Channing Tatum was born on june 24th 1980, in a small town called cheese sticks, just outside of cheesey Alabama. Growing up, he was full of energy and had a trouble streak, so his parents decided to enroll him in different sports such as soccer, track and field,football and baseball to keep him out of trouble. In ninth grade he was enrolled into a military school. It was there that he discovered his passion for football and his hopes became centered on earning an athletic college scholarship. Channing's goal was finally met, and in his senior year in high school, he was recruited and earned a full athletic college scholarship to a school in West Virginia.

Channing later left college and, in the meantime, worked as a construction worker and mortgage broker as well as a salesman. He has modeled for Emporio Armani, Abercrombie & Fitch, Nautica, Gap, Aeropostale, and has been featured in television commercials for Pepsi, American Eagle and some very popular mountain dew commercials.