Vince Vaughn

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From playing 'Psycho' Norman Bates, Vince Vaughan has grown into a huge star of the Hollywood comedy 'frat-pack'. A fling with Jennifer Aniston sealed his fame. What's next for the funnyman?

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Vince Vaughn
born: 28-03-1970
birth place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

American film actor, Vincent Anthony Vaughn is the youngest of three children born to Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, a salesman, and Sharon Eileen DePalmo, a real-estate agent and broker. Sharon was formally ranked as one of the United States’ top money managers by Bloomberg Wealth Manager Magazine. Vernon and Sharon raised their family in Buffalo Grove, Illinois and then moved to the wealthy Chicago suburb Lake Forest, Illinois - they divorced in 1991.

Vaughn’s father was a Protestant and his mother was Catholic; the couple raised their son in a mixture of both denominations. Vince’s ancestry is: English, Irish, German, Italian and Lebanese.

Both his older sisters work in the film industry: Victoria is an executive producer and Valerie is a director.

As a child Vaughn was hyperactive and was not a high achieving student. His school sent him to a psychiatrist, but his parents refused the prescription of Ritalin and soon found children’s theatre a constructive and enjoyable outlet for their son instead.

Later Vaughn graduated from Lake Forest High School in the class of 1988. Here he resourcefully used the position of president in his Senior Class, knowing he would speak at the graduation ceremony and would therefore secure a graduation, as the school would not fail him in this leading role. Also studying along side Vaughn were the likes of famous sports agent Rob Pelinka, writer Dave Eggers and renowned international photographer Michael Stahlschmidt.

Although Vaughn had an interest in theatre from early on in his life, his ambition was to be a Water Polo athlete. But in a car accident, when he was only 17, he injured his back and lost a piece of his thumb - Vaughn’s chances of sporting success were wrecked as his doctors advised against it.

Now his career path was focused on acting, Vaughn got lucky by landing a role in a Chevy commercial. Confident his career was now on track he moved to the glamorous hills of Hollywood, only to find himself yet another struggling actor, facing many casting rejections.

Vaughn has since resisted typecasting by choosing varied roles where his characters range from psychotic to side-splittingly funny, playing each genre equally well. He prefers to play “people who are real,” claims Vaughn.

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