Chris Pine’s Former Agency Sues, Claiming He Fired Them By E-Mail and Stiffed on Commission
February 15, 2012 by Chris McKittrick
Filed under Film
Word of advice: before you fire your agent, be sure that you’re paid up on your commissions. Also, try to avoid doing the firing via e-mail.
A lawsuit recently filed by the agency SDB Partners claims that Chris Pine, star of Star Trek and This Means War, stiffed the agency by doing precisely that.
SDB has represented Pine since 2002 (or, as the lawsuit says, when “nobody was willing to touch” Pine) and negotiated all of his big roles in the last decade, including his next several roles.
Even more interesting is that the lawsuit gives detailed information about Pine’s alleged paydays for some of his biggest roles, including: Read more
Biography: Chris Pine
February 8, 2012 by Lance Carter
Filed under Actor Biographies
Chris Pine has emerged as one of Hollywood’s hottest young actors. Chris was most recently seen in the Twentieth Century Fox feature film Unstoppable directed by Tony Scott and costarring Denzel Washington. Chris has completed production on the drama Welcome to People costarring Michelle Pfeiffer, Elizabeth Banks and Olivia Wilde.
In 2009, Pine starred as James T. Kirk in Paramount’s box-office smash-hit feature film Star Trek for director J. J. Abrams. The film chronicles the early days of Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members. He will reprise that role in two upcoming sequels of the franchise.
Pine’s additional feature credits include the Paramount Vantage film Carriers, the educational animated feature Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, Bottle Shock for writer/director Randall Miller, the independent feature Small Town Saturday Night for writer/director Ryan Craig, Joe Carnahan’s gritty ensemble drama Smokin’ Aces for Working Title Films and Universal Pictures, Blind Dating costarring Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jane Seymour, the Fox/New Regency romantic comedy Just My Luck opposite Lindsay Lohan and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement opposite Anne Hathaway.
On the stage, Pine was most recently seen starring in Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In Bob Verini’s review for Variety, he called Pine’s performance “spookily, spectacularly good” and went on to remark that “Inishmore audiences are present at the launch of what promises to be a truly remarkable stage career.” In March, 2011 Chris was awarded “Best Lead Performance” by the LA Drama Critics Circle for his performance.
