Channing Tatum first appeared in the Episode: "Pro Per" of the American police procedural drama television series ‘CSI: Miami’ in 2004. He went on to make his silver screen debut in the 2005 American biographical teen sports drama film ‘Coach Carter’ directed by Thomas Carter. The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and grossed over $76.7 million on a $30 million budget. That same year, he also appeared in the American crime drama film ‘Havoc’ directed by Barbara Kopple. The film opened to a mixed reception and earned a 45% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2006, he starred as ‘Tyler Gage’ in the Anne Fletcher-directed American romantic dance drama film ‘Step Up.’ While the film was panned by critics, it emerged as a major commercial success, grossing over $114.2 million on a $12 million budget. He next starred in films like ‘Battle in Seattle’ (2007), ‘Step Up 2: The Streets’ (2008), ‘Stop-Loss’ (2008), ‘Fighting’ (2009), and ‘Public Enemies’ (2009). In 2009, he portrayed Conrad S. Hauser / Duke in the American military science fiction action film ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ directed by Stephen Sommers. While the film saw mostly negative reviews upon release, it managed to gross over $302.5 million on a $175 million budget.
The year 2010 saw the release of the American romantic war drama film ‘Dear John’ where Tatum played the role of ‘John Tyree.’ The film failed to impress the critics but that didn’t stop it from becoming a box office success as it managed to gross over $115 million on a $25 million budget. He continued to star in films like ‘The Son of No One’ (2011), ‘The Eagle’ (2011), ‘21 Jump Street’ (2012), ‘Magic Mike’ (2012), ‘Side Effects’ (2013), ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ (2013), ‘White House Down’ (2013), ‘The Lego Movie’ (2014), ‘Foxcatcher’ (2014), ‘22 Jump Street’ (2014), ‘Magic Mike XXL’ (2015), ‘The Hateful Eight’ (2015), ‘Hail, Caesar!’ (2016), ‘The Lego Batman Movie’ (2017), ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (2017), ‘Smallfoot’ (2018), ‘The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part’ (2019), ‘America: The Motion Picture’ (2021), and ‘Dog’ (2022). He was last seen in the 2022 American action-adventure comedy film ‘The Lost City’ directed by Adam Nee and Aaron Nee. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.