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Casper Van Dien
Age: 40
Height: 5' 9 1/2"
Birth Place: Milton, Florida, USA
Born: Dec. 18th, 1968
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BIOGRAPHY: He is the 6th Casper in his family (his son is the 7th). His father was a Navy commander/pilot; both his grandfathers were in the military, one as a Marine infantryman, the other as a naval doctor. He attended Florida's Admiral Farragut Academy, graduating third in command of his class. He went to Florida State in 1988. There he became interested in acting and moved to Los Angeles. He landed many different TV series parts. "Griffin Stone" in "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) and "Ty Moody" in "One Life to Live" (1968). His son, Cappy Van Dien, was born in September of 1993; his daughters, Grace Van Dien, in 1996, Maya Van Dien on September 20th 2001 and Celeste Van Dien on Oct 3rd 2003. His movie credits have included the title role in James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997) (TV), the lead (Johnny Rico) in Paul Verhoeven (I)'s hit science-fiction adventure, Starship Troopers (1997). He became the 20th screen Tarzan in the Warner Bros. Village Roadshow film Tarzan and the Lost City (1998). He then starred in The Omega Code (1999) with his wife Catherine Oxenberg and the The Vector File (2002) (TV) also starring India Oxenberg. Next came Tim Burton (I)'s Sleepy Hollow (1999) with Johnny Depp.
TRIVIA:
- His mother is an Interfaith Minister, nurse, teacher, sailing instructor, and has been married to Casper's father for over 40 years. She married both of Casper's sisters to their husbands.
- He was a published poet at 17 years old.
- His son 'Cappy Van Dien' (qv) is named Casper. Every first born son of the family is named Casper. His son is the 7th.
- 'Kenny Johnson (I)' (qv), 'Jim Morse (I)' (qv) , 'Pablo Espinosa (I)' (qv) and 'Garrett Warren' (qv) are his best friends.
- Chipped two teeth in _Starship Troopers (1997)_ (qv) when he was on the back of a "tanker" bug.
- Grew up living on the same block as actor 'Robert Sean Leonard' (qv). They raced each other in go-carts down Bobby's (Robert's) street.
- He has encountered a number of coincidences with his name during his life: when he was young, his family lived on Van Dien Avenue; he played 'James Dean (I)' (qv) (the name Dean is a derivative of Van Dien), _Starship Troopers (1997)_ (qv), which he starred in, was filmed in Casper, Wyoming; and the character he played in _Sleepy Hollow (1999)_ (qv) was named Van Brunt and, apparently, the Van Brunts are distant relatives of the Van Diens.
- Graduated from "Admiral Farragut Academy" as Operations Officer (3rd in command) in 1988.
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