Christopher Whitelaw Pine was born on the 26th August 1980, in Los Angeles, California USA, of English, Welsh, German and French (father), and Russian-Jewish (mother) descent. Chris Pine is an actor which is the main source of his net worth and popularity. Pine rose to prominence as the star of the science fiction action film “Star Trek” (2009). Chris debuted in the entertainment industry in 2003 and is active up until now.
How much is the net worth of Chris Pine? It has been estimated that the total size of his wealth currently stands at $20 million, accumulated during his dozen years in the movie acting profession.
Chris Pine Net Worth $20 Million
Chris was born into a family of actors. His parents are Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford who subsequently changed her profession to a practicing psychotherapist. Chris Pine graduated from the University of California having a Bachelor’s degree in English. Later, he studied at the University of Leeds and the American Conservatory Theater. He debuted as an actor when appearing in an episode of the television series “ER” (2003), which was followed by episodic roles in the series “The Guardian” (2003) and “CSI: Miami” (2003). He continued his work landing a role in the romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” (2004) which was a box office hit grossing $134.7 million, though the critics gave mixed or average reviews. Regardless, all these projects contributed to his net worth.
Pine gained confidence landing the lead roles in the films “Just My Luck” (2006), “Blind Dating” (2006) and “Bottle Shock” (2008), until he received worldwide recognition when creating the role of James T. Kirk in the J. J. Abrams film “Star Trek” (2009). Pine was nominated for three awards as the Best Breakout Star and for two awards shared with the cast. Luckily, Chris Pine won a Scream Award individually and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for the Best Ensemble by a Cast. Worth saying that the box office of the film grossed $358.7 million, so it was not only the film loved by critics but also by cinema goers.
Later, Chris Pine received nominations for the roles landed in the romantic comedy spy film “This means War” (2012) directed by McG and the science fiction action film “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013) the sequel of “Star Trek” (2009) directed by J. J. Abrams. In 2013, Pine won the Male Star of the Year, CinemaCon Award. All the previously mentioned roles as well as the awards helped in adding considerable sums to the outright size of Chris Pine’s net worth.
Soon, two films featuring Pine as the main star will be released: “Z for Zachariah” (2015) directed by Craig Zobel and “The Finest Hours” (2016) directed by Craig Gillespie which will also add sums to his wealth. Currently, Chris is working on the shooting set of two films, the heist crime film “Comancheria” (2016) by David Mackenzie and the sequel to “Star Trek” (2009) “Star Trek Beyond” (2016) directed by Justin Lin.
Concerning the private life of Chris Pine, he was dating the actress Zoë Kravitz though the couple split up. Currently, the paparazzi took a photo of Pine and his new girlfriend Vail Bloom kissing during a romantic lunch in Hollywood.
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