- When in ninth grade, he was given the option of either military school or a private school; he chose the military school.
- Moved from Alabama to Mississippi at age 6, where his family lived on a bayou.
- Had worked as a construction worker, a mortgage broker, a salesman at the cologne counter of Dillard's, and a worker in a puppy/kitty nursery before started a modeling career.
- Big break was being cast in Ricky Martin's music video "She Bangs"; he was paid $400 for the seven-day shoot.
- His favourite childhood film was the adventure comedy film The Goonies (1985).
- Has a daughter: Everly Tatum (b. May 31, 2013) with ex-wife, Jenna Dewan.
- Stills spends his summer time with his grandparents back in Alabama.
- Received a full athletic football scholarship at Glenville State College in West Virginia, but he dropped out of college.
- Already an accomplished dancer, he learned 1940s-style tap dancing for the Coen Brothers' Hail, Caesar! (2016), in which he plays an actor working in a 1950 musical/dance movie called "Last Call." In a barroom scene, with a dozen dancing sailors, his dance work required highly acrobatic tap combined with swing style. Doing his own work, one number included going from a standing position in front of the bar to a sustained handstand on the edge of the bar, culminating in somersaults to the end of the bar.
- Suffered from ADHD and dyslexia as a child.
- Has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch, Dolce & Gabbana, and Aeropostale. In 2002, he starred in commercials for both Mountain Dew ("Drive") and Pepsi ("Scratching").
- When he was a child, his grandparents raised him during the summers.
- Made the transition from modeling to acting because he did not find modeling challenging enough for him.
- (September 10, 2008) Engaged to Jenna Dewan, his co-star from Step Up (2006). The couple have a dog, Meeka.
- During his time in school, he played football, soccer, track and baseball.
- Was sent to a military school in ninth grade, where he joined the football team and intended to get a scholarship to play after graduation.
- Chosen by People magazine as the Sexiest Man Alive in 2012. He is the first person born in the 1980s to have been given the title (and thus could be considered the first millennial to have been given it).
- His family has lived in the American South for many generations, at least since the 1700s. He has English, some Irish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and distant Scottish, German, Welsh, and French ancestry. Channing has sometimes been said to have some degree of Native American roots, although these claims appear to be unverified; all of Channing's grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents were listed as "White" on United States Censuses.
- Ranked #17 in Glamour magazine's list of "50 Sexiest Men" in 2013.
- His first fashion show was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami (November 2000), for Men's Health magazine. His friend Vincent De Paul asked him to do the show with him. After the fashion show, he began booking editorials for Ocean Drive magazine and his modeling career began.
- Auditioned for the role of Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) before the role was eliminated, but will portray him in Gambit (????).
- Became good friends with Adam Scarimbolo and Shia LaBeouf on the set of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006).
- He auditioned to play Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) but the character was cut. He was later cast and was gonna be the executive producer of his own solo movie which was later put on hold and later canceled due to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney but was finally got to play him in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
- Signed with Innovative Artists, a talent agency, to improve his acting career.
- Has played two characters called "Duke": in She's the Man (2006), and in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and its sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013).
- Attended the Deena Levy Theatre Studio.
- Has a female pit-bull mix Lulu.
- His first fashion show was at Level Nightclub in South Beach, Miami, for Men's Health magazine.
- His Cajun accent as Gambit in "Deadpool and Wolverine" is perfectly accurate because he grew up in the bayous near New Orleans, Louisiana.
- In October 2023, Tatum has been announced his engagement to Zoë Kravitz. After two years of dating.
- Born on the same date as Jordana Brewster.
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