Chris Pine's Biography
Chris Pine (Christopher Whitelaw Pine) is an American actor best known for playing young James T. Kirk in the rebooted Star Trek film series. Net worth: $30 million.
Family and childhood
Chris was born into an acting family – his parents are Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford. Robert Pine starred in the hit crime drama TV series CHiPs, while Gwynne retired from acting in the mid-'80s to become a practicing psychotherapist. Chris has an older sister, Katie.


The beginning of acting career
Chris Pine made his television debut in the penultimate season of the medical drama ER (1994-2009), landing a guest role. He went on to make cameos in The Guardian, Six Feet Under and CSI: Miami. In 2004, Chris was cast as Lord Nicholas Devereaux, the love interest of Anne Hathaway's leading character in a romantic comedy The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. This marked a major breakthrough in the young actor's career.
Pine has consistently worked with acclaimed directors and beloved actors throughout his career. This continued with Bottle Shock, a comedy-drama based on a true story, where he starred alongside Alan Rickman. The film tells the story of a wine competition where unknown California wines defeated French wines in a blind taste test. Pine grew his hair out specifically for the role.


A year later, Pine was cast in a romantic comedy spy film This Means War, opposite Tom Hardy and Reese Witherspoon. He also landed a leading role in the drama People Like Us, starring alongside Elizabeth Banks. He was also considered for the role of a protagonist in a superhero film Green Lantern, but the part eventually went to Ryan Reynolds.
Chris Pine entered the DC Universe when he joined the cast of the superhero blockbuster Wonder Woman alongside Gal Gadot. In 2017 he played the love interest of Gadot's character, the Amazonian warrior princess.

In 2019, Chris Pine starred as Jay Singletary in the American drama series "I Am the Night." In 2020, the ninth DC Extended Universe film "Wonder Woman 1984" was set to premiere, with Chris reprising his role as Steve Trevor.
Chris Pine's personal life
After Star Trek's massive success, Chris and his personal life predictably became tabloid fodder. In 2009, Pine's relationship with actress Olivia Munn went public, but the couple split just two months later – whether the media attention played a role remains unclear.


Chris Pine Now
In 2022 Chris starred in two films: "The Contractor" and "All the Old Knives," playing lead roles in both. In "The Contractor" he plays an ex-soldier betrayed by the government but still loyal to his country. In "All the Old Knives" he portrays an assassin ordered to eliminate his former colleague.
