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Dax Shepard
Shepard at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City
Born	Dax Randall Shepard (1975-01-02) January 2, 1975 (age 37) Milford, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Partner	Kristen Bell (2007–present)

Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor and comedian.

Early life[link]

Shepard was born in Milford, Michigan and attended Muir Junior High and Walled Lake Central High School, before enrolling in The Groundlings school. He later received a degree in anthropology at UCLA. According to Shepard, his mother named him for the protagonist in Harold Robbins' novel The Adventurers.^[1]

Career[link]

Shepard was an actor on Punk'd with Ashton Kutcher. In 2006, Shepard appeared opposite Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson in the comedy Employee of the Month as well as the Mike Judge film Idiocracy. During the same time, Shepard began appearing in more films and landed his first main character role in Let's Go to Prison, alongside Will Arnett. He also had a major role in Baby Mama. Shepard wrote the script for the Paramount venture Get 'Em Wet, in which he again appeared with Arnett. He was also in the 2010 movie When in Rome. He is now one of the main characters in the NBC show Parenthood, playing Crosby Braverman.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Shepard races motorcycles at Buttonwillow Raceway, including his Ducati Hypermotard 1100S and Suzuki GSX-R1000.^[3]

He has been dating actress Kristen Bell since 2007.^[4] As of January 2010, he and Bell are engaged.^[5]

Shepard donates much of his time to the Hollenbeck Youth Center, an after-school program that provides opportunity to at-risk inner-city youth. He has served as their official Master of Ceremonies, along with his friend Tom Arnold, for the Inner-City Games and Hollenbeck Youth Center's Miracle on 1st Street Toy Giveaway Program in East Los Angeles.^[6][7]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dax Shepard at the Internet Movie Database