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Channing Tatum - An Actor to Watch in 2009 (And Beyond)

Channing Tatum at the Hollywood Premiere of 'Stop-Loss.'

Channing Tatum at the Hollywood Premiere of 'Stop-Loss.'

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What You Might Know Him From:

- Showing off his dancing skills in Step Up
- The gritty independent coming-of-age drama A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Why Channing Tatum is One to Watch

Channing Tatum won over the hearts of women worldwide by showing off his dancing skills in the Disney pic Step Up in 2006. But Tatum didn't simply rely on his newfound heart-throb status to keep employed after that. Tatum wisely opted to mix big studio films with smaller, character-driven dramas and proved himself to critics with a starring role in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. And in 2009 Tatum tackles leading roles in three big productions - Fighting, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Public Enemies - pretty much ensuring anyone who didn't know his name prior to this will by the end of the year.

More on Channing Tatum:

- Channing Tatum Biography
- Channing Tatum Interviews, Videos, Photos and Movies

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