Vince Vaughn (American Actor) Biography

Vince Vaughn is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his roles in movies like ‘The Break-Up,’ ‘DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story,’ ‘The Internship,’ ‘Wedding Crashers,’ and ‘Four Christmases.’ He has also appeared in TV series, such as ‘True Detective,’ ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Going to California,’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’ Born into a well-to-do family, he had a comfortable childhood. However, he longed for something more and wanted to try his hand at different things. He developed an early interest in theatre. As a student, he was not at all interested in studies and considered himself average. He then landed an opportunity to appear in a television commercial for ‘Chevrolet,’ which in turn motivated him to try his hand at acting. He then moved to Hollywood, only to find himself struggling as he couldn’t land any acting roles. Even though he made his film debut in 1993, he could not achieve mainstream success. It was his role as ‘Trent Walker’ in the comedy drama film ‘Swingers’ that got him noticed. Though it was not a commercial success, the movie changed his fortune as Steven Spielberg decided to cast him in his movie ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park,’ which established him as an actor.

Vince Vaughn Biography

Net Worth	$70 Million
Age	52
Born	28-Mar-70
Gender	Male
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Country of Origin	United States of America
Source of Wealth	Professional Actor
Profession	Actor, Screenwriter,  Producer, and Comedian
Education	Lake Forest High School
Martial Status/Spouse	Married/Kyla Weber (m.2010)
First Film	For The Boys (1991)
First TV Show	China Beach (1989)
Instagram	@Vince Vaughn

Childhood & Early Life

Vince Vaughn was born Vincent Anthony Vaughn on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, to Sharon Eileen and Vernon Vaughn. His mother was a real-estate agent-cum-stockbroker, while his father was a salesman. He and his two sisters had a comfortable upbringing.

He graduated from ‘Lake Forest High School’ in 1988. He used to participate in sports like football, baseball, and wrestling. He was interested in theater from a young age and decided to become an actor even before completing high school.

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Vince Vaughn’s Personal Life

Beyond his professional endeavors, Vince Vaughn leads a private and fulfilling personal life. He married Kyla Weber, a Canadian realtor, in 2010, and together they have two children. Vaughn’s commitment to his family is evident in his decision to keep his personal life relatively low-key, placing emphasis on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

While Vaughn is often associated with his comedic roles, he has also demonstrated his range as an actor through his involvement in dramatic films. His versatility has enabled him to explore different genres and showcase his immense talent as a performer.

Career

• He got an opportunity to appear in a television commercial for ‘Chevrolet’ in 1988. Encouraged by this opportunity, he left for Hollywood to become an actor.
• He began his acting career in television in 1989, by appearing in series like ‘China Beach’ and ‘21 Jump Street.’ However, these TV roles did not get him noticed and he struggled to find work.
• He made his film debut in 1993, playing ‘Jamie O’Hare’ in the sports film ‘Rudy.’ He met Jon Favreau on the sets of the film and the two became good friends.
• He appeared alongside Favreau in the 1996 comedy-drama film ‘Swingers’ in which he played ‘Trent,’ a struggling actor. The film was a critical success, though it did not do well commercially.
• Director Steven Spielberg was impressed by Vince’s performance in ‘Swingers’ and cast him in the movie ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’ in 1997. His role as ‘Nick Van Owen’ got him widespread acclaim.
• He landed several movie roles in 1998, and appeared in films like ‘A Cool, Dry Place,’ ‘Clay Pigeons,’ and ‘Psycho.’ Unfortunately, none of these films performed well. Disheartened, Vince took a short break from acting.
• He made his comeback in 2000, with the psychological thriller ‘The Cell’ where he played ‘FBI Agent Peter Novak.’ The film also starred Jennifer Lopez.
• In 2001, he co-produced and starred in the comedy film ‘Made,’ which was written and directed by his friend Jon Favreau.
• He starred alongside Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell in the 2003 comedy film ‘Old School’ in which he played a thirty-something depressed man seeking to re-live his college days. The film was a big commercial success and boosted his career.
• In 2005, he appeared as ‘Jeremy Grey,’ a divorce mediator, in the romantic comedy ‘Wedding Crashers.’ The film received positive reviews and was also a box office hit.
• He was cast opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 2006 romantic comedy drama ‘The Break-Up,’ which went on to become a big commercial success in spite of receiving negative reviews.
• He produced and co-produced a lot of movies during the latter part of the decade, the major ones being ‘Fred Claus’ (2007), ‘Four Christmases’ (2008), and ‘Couples Retreat’ (2009).
• His movies in the early-2010s include ‘The Dilemma’ (2011), ‘Lay the Favorite’ (2012), and ‘The Internship’ (2013).
• After his 2013 movie ‘Delivery Man’ opened to mixed reviews and became an average success, he starred in movies like ‘Unfinished Business’ (2015) and ‘Term Life’ (2016), which performed poorly at the box-office.
• He then started taking up more dramatic roles and starred in Mel Gibson’s biographical war drama film ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ (2016). The following year, he became part of the neo-noir prison thriller ‘Brawl in Cell Block 99.’
• He was then cast in films like ‘Dragged Across Concrete,’ ‘Fighting With my Family,’ and ‘Seberg.’ He also had a voice role in the animated adult sitcom ‘F is for Family.’
• In 2020, he played a supporting role in Clark Duke’s directorial debut ‘Arkansas.’ The film, which also starred Liam Hemsworth, John Malkovich, Vivica A. Fox, and Michael Kenneth Williams, was based on a novel of the same name by John Brandon.

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Acting Career

Vince received his first roles back in the late 1980s ‒ mostly small roles in unpopular television series. The first success after appearing in the Chevrolet advertisement was followed by years of failures. A breakthrough in Vaughn’s career took place at the age of 25 when he was invited to play in Doug Liman’s indie film Swingers (1996), where he played a tough and confident guy. In the comedy-drama about unemployed actors in Hollywood Heather Graham, Ron Livingston, Jon Favreau, and the actor’s father, Vernon Vaughn, also starred. Subsequently, Vernon appeared in five more films where his son played ‒ this is where Vaughn Sr.’s career as an actor ended.

Vince Vaughn fascinated Hollywood slowly but surely. Soon he could be seen in the popular horror film The Cell (2000) with the singer Jennifer Lopez, in comedies Old School (2003), as well as Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Wedding Crashers (2005) with Owen Wilson. For his role in the latter film, Vaughn received $ 3 million.

However, his next role brought him four times more money. The comedy The Break-Up (2006) with America’s favorite Jennifer Aniston became the actor’s visiting card. The story is impossibly simple: after years a married couple gets divorced, but none of them is in a hurry to leave the old place first. Devoted friends and relatives are in a hurry to get involved in the problem. Vince not only played the lead role in the film but also acted as one of the screenwriters and producers of the project.

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Vince Vaughn Wife

Vaughn began dating Jennifer Aniston, his co-star in The Break-Up in 2005. Vaughn filed a lawsuit against three tabloid magazines accusing them of falsely claiming that he had been unfaithful to Aniston and late 2006 the two broke up.

It was reported that Vaughn was engaged to Canadian realtor Kyla Weber in March 2009. They tied the knot on January 2, 2010, in the historic Armour House at Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois. The couple has two children: daughter Locklyn Kyla Vaughn born in 2010 and son Vernon Lindsay Vaughn born in 2013.

In the 2008 and 2012 elections, Vaughn supported Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and Rand Paul in the 2016 election. Vaughn has appeared at a number of Libertarian Party events.

Vaughn began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the Gracie Academy in Torrance, Los Angeles in 2016 and received his blue belt in February 2018.

Vaughn was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and resisting arrest in Manhattan Beach, California on June 10, 2018, after failing a sobriety test at a police checkpoint.

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Vince Vaughn Movies

• 1991 For the Boys as Cheering Soldier in Crowd
• 1993 Rudy as Jamie O’Hara
• 1994 At-Risk as Max Nolan
• 1996 Just Your Luck as Barry
• 1996 Swingers as Trent Walker
• 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Nick Van Owen
• 1997 The Locusts as Clay Hewitt
• 1998 A Cool, Dry Place as Russell Durrell
• 1998 Return to Paradise as John “Sheriff” Volgecherev
• 1998 Clay Pigeons as Lester Long
• 1998 Psycho as Norman Bates
• 2000 South of Heaven, West of Hell as Taylor Henry
• 2000 The Cell as FBI Agent Peter Novak
• 2000 The Prime Gig as Pendelton “Penny” Wise
• 2001 Made as Ricky Slade
• 2001 Zoolander as Luke Zoolander
• 2001 Domestic Disturbance as Rick Barnes/Jack Parnell
• 2003 Old School as Bernard “Beanie” Campbell
• 2003 I Love Your Work as Stiev
• 2003 Blackball as Rick Schwartz
• 2004 Starsky & Hutch as Reese Feldman
• 2004 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Peter La Fleur
• 2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy as Wes Mantooth
• 2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Wes Mantooth
• 2004 Paparazzi as Actor
• 2005 Thumbsucker as Mr. Geary
• 2005 Be Cool as Roger “Raji” Lowenthal
• 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Eddie
• 2005 Wedding Crashers as Jeremy Grey
• 2006 The Break-Up as Gary Grobowski
• 2007 Into the Wild as Wayne Westerberg
• 2007 Fred Claus as Frederick “Fred” Claus
• 2008 Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland as Himself
• 2008 Four Christmases as Brad (A.K.A. Orlando)
• 2009 Couples Retreat as Dave
• 2011 The Dilemma as Ronny Valentine
• 2012 Art of Conflict as Narrator
• 2012 The Watch as Bob McAllister
• 2012 Lay the Favorite as Rosie
• 2013 The Internship as Billy McMahon
• 2013 A Case of You as Alan
• 2013 Delivery Man as David Wozniak
• 2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as Wes Mantooth
• 2015 Unfinished Business as Daniel “Dan” Trunkman
• 2016 Term Life as Nick Barrow
• 2016 Hacksaw Ridge as Sgt. Howell
• 2017  Brawl in Cell Block 99 as Bradley Thomas
• 2018 Dragged Across Concrete as Anthony Lurasetti
• 2019 Fighting with My Family as Hutch
• TBA Against All Enemies as Post-production

Vince Vaughn TV Shows

• 1989 China Beach as Motor Pool Driver
• 1989 21 Jump Street as Bill Peterson
• 1990 ABC Afterschool Specials as Jason
• 1990 CBS Schoolbreak Special as Steve
• 1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. as Mark
• 1998 Mr. Show with Bob and David as Sheep Dog
• 1998 Hercules as Loki (voice role)
• 1998 The Larry Sanders Show as Himself (Host)
• 1998 Saturday Night Live as Himself (Host)
• 2000 Sex and the City as Keith Travers
• 2001 Going to California as Gavin Toe
• 2013 Pursuit of the Truth as Himself (Host)
• 2013 Saturday Night Live as Himself (Host)
• 2015 True Detective as Frank Semyon
• 2018 F is for Family as Chet Stevenson (voice role)

Vince Vaughn Music Videos

• 1998 “These Arms” – Dwight Yoakam
• 2016 “Don’t Wanna Know” – Marron 5

Vince Vaughn Awards And Nominations

2006

• People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: Wedding Crashers(2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson
• MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Team for: Wedding Crashers (2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson
• Teen Choice Awards Movies – Choice Chemistry for: The Break-Up (2006) Shared with: Jennifer Aniston
• ShoWest Convention: Special Award – Comedy Star of the Year (2006)

2007

• 33rd People’s Choice Awards: Favorite Leading Man
• Spike TV’s First Annual “Guys Choice” Guy Movie Hall of Fame” for Swingers along with Jon Favreau

Vince Vaughn Net Worth

Name	Jensen Ackles
Net Worth	$70 Million
Age	51
Birth Place	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Profession	Actor
Height	6’5”
Gender	Male
Wife	Kyla Weber
Children	(2)- Lochlyn Vornon

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