50 Fun Facts About Justin Timberlake

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

His father was a Baptist church choir director. He grew up in nearby Millington, Tennessee.

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?

JC Chasez and Keri Russell were also Mouseketeers from 1993 to 1995. Efron is a decade younger.

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?

Celebrity (2001) followed with 1.8 million. The band sold over 70 million records, fifth among boy bands.

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

NSYNC recorded it themselves for Celebrity.

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

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?

Released by Jive in November 2002, it won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album and has sold over 10 million copies.

'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?

More than 140 million people were watching the CBS broadcast from Houston. His 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?

It debuted at number 90 in July 2006 and climbed to the top for seven weeks. 'My Love' and 'What Goes Around...' followed it to number one.

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

The album produced three Hot 100 number ones and was nominated for Album of the Year.

In 2005, Timberlake had surgery to remove what?

He discovered the condition while recording 'Signs' with Snoop Dogg. The operation was on May 5, 2005.

Timberlake's famous SNL Digital Short with Andy Samberg was called what?

The costume is displayed at Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition in New York. Two of his four Emmys are for original music and lyrics.

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?

The Barry Gibb Talk Show. He was also on Fallon's first Late Night in 2009 and co-created the 'History of Rap' bit in 2010.

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

The Napster co-founder. David Fincher directed and later shot the 'Suit & Tie' video that won Timberlake a Grammy.

Which character does Timberlake voice in the Trolls films?

Anna Kendrick voices Poppy. He was also the executive music producer on the first film.

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

Released six months before Trolls opened, it earned Timberlake an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.

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

Artie is Fiona's cousin and heir to Far Far Away. He later voiced Boo-Boo Bear in Yogi Bear.

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

Andrew Niccol directed. The same year he starred in Bad Teacher with Cameron Diaz and Friends with Benefits with Mila Kunis.

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

It was released through RCA after Jive folded and became the year's best-selling album.

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

The single peaked at number three. Its David Fincher-directed video won the Grammy for Best Music Video.

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

Jonathan Demme's concert film Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids premiered at Toronto in 2016.

Which acclaimed director made the 2016 concert film of the final 20/20 Experience tour date in Las Vegas?

The Silence of the Lambs and Stop Making Sense director filmed the final 20/20 Experience tour date at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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?

It was his third halftime appearance, after NSYNC in 2001 and the 2004 show. He duetted with a projection of the late Prince 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. They had become engaged the previous December.

Timberlake and Jessica Biel are minority owners of which NBA team?

His hometown team; the Predators are an NHL club.

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

The eco-friendly redevelopment cost about $16 million and earned him 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 restaurant did Timberlake co-own or endorse from 2007?

Chi in West Hollywood (2003) and Destino in New York (2006) came before it.

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

The reunion came the same year MTV's Video Vanguard Award and the Songwriters Hall of Fame honour were already behind him.

How many Grammy Awards has Timberlake won?

Plus four Emmys, three Brits and nine Billboard Music Awards. He also received the MTV Video Vanguard Award in 2013.

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

The show 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?

He was released nine hours later after arraignment, and the police department released his mugshot.

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

It became his fastest-selling tour, passing a million tickets by May 2024.

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

The private ski and golf community is also home to Bill Gates and Tom Brady.

Timberlake performed at the January 2021 inauguration of which president?

Later that year he publicly backed Britney Spears in her conservatorship battle.

In 2002 Timberlake became the first celebrity pranked on which Ashton Kutcher show?

He cried on camera and later admitted he had been high at the time; three episodes later he helped set up Kelly Osbourne, making him the first star to appear on the show twice.

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

He played the little sidekick opposite Dan Aykroyd's Yogi in the Jellystone Park comedy, the same year he earned raves as Sean Parker.

Timberlake starred opposite Cameron Diaz in which 2011 comedy?

The two had dated from 2003 to 2006, splitting shortly after she introduced him as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live; they reunited on screen five years later.

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

Timbaland first aired the track at a Philadelphia Jingle Ball before anyone knew it was a duet; it topped charts in more than 21 countries and Timberlake also executive-produced the record.

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

Swedish broadcaster SVT invited him to Stockholm a week after 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' came out; the single went on to be the best-selling song of the year in the US.

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

He played a Coney Island lifeguard and narrator in the 1950s-set film, released the same year he opened the Oscars singing his Trolls hit.

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

The 901 is a nod to the Memphis 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?

A six-handicap golfer, he played the celebrity pro-am and staged a charity concert during tournament week; his involvement ended in 2012 after the event chair said he 'disappeared' when cameras were off.

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.

Timberlake co-wrote 'Nite Runner' and 'Falling Down' for which 2007 Duran Duran album?

'Falling Down' was released as a UK single the day before the album; that same year he also turned up on 50 Cent's Curtis.