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Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and activist. Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama film ''Swingers''. He has appeared in a number of films in the 1990s, including the sports film ''Rudy'' (1993), the sci-fi adventure dinosaur film ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' (1997), and the drama-thriller ''Return to Paradise'' (1998). In the 2000s, he became known for his roles in comedies, including ''Old School'' (2003), ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'' (2004), ''Wedding Crashers'' (2005), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), and ''Fred Claus'' (2007). He continued his comedic roles in the 2010s with ''The Dilemma'' (2011), ''The Watch'' (2012), and ''The Internship'' (2013). In 2015, he starred as Frank Semyon in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama television series ''True Detective'' alongside Colin Farrell and Rachel McAdams. == Early life == Vaughn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother, Sharon Eileen (''née'' DePalmo; born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada) is a real estate agent and stockbroker who was once ranked as one of the United States' top money managers by ''Bloomberg Wealth Manager'' magazine. His father, Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, worked as a salesman for a toy company. His parents divorced in 1991. He has two older sisters, Victoria and Valerie. His paternal grandmother was of Lebanese descent, and his maternal grandfather was of Italian ancestry; his other roots are Canadian, Dutch, English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Swiss.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Vincev.com )〕 As a child, he was raised "both Protestant and Catholic" by his Catholic mother and Protestant father. Vaughn grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where he played football and baseball and wrestled, although he has called himself "unathletic" and "very average" at high school sports.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=people.com )〕 He then moved to Lake Forest, where he graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1988. He was introduced to musical theater at a young age and decided to become an actor in 1987. He has credited his mother as the inspiration behind his career, saying that "I saw her overcome stuff, and I thought if you worked hard at something you'd give yourself a chance".〔(ESPN interview ); retrieved April 26, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vince Vaughn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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