Happy birthday Channing Tatum: Did you know that before stripping in Magic Mike, the birthday boy was a real-life stripper?

After breaking out n the dance film film, Step Up, back in 2006, Channing Tatum has rapidly risen to the realm of one of Hollywood's biggest moviestars. What's more, 2012's choice of the sexiest man alive by People magazine, has tried his hands at all kinds of films and raked up box office numbers in each of them, fast metamorphosing into a leading man whom producers can bet on to shoulder a movie on his name alone. But, did y'all know what the heartthrob did before becoming a moviestar. Well...today being Channing Tatum's birthday, we thought of letting y'all in on an insane bit of trivia that's sure to blow your mind.

From 21 and 22 Jump Street to Magic Mike and its sequel to GI Joe and The Vow to his breakout role in Step Up and Oscar-nominated fare like Foxcatcher; Channing Tatum has been a part of a wide array of blockbuster films in diverse genres, and is today one of Hollywood's biggest stars. However, prior to entering movies, and even before appearing in pop star Ricky Martin's music video, She Bangs, the actor was a part of a profession that mirrored his role in one of his biggest hits, Magic Mike. Yup, Channing used to be a male stripper.

At the age of 18, the actor was a Chippendale-styled stripper, with the stage name was Chan Crawford. Nope, we are not kidding you. Channing himself had revealed it on the Sway in the Morning radio show, when he had told the RJ, "I was an 18-year kid in Tampa (Florida), man. It was a long way from having anything serious in my life then."

When asked how much he would make as a stripper, Channing said, "On an normal night, like a 150 bucks, that's it. But you only work for like about an hour and a half, and most of the show, you're doing like the routines and what not and then for 20 or 30 minutes at the end, that's when you go out and get the tips. It's not like

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