Vince Vaughn

Co-starred with Reese Witherspoon in the holiday comedy "Four Christmases"

Appeared with Emile Hirsch in Sean Penn's adaptation of the non-fiction book, "Into the Wild"

Played the sarcastic, wild-at-heart younger brother of Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti) in the comedy "Fred Claus"

Co-starred (also produced and co-wrote) with Jennifer Aniston in "The Break-Up"

Cast opposite Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"

Co-starred with Owen Wilson in "Wedding Crashers" as friends who crash weddings to pick up women

Traveled across the country performing his "Wild West Comedy Show"; show was subject of the documentary, "Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland" (released in 2008)

Played a shady villain in the big screen adaption of the 1970's cop series "Starsky & Hutch"

Starred opposite Ben Stiller in the comedy "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story"

Appeared as a man trying to recapture his frat house glory in the comedy "Old School"

Played a mysterious stepfather who may or may not be involved in a murder in "Domestic Disturbance"

Reteamed with Favreau to play a pair of low-level mobsters in "Made"; written and directed by Favreau

Made guest appearance on an L.A.-set episode of HBO's comedy series "Sex and the City"

Played an FBI agent in "The Cell" with Jennifer Lopez

Portrayed Norman Bates in Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of "Psycho"; re-teamed with Anne Heche

Reteamed with Phoenix in "Clay Pigeons"; played a seductive serial killer/con artist

Starred opposite Anne Heche and Joaquin Phoenix in the drama "Return to Paradise"

Appeared opposite Kate Capshaw as a drifter who falls into romance with a widow in "The Locusts"

Cast by director Steven Spielberg in the sequel "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"

Breakthrough screen role as Trent in "Swingers"; written by and co-starring Favreau

Starred in the unsold UPN pilot for remake of "77 Sunset Strip"

Film debut, "Rudy"; marked first collaboration with Jon Favreau

Guest-starred as a patient on the ABC comedy, "Doogie Howser, M.D."

Acted in three "CBS Schoolbreak Specials" playing high school students

TV acting debut in the third-season premiere of "China Beach" (ABC)

Appeared in TV commercial for Chevrolet's "Heartbeat of America" campaign

Acted in children's theater

Decided to pursue acting at age 17 after a car accident derailed any hopes of an athletic career

Raised in the Oak Park-Lake Forest, Illinois, area