[16]

In March 2009, it was reported that Vaughn was engaged to Canadian realtor Kyla Weber.[18] They married on January 2, 2010,[19] 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).[20][21]

Vaughn describes himself as a libertarian.[22] He supported Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul in both the 2008 and 2012 elections,[23] and Rand Paul in the 2016 election.[24] In June 2015, Vaughn expressed his opposition to gun control.[25]

In 2016, Vaughn began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the Gracie Academy in Torrance, California[26] and received his blue belt in February 2018.[27]

On June 10, 2018, Vaughn was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and resisting arrest in Manhattan Beach, California after failing a sobriety test at a police checkpoint.[28] In May 2019, Vaughn was convicted of a reduced charge of reckless driving after he entered into a no contest plea and sentenced to 3 years' probation and ordered to undergo a three-month alcohol abuse program.[29]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	For the Boys	Cheering Soldier in Crowd	Uncredited cameo
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	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Nick Van Owen
	The Locusts	Clay Hewitt
1998	A 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
	The Cell	FBI Agent Peter Novak
	The 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
	I Love Your Work	Stiev
	Blackball	Rick Schwartz
2004	Starsky & Hutch	Reese Feldman
	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Peter La Fleur
	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	Eddie
	Wedding Crashers	Jeremy Grey
2006	The Break-Up	Gary Grobowski	Writer, producer
2007	Into the Wild	Wayne Westerberg
	Fred Claus	Frederick "Fred" Claus	Co-producer
2008	Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 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
2017	Brawl in Cell Block 99	Bradley Thomas
2018	Dragged Across Concrete	Anthony Lurasetti
2019	Fighting with My Family	Hutch Morgan
	Seberg	Carl Kowalski
2020	Arkansas	Frog
	The Binge	Principal Carleson	Post-production
TBA	Untitled Christopher Landon project		Post-production

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 role)	Episode: "Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods"
	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself (Host)	Episode: "The Interview"
	Saturday Night Live		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 (Host)	Producer
	Saturday Night Live		Episode: "Vince Vaughn/Miguel"
2015	True Detective	Frank Semyon	Season 2
2018	F is for Family	Chet Stevenson (voice role)	Season 3
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Fred Funkhouser	Season 10 Recurring

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
1998	"These Arms"	Dwight Yoakam
2010	"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"	Artists for Haiti
2016	"Don't Wanna Know"	Maroon 5

Video games

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Association	Category	Results
2001	The Cell	Blockbuster Entertainment Award	Favorite Actor – Science Fiction	Nominated
2003	Old School	MTV Movie + TV Award	Best On-Screen Team (shared with Will Ferrell & Luke Wilson)	Nominated
2005	N/A	Golden Schmoes Award	Favorite Celebrity of the Year	Nominated
	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	MTV Movie + TV Award	Best On-Screen Team (shared with Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, Joel David Moore & Chris Williams)	Nominated
	Be Cool	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie – Sleazbag	Nominated
2006	Wedding Crashers	MTV Movie + TV Award	Best Comedic Performance	Nominated
			Best On-Screen Team (shared with Owen Wilson)	Won
		People's Choice Award	Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (shared with Owen Wilson)	Won
	N/A	ShoWest Convention Award	Comedy Star of the Year	Won
	The Break-Up	Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actor - Comedy	Nominated
			Choice Movie - Chemistry (shared with Jennifer Aniston)	Won
2007		People's Choice Award	Favorite Leading Man	Won
			Favorite On-Screen Match-Up (shared with Jennifer Aniston)	Nominated
2008	Into the Wild	Gold Derby Award	Ensemble Cast	Nominated
		Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2010	Couples Retreat	People's Choice Award	Favorite Comedy Star	Nominated
		Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie – Hissy Fit	Nominated
	N/A		Choice Activist	Won
2013	The Internship	CinemaCon Award	Comedy Duo of the Year (shared with Owen Wilson)	Won
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Australian Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2018	Brawl in Cell Block 99	Saturn Award	Best Actor	Nominated

References

1. Marshall Jr., Tyrone C. (March 2, 2015). "Vince Vaughn, USO Bring 'Unfinished Business' to Edwards AFB". Defense.gov. United States Department of Defense. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
2. Hochman, David (February 12, 2015). "Playboy Interview: Vince Vaughn". Playboy. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
3. Humphreys, David (November 4, 2013). "Blog – Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders Talk Parenthood, 'Delivery Man'". ET Canada. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
4. "Money honey Vaughn turns Disturbingly evil". The Toronto Star. November 2, 2001. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
5. Webb, Cynthia L. (November 3, 1998). "VINCE VAUGHN: SERIEL KILLER". Associated Press. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
6. "Vince Vaughn: Playing Kooks is OK with Him". VinceVaughn.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 23, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2006.
7. https://metro.co.uk/2014/01/07/vince-vaughn-im-tired-of-doing-some-of-the-comedy-stuff-4251664/
8. "People Magazine:Vince Vaughn". people.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2004. Retrieved March 10, 2009.
9. ESPN interview; retrieved April 26, 2010.
10. Trio of Ladies Going on Couples Retreat" TV Guide. October 15, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
11. Release of Kevin James's Zookeeper Pushed to Summer 2011 Retrieved April 26, 2010.
12. "Vince Vaughn". Variety.
13. "CBS and Vince Vaughn Developing The Brady Bunch Reboot". July 31, 2012.
14. Morgenstern, Madeleine. TheBlaze TV Launching New Reality Show to Find the Next Great News Documentary, TheBlaze, December 5, 2012.
15. McKittrick, Christopher (April 25, 2016). "Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn & Peter Billingsley: Friends & Frequent Collaborators". ThoughtCo.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
16. Jordan, Julie (December 5, 2006). "Jennifer Aniston & Vince Vaughn Split". People. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
17. "Vince Vaugh to tabloids: Watch it". CNN. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2006.
18. Oh, Eunice (March 5, 2009). "Vince Vaughn Gets Engaged!". People. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
19. "Vince Vaughn Weds!". UsMagazine.com.
20. Leonard, Elizabeth (December 20, 2010). "Vince Vaughn Welcomes a Daughter". People. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
21. Leonard, Elizabeth (August 9, 2013). "Vince Vaughn Welcomes Son Vernon Lindsay". People; retrieved August 9, 2013.
22. "Vince Vaughn: I'm a Libertarian". February 19, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
23. Costa, Robert (September 16, 2011). "Vince Vaughn to Ron Paul: You're So Money!". National Review. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
24. "Vince Vaughn Crashes Young Americans for Liberty Convention". The Canal. Archived from the original on February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
25. "True Detective's Vince Vaughn on gun control, Edward Snowden and comedy". GQ. June 1, 2015.
26. "Vince Vaughn Earns His White Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
27. "Actor Vince Vaughn Promoted to Blue Belt in BJJ After 2 years of Training". Bjj Eastern Europe. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
28. Associated Press (June 10, 2018). "Actor Vince Vaughn Arrested on Suspicion of Drunken Driving, Resisting Arrest". Time. Time Inc. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
29. "Vince Vaughn convicted of reckless driving for DUI arrest". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

External links

• Vince Vaughn on IMDb
• Vince Vaughn at People.com
• Vince Vaughn on Charlie Rose
• Works by or about Vince Vaughn in libraries (WorldCat catalog)