Background and career
Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. He starred as James T. Kirk in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016) and as Steve Trevor in the DC Extended Universe films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).
Pine rose to prominence for his roles in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2 (2004) and Just My Luck (2006). His roles include Cinderella's Prince in Into the Woods (2014), Jack Ryan in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Bernie Webber in The Finest Hours (2016), and Robert the Bruce in Outlaw King (2018). He starred in Unstoppable (2010), Rise of the Guardians (2012), Hell or High Water (2016), The Contractor (2022), Don't Worry Darling (2022), and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). Pine made his directorial debut with Poolman (2023). In 2025, he acted for the first time in a non-English role (Italian) in the movie The Kidnapping of Arabella, which was praised at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti category.
Pine was born on August 26, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. His father, Robert Pine, is an actor who co-starred on CHiPs as Sergeant Joseph Getraer, while his mother, Gwynne Gilford, is a former actress who became a psychotherapist. He has an older sister, Katherine, who has also acted. His maternal grandmother, Anne Gwynne, was a Hollywood actress. His maternal grandfather, Max M. Gilford, who came from a Russian Jewish family, was an attorney who was elected president of the Hollywood Bar Association.
Pine attended the Oakwood School for high school, which he described as "a Jewish liberal school in the Valley". He then attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. While in college, Pine wanted to find a "place where he'd belong" but had no interest in joining a fraternity. Instead, he began doing theater. As a member of the UC Berkeley Theater Department, Pine performed in a Caryl Churchill play at La Val's Subterranean Theater and performed Orestes and Shakespeare at Zellerbach Hall.
How Chris Pine makes money
Pine was disqualified from driving in New Zealand for six months and ordered to pay NZ$93 in reparation.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (2025-06-09), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
