Kip Pardue
- Actor
- Writer
Kip Pardue was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 23, 1975. He grew
up playing football and baseball and graduated from Dunwoody High
School, located in Atlanta, Georgia in 1994. The next year he was
recruited to play football by Yale University. He graduated in 1998
with a degree in Economics. Kip headed west afterwards and enjoyed a
successful career as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch and Polo. Soon
after he next turned to acting and landed TV roles on
7th Heaven (1996) and was cast as
Josh Ford on the WB Hit
Popular (1999) before the role was
later re-cast.
After making his film debut in the racy independent flick But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) and later Whatever It Takes (2000), Kip got his big break with his role in Remember the Titans (2000) with Denzel Washington. He then starred as Sylvester Stallone's Indy racing protégé in Driven (2001). Soon afterwards, Kip was named by Armani Exchange as one of the "Top 10 Upcoming Actors" and Variety claimed he was one of the "10 to Watch" for this year. With several new movies due out later, including The Rules of Attraction (2002), based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel, you can be sure his face won't be disappearing from the screen.
After making his film debut in the racy independent flick But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) and later Whatever It Takes (2000), Kip got his big break with his role in Remember the Titans (2000) with Denzel Washington. He then starred as Sylvester Stallone's Indy racing protégé in Driven (2001). Soon afterwards, Kip was named by Armani Exchange as one of the "Top 10 Upcoming Actors" and Variety claimed he was one of the "10 to Watch" for this year. With several new movies due out later, including The Rules of Attraction (2002), based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel, you can be sure his face won't be disappearing from the screen.
