Biography
Early life
Pine was born in Los Angeles, California to Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford; he also has an older sister, Katherine. His father was an actor who appeared in CHIPS as the sergeant Joseph Getraer. His mother was an actress and is now a practicing psychotherapist. His maternal grandparents were Anne Gwynne, a Hollywood actress, and Max M. Gilford, a Hollywood attorney.[2]
Pine received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley[3] in 2002[4] and while he was there studied English at the University of Leeds in England for one year.[5] After graduation, he studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.[6]
Career
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 was one of several love interests 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. Pine appeared in the comedy, Blind Dating and in the action film Smokin' Aces.
For his portrayal of real-life Napa Valley vintner Bo Barrett in the 2008 film Bottle Shock, Pine sported hippie-length blond locks.
In 2007, Pine turned down a role in a film adaptation of White Jazz, under production but unreleased as of May 2009, in order to accept the part of James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek. Pine is also rumored to be the lead man in the upcoming Green Lantern movie.[7] Pine is also scheduled to appear in the independent film Small Town Saturday Night. He made a brief appearance on Saturday Night Live with co-stars Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy in May 2009.
Pine is in talks to star in the action film, Unstoppable, as a young train conductor who helps a veteran railroad engineer stop a unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying toxic liquids and poisonous gases that is set to wipe out a nearby city. It will star Denzel Washington as the veteran railroad engineer and will be directed by Tony Scott also based on a screenplay by Mark Bomback. Production is set to begin in the Fall of 2009.
