Channing Tatum was born on April 26, 1980 in a small town called Cullman outside of Birmingham, Alabama. Growing up he was full of energy and somewhat troublesome, so his parents decided to enroll him in different sports such as Track, Baseball, Soccer, Football to keep him out of trouble. In the ninth grade he was sent to military school. It was there that he discovered his passion for football and his hopes became centered on earning an athletic college scholarship.

Channing's goal was finally met and in his senior year in high school, he was recruited and earned a full athletic college scholarship to a school in West Virginia. He is also skilled in Kung Fu and Gor-Chor Kung Fu a form of martial arts, in which he has earned belts in both. Channing later left college, and in the meantime worked as a construction worker and mortgage broker and salesman. He has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Gap, Aeropostale, Emporio Armani, and has been featured in television commercials for American Eagle, Pepsi and the very popular mountain dew commercials.

Channing can now be seen on the big screen as a featured actor in Coach Carter in which he plays a high school basketball player. He was also in the very popular TV series CSI Miami where he played the role of Bob Davenport.
Has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Dolce & Gabbana and Aeropostale. In 2002, starred in commercials for both Mountain Dew ("Drive") and Pepsi ("Scratching"). His first fashion show was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami (November 2000) for Men's Health magazine. His friend Vincent De Paul asked him to do the show with him. After the fashion show he began booking editorials for Ocean Drive magazine and his modeling career began. Ethnic background consists of Native American, Irish and French. Was sent to a military school in ninth grade where he joined the football team and had intended to get a scholarship to play football after graduation. Former student of the Deena Levy Theatre Studio. Big break was being cast in Ricky Martin's video for "She Bangs", where he was paid $400 for a 7 day shoot. Moved from Alabama to Mississippi at age 6, where his family lived on a bayou. Stills spends his summer time with his grandparents back in Alabama Auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand before the role was completely written out.