Vince Vaughn Biography

Fast Facts

• As a kid, he performed in Chicago-area children's theaters and in school plays
• Was senior class president in high school
• Landed a Chevy commercial as a teen and then moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a telemarketer between acting assignments
• TV acting debut was on China Beach in 1989
• Broke into films in 1993 with an appearance in Rudy
• Met Jon Favreau on the Rudy set and the two forged a close bond; Favreau wrote Swingers and suggested him for the role of fast-talking ladies man Trent Walker
• In the late 1990s starred in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park and in the Gus Van Sant remake of Psycho
• Skydived over Chicago in 2010 as part of the city's annual Air and Water Show