Channing Tatum: 5 Of His Best Performances

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Some celebrities keep the serious actor title long into their career, while others are almost instantly branded a movie star. The difference usually boils down to charisma, but some performers comfortably occupy both stereotypes and continue to succeed either way.

Channing Tatum's first on-screen appearance came 22 years ago, as a dancer in the music video for the hit Ricky Martin track «She Bangs.» 6 years later, he played opposite Amanda Bynes in the classic teen Shakespeare adaptation She's the Man. He's remained a Hollywood fixture ever since, from comedy to action, to drama. Tatum made his directorial debut this year with Dog, but he's still better known for his work in front of the camera, as in the movies below.

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Channing Tatum stars in one of the finest buddy cop films of a generation, establishing some genuine comedy chops along the way. Paired with Jonah Hill, Tatum portrays the athletically gifted but slow-witted half of this undercover odd-couple. The pair must infiltrate their own former high school to root out a dangerous drug ring. The more often talked about duo of the film is behind the camera, however, as this film marks the live-action directorial debut of Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

The writing is solid, the self-aware parody is note-perfect, and the jokes land with near-perfect comic timing. For his part, Tatum is operating on multiple levels of in-text deception, playing the role with a hilarious sincerity that makes him extremely likable. Jenko is the kind of character that could come across as intolerable under certain circumstances, but Tatum's charisma carries the performance easily. Tatum returned to the role in the 2014 sequel and knocked it