49 Fun Facts About Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake was born on January 31, 1981, in which city?

Timberlake was born in Memphis and raised in nearby Millington, Tennessee, where his father directed a Baptist church choir.

At age 11, Timberlake competed on Star Search singing country songs under what name?

Randall is his middle name. He lost, but a Mickey Mouse Club audition soon followed.

Which of these was NOT a fellow cast member on The All New Mickey Mouse Club with Timberlake?

Zac Efron, born in 1987, was never a Mouseketeer; the other three were 1993 additions to a cast that already included JC Chasez and Keri Russell.

Which boy-band manager financed the group that became NSYNC in 1995?

Chris Kirkpatrick put the group together and Timberlake recruited JC Chasez. Pearlman was later jailed for a huge Ponzi scheme.

NSYNC's No Strings Attached (2000) sold how many copies in its first week, then a record?

No Strings Attached moved 2.4 million copies in its first week in March 2000, a record that stood until Adele's 25 in 2015.

Timberlake wrote the NSYNC single 'Gone' around 2001 for which artist, who turned it down?

Michael Jackson passed on 'Gone', so NSYNC cut it for Celebrity; Jackson later asked to record it as a duet.

Timberlake premiered his debut solo single, 'Like I Love You', at which 2002 event?

Timberlake debuted 'Like I Love You' live at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards; it peaked at number 11 in the US and number two in the UK.

Timberlake's debut solo album Justified was mostly produced by Timbaland and which duo?

The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) produced most of Justified, released by Jive in November 2002, which won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.

'Cry Me a River' was widely thought to be inspired by Timberlake's break-up with whom?

It won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2004; the video features a Spears lookalike.

The 2004 Super Bowl halftime 'wardrobe malfunction' happened during Timberlake's duet with whom?

Janet Jackson's breast was exposed for a split second at the end of 'Rock Your Body' in Houston; Timberlake's apology coined the phrase 'wardrobe malfunction'.

Which network produced the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show?

It was built around MTV's Choose or Lose campaign in an election year. Timberlake later returned to headline in 2018.

What was Timberlake's first solo number one on the Billboard Hot 100?

'SexyBack' reached number one in September 2006 and stayed seven weeks; 'My Love' and 'What Goes Around... Comes Around' followed it to the top.

FutureSex/LoveSounds was made mainly at Timbaland's Thomas Crown Studios with which co-producer?

Danja (Nate Hills) co-produced most of the album with Timbaland; it yielded three Hot 100 number ones and an Album of the Year nomination.

In 2005, Timberlake had surgery to remove what?

Throat nodules on his vocal cords were removed in May 2005 after he noticed the problem while recording 'Signs' with Snoop Dogg.

Which 2006 SNL Digital Short with Andy Samberg won Timberlake his first Emmy?

'Dick in a Box', first aired in December 2006, won the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, the first of Timberlake's four.

Timberlake's four Primetime Emmys are two for Original Music and Lyrics and two for what?

Both guest-actor Emmys came from hosting Saturday Night Live.

On SNL, Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon played which brothers in a recurring talk-show sketch?

In 'The Barry Gibb Talk Show' Fallon played Barry and Timberlake his brother Robin Gibb; Timberlake also guested on Fallon's first Late Night in 2009.

In The Social Network (2010), Timberlake played which real person?

Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder, was played by Timberlake under David Fincher, who later directed the Grammy-winning 'Suit & Tie' video.

Which character does Timberlake voice in the Trolls films?

Timberlake voices Branch, the grumpy gray troll, opposite Anna Kendrick's Poppy, and was executive music producer on the first film.

Which Swedish hitmaker co-wrote 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' with Timberlake and Karl Schuster?

Max Martin co-wrote it with Timberlake and Shellback; released six months before Trolls opened, it earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.

Which animated character did Timberlake voice in Shrek the Third (2007)?

Prince Artie, Fiona's cousin and reluctant heir to Far Far Away, is pulled out of Worcestershire Academy by Shrek in Timberlake's voice role.

In the 2011 sci-fi film In Time, Timberlake played which protagonist?

Andrew Niccol directed In Time, in which Timberlake's Will Salas lives in a world where time is currency and Amanda Seyfried plays the heiress he kidnaps.

The 20/20 Experience (2013) debuted with roughly how many US copies, the biggest sales week of that year?

The 20/20 Experience opened with 968,000 US copies in March 2013, released through RCA after Jive folded, and finished as the year's best-selling album.

Which rapper features on "Suit & Tie" and co-headlined the 2013 Legends of the Summer tour with Timberlake?

Jay-Z raps the verse on 'Suit & Tie', which peaked at number three, and shared the 2013 Legends of the Summer stadium tour; the Fincher video won Best Music Video.

What is the name of Timberlake's 15-piece backing band, a throwback to the big-band era?

The Tennessee Kids, a 15-piece band with horns and backing singers, backed Timberlake on the 20/20 Experience tour from 2013 and share the title of his 2016 Netflix concert film.

Which acclaimed director made Timberlake's 2016 Netflix concert film?

Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs and Stop Making Sense, shot the final 20/20 Experience show at the MGM Grand for Netflix.

Timberlake's 2018 album Man of the Woods is named after which family member?

The name Silas means 'from the forest'. The album came out two days before his 2018 Super Bowl halftime show.

Where was Super Bowl LII, which Timberlake headlined in February 2018, held?

Minneapolis hosted it at U.S. Bank Stadium, and Timberlake duetted with a projection of the late Prince, a Minnesota native, on 'I Would Die 4 U'.

Timberlake married Jessica Biel in October 2012 in which country?

The ceremony was at the Borgo Egnazia resort in Fasano, in Italy's Puglia region; they had become engaged the previous December.

Timberlake joined the ownership group of which NBA team in 2012?

Timberlake took a minority stake in the Memphis Grizzlies, his hometown team, when Robert Pera's group bought the franchise in 2012.

In 2007 Timberlake bought a run-down links in Millington, Tennessee, and rebuilt it as what?

Mirimichi Golf Course reopened in 2009 as an eco-certified rebuild that cost about $16 million and earned Timberlake a Futures Award at the 2011 Environmental Media Awards.

Timberlake launched the William Rast clothing line in 2005 with a childhood friend known as what?

Juan 'Trace' Ayala. Target later carried a limited William Rast collection.

Which New York barbecue restaurant did Timberlake co-own from 2007?

Southern Hospitality, a barbecue spot Timberlake co-owned from 2007, followed his earlier ventures Chi in West Hollywood (2003) and Destino in New York (2006).

Timberlake received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in April 2018 alongside whom?

Timberlake and his NSYNC bandmates received a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 30, 2018, reuniting all five members on stage.

How many Grammy Awards had Timberlake won by 2024?

Timberlake's Grammy tally stood at ten by 2024, from two in 2004 for Justified and 'Cry Me a River' to 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' in 2017.

Timberlake live-debuted his 2024 single 'Selfish' at a free hometown concert at which venue?

The free hometown show at The Orpheum on January 19, 2024, previewed the album Everything I Thought It Was, which reached the top five.

Where was Timberlake arrested for driving while intoxicated in June 2024?

Police in Sag Harbor, New York, stopped him after he ran a stop sign on June 18, 2024; he was arraigned the next morning, released, and his mugshot was made public.

Timberlake's Forget Tomorrow World Tour opened in April 2024 in which city?

The tour opened at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on April 29, 2024, in support of Everything I Thought It Was.

Timberlake's Yellowstone Club house, bought in 2015, is near Big Sky in which state?

The Yellowstone Club is a private ski and golf community near Big Sky, Montana, whose members have included Bill Gates and Tom Brady.

Timberlake performed at the January 2021 inauguration of which president?

Timberlake sang 'Better Days' with Ant Clemons from the Stax Museum in his hometown for Joe Biden's televised inauguration special on January 20, 2021.

Timberlake was the first celebrity pranked on which Ashton Kutcher show in 2003?

On Punk'd's 2003 premiere Timberlake was told the IRS had seized his house and cried on camera; he later admitted he had been high at the time.

Which Hanna-Barbera sidekick did Timberlake voice in a 2010 live-action/animated film?

Timberlake voiced Boo-Boo, Yogi's pint-sized sidekick, opposite Dan Aykroyd's Yogi in the 2010 Jellystone Park comedy Yogi Bear.

Timberlake starred opposite Cameron Diaz in which 2011 comedy?

In Bad Teacher Diaz's slacker teacher chases Timberlake's wealthy substitute; the pair had dated from 2003 until early 2007, splitting weeks after her December 2006 SNL hosting turn.

'4 Minutes', Timberlake's 2008 duet with Madonna, led which of her albums?

'4 Minutes' led Hard Candy, released in April 2008, on which Timberlake co-wrote and co-produced several tracks with Timbaland; the single topped charts in more than 20 countries.

Timberlake performed as the interval act at the 2016 grand final of which event?

Swedish broadcaster SVT booked Timberlake for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Stockholm a week after 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' came out, and he sang it alongside 'Rock Your Body' on May 14, 2016.

Timberlake starred with Kate Winslet and Juno Temple in which 2017 Woody Allen drama?

In Wonder Wheel Timberlake played Mickey, a Coney Island lifeguard and narrator in the 1950s, the same year he opened the Oscars with 'Can't Stop the Feeling!'.

In 2014 Timberlake relaunched his own version of which tequila brand?

Sauza 901 took its number from his hometown's area code; two years later he also put money into the beverage company Bai Brands.

From 2008 Timberlake hosted a PGA Tour Shriners Hospitals for Children event in which city?

The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open was played at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas from 2008 to 2012, with Timberlake in the pro-am and staging a charity concert.

What is the one-word first title of Timberlake's 2018 autobiography?

The full title runs 'Hindsight & All the Things I Can't See in Front of Me'; HarperCollins billed it as a collection of anecdotes, photos and the stories behind his songs.