✦Brought home a Blockbuster Entertainment Award in 2001 for winning Favorite Supporting Actor - Science Fiction category through his role in "X-Men" (2000).
✦Refused to play the lead role in "54" (1998) which later went to Ryan Phillippe.
✦Was beaten by Edward Norton when auditioned for a role in "Primal Fear" (1996).
✦Used lifts for most of his scenes in X-Men franchise as his character, Cyclops, is supposed to be 6' 3" whereas his actual height is under 6 feet tall.
✦Became the member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and sang in the college choir while studying at Oklahoma State University.