Vince Vaughn

Vincent Anthony Vaughn

Profile: Actor
Birthdate: March 28, 1970
Astrological Sign: Aries (a fire sign for you freaky astrological folks)
Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN, US
Parents: Vernon and Sharon Vaughn
Siblings: Valerie and Victoria - both older
Childhood pets: Viking, Vero, and Vladimir - all dogs
Education: Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, IL, Class of '88
Height: 6'5" (an actor who isn't a midget)
Acting Heroes: Steve McQueen & Marlon Brando

Miscellaneous Facts about Lake Forest:
• Mr. T's daughter also went to the same HS as Vince Vaughn.
• Lake Forest HS was the high school in the movie, Ordinary People.


Lake Forest High School

"My mom liked my dad's initials, so she just figured she'd give all the kids and the dogs double Vs," he explains, USA Today, 10-2-98

Q: What's the most typically glamorous Hollywood night you've experienced so far?
VV: I don't like the glamorous nights so much. I usually leave depressed and I don't know why. Maybe it's the forced politeness. I like the local bar with money in the jukebox and a pretty girl next to me.
Vince, Movieline, Sep 97

Quotes from People who know/met Vince
(wiz's note: I cannot verify any of these sources nor the validity of the statements)

"He used to sing "Oh Sheila" at the top of his lungs during gym class. He's a nut."
-H.S. classmate

"He was, in truth, quite possibly the WORST singer I've ever heard. But we were only thirteen at that time - I figured it was just hormonal. He had to wear a ridiculous bald cap that kept peeling up at the corners. It was extremely sad. But he didn't give a damn. And the audience didn't seem to mind. We got a standing ovation (of course, 95% of the audience was made up of relatives - they're known to be biased)."
-Childhood friend/fellow theater performer

A Vaughntastic Accomplishment
Reliable Source, Washington Post
11-9-98:

From kindergarten through junior high, fidgety and unfocused Vince Vaughn spent an hour every day in a special class for "problem" students. While he did well in the "verbal subjects" of history and English, the star of "Clay Pigeons" and "Swingers" received "such bad grades I was terrified that I wasn't going to graduate from high school," the actor told The Source. So he ran for senior class president, figuring that if he were commencement speaker, "there was no way they would hold me back." And they didn't.

Tonight, Vaughn, 28, who went straight to Hollywood from his Illinois high school and opens next month as creepy Norman Bates in the "Psycho" remake, will be honored by the Lab School of Washington for overcoming his learning disabilities. At a black-tie gala at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Vaughn will receive one of the school's annual awards given to inspire its students. "Like anything in life, it's a gift in a way," Vaughn said. "A big part of what led to my future career in acting was that sometimes you are not good in some skills and are forced to develop other skills to the extreme."

Vince in Joy Magazine

Today, he and three other honorees -- Dianne Pilgrim, director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York; Helix/Medlantic CEO John McDaniel; and jewelry designer David Yurman -- will meet with students at the private school in NW Washington.

Random Quote:
"I always like the kind of character who's rough around the edges. It's human nature, like everyone likes Han Solo more than they like Luke Skywalker. And with Swingers, it being a guy's movie, that's kind of the charm. These guys aren't completely together."

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