Dax Shepard

Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor. 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. 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. During the same time, Shepard began appearing in more film roles, and starred his first main character role in Let's Go to Prison. 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 opposite Arnett. He was also starred in the 2010 movie, When in Rome. He is now one of the main characters in the NBC show, Parenthood, playing Crosby Braverman. Shepard races motorcycles at Buttonwillow Raceway, including his Ducati Hypermotard 1100S and Suzuki GSX-R1000. He has been dating Kristen Bell since 2007. As of January 2010, he and Bell are engaged. Shepard donates much of his time to the Hollenbeck Youth Center, an after-school program that provides opportunity to at-risk inner-city youth.