1. Channing's first big break in Hollywood? A Ricky Martin music video. Channing got a part in Ricky's "She Bangs" video back in 2000! Time to YouTube that ASAP.
2. He burned his groin area while filming the 2011 movie The Eagle! Channing was filming in Scotland in the cold rain when his assistant offered to pour warm water down his wetsuit to help him heat up. Channing was all for it, until the assistant forgot to add cold water to the boiling water and ended up burning Channing from his chest down! OUCH!
3. Channing and his wife have matching tattoos! Channing has been married to his Step Up co-star Jenna Dewan since 2009. The pair got matching tattoos that say "side by side" in Balinese.
4. Speaking of his wife, did you know Channing once lost his wedding ring?! While filming a movie, Channing somehow lost his wedding ring and ended up wearing a string around his finger. We bet Jenna wasn't very happy with him!
5. Channing had some interesting jobs before making it in the acting industry. He was a construction worker, a stripper, and even a model! You know the 2012 movie Magic Mike is based on Channing's life, right? Now you do!
6. Channing's first movie was Coach Carter! Do you remember Channing as Jason Lyle in the 2005 drama? He was a basketball player and it was love at first sight for us!
7. He's a big softie! Channing told Chelsea Handler that he got very emotional when his wife gave birth to their daughter, "I probably went to the bathroom four times and had a crying fit. Like, I'm just like, I don't know what to do!" Aw! Channing and Jenna welcomed their daughter Everly last May!
8. His celebrity crush growing up? Alyssa Milano! He told Elle magazine, "Alyssa Milano inWho’s the Boss? She was it, man. I’d love to run into her. I’m pretty sure I’d geek out."
9. He took medication to help with his learning disabilities growing up and it's something he's very against today. Channing told Vogue, ""I wasn’t very good in school, I have dyslexia so I wasn’t able to read like the other kids. After a period of taking drugs to improve my learning I started feeling depressed and thought a lot about suicide. So, after a couple of years I said enough, no more pills.”
10. Channing's idol is a Hollywood legend! Channing has said that his hero is Clint Eastwood. Can you imagine Channing and Clint making a film together? Now that would be movie magic.
