Claim: Vince Vaughn appeared in a biographical sports film.

Vincent Anthony Vaughn -LRB- born March 28 , 1970 -RRB- is an American actor , producer , screenwriter , activist , and comedian .   Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s , appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama film Swingers . He has appeared in a number of films in the 1990s , including the sports film Rudy -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , the sci-fi adventure dinosaur film The Lost World : Jurassic Park -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , and the drama-thriller Return to Paradise -LRB- 1998 -RRB- .   In the 2000s , he acted in several comedies , including Old School -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , Dodgeball : A True Underdog Story -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , Wedding Crashers -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , The Break-Up -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , and Fred Claus -LRB- 2007 -RRB- . He continued his comedic roles in the 2010s with The Dilemma -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , The Watch -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , and The Internship -LRB- 2013 -RRB- . In 2015 , he starred as Frank Semyon in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama television series True Detective alongside Colin Farrell , Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams .