Vince Vaughn Awarded Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star

HOLLYWOOD, CA — A comedy fixture for the last three decades, Vince Vaughn on Monday was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Vaughn, known for his roles in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," Wedding Crashers," and more recently a recurring role on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," rose to fame in the 1996 buddy comedy "Swingers," offering a memorable glimpse at the lives of struggling actors living in Los Angeles.

Monday's ceremony came before the premiere of Vaughn's latest project, the Apple TV+ black comedy-crime drama "Bad Monkey," which stars Vaughn as an ex-cop relegated to conducting restaurant inspections.

"I remember being a kid and both my parents — I'm lucky to have them both here — and the gift of storytelling and watching movies and laughing and talking about them afterward, both my dad and my mom," Vaughn said at the ceremony.

He recalled watching "Saturday Night Fever" and "Animal House" at an early age in the late 1970s.

"The laughs that I experienced in the theater, I felt like I really wanted to be a part of that, that I could do that and maybe make people laugh and give families a good night to discuss stuff and have joy. So for me, really, that was what this journey had always been about," he said.

Born March 28, 1970 in Minneapolis and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Vaughn made his debut in a 1989 episode of the ABC Vietnam War drama "China Beach." His first credit film role was in the 1993 football drama "Rudy" alongside Jon Favreau, in what was also his first film credit.

Their work in "Rudy" came as Favreau was writing a script detailing his life as an out-of-work actor and wrote Vaughn into "Swingers." His performance as the best friend of Favreau's character in the film proved to be Vaughn's breakout role.

Vaughn's other film credits include "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Into The Wild," "The Internship" and "Hacksaw Ridge."

Vaughn's star is the 2,786th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961.

City News Service contributed to this report.