47 facts about Chris Pine: Pine's first acting role was in a 2003 episode of ER

Chris Pine was the love interest of Anne Hathaway's character in the romantic comedy film, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, which was released in 2004 to strong box office. Learn 47 facts about handsome Chris Pine.

1. Pine was born in Los Angeles, California.

2. Both of his parents are actors.

3. He has a sister, Katie.

4. His maternal grandparents were Anne Gwynne, a well-known Hollywood leading lady, and Max M. Gilford, a Hollywood attorney.

5. Pine attended the University of California at Berkeley.

6. Pine's first acting role was in a 2003 episode of ER.

7. He also appeared in episodes of The Guardian and CSI: Miami.

8. In 2004, he appeared in Why Germany?, a short film, and was the love interest of Anne Hathaway's character in the romantic comedy film, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, which was released in August of that year to strong box office.

9. 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.

10. Pine appeared in the made-for-television film, Surrender Dorothy, which aired in early 2006.

11. He also played a love interest in Just My Luck, a romantic comedy in which he stars opposite Lindsay Lohan. The film was released on May 12, 2006.

12. Pine appears in the comedy, Blind Dating and in the action film Smokin' Aces; he filmed both of the roles in 2005.

13. In 2007, Pine turned down a role in an upcoming film adaptation of White Jazz in order to accept the part of James T. Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek, to be directed by J.J. Abrams. which was released in 2009.

14. During the rest of the summer in 2009, he appeared in the Los Angeles production of the Beau Willimon play Farragut North.

15. His other 2009 roles included voicing the role of Dave in Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey and the independent film Small Town Saturday Night, which featured the debut of his vocal ability while singing 'Someday Came Today' which is now available on iTunes.

16. Chris then headed out to Pennsylvania to film the Tony Scott-directed and Mark Bomback-written action film Unstoppable, which was released in November 2010. In the film, he played a young train conductor who helped a veteran railroad engineer (Denzel Washington) stop an unmanned, half-mile-long runaway freight train carrying toxic liquids and poisonous gases from wiping out a nearby city.

17. However, among everything Chris took part in during the better half of 2009 and 2010 he also filmed the romantic comedy This Means War, with Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hardy, during the fall of 2010, in Vancouver.

18. Chris then appeared in the Los Angeles production of the black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore during the summer of 2010, for which he won the LA Drama Critics Circle Award.

19. During 2011 Chris sat down with the original Captain Kirk, William Shatner for the feature length documentary The Captains, which Shatner wrote and directed. The film sees Shatner interview Pine about his career and how it felt to take the role of Captain Kirk for the 2009 movie. Their interview features a memorable moment where the pair arm wrestles.

20. His full name is Christopher Whitelaw Pine.

21. He currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

22. His nicknames are Pine, Pinewood, Piney.

23. Pine's maternal grandfather was from a Russian Jewish family.

24. His other ancestry is English, Welsh, German, and French.

25. He also studied English at the University of Leeds in England for one year.

26. He has stated, "I definitely have a spiritual outlook... I am not a religious guy, I am probably agnostic".

27. In 2007, he starred opposite Scott Wolf in the Los Angeles production of Neil LaBute's play Fat Pig, winning positive reviews for his depiction of a competitive, alpha-male friend.

28. He portrayed real-life Napa Valley vintner Bo Barrett in the 2008 film Bottle Shock.

29. He is a cousin of Martin Jurow and William Eliscu.

30. Pine ranked #27 on Entertainment Weekly's "30 Under 30" the actors list in 2008.

31. He was seriously considered for the lead role in TRON: Legacy.

32. In 2008 Variety magazine named him one of Top Ten Actors to watch.

33. Named by US Weekly magazine "the new Harrison Ford".

34. Became close friends with Star Trek co-stars Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto.

35. While traveling around Europe, he visited Auschwitz in Poland.

36. Pine visited Camp Arijan in Kuwait to show Star Trek to a group of US service members.

37. Chris Pine auditioned for the role of Jake Sulley in Avatar but lost it to Sam Worthington.

38. As 28 year old, Pine is the youngest actor to play the lead in a Star Trek film or series.

39. He resides in trendy LA neighborhood called Los Feliz.

40. His fans are known as "Pine Nuts".

41. Macaulay Culkin and Chris Pine share same birth date, August 26, 1980.

42. Zachary Quinto and Pine met prior to being cast for the Star Trek. They met through mutual personal trainer.

43. His theater work includes performances in Our Town, American Buffalo, No Exit, Waiting for Godot and Orestes.

44. Pine performed and sang as child in schools.

45. Phillip Pine is his uncle.

46. He is a big fan of Rachel McAdams.

47. Gary Oldman inspires him as actor.